Maurice leaves behind a lasting legacy in Winnipeg
“I think a new voice with this group, this town, is going to be great.”
“I think a new voice with this group, this town, is going to be great.”
The Winnipeg Jets have an “us against them” attitude coming into this season with players embracing the prairie city known for its extreme climate, coach Paul Maurice said Tuesday.
Limping into the playoffs, the Winnipeg Jets are few people’s pick as a Cup contender. But head coach Paul Maurice knows how to get an underdog to the big dance.
On an overcast afternoon in Vancouver, in a rare opening between responsibilities as head coach of the Winnipeg Jets, Paul Maurice cracked open an old book. It was a thriller, published 42 years ago, and it featured an assassin, a corporate oligopoly and the pursuit of deep, spiritual understanding.
Dave Lowry still uses his 250-prefix cell number from his Island days. But make no mistake, he is now firmly Mr. Manitoba.
Every time Dave Lowry took the reins as head coach in the Western Hockey League, he has made his team better. Now in his first season as an assistant with the Winnipeg Jets, Lowry enjoyed his longest tenure as a WHL bench boss in Victoria (2012-17).
With Wayne Gretzky turning 60 on Tuesday, those Boys on the Bus are now almost Seniors on the Bus.
Certainly, time flies because Winnipeg Jets coach Paul Maurice watched the greatest hockey player of them all when both were in Sault Ste. Marie in the late 1970s.
Last week we took a look at the 10 NHL captains with Ontario Hockey League origins. This week, we turn our attention behind the bench where eleven NHL coaches have OHL roots.
This opportunity would have been appealing to Dave Lowry even if his son wasn’t on the team.
When the Jack Adams Award finalists were announced, Winnipeg Jets head coach Paul Maurice was not listed. All of the coaches listed are worthy of the nomination, but what Maurice did with the Jets this year was remarkable. However, being in the Western Conference Maurice and Jets do not get the respect they deserve. In fact, dare we say that Paul Maurice is the most underrated coach in the National Hockey League.
Paul Maurice has a theory about the rhythm of a new hockey season.
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.”
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