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Scotty Bowman
born 1933 · ice hockey coach
The NHL's winningest coach, who led the Red Wings to Stanley Cups in 1997, 1998 and 2002, ending Detroit's 42-year drought.
- Born
Verdun, Quebec
age 93- Birth name
- William Scott Bowman
- Detroit years
- 1993–2008
- Field
- Sports
01 / The Detroit story
The Detroit story
Bowman had already won six Stanley Cups as a coach with Montreal and Pittsburgh when the Red Wings hired him in 1993. His first Detroit teams were powerful but fell short in the playoffs, and he reshaped them: he pushed Steve Yzerman to become a complete two-way player and assembled the "Russian Five" unit of Sergei Fedorov, Igor Larionov, Vyacheslav Kozlov, Viacheslav Fetisov and Vladimir Konstantinov. In 1997 the Red Wings swept Philadelphia to win their first Cup since 1955, and in 1998 they repeated. After his ninth Cup as a head coach, in 2002 at Joe Louis Arena, he announced his retirement on the ice, having set records of 1,244 regular-season and 223 playoff wins. He stayed on as a consultant to the Red Wings for several years and later worked for Chicago. He entered the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder in 1991.
Highlights
- Red Wings head coach 1993–2002
- Stanley Cups with Detroit in 1997, 1998 and 2002
- Retired on the ice after winning his ninth Cup as coach in 2002
- NHL records for coaching wins (1,244 regular season, 223 playoffs)
- Hockey Hall of Fame (builder), 1991
02 / Their Detroit places
Their Detroit places 1
Where they lived, worked, performed and liked to hang out. Closed and demolished places stay here too, because they are part of the city's history.
Worked here · 1993–2002
Joe Louis Arena
Demolished · 1979–2017
Home of his three Cup-winning Red Wings teams; the 2002 Cup was clinched here. Closed in 2017, demolished in 2019–2020.