When the Dallas Stars entered the COVID-19 pause last March on an 0-6 run, it seemed like a longshot that Rick Bowness would shed his interim label and become the head coach in Dallas. Things changed once the Stars entered the bubble. Circumstances were different, including compressed schedules, silent arenas and team personnel isolated from the wider world.
HALIFAX — Rick Bowness is starting a new and exciting chapter behind the bench and is having perhaps the most fun of his career.
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After two days behind a mask and off his skates, Rick Bowness returned to his natural habitat on the ice with air inside the rink blowing against his face. “You get out there and you miss it,” the Dallas Stars coach said. “You realize how much you enjoy being out there.”
There isn’t a day that goes by that Rick Bowness doesn’t sit back and wonder.
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