Dallas Stars coach Pete DeBoer has been fired 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 Dallas Stars have fired coach Pete DeBoer following their loss to the Edmonton Oilers in the Western Conference Final, the team announced on Friday. That was the Stars' third consecutive conference final loss and second straight defeat at the hands of the Oilers.

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.