The coach Jared Bednar can’t beat in the playoffs gets fired by Dallas

Colorado Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar might privately be breathing a sigh of relief on Friday.

The coach he can’t beat in the playoffs has been fired.

The Dallas Stars dismissed Pete DeBoer about a week after their season ended in the Western Conference Final against the Edmonton Oilers. Bednar is 0-4 in career postseason series against DeBoer.

NEWS: Dallas Stars General Manager Jim Nill announced today Pete DeBoer has been relieved of his head coaching duties.

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— Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) June 6, 2025

The Avalanche won the Stanley Cup in 2022, but DeBoer has sent them and Jared Bednar packing several times over the last eight years when they had dreams of more championships.

In 2019, DeBoer led the San Jose Sharks past the Avalanche in Game 7 of Round 2. In 2021, with DeBoer behind the bench for the Vegas Golden Knights, they sent Colorado home in six games.

Then, each of the last two seasons, DeBoer had bested Bednar as the head coach of the Dallas Stars. In 2024 it was in six games in 2OT. Last month it was in seven games, ending the Avalanche’s season way too early. DeBoer moved to 9-0 in Game 7s with that victory while Bednar dropped to 0-4.

In nine years as head coach of the Avalanche, Jared Bednar has lost in the playoffs seven times. His first year, the team didn’t make the postseason. As mentioned in 2022 they won the whole thing. But out of the seven times he’s been booted, four of those have come to DeBoer. That’s almost hard to wrap your mind around.

After the Oilers smashed the Stars in five games, and DeBoer made some controversial comments about his goalie, clearly Dallas management felt it was time for a change.

Meanwhile in Colorado, Bednar has been given a 100 percent vote of confidence from GM Chris MacFarland. To be fair, the players seem to really like Bednar — that might not have been the case for DeBoer. There’s a reason he’s bounced around while Bednar has stayed put.

Hopefully the next job DeBoer gets will be in the Eastern Conference. And the Avalanche and Jared Bednar don’t see him in a Stanley Cup Final one day.

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