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The Dallas Stars reached the Western Conference Final in each of the last three seasons under head coach Peter DeBoer, but that wasn't enough for him to keep his job.

For the second time this century, the Dallas Stars players got a coach fired. Pete DeBoer just got Hitchcocked. On Friday morning, the Stars announced they dismissed head coach Pete DeBoer, who in his three-year tenure led the team to the Western Conference Finals each season.