The Dallas Stars have hired Glen Gulutzan as their head coach 12 years after he was fired from his first stint with them by the general manager who is still there.

Gulutzan spent the last seven seasons with Edmonton where the Oilers qualified for the postseason in six of the seven years and reached the Stanley Cup Final in each of the last two

Glen Gulutzan will be tasked with finally getting the Dallas Stars past the Western Conference Final in his second stint as head coach of the team.