The Dallas Stars have dismissed head coach Jim Montgomery (Maine) for "unprofessional conduct", according to multiple news sources. No specific event was mentioned, and no criminal investigation is apparently being pursued.
As an All-America forward, Montgomery led Maine to its first-ever NCAA hockey title in 1993. He did the same 24 years later with the University of Denver, as head coach of the Pioneers when he guided them to the national championship in Chicago in 2017.
Montgomery, 50, left Denver in 2018 to join the Stars, and went 60-43-10 in 113 NHL regular-season games before his dismissal. He also led Dallas to Game 7 of the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs earlier this year, where the Stars fell in double overtime to eventual Stanley Cup champion St. Louis.
A native of Montreal, Montgomery also coached Dubuque to two Junior A titles in the United States Hockey League before signing on at Denver, after previously serving four seasons as an assistant coach at Rensselaer. He played in 122 NHL games between 1993 and 2003 with St. Louis, Montreal, Philadelphia, San Jose and Dallas, after recording 301 points in four seasons at UMaine.
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