Latest Pete DeBoer News

Dallas Stars' Joe Pavelski not planning to play any more after 1,533 games over 18 NHL seasons

Jun. 04, 2024 16:59 PM EDT

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Joe Pavelski says he has no plans to play any more in the NHL after 1,533 games over 18 seasons, and never getting to raise the Stanley Cup. “This was it for me, like it was known for a while probably,” Pavelski said Tuesday, two days after the Dallas Stars...

Pavelski may be out of chances to win a Stanley Cup after the Dallas Stars came up short again

Jun. 03, 2024 16:12 PM EDT

Joe Pavelski might be out of chances to win a Stanley Cup title after the Dallas Stars came up short again. It is unclear if the nearly 40-year-old Pavelski wants to give it another try after a combined 1,533 NHL games, and now back-to-back seasons that ended in the Western...

Oilers close to a Stanley Cup chance, going home needing one win over Stars to wrap up West final

Jun. 01, 2024 15:47 PM EDT

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has never been this close to playing for a Stanley Cup since the Edmonton Oilers took him with the first overall draft pick in 2011. It's been even longer for the franchise that has won the Cup five times. Edmonton was right in the middle of a span...

Nugent-Hopkins scores 2 power-play goals and Oilers beat Stars 3-1 to move a win away from Cup final

Jun. 01, 2024 01:28 AM EDT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and the Edmonton Oilers went into Game 5 of the Western Conference Final determined to score if they got a power-play chance. They did twice, and quickly both times, in a 3-1 win over the top-seeded Dallas Stars to take a 3-2 series lead...

Stars defenseman Chris Tanev active for Game 5 of West final vs. Oilers

May. 31, 2024 20:41 PM EDT

DALLAS (AP) — Dallas Stars defenseman Chris Tanev was active for Game 5 of the Western Conference Final on Friday night after taking a shot off his right foot in the previous game. Coach Pete DeBoer had said at the morning skate Friday he was optimistic Tanev could play. ...

Mason Marchment breaks 3rd-period tie, Stars beat Oilers 3-1 in Game 2 to even West final

May. 26, 2024 00:50 AM EDT

DALLAS (AP) — Mason Marchment and the Dallas Stars were playing with a Game 7 mindset, even though it was only the second game of the Western Conference Final and it took them a bit to really get in that mode. Jake Oettinger withstood a flurry of shots by Edmonton in the first...

Stars center Roope Hintz and Oilers forward Adam Henrique both out for Game 1 of West final

May. 23, 2024 15:36 PM EDT

DALLAS (AP) — Dallas Stars front-line center Roope Hintz will still be out of the lineup for the Western Conference Final opener Thursday night against against Edmonton, which is still without forward Adam Henrique. Both players are expected to play at some point in the series. ...

NHL will have a new Stanley Cup champion this century as lengthy droughts take center stage

May. 21, 2024 18:23 PM EDT

No matter which team wins the Stanley Cup championship this year it will be a first this century. The Dallas Stars won the franchise's lone championship in 1999, months before the world worried computers would malfunction at the start of a new millennium. The New York Rangers...

Another deep playoff run for Stars coach Pete DeBoer, who's in NHL 3rd round for 5th time in 6 years

May. 20, 2024 18:43 PM EDT

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Pete DeBoer has gotten used to deep runs in the NHL playoffs, even though he never takes them for granted. The only thing that could make that any better for the veteran coach would be to win it all. With the Dallas Stars in the Western Conference Final for...

Dallas Stars get some needed rest at home after starting to 'run on fumes' in NHL playoffs

May. 19, 2024 16:04 PM EDT

The Dallas Stars rested at home Sunday. No game, no practice and no travel for the first time in a month since the start of the NHL playoffs. “We were starting to run on fumes here at the end of this round,” coach Pete DeBoer said. “You can fill your tank up...