Stars hire David Pelletier as assistant coach

The Stars have named longtime Oilers skating coach David Pelletier as an assistant on Glen Gulutzans staff, per a team announcement Friday.

Its not the 50-year-olds first NHL job.

Hes worked in the Edmonton area as a skating coach for the last decade, also working as a skills coach for the WHLs Edmonton Oil Kings since 2020-21 and as an assistant coach for the University of Alberta program from 2018-20.

Pelletier never played hockey at any level but is a well-known pairs figure skater, winning gold for Canada at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

The team said Pelletier will not be on the teams bench during games and will instead serve as an eye-in-the-sky assistant.

Dallas coaching turnover is now complete.

After firing head coach Peter DeBoer and losing assistants Misha Donskov and Steve Spott to other roles, theyve brought in Gulutzan as head coach and named Pelletier and Neil Graham as new assistants.

Alain Nasreddine still remains from last years staff and will serve as the bench group with Gulutzan and Graham during games.

Pelletier is also a member of the Canadian Olympic and Sports Hall of Fame and was awarded the Lou Marsh Trophy, given to the most outstanding Canadian athlete, in 2001.

He was part of the Oil Kings staff that guided the team to a WHL championship in 2022, a roster that included NHLers Sebastian Cossa , Dylan Guenther , Kaiden Guhle , Jake Neighbours , and Justin Sourdif .

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