Stars fire coach Pete DeBoer after third straight Western Conference final appearance
Stars fire coach Pete DeBoer after third straight Western Conference final appearance
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The Dallas Stars fired head coach Pete DeBoer after three seasons in which he led the team to three straight Western Conference Finals appearances, the team announced Friday.
The move comes after the Stars were eliminated in five games by the Edmonton Oilers in the Western Conference Finals, despite having home-ice advantage. In Game 5, DeBoer was questioned after he benched goalie Jake Oettinger after he gave up two goals in the first seven minutes and admitted he didn't talk to Oettinger about his decision making.
'After careful consideration, we believe that a new voice is needed in our locker room to push us closer to our goal of winning the Stanley Cup,' Stars general manager Jim Nill said. 'We'd like to thank Pete for everything that he has helped our organization achieve over the past three seasons and wish him nothing but the best moving forward.'
Under DeBoer, Dallas had a 149-68-29 record and made major moves to put them in position for a championship run, including a March trade that landed them forward Mikko Rantanen from the Carolina Hurricanes. The Hurricanes received a haul in the exchange, which included forward Logan Stankoven, a conditional 2026 first-round pick, a conditional 2028 first-round pick, a 2026 third-round pick, and a 2027 third-round pick.
Rantanten, who had nine goals and 13 assists during the 2025 playoffs, was immediately signed to an eight-year, $96 million contract extension.
DeBoer, 56, had one year remaining on his contract with the Stars and has taken three different teams to the conference finals in the last seven seasons, including the Vegas Golden Knights in 2020, who lost to the Stars and the San Jose Sharks in 2019.
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