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New York Post
12 hours ago
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- New York Post
Islanders name Ryan Bowness assistant GM as front office shift continues
The Islanders' new-look front office continues to take shape. Ryan Bowness was named assistant general manager and director of player personnel, the team announced on Monday. The hiring solidifies the organization's management tandem, after Mathieu Darche was hired to replace Lou Lamoriello as general manager last month. Chris Lamoriello and Steve Pellegrini, who were both extended by Lamoriello prior to his ouster, will keep their titles as assistant general manager, per source. Ryan Bowness (second from left) with his dad Rick (right), mom Judy (second from right) and wife Victoria in 2023. X/Ottawa Senators Bowness will be in charge of player personnel and running the pro scouting staff. The 41-year-old, who is the son of former Islanders head coach Rick Bowness, comes to Long Island after three seasons with the Senators. Serving as Ottawa's assistant general manager and general manager of the club's AHL affiliate, the Belleville Senators, from 2022-23 through 2023-24, Bowness was then promoted to associate general manager during the 2024-25 campaign, in which the Senators snapped a seven-season playoff drought. The Belleville Senators posted a combined 103-86-15 record the last three seasons and qualified for the postseason once. Bowness and Ottawa mutually agreed to part ways in May. Prior to joining the Senators, Bowness spent six seasons with the Penguins as a pro scout and the director of pro scouting. He won his first and only Stanley Cup in Pittsburgh in 2017. Mathieu Darche was introduced as Islanders GM last month. NHLI via Getty Images Bowness also brings seven seasons of experience in the Winnipeg Jets'/Atlanta Thrashers' hockey operations department, in which he wore several different hats including pro scout, manager of hockey operations and manager of player development. A native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Bowness was once a right wing drafted 236th overall by the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2001. He never played in an NHL game, but was working for a club just eight years later. Darche emphasized his plans to make player development an organizational focus in his introductory press conference on May 29. As a result, Bowness' history in player development roles presumably factored into his hiring. 'I believe in developing in the winning environment,' Darche said. 'The AHL will definitely be a focus for me because your players have to be ready because, let's face it, every team needs players called up during the year.'
Reuters
12 hours ago
- Sport
- Reuters
Islanders name Ryan Bowness director of player personnel
June 16 - The New York Islanders named Ryan Bowness assistant general manager and director of player personnel on Monday. Bowness spent the past three seasons with the Ottawa Senators, including as associate GM during the 2024-25 season. He was assistant GM his first two seasons there. Bowness joins a revamped front office. The Islanders named Mathieu Darche as general manager last month. The Islanders missed the playoffs in 2024-25 after posting a 35-35-12 record (82 points). New York, however, landed the top overall pick of the upcoming 2025 NHL Draft earlier this month, despite having the 10th-best chance of winning the lottery at 3.5 percent. Bowness is the son of former Islanders head coach Rick Bowness (1996-98). --Field Level Media
Yahoo
06-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Bowness' Reported Departure Marks Big Shift In Staios' Vision For Ottawa's Front Office
Five days after the Ottawa Senators were eliminated from the postseason, significant changes are already on the horizon for the organization's hockey operations department. Ottawa Senators GM Steve Staios speaks at 2024-25 season-end media availability (Senators on YouTube). According to a report by Postmedia's Bruce Garrioch, the Senators have mutually parted ways with their associate general manager, Ryan Bowness. As part of an organizational restructuring that included Trent Mann's promotion to assistant general manager, former general manager Pierre Dorion also hired Bowness on June 30, 2022, to be the organization's second assistant general manager. ADVERTISEMENT Advertisement In his assistant general manager role, Bowness assumed the general manager duties for the Belleville Senators. Belleville failed to reach the postseason in two of these three seasons, including the 2024-25 season. In the lone season (2023-24) in which the team reached the playoffs, they bowed out in the first round. Bowness was promoted to associate general manager last season when the organization announced that Steve Staios would assume the general manager's responsibilities on December 31, 2023. Bowness arrived in Ottawa from Pittsburgh, where he spent three seasons as a professional scout before becoming the organization's director of professional scouting for another three years. Interestingly, during his end-of-season address and media availability yesterday, Staios discussed the possibility of change to the hockey operations department. ADVERTISEMENT Advertisement "Possibly, we're always looking to improve," the general manager explained. "We're looking. We will always look at areas to improve. As far as taking that next step for the group on the ice, it's for us as a staff as well. "We've taken a step. We can get better. There are lots of areas for improvement, and if we don't continue to push for that, we're not doing our jobs. So, there are certainly areas throughout the organization that will continue to be addressed." Garrioch added that there is an expectation that Rob DiMaio will be promoted from his director of player personnel and professional scouting position. DiMaio joined the organization from Anaheim last May, where he was the assistant general manager for the Ducks. Bowness' departure is intriguing because Staios spent considerable time pumping his tires last year. ADVERTISEMENT Advertisement During an episode of the 'Got Yer Back' podcast in February, 2024, Staios shed light on the general manager hiring process and why he ultimately decided to take the role himself rather than pursue an outside hire like Eric Tulsky. "Yeah, it was a unique process. Obviously, Michael (Andlauer) is the man in charge and making the decisions. So, as everyone knows, we had a lot of things that were thrown at us here in Ottawa early on - including a half-year suspension, injuries and then obviously the (Evgenii) Dadonov situation. Michael had made the decision that he wanted to make a change. At that point in time, we looked at it from all angles. We had a lot of names and structure that I had presented to Michael. At the end of the day, he makes the decisions. He was comfortable with this structure moving forward and we've continued to build off it. "I think when you start looking at names on a GM search, there are obviously many capable people out there who could do the job. And, we've continued to look down the hallway at Ryan Bowness and his continued ascension in the game and his experience - his winning experience with the Pittsburgh Penguins. So, we felt we had a candidate there that certainly could work alongside me in the GM position to continue to move this thing forward." There was an expectation that, over time, Staios would simply return exclusively to a president of hockey operations role while Bowness could potentially ascend to the general manager's role. That obviously will not happen now. ADVERTISEMENT Advertisement After Pierre Dorion fired Trent Mann as part of a self-preservation power move to maintain control through the Senators' sale process, Bowness was one of the few holdovers from the previous regime. With his departure, Staios continues to put his stamp on the organization on and off the ice. He has worked to reshape the roster and front office in his vision, putting people in place who will be loyal to him. Graeme Nichols The Hockey News Ottawa Report: Ottawa Senators Shake Up Front Office, Parting Ways With Associate GM Ryan Bowness Report: Ottawa Senators Shake Up Front Office, Parting Ways With Associate GM Ryan Bowness For a team that's only five days into its off-season, the Ottawa Senators aren't wasting any time preparing for next season. On Monday, GM Steve Staios signed RFA defenceman Nik Matinpalo to a two-year extension. On Tuesday, according to Postmedia's Bruce Garrioch, the team parted company with associate GM Ryan Bowness.
Yahoo
06-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Report: Ottawa Senators Shake Up Front Office, Parting Ways With Associate GM Ryan Bowness
For a team that's only five days into its off-season, the Ottawa Senators aren't wasting any time preparing for next season. On Monday, GM Steve Staios signed RFA defenceman Nik Matinpalo to a two-year extension. On Tuesday, according to Postmedia's Bruce Garrioch, the team parted company with associate GM Ryan Bowness. Ryan Bowness at the 2024 NHL Draft (Ottawa Senators on YouTube) Bowness was originally hired in the summer of 2022, so he was one of the few holdovers from the team's previous regime. He avoided the axe that fell on the jobs of his boss, GM Pierre Dorion, along with head coach D.J. Smith, assistants Davis Payne and Jack Capuano, the media relations staff, and several others. According to Garrioch's report, this decision was a mutual parting of the ways. For the record, that's also how the team framed Dorion's exit. Bowness was also the GM of the Belleville Senators. Garrioch indicates that Dave Poulin, the club's senior vice-president of hockey ops, will replace Bowness at the AHL board of governors meeting this week, and expects that director of player personnel Rob DiMaio, a Staios hire, may take over Bowness' job as Sens' associate GM. Prior to his hiring in Ottawa, Bowness served as director of pro scouting for the Pittsburgh Penguins, and his move here was more than just a professional opportunity—it was personal. As the son of Rick Bowness, the Senators' first head coach in the early '90s, Ryan was able to return to the team and town that both factored into a lot of his childhood and hockey memories. Ryan began his NHL front office career with the Thrashers in Atlanta, where his dad began his NHL playing career with the Flames in the 1970s. The Senators have not issued an official statement on Bowness' status, but given his resumé and reputation, Bowness likely won't be without opportunities for very long.
