Bill Bowler
Template:Short description Template:Infobox ice hockey player William J. Bowler (born September 25, 1974) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He played nine games in the National Hockey League with the Columbus Blue Jackets during the 2000–01 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1995 to 2003, was spent in the minor leagues. He is currently the General Manager of the Windsor Spitfires in the Ontario Hockey League.
Biography
As a youth, Bowler played in the 1988 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Mississauga.[1]
In 1994–95, 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 1991-92 season to the 1994–95 season, Bill Bowler set a franchise record for most career points, with 467 points.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He also set the OHL record for most career assists, with 318. since 2016[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., both records still stand.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". On December 10, 2011, 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 2000–01 season, recording two assists.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". In 2000–01, Bowler set a team record for the AHL's Syracuse Crunch with 58 assists, and tied the team record with 79 points (set in 1995–96 by Lonny Bohonos. This record would be later be broken by Carter Verhaeghe in the 2018-19 season).Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Bowler also played professionally in the International Hockey League, and the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In 2015, 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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In July 2019, it was announced Bowler would take over for Warren Rychel as General Manager of the Windsor Spitfires for the 2019-20 season.[4]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1990–91 | Toronto Red Wings U18 | GTHL | 69 | 58 | 99 | 157 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Windsor Spitfires | OHL | 66 | 25 | 63 | 88 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | ||
| 1992–93 | Windsor Spitfires | OHL | 57 | 44 | 77 | 121 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Windsor Spitfires | OHL | 66 | 47 | 76 | 123 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Windsor Spitfires | OHL | 61 | 33 | 102 | 135 | 63 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 13 | ||
| 1994–95 | Las Vegas Thunder | IHL | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1995–96 | Las Vegas Thunder | IHL | 75 | 31 | 55 | 86 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 22 | ||
| 1996–97 | Houston Aeros | IHL | 78 | 22 | 43 | 65 | 79 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 1997–98 | Hamilton Bulldogs | AHL | 46 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Manitoba Moose | IHL | 30 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1998–99 | Manitoba Moose | IHL | 82 | 26 | 67 | 93 | 59 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 6 | ||
| 1999–00 | Manitoba Moose | IHL | 75 | 20 | 42 | 62 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 2000–01 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 72 | 21 | 58 | 79 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 2001–02 | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL | 17 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Norfolk Admirals | AHL | 28 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Krefeld Pinguine | DEL | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | ||
| IHL totals | 340 | 108 | 232 | 341 | 253 | 38 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 44 | ||||
| NHL totals | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
References
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External links
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- 1974 births
- Living people
- Canadian ice hockey centres
- Columbus Blue Jackets players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL) players
- Houston Aeros (1994–2013) players
- Krefeld Pinguine players
- Las Vegas Thunder players
- Manitoba Moose (IHL) players
- Milwaukee Admirals players
- Norfolk Admirals players
- Ice hockey people from Toronto
- Syracuse Crunch players
- Undrafted National Hockey League players
- Windsor Spitfires players