| Tim Bothwell | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born | May 6, 1955 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for | |||
| Coached for | |||
| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 1978–1990 | ||
| Coaching career | 1989–present | ||
Timothy John Bothwell (born May 6, 1955) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 502 games in the National Hockey League.
Bothwell played for the New York Rangers, St. Louis Blues, and Hartford Whalers, and several AHL teams. Before his professional career, he played at Brown, where he was a three-time All-Ivy League defenceman, member of the Bruins' 1975-76 NCAA semi-finalists, and captain of the team the next two seasons. Tim was inducted into the Brown University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1984. He retired from playing hockey in 1990. [1]
Bothwell's first foray into coaching was as a player-coach with the New Haven Nighthawks of the AHL in the 1989–90 season, his final as a player. Following his retirement from play, he accepted the head coaching position with the Medicine Hat Tigers in the Western Hockey League (WHL) and lead the team during the 1990–91 and 1991–92 seasons. Ahead of the 1992–93 season, he became head coach of the Phoenix Roadrunners in the International Hockey League(IHL) and remained with the team through the 1993–94 season, before moving on to the Calgary Dinos men's ice hockey team of the University of Calgary. Bothwell spent seven seasons as head coach in Calgary, 1994 to 2001, the longest period with any team of his coaching career. During his time with Calgary, he was an assistant coach to the Canadian men's ice hockey team that participated in the ice hockey tournament at the 1997 Winter Universiade. In the same year, he was honored with the Father George Kehoe Memorial Award as Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union (CIAU) Coach of the Year. He ultimately left Calgary to take on the role of assistant coach with the NHL's Atlanta Thrashers, which he held for two seasons, 2001–02 and 2002–03.
In 2003, he assumed an associate coach position with the Calgary Oval X-Treme of the National Women's Hockey League, his first role in women's ice hockey. [2] [3] He was assistant coach to the Canadian women’s national team that won gold in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2006 Winter Olympics and to the silver medal squads at the IIHF Women's World Championship in 2005 and 2015. He served as head coach of the Vermont Catamounts women's ice hockey team during 2006 to 2012. [4] In 2013, Bothwell became coach for the Calgary Inferno of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL). [3]
Bothwell was the head coach of the 2014–15 Midget AAA boys team at Edge School in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. [5]
Bothwell is the son of the late John Bothwell, the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Niagara. [6]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1973–74 | Burlington Mohawks | CJBHL | 42 | 22 | 41 | 63 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1974–75 | Brown University | ECAC | 9 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | Brown University | ECAC | 29 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | Brown University | ECAC | 27 | 7 | 27 | 34 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 | Brown University | ECAC | 29 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | New York Rangers | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 66 | 15 | 33 | 48 | 44 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | ||
| 1979–80 | New York Rangers | NHL | 45 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 1979–80 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 22 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | New York Rangers | NHL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 73 | 10 | 53 | 63 | 98 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 1981–82 | New York Rangers | NHL | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981–82 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1982–83 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 61 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 62 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 65 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | ||
| 1983–84 | Montana Magic | CHL | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1984–85 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 79 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1985–86 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 62 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 53 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 1986–87 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 72 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 1987–88 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 78 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 76 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | ||
| 1988–89 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Peoria Rivermen | IHL | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 75 | 3 | 26 | 29 | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 502 | 28 | 93 | 121 | 382 | 49 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 56 | ||||
| Award | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| All-ECAC Hockey First Team | 1976–77 | [7] |
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