Peter Deboer Wife
Susan Deboer is the lovely wife of NHL coach, Peter DeBoer. Head coach, Peter Deboer is currently coach for the Dallas Stars. Coach DeBoer previously coached the San Jose Sharks, New Jersey Devils, Las Vegas Golden Knights, and the Florida Panthers.
Susan’s husband was born June 13, 1968 in Dunnville, Ontario; a small farming town on the north shore of Lake Erie about 45 miles west of the U.S. border at Buffalo, N.Y. His father worked in a nearby steel factory and his mother was an X-ray technician at a hospital in Hamilton, almost an hour’s drive away.
He attended both the University of Windsor and the University of Detroit and holds a law degree. He was the 237th player taken in the 1988 draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs and spent three years as a minor league forward with the Milwaukee Admirals of the International Hockey League.
He later had to decide between taking a job in corporate law or joining Maurice’s staff on the Detroit Junior Red Wings, but it was a no-brainer.
The former player-turned-coach spent three seasons as head coach of the Florida Panthers. In 2008-09, his first season as an NHL head coach, he coached the Panthers to their then second-best season in franchise history with 93 points, posting a 41-30-11 record.
In 246 games coached with Florida, DeBoer posted a 103-107-36 record.
He then went on to coach New Jersey. In 248 games coached with New Jersey, DeBoer posted a 114-93-41 record. He ranks as the second-most winningest coach in Devils franchise history.
In May 2015, Peter Deboer was named the eighth head coach in Sharks franchise history. According to his profile, he serves at both the NHL and Canadian Hockey League levels. Both teams fired Peter, DeBoer took being fired by the Devils hard but said he had no thoughts about retiring from coaching. He wanted to coach again in the NHL as soon as possible.
He did get to spend more time with his wife and three children after being fired instead, he helped coach his two sons’ hockey teams.
Then in May, DeBoer was an assistant under McLellan for Canada, which won the IIHF World Championship in the Czech Republic.
The Las Vegas Golden Knights introduced, Peter zDeBoer as their new head coach on January 15, 2020. After two seasons with the Golden Knights, coach DeBoer was fired on May 16, 2022, he was replaced by Bruce Cassidy.
The Dallas Stars announced they hired Peter DeBoer as their new coach on June 21, 2022, succeeding Rick Bowness.
Peter DeBoer Contract and Salary
On June 20, 2022, Peter DeBoer signed a four-year, $17 million contract with the Dallas Stars. Coach DeBoer earns an annual salary of $4.5 Million.
Peter DeBoer Wife
Susan Deboer
Susan Deboer and her hubby have been married for over 27-years. Susan Deboer, known as Sue DeBoer, is also the mother of the couple’s three children, two boys: 22-year-old Jack and 20-year-old Matthew, and one daughter, Abigail, “Abby” who is 23-years-old.
Her son, Jack (b. Aug.17, 2000) graduated from Salisbury School in Salisbury, Connecticut, and committed to play for Boston University in 2018, he later transferred to Niagara University; Jack also played with the USA National Hockey Team.
Matthew plays hockey at Holy Cross; Abby graduated in 2021, with a Bachelor of Arts in English and Literature and is an events assistant at Landmark Ventures in New York.
Susan Deboer had never been to California until 2014 summer, when she and her family vacationed in the Sonoma wine country with longtime friends.
At that moment, according to the mercucrynews, Susan Deboer never imagined that ‘gorgeous’ California would be the next stop in the family’s hockey journey.
She told about being married to a NHL coach: “His wheels start spinning and it’s August and you know that training camp is around the corner and he’s off and in a different world.”
Not much more is known about Susan Deboer but as she still keeps on finding her way in sunny California, we don’t want to miss her hubby in action.
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