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Rick Bowness
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Rick Bowness (born on January 25, 1955 in Moncton, New Brunswick) is a Canadian former National Hockey League leftwinger and currently an assistant coach with the Vancouver Canucks. He has played for the Atlanta Flames, Detroit Red Wings, St. Louis Blues and Winnipeg Jets and Central Hockey League, AHL and QMJHL teams. He has been a head coach for the Winnipeg Jets, Boston Bruins, Ottawa Senators, New York Islanders and Phoenix Coyotes.
Rick Bowness, while assistant coach of the Winnipeg Jets, was once fined $500 and suspended for three games after punching Calgary forward Tim Hunter in the head during a brawl. Brian Hayward and Tim Hunter had been involved in a scuffle which escalated to a full brawl after Hunter continued to attack Hayward. [1]
He was drafted by the Atlanta Flames in the 1975 NHL Entry Draft, Second Round, Twenty-sixth Overall.
In July 2006, he vacated his post as assistant coach at Phoenix to become an assistant coach to Alain Vigneault at Vancouver.
| Preceded by Mike Milbury |
Head Coaches of the Boston Bruins 1991–1992 |
Succeeded by Brian Sutter |
| Preceded by first coach |
Head Coaches of the Ottawa Senators 1992–1995 |
Succeeded by Dave Allison |
| Preceded by Mike Milbury |
Head Coaches of the New York Islanders 1997–1998 |
Succeeded by Mike Milbury |
| Preceded by Bob Francis |
Head Coaches of the Phoenix Coyotes 2004-2005 |
Succeeded by Wayne Gretzky |
| Boston Bruins Head Coaches |
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| Ross • Denneny • F. Patrick • Weiland • Clapper • Boucher • L. Patrick • Schmidt • Watson • Sinden • Johnson • Guidolin • Cherry • Creighton • Cheevers • Goring • O'Reilly • Milbury • Bowness • Sutter • Kasper • Burns • Keenan • Ftorek • O'Connell • Sullivan • Lewis |
| Ottawa Senators Head Coaches |
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| Bowness • Allison • Martin • Neilson • Murray |
| New York Islanders Head Coaches |
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| Goyette • Ingarfield • Arbour • Simpson • Henning • Milbury • Bowness • Stewart • Goring • Laviolette • Stirling • Shaw • Nolan |
| Phoenix Coyotes Head Coaches |
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| Hay • Schoenfeld • Francis • Bowness • Gretzky |
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