Ken Hitchcock's arrival to the Dallas Stars was always going to be a temporary move, and it lasted not three years but just one.
Hitchcock could go home again, but the results did not follow him.
The best coach in the history of the Dallas Stars has informed them he is retiring. He is expected to remain with the franchise as an adviser.
Hitchcock was hired nearly one year ago to the date, April 13. He was hired to push the Stars back to the playoffs, but that didn't pan out. This season, the Stars finished 40-32-8 and missed the postseason for the eighth time in the past 10 years.