Glen Gulutzan was ready to be coach of Dallas Stars this time after 12 seasons gaining experience
Glen Gulutzan was ready to be the head coach of the Dallas Stars this time. There was a lot of experience Gulutzan gained in the 12 years between being let go by the Stars after his first two seasons as an NHL head coach and being re-hired last summer — by the same general manager who soon after taking that role in 2013 decided not to keep him.
DALLAS (AP) — Glen Gulutzan was ready to be the head coach of the Dallas Stars this time. There was a lot of experience Gulutzan gained in the 12 years between being let go by the Stars after his first two seasons as an NHL head coach and being re-hired last summer — by the same general manager who soon after taking that role in 2013 decided not to keep him. “He’s lived it.
How do you build your resume, you’ve got to go through experiences,” Stars GM Jim Nill said. “He’s gone through those experiences and those situations. " The 54-year-old Gulutzan is now leading the Stars (50-20-12) into the Western Conference playoffs.
Game 1 is at home Saturday against Central Division rival Minnesota. They wrapped up their third consecutive 50-win regular season with 112 points, the third-most in the NHL. After the Stars fired Pete DeBoer last June, even though each of his three seasons ended in the Western Conference final, Nill brought back Gulutzan after a dozen seasons in Canada for 947 regular-season games and 93 more in the playoffs.
He was a Vancouver assistant for three seasons, then the head coach in Calgary for two before seven seasons on the staff in Edmonton, which eliminated Dallas in the West final each of the past two years. “He's got composure behind the bench. He's guided our team,” Nill said.
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