Some hockey news even though we've been out of the mix since April and, other than the prayed for and received ousting of San Jose and Anaheim from the playoffs, not much else to say - though the Red Wings / Penguins series is hardly a repeat of last years match up.
The Dallas Stars named Marc Crawford as their new coach today, bringing in "a well-traveled NHL veteran" to replace the very fired Dave Tippett. It's not the first time Dallas has poached from Los Angeles. A few years back, they grabbed D Mattias Norstrom, and more recently, they gambled on Sean "sloppy seconds" Avery. So it's no surprise they're going with him and skipped this season's cast offs.
The coaching change is the first significant move by former player / general manager Joe Nieuwendyk since he was hired last month. Crawford has a 470-361-156 record in 13 seasons as coach of the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche, Vancouver Canucks and Los Angeles Kings. He was the Avalanche coach when they won the 1996 Stanley Cup. His last season on the bench was for the Kings in 2007-08, when they were 32-43-7. In contrast, Tippett finished with a 271-162-59 record in six seasons with the Stars. He took them to the playoffs five times before falling short last season.
Whatever. We're going to smoke those fools.
The Dallas Stars named Marc Crawford as their new coach today, bringing in "a well-traveled NHL veteran" to replace the very fired Dave Tippett. It's not the first time Dallas has poached from Los Angeles. A few years back, they grabbed D Mattias Norstrom, and more recently, they gambled on Sean "sloppy seconds" Avery. So it's no surprise they're going with him and skipped this season's cast offs.The coaching change is the first significant move by former player / general manager Joe Nieuwendyk since he was hired last month. Crawford has a 470-361-156 record in 13 seasons as coach of the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche, Vancouver Canucks and Los Angeles Kings. He was the Avalanche coach when they won the 1996 Stanley Cup. His last season on the bench was for the Kings in 2007-08, when they were 32-43-7. In contrast, Tippett finished with a 271-162-59 record in six seasons with the Stars. He took them to the playoffs five times before falling short last season.
Whatever. We're going to smoke those fools.
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