This article is about the retired NHL coach. For former NHL defenseman Ralph "Scotty" Bowman, see Ralph Bowman. For the Michigan politician, see Scott Boman. For the Australian academic, see Scott Bowman (academic). For the Welsh musician, see The Beef Seeds.
Ice hockey player
Scotty Bowman
Hockey Hall of Fame, 1991 (Builder)
Bowman in June 2006
Born
(1933-09-18) September 18, 1933 (age 90) Verdun, Quebec, Canada
Coached for
St. Louis Blues Montreal Canadiens Buffalo Sabres Pittsburgh Penguins Detroit Red Wings
Coaching career
1956–2002
William Scott BowmanOC (born September 18, 1933) is a Canadian former National Hockey League (NHL) head coach. He holds the record for most wins in league history, with 1,244 wins in the regular season and 223 in the Stanley Cup playoffs, thus ranking second of all time (behind Jean Béliveau's seventeen) for most Stanley Cup victories by a player, coach or executive with fourteen. He coached the St. Louis Blues, Montreal Canadiens, Buffalo Sabres, Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings. He was most recently the senior advisor of hockey operations for the Chicago Blackhawks, until stepping down in July 2022. Bowman is often regarded as the greatest coach in NHL history.[1][2][3]
As head coach, Bowman has won a record nine Stanley Cup championships; five with the Canadiens (1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979), one with the Penguins (1992) and three with the Red Wings (1997, 1998, and 2002). He has also won the Stanley Cup five times as a member of an organization's front office. He was director of player development for the 1991 Penguins, Consultant with the 2008 Detroit Red Wings, and senior advisor of hockey operations for the 2010, 2013, and 2015 Chicago Blackhawks. Bowman is the only NHL coach to lead three teams to Stanley Cup victories.[4] Bowman won the Jack Adams Award in 1977 and 1996. In the 1976–77 season, he won a record 60 games, breaking his own record of 58 wins the year before. He broke his own record again in the 1995–1996 season, with 62 wins. His eight losses in 1976–77 are a modern record for the fewest defeats incurred. His teams also made it to the Stanley Cup Finals a record 13 times and the semi-finals a record 16 times.
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his speed, and unbelievable one-on-one moves." Red Wings head coach ScottyBowman was also asked in an interview during the season where he thought Fedorov...
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sponsored by Toronto-Peterborough Transport (TPT) from 1956 to 1966. ScottyBowman was brought in to coach by the Montreal Canadiens organization from...
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demoted Dale Tallon to the position of senior adviser. Stan Bowman, son of ScottyBowman, was promoted to general manager. The Blackhawks continued to...
Detroit there was the departure of several players whom head coach ScottyBowman blamed for their loss to Colorado a year prior, including trading away...
season, the team lost coach Bob Johnson to cancer, and ScottyBowman took over as coach. Under Bowman, they swept the Chicago Blackhawks to repeat as Stanley...
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