Calming the waters. That was the phrase Stars general manager Jim Nill used more than once Friday afternoon as he talked about his firing of Coach Pete DeBoer earlier in the day. The Stars want to calm the waters.

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.

Dallas Stars coach Pete DeBoer was fired Friday after three seasons with the team, getting to the Western Conference final each time but never advancing past that for a shot at the Stanley Cup. The move came less than a week since the Stars ended their season in a 6-3 loss at home to Edmonton in Game 5 of the West final.