Bill bowler biography
Bill Bowler
Canadian ice hockey player
Ice hockey player
William J. Bowler (born September 25, ) is a Canadian former professional ice hockeycentre. He played nine games in the National Hockey League with the Columbus Blue Jackets during the –01 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from to , was spent in the minor leagues.
He is currently the General Manager of the Windsor Spitfires in the Ontario Hockey League.
Bill bowler hockey Hidden categories: Webarchive template wayback links Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Short description is different from Wikidata All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from January Articles containing potentially dated statements from All articles containing potentially dated statements. Bill Bowler Hockey player, hockey coach, manager The all time leading goal scorer of the Windsor Spitfires, Bill Bowler has excelled in the hockey world as both a player and coach. Howe , N. Bill Bowler was born in Toronto, Canada.Biography
As a youth, Bowler played in the Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Mississauga.[1]
In –95, while playing for the Ontario Hockey League's Windsor Spitfires, Bowler was awarded the Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy as the best overage player in the league.[2] During four seasons with the Windsor Spitfires, from the season to the –95 season, Bill Bowler set a franchise record for most career points, with points.[citation needed] He also set the OHL record for most career assists, with As of [update], both records still stand.[citation needed] On December 10, , Bowler's number 9 was retired by the Windsor Spitfires - he was the eighth player in Windsor Spitfire history to have his jersey hung from the rafters.[3]
Bowler played nine games with the Columbus Blue Jackets in the –01 season, recording two assists.[citation needed] In –01, Bowler set a team record for the AHL's Syracuse Crunch with 58 assists, and tied the team record with 79 points (set in –96 by Lonny Bohonos.
This record would be later be broken by Carter Verhaeghe in the season).[citation needed]
Bowler also played professionally in the International Hockey League, and the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.[citation needed]
In , Bowler entered his third season as general manager and head coach of the LaSalle Vipers.
He had previously served as the general manager and head coach of the Chatham Maroons for two seasons.[citation needed]
In July , it was announced Bowler would take over for Warren Rychel as General Manager of the Windsor Spitfires for the season.[4]