The Dallas Stars are going to be sticking with Rick Bowness as their head coach.
The Stars have signed him to a two-year deal, according to sources.
Bowness was named the team’s interim head coach in December 2019 when then-coach Jim Montgomery was fired. Bowness had a very successful season, to say the least.
He took the Stars all of the way to the Stanley Cup Finals, where they ended up losing to the Tampa Bay Lightning in six games. As the interim coach, Bowness had a 20-13-5 record in 38 regular-season games as well.
Bowness worked with the Lightning for five seasons before joining the Stars. He has also been a head coach for five other franchises: the Winnipeg Jets, Boston Bruins, Ottawa Senators, New York Islanders, and Phoenix Coyotes.
As a head coach, he has a career record of 142-302-48-8.
In his recent work with the Stars, Bowness showed great understanding of the team’s strengths and weaknesses, fine-tuning the roster and the schemes and significantly boosting offensive play while making a run at the Stanley Cup.
Last season’s finals appearance was the first time that Dallas has been to the Stanley Cup Finals since 2000.
