Scotty Bowman
Scotty Bowman
William Scott "Scotty" Bowman, OCis a Canadian retired National Hockey Leaguehead coach. He holds the record for most wins in league history, with 1,244 wins in the regular season and 223 in the Stanley Cup playoffs and ranks 2nd all time) for most Stanley Cup victories by a player, coach or executive with 14. He coached the St. Louis Blues, Montreal Canadiens, Buffalo Sabres, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Detroit Red Wings. He is currently the Senior Advisor of Hockey Operations for...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth18 September 1933
CityPeterborough, Canada
CountryCanada
The goal is too small and the goalies are too big.
I found out that if you are going to win games, you had better be ready to adapt.
The better the coaching has become, the worse the game has become.
It's like being coached by Red Auerbach or Bear Bryant . These are people who only come along once in a lifetime and to say he was your coach ... it's hard to put into words.
They didn't get a terrific report about going to impasse. If you don't go to impasse and you want to start your season up, then you're going with total replacement players, and that is a tough road. For instance, if you could find some Europeans that are not on a team's reserve list, they wouldn't be able to get visas. I think both sides have now sat back and said, 'We need each other.
Rick Tocchet is what I call a warrior. He really brings a lot to a team because he really believes in team play. He's tough on himself and he's tough on the team. As a coach, if you had even one guy like him on your team, you'd have a heckuva chance to do your job well.