‘Lots of fire’ left in Bowness at end of his Stars contract
Associated PressFRISCO, Texas — Rick Bowness has been on an NHL bench for a record 2,562 regular-season games as a head coach or an assistant over nearly four decades. “It’s tough to walk out of that rink losing in overtime in Game 7, but it also shows you that, yeah, I’m an old man, but still lots of fire left in me.” Two days after the wildcard Stars ended their season in a 3-2 loss at Calgary, and two seasons after he took them to a most unusual Stanley Cup Final, it was unclear if Bowness will be back. But as I said, we’ll sit down with everybody, reassess everything here over the next five or six days, and go from there.” Scotty Bowman and Pat Quinn, both members of the Hockey Hall of Fame, and Bowness are the only other head coaches with games in five different decades. Whether with Bowness or another coach next season, the Stars need to find more consistent scoring outside their top line that didn’t include six-time All-Star Tyler Seguin or captain Jamie Benn. “Every second I was on the ice, I was having the time of my life, and it was it a dream come true.. I’ve never wanted to win more than I do right now.” Oettinger began this season in the minors even after making his NHL debut in a couple of 2020 playoff games and playing in half of the Stars’ games last season.
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