Overview

• Rick Bowness announced his retirement as head coach of the Winnipeg Jets, ending a 38-season career in the NHL.
• Bowness, recognized for leading the Dallas Stars to the 2020 Stanley Cup Final, also achieved a record 52 wins with the Jets this season.
• He becomes one of only three coaches to have served in the NHL across five decades, joining the ranks of Scotty Bowman and Pat Quinn.
• Under his leadership, the Jets secured back-to-back playoff appearances, though both ended in first-round exits.
• No immediate successor has been named as Winnipeg now faces a coaching vacancy.