Armstrong replaced Bob Gainey as GM of the Stars with 32 games to go in the 2001–02 NHL season, and one of his first moves was hiring Dave Tippett as head coach. Armstrong is the son of NHL Hall of Fame linesman Neil Armstrong, inducted in 1991.
Armstrong took over as general manager for the Stars with 32 games left in the 2001–02 NHL season and chose Dave Tippett to be the head coach. Armstrong is the son of Neil Armstrong, who was enshrined in the NHL Hall of Fame in 1991.