Oilers, Stars GMs face off in Western Final after success with Red Wings

DALLAS -- Ken Holland and Jim Nill have their names on the Stanley Cup together four times. They were on the management team when the Detroit Red Wings won the Cup in 1997, 1998, 2002 and 2008. Now they're facing each other as general managers of different teams in the Western Conference Final, Holland leading the Edmonton Oilers, Nill the Dallas Stars. Game 1 is at American Airlines Center on Thursday (8:30 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TNT, SN, TVAS, CBC). Holland has Edmonton in the conference final for the second time in three seasons. The 68-year-old is looking to add another championship to a resume that already has him in the Hockey Hall of Fame. “Obviously, we go way back, and we're good friends,”