Overview

• Bowen announced on June 13 via his X account that the upcoming 2025–26 campaign will mark his last behind the microphone
• He began calling Maple Leafs games in 1982 and will complete a 44-season tenure with Toronto by next spring
• Throughout his run, Bowen teamed with Harry Neale for 12 seasons and partnered with Jim Ralph for 28 seasons in the radio booth
• In 2018 he received the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award and was honored with a plaque at the Hockey Hall of Fame
• His impending departure prompts uncertainty about the Maple Leafs’ radio broadcasts as sports media shifts away from traditional radio formats