The Edmonton Oilers have employed Stan Bowman because the staff’s new basic supervisor, the staff introduced on Wednesday. Bowman will substitute former Oilers basic supervisor Ken Holland, who wasn’t supplied a contract extension by the staff following the 2023-24 season.
“I’m excited and happy to be welcoming Stan to the Edmonton Oilers,” Oilers CEO of hockey operations Jeff Jackson stated in a press launch. “I consider his huge expertise and confirmed success on this function, along with the vital work he has completed in his time away from the sport, matches our purpose of being finest at school in terms of all sides of our group. Via our many conversations, we share a typical imaginative and prescient of the place we’re as a staff and what’s required to realize one other Stanley Cup title.”
Bowman beforehand served because the Chicago Blackhawks basic supervisor and was lately reinstated by the NHL together with head coach Joel Quenneville and govt Al MacIsaac. The three had been banned from holding govt positions on account of their roles in a sexual abuse scandal and had been reinstated by the league on July 1.
In 2021, an unbiased investigation unearthed that the staff mishandled sexual assault allegations that had been reported by former participant Kyle Seashore. Seashore was sexually assaulted by Blackhawks video coach Brad Aldrich in 2010.
The Blackhawks had been additionally fined $2 million by the NHL, and Seashore obtained a settlement in December 2021.
Based on Sportsnet, former NHL participant Sheldon Kennedy, who’s the co-founder of the Respect Group, revealed that he has labored intently with Bowman lately. Kennedy acknowledged that he thinks that Bowman “can be a beneficial asset to a corporation on account of his acknowledgment of previous errors and his relentless efforts to make the locker room/sport safer for everybody.”
The Respect Group is a initiative that trains Canadians on their duties in terms of stopping bullying, harassment, and abuse.
Bowman served as a basic supervisor and president of hockey operations throughout his time with the Blackhawks from 2009 till 2021. The Blackhawks received three Stanley Cups throughout Bowman’s time within the franchise’s entrance workplace.
