page_title: Rick Bowness
section_title: Vancouver Canucks
hierarchical_section_title: Rick Bowness / Coaching career / Vancouver Canucks
caption_attribution_description: Rick Bowness, assistant coach of the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League
context_page_description: Richard Gary Bowness is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. He is the interim head coach for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League. Bowness played for the Atlanta Flames, Detroit Red Wings, St. Louis Blues and original Winnipeg Jets and Central Hockey League, American Hockey League and Quebec Major Junior Hockey League teams. Bowness has been a head coach for the original Winnipeg Jets, Boston Bruins, Ottawa Senators, New York Islanders and Phoenix Coyotes, and associate coach with the Vancouver Canucks.
context_section_description: Bowness joined the Vancouver Canucks as an assistant coach under Alain Vigneault for the 2006–07 season. In his first season with Vancouver, the team won the Northwest Division with a 49–26–7 record, earning 105 points and third in the Western Conference. In the playoffs, the Canucks defeated the Dallas Stars in seven games in the first round, however, Vancouver lost in five games to the Anaheim Ducks in the second round.
  The Canucks struggled to a 39–33–10 record in 2007–08, earning 88 points, and an 11th place finish in the Western Conference, out of the playoffs. Vancouver rebounded in 2008–09, winning the Northwest Division for the second time in three seasons, going 45–27–10, recording 100 points and third place in the Western Conference. In the playoffs, the Canucks swept the St. Louis Blues in four games, however, they lost to the Chicago Blackhawks in six games in the second round.
  The 2009–10 was another very successful season for the Canucks, as the club once again won the Northwest Division with a 49–28–5 record, good for 103 points and third in the Western Conference. Vancouver defeated the Los Angeles Kings in six games, however, they lost to the Blackhawks in six games in the second round for the second consecutive season.
  The club had a record breaking 2010–11, as the Canucks won the President's Trophy with a 54–19–9 record, earning a club record 117 points. In the postseason, Vancouver defeated their rivals, the Blackhawks in seven games, followed by winning a six-game series against the Nashville Predators to make the Western Conference final. The Canucks easily defeated the San Jose Sharks to clinch a berth in the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals against the Boston Bruins. In the final round, the Canucks built a 3–2 series lead, however, the club lost their last two games to lose the Stanley Cup in seven games. In 2013, after being swept in the first round of the playoffs, Bowness, head coach Vigneault, and assistant coach Newell Brown were all fired from their positions in the Canucks coaching staff on May 22, 2013.
caption: Bowness with the Canucks in 2009
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