Tom Rowe (ice hockey)

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Tom Rowe
2024-11-17 Eisbaren Berlin gegen Lowen Frankfurt (Deutsche Eishockey-Liga 2024-25) by Sandro Halank-134.jpg
Rowe in 2024
Born (1956-05-23) May 23, 1956 (age 69)
Lynn, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Played for Detroit Red Wings
Washington Capitals
Hartford Whalers
National teamFlag of the United States.svg  United States
NHL draft 37th overall, 1976
Washington Capitals
WHA draft 20th overall, 1976
Winnipeg Jets
Playing career 19761984

Thomas John Rowe (born May 23, 1956) is an American ice hockey executive, former player and coach.

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Career

Selected by the Washington Capitals in the 1976 NHL Entry Draft, Rowe also played for the Hartford Whalers and Detroit Red Wings. He was also a member of the United States national team at the 1977 Ice Hockey World Championships. Rowe was the first American-born player to score 30 or more goals in an NHL season. He accomplished this feat in the 1978–79 season with the Washington Capitals. That season he scored 31 goals in 69 games.

Rowe was an assistant coach for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League from 2008 until 2011. Rowe previously coached the Albany River Rats and Lowell Lock Monsters. He won a Stanley Cup championship with the Carolina Hurricanes in 2006.

On April 9, 2012, Rowe was announced as the new head coach of the hockey club Lokomotiv Yaroslavl.

On November 9, 2013, Rowe was announced as the new head coach of the San Antonio Rampage, the AHL farm team for the Florida Panthers. In 2015, when the Panthers relocated their AHL affiliation to Portland, Maine, Rowe became head coach of the Portland Pirates. During his first season with the Pirates, Rowe left the club mid-season when he was promoted by the Panthers to take up a position as the associate general manager on January 1, 2016. [1] On November 27, 2016, Rowe fired head coach Gerard Gallant and took over as head coach. [2]

On April 10, 2017, Rowe was demoted from his role as head coach and general manager but stayed with the Panthers organization as an advisor to president and general manager Dale Tallon. [3]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

   Regular season   Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1973–74 London Knights OHA-Jr. 7030396999
1974–75 London KnightsOMJHL63191534137
1975–76 London KnightsOMJHL6039559498513414
1976–77 Washington Capitals NHL 121232
1976–77 Springfield Indians AHL 67192342117
1977–78 Washington CapitalsNHL631382182
1978–79 Washington CapitalsNHL69313061137
1979–80 Washington CapitalsNHL4110172776
1979–80 Hartford Whalers NHL2064103032020
1980–81 Hartford WhalersNHL74132841190
1981–82 Hartford WhalersNHL2140436
1981–82 Binghamton Whalers AHL853836
1981–82Washington CapitalsNHL611218
1981–82 Hershey Bears AHL3417173489534733
1982–83 Detroit Red Wings NHL516101644
1982–83 Adirondack Red Wings AHL201672326
1983–84 Moncton Alpines AHL5028164486
NHL totals3578510018561532020
AHL totals1798566151354534733

International

YearTeamEvent GPGAPtsPIM
1977 United States WC 30002

Head coaching record

TeamYear Regular season Post season
GamesWonLostOTLPointsFinishWonLostWin %Result
Florida Panthers 2016–17 60242610586th in Atlantic Missed playoffs
NHL Totals6024261058

References

  1. "Pirates coach Tom Rowe named Florida Panthers associate G.M." Portland Pirates. January 1, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  2. "Panthers fire coach Gerard Gallant". NHL.com. November 27, 2016. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
  3. "Dale Tallon Named Panthers General Manager". NHL.com. April 10, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
Preceded by General manager of the Florida Panthers
2016–17
Succeeded by
Dale Tallon
Preceded by Head coach of the Florida Panthers
2016–17
Succeeded by