The Florida Panthers hired Peter DeBoer as their new coach Friday, giving him a multiyear deal on his 40th birthday.DeBoer - a highly touted junior coach from the Ontario Hockey League's Kitchener Rangers - also was courted by Ottawa and met with the Senators this week. DeBoer replaces his boss, Jacques Martin, who was stripped of his duties as head coach in April but remains with the team as general manager.``I was really pleased when Peter decided on our organization,'' Ma

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