WINNIPEG — Every time Rick Bowness has been asked about what went wrong in Winnipeg last season, he has found a polite way to sidestep the question. He wasn’t here, Bowness tells reporters.

WINNIPEG, MB - In a parallel universe, there is a real chance Rick Bowness would have never gotten the chance to be an NHL head coach again. The veteran NHL mind had been an assistant coach for 14 ...

FILE - Stars head coach Rick Bowness is pictured during Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Lightning at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on Monday, Sept. 28, 2020.

FILE — Dallas Stars interim head coach Rick Bowness is seen during the second period of a National Hockey League match Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019 at American Airlines Center in Dallas. The Stars are ...

Winnipeg Jets coach Rick Bowness announced his retirement Monday after 38 NHL seasons, a well-respected career that included leading the Dallas Stars to the Stanley Cup Final in 2020 and more time ...

Rick Bowness probably made a difference in their life and whether they’re going to be a firefighter or a policeman, a doctor, a lawyer, whatever, he’s had an impact on people.

Winnipeg Jets head coach Rick Bowness, (right) and his wife Judy Bowness, (second from right) pose with their son Ryan, grandson Brendan, and daughter-in-law Victoria in a photo tweeted by the ...

Rick Bowness can be connected to nearly every team in the league after 40 years of playing and coaching in the NHL. But right now, the Dallas Stars coach’s connections to his opponent are ...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Rick Bowness has certainly earned his wings. Bowness’s first crack at an NHL head coaching gig came late in the 1989 season when he replaced Dan Maloney as head coach of ...

In the movie, Rick Bowness wins the Stanley Cup. That’s how the story ends for unlikely, likable protagonists, and no Stars coach embodied those two qualities quite like him.

Rick Bowness said even after 24 seasons as an NHL head or assistant coach, he still has no problem getting the competitive juices flowing. Add he has never won a Stanley Cup as a coach or a player, ...

The Islanders have named Ryan Bowness assistant general manager and director of player personnel. The son of former Islanders coach Rick Bowness, Ryan Bowness joins the organization after working in ...