Rick Bowness

The Winnipeg Jets are finalizing a deal with Rick Bowness to become the team's new head coach, according to multiple media reports.

The team confirmed to CBC that they were in discussion with Bowness about the position, but said nothing had been finalized yet. TSN was the first to report that Bowness and the Jets were close to a deal. The Winnipeg Jets are finalizing a deal with Rick Bowness to become the team's new head coach, according to multiple media reports.

The Winnipeg Jets and veteran coach Rick Bowness are working on finalizing his agreement to be the next coach of the Jets. This will end a thorough interview ...

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The Winnipeg Jets and veteran coach Rick Bowness are working on finalizing an agreement to become the next head coach of the franchise, according to TSN ...

The Winnipeg Jets and veteran coach Rick Bowness are working on finalizing an agreement to become the next head coach of the franchise, according to TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger. The Winnipeg Jets and veteran coach Rick Bowness are working on finalizing an agreement to become the next head coach of the franchise, according to TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger. Scotty Bowman and Pat Quinn, both members of the Hockey Hall of Fame, and Bowness are the only other head coaches with games in five different decades.

Rick Bowness will be the next head coach of the Winnipeg Jets, according to a report from TSN's Darren Dreger.

They missed the playoffs under interim coach Dave Lowry, who took over after Paul Maurice resigned just before Christmas. Bowness, who is well-respected around the league, was not the Jets’ first choice. He played for the Jets in 1980-81 and later started his career as an NHL assistant with Winnipeg in 1984-85.

Bowness most recently was head coach of the Dallas Stars, but stepped down in late May.

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According to reports, Rick Bowness is close to becoming the next head coach of the Winnipeg Jets.

And while his teams don't exactly play a thrilling brand of hockey, his defense-centric system will hopefully reign in some of the bad habits displayed on the other side of the puck by Jets stars such as Mark Schiefele and Blake Wheeler. With Barry Trotz opting to take some time away from coaching to focus on his family after emerging as the Jets' leading candidate, the organization clearly wasted no time to search for another veteran figure to fill their vacant coaching job. The Jets are in the final stages of coming to an agreement with Rick Bowness to become the team's next head coach.

The Winnipeg Jets' head coaching search has reportedly ended with a stunner, and a familiar face returning to his old stomping grounds.

They surrendered the sixth-fewest goals-against during that time but ranked 25th in goals-for. Bowness likes his teams to employ quick puck movement with sound positioning, doing so with a defensive-minded approach. A player’s coach who isn’t afraid to bring down an iron first if need be, and does so by commanding the respect of those under his tutelage. They missed the playoffs under interim coach Dave Lowry, who took over after Paul Maurice resigned just before Christmas. Bowness, who is well-respected around the league, was not the Jets’ first choice. He played for the Jets in 1980-81 and later started his career as an NHL assistant with Winnipeg in 1984-85.

One of the last teams with a head coaching vacancy has finally filled the role, as the Jets reportedly are set to hire former Stars coach Rick Bowness.

Jim Montgomery, who was hired by the Bruins, was in the running, as well as former Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet, who was reported to be the frontrunner. Scott Arniel and Pascal Vincent were also connected to the Jets job, each having spent time with the Manitoba Moose in the AHL, the Jets' affiliate. But the former Stars coach is coming off a couple of disappointing seasons in Texas. Another area of his coaching that has been criticized is his lack of playing time for certain young, offensive players. In his career, Bowness has 212 wins as a head coach with 351 losses, 29 overtime losses and 48 ties. During his time in Dallas, Bowness compiled a record of 89-62-25.

The Winnipeg Jets and veteran coach Rick Bowness are working on finalizing his agreement to be the next coach of the Jets. This will end a thorough interview ...

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The Winnipeg Jets' head coaching search has reportedly ended with a stunner, and a familiar face returning to his old stomping grounds.

Bowness likes his teams to employ quick puck movement with sound positioning, doing so with a defensive-minded approach. A player’s coach who isn’t afraid to bring down an iron first if need be, and does so by commanding the respect of those under his tutelage. The Jets reportedly were looking for someone with some ties to the organization. They missed the playoffs under interim coach Dave Lowry, who took over after Paul Maurice resigned just before Christmas. He played for the Jets in 1980-81 and later started his career as an NHL assistant with Winnipeg in 1984-85. Bowness, who is well-respected around the league, was not the Jets’ first choice.

Rick Bowness has served in a variety of roles after wrapping up his nine-year professional playing career and nobody has been behind the bench (as a head coach ...

“One thing Rick has a really good feel for ... and I wouldn’t call it the defensive game ... I’d call it the checking game,” said Laxdal. “And checking with your feet. “With the older guys, the idea of building those relationships and gaining that trust from within the group, that’s the art of building a hockey club and building the culture that you want.” “That was evident back then,” said Nill. “He was there to support the players, but he also wanted you to get better and make you accountable for it. His philosophy of the game starts with the checking part of the game, getting above (the puck) and checking with your sticks in all three zones. As a player he had passion and as a coach, he’s got passion and it’s never changed. He is the head coach and he’s going to have to make some tough decisions, but they’re going to respect the decisions he makes. We had seen it in Tampa Bay and the other teams he had been with,” said Nill. “When we hired him as an assistant, that was his real strength and he continued that as a head coach also. He’s been in the game a long time, he’s played the game and he knows that. “We’re in a business that is demanding and stressful and has a lot of expectations, but Bones has a really good understanding of that and works hard at building relationships with his players where there is a mutual respect for what’s asked of them and what they have to go through to compete as athletes. They’re going to respect him and that’s the way that it has to be. He’s got a great way of connecting with them and has a great feel for that part of the game. He’s been with some good teams, he’s been on some long runs and he knows how hard it is, so he wants the guys to enjoy coming to the rink but he wants the guys coming to the rink knowing that there’s a job to do.

A Jets spokesman told The Canadian Press on Friday that while nothing was finalized, Rick Bowness "is the person we're focusing on as our next head coach."

Bowness has been on an NHL bench for a record 2,562 regular-season games as a head coach or an assistant over nearly four decades. The former right wing ended his NHL playing career with Winnipeg in the 1982 playoffs. Bowness spent most of the past three NHL seasons coaching the Dallas Stars. He led them to the 2020 Stanley Cup Final in the playoff bubble in Edmonton, where the Stars lost to the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Stars lost to Calgary in overtime of Game 7 in the first round of the playoff this year.

The Winnipeg Jets' head coaching search has reportedly ended with a stunner, and a familiar face returning to his old stomping grounds.

Bowness likes his teams to employ quick puck movement with sound positioning, doing so with a defensive-minded approach. A player’s coach who isn’t afraid to bring down an iron first if need be, and does so by commanding the respect of those under his tutelage. They missed the playoffs under interim coach Dave Lowry, who took over after Paul Maurice resigned just before Christmas. The Jets reportedly were looking for someone with some ties to the organization. Bowness, who is well-respected around the league, was not the Jets’ first choice. He played for the Jets in 1980-81 and later started his career as an NHL assistant with Winnipeg in 1984-85.

Bowness spent most of the past three NHL seasons with the Dallas Stars. He led them to the 2020 Stanley Cup final in the playoff bubble in Edmonton where the ...

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The Winnipeg Jets and veteran coach Rick Bowness are working on finalizing his agreement to be the next coach of the Jets. This will end a thorough interview ...

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His Stars bowed out in seven games to the Calgary Flames in the first round of this year's playoffs. The Flames won Game 7 in overtime. While Bowness was not ...

He was 89-62-25 as head coach in Dallas. Bowness was a second-year assistant when he took over in December 2019 after Jim Montgomery’s firing for off-ice issues. The Flames won Game 7 in overtime. Bowness has been on an NHL bench for a record 2,562 regular-season games as a head coach or an assistant over nearly four decades.

Bowness is not a modern hire but his strengths cater to what the Jets need, particularly in the short run.

The Jets didn’t avoid hiring a retread, either, given that Bowness has stood behind a bench more often than any other coach in NHL history, and they certainly didn’t manage to hire someone without established Jets connections. Part of this is inevitable on a team led by Heiskanen, Ryan Suter and John Klingberg (even Esa Lindell, the bigger, more physical part of the Stars’ top four, scored 25 points in 76 games last season). Heiskanen’s rise to prominence is probably more about his own ability than any coach but it’s worth noting that he led all Stars players in average ice time at just 22. It means that there is finally room for Nikolaj Ehlers to go from the sixth-most played Jets forward and finally get played like one of Winnipeg’s very best players. The other criticism is that no matter how prepared or well-liked Bowness is, it seems difficult to imagine a team that looked as disinterested in defending as last year’s Jets making an instant transformation toward Bowness’ strengths. This would be true for any 67-year-old coach and is more true with Scott Arniel in waiting as a possible long-term replacement. No coach is so good so as to spare them that labour and Bowness’ impact, positive as it seems, is closer to average than spectacular. He is said to be upbeat, prepared, fun to be around and a proponent of family culture within a team. It’s an old-school element that comes with an old-school coach; that Bowness is able to share tough words with his players and still earn those quotes is a point in his favour. In Dallas, he was popular in the dressing room with Tyler Seguin saying that Bowness is the “ultimate man, family guy, just person to be around, learn from and talk to” and Jake Oettinger crediting his relationship with Bowness as part of his development. Bowness most recently coached the Dallas Stars to an 89-62-25 record in two and a half seasons after taking over from Jim Montgomery, following the latter’s midseason dismissal in 2019-20. Bowness is not afraid of criticizing star players or laying into the team when it’s not playing right. Coaches I trust have already reached out to share confidence in Bowness’ technical acumen, particularly on the defensive side of the game.