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Colorado and Dallas are becoming epicenters of change in the NHL just hours after their regular seasons ended.

The new coach at the Stars AHL affiliate promises better synchronization between the franchises and other news and notes from around the NHL.

Willie Desjardins, after two years as Associate Coach of the Dallas Stars, has been named as the new Head Coach of the Texas Stars in Austin. The Texas Stars suffered through an overall...

The Stars may match a decades-low mark in power play goals scored and other news and notes from around the NHL.

Stargazing: Joe Nieuwendyk Unveils Partial List of Potential Coaching Candidates

Much of the focus on the Dallas Stars coaching search has been on the "system" that each prospective coach would bring and whether his style would fit what Joe Nieuwendyk is attempting to build in...

Age: 54Playing career: 1971-1977 (SJHL, WCHL)Coaching career: 2002-2010 (WHL) Playing career: Desjardins started his brief playing career in the Canadian Juniors, playing for the Moose Jaw Canucks,...

Yesterday the Dallas Stars fired head coach Marc Crawford. Initially, there was a feeling that Nieuwendyk likely already had Crawford's replacement in mind -- especially since Nieuwendyk never...