After going 22-27-9 this season, former Stars head coach Ken Hitchcock was fired from his head coaching job with the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday. The Stars play the Blue Jackets in Columbus at 6 p.m. tonight. Assistant coach Claude Noel was named head coach for the rest of the season. Hitchcock helped the Blue Jackets to the team’s first-ever playoff appearance last season.
Hitchcock coached the Stars to a Stanley Cup in 1999 and returned them to the finals in 2000, when the Stars lost to the New Jersey Devils. He led the Stars for the better part of six years from 1996-2002.
Hitchcock’s career record as a head coach is 533-372-136 with the Stars, Flyers and Blue Jackets. He compiled a record of 125-123-36 in four years with Columbus.
Hitchcock will serve as a coach for the Canadian Olympic team in Vancouver starting in just over a week. Canada won the gold medal in 2002.
*Statistics from The Associated Press
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