- Rick Bowness
Rick Bowness (born on
January 25 , 1955 in Moncton, New Brunswick) is a Canadian formerNational Hockey League leftwinger and currently an assistant coach with theVancouver Canucks . He played for theAtlanta Flames ,Detroit Red Wings , St. Louis Blues andWinnipeg Jets and Central Hockey League, AHL and QMJHL teams. He has been a head coach for theWinnipeg Jets ,Boston Bruins ,Ottawa Senators ,New York Islanders andPhoenix 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. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6QDY9V40ds]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.Coaching record
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