Former Fighting Sioux hockey player and Dallas Star head coach Dave Tippet has been fired by the Dallas Stars. Tippet was a member of the 1982 Fighting Sioux NCAA championship team. Recently
Joe Nieuwendyk (Cornell) took over for Brent Hull (UMD) and Les Jackson who have been reassigned in the Dallas Star organization.
After six seasons behind the bench in Dallas, the Stars have fired head coach Dave Tippett.
The move comes on the heels of the team naming former Stars' player Joe Nieuwendyk general manager earlier in the month.
While no successor has been named, sources say that the Stars have asked for permission to talk to former Los Angeles Kings coach Marc Crawford, who remains under contract to the Kings. It's not clear at this point whether Crawford has been hired to take Tippet's place or is merely a candidate.
Picked to be a potential Stanley Cup contender this past off-season, the Stars struggled mightily this year, having their season de-railed by the controversy caused by Sean Avery's comments and his subsequent banishment from the team.
The Stars finished the season in 12th spot in the Western Conference and missed the playoffs for the first time during Tippett tenure in the Lone Star state. [TSN]
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I heard it is official that Crawford has been hired by Dallas. Why does anyone want Marc Crawford anymore? He had a stacked team one year and won the Stanley Cup and hasn't done much since? Plus he was mixed up in that whole Beruzzi incident.
ReplyDeleteSucks for Tippet, misses the playoffs one year and he's done.
Hey Seejowski isn't that the guy that some refer to as chucky? I am not a crawford fan but he keeps getting recycled.
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