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
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
Bowness • Allison • Martin • Neilson • Murray

New York Islanders Head Coaches
Goyette • Ingarfield • Arbour • Simpson • Henning • Milbury • Bowness • Stewart • Goring • Laviolette • Stirling • Shaw • Nolan