In a little less than two months, Jim Montgomery will do something he’s never done before: coach in an NHL game. And with his first game, the Dallas Stars will usher in yet another new era.
These new eras have become all too repetitive for the Stars over the past few seasons. Montgomery will be the team’s third head coach in three years, a feat that very few NHL clubs ever have to deal with.
But when Lindy Ruff couldn’t replicate the team’s 2015-16 success in 2016-17, Dallas diverted to an old accomplice in Ken Hitchcock.