Stars’ Bowness Brings Calm Leadership Through Stormy Seasons
Few coaches have ever had as strange a tenure behind the bench as Rick Bowness has with the Dallas Stars.
Few coaches have ever had as strange a tenure behind the bench as Rick Bowness has with the Dallas Stars.
As Stars players arrived at the practice facility in Frisco on Friday for an 11:30 a.m. practice, they expected the standard routine: A video session to begin the day.
Adversity is a huge part of any hockey season. The team that can overcome it the most, is usually set up to make a run. For the Dallas Stars, they go even further than just overcoming it.
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.
When Rick Bowness was asked to take the reins for the Dallas Stars 11 months ago, nobody was happy with the circumstances — the team’s previous head coach, Jim Montgomery, had been abruptly let go.
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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.
Sportsnet Hockey Central have spent time over the last few weeks speaking with many of our head coaches during the paused NHL season. Take a listen.
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