Bob Boughner
Bob Boughner | |
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Born | Windsor, ON, CAN | March 8, 1971
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Weight | 206 lb (93 kg; 14 st 10 lb) |
Position | Defence |
Shot | Right |
Played for | Buffalo Sabres Nashville Predators Pittsburgh Penguins Calgary Flames Carolina Hurricanes Colorado Avalanche |
NHL Draft | 32nd overall, 1989 Detroit Red Wings |
Playing career | 1991β2006 |
Robert Boughner (born March 8, 1971), nicknamed The Boogieman, is a retired professional ice hockey defenceman and the head coach of the OHL Windsor Spitfires. As head coach of the Spitfires, Boughner has won two Memorial Cup championships, in 2009 and 2010 and has won the Brian Kilrea Coach of the Year Award twice, in 2008 and 2010.
Playing career
Boughner grew up in the Windsor area playing minor hockey and played as a 15-year old with the Belle River Canadians Jr. C club. He moved away at age 16 to play for the St. Marys Lincolns Jr. B team in 1987β88. One of Boughner's teammates with the Lincolns was current NHL head coach Dan Bylsma. The following year Boughner was drafted by the OHL's Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds with the 6th overall selection.
Boughner was drafted by the Detroit Red Wings in the 2nd round (32nd overall) of the 1989 NHL Entry Draft, after a successful junior career with the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds. With the additions of Vladimir Konstantinov and Nicklas LidstrΓΆm, who were drafted that same year, to the Detroit blueline in the early 1990s, Boughner received little opportunity to move beyond the organization's AHL farm team in Adirondack. Boughner signed as a free agent with the Florida Panthers in 1994 but was relegated to the minors until a trade brought him to the Buffalo Sabres in 1996. With the Sabres, he was given the opportunity to play regularly, and he was a solid physical component on the Buffalo blueline for two and a half years until he was claimed by the expansion Nashville Predators in the 1998 NHL Expansion Draft. He later played for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Calgary Flames, Carolina Hurricanes, and Colorado Avalanche before retiring in 2006.
He served as co-captain of the Calgary Flames in the latter half of 2001-02, in addition to serving as the Executive Vice-President of the NHLPA from 2003 to 2006. Though somewhat small for an NHL enforcer, Boughner was given the nickname 'The Boogieman' for his fearless style of play, and he became one of the NHL's most respected 'tough guys' of his era, registering 1,449 penalty minutes in 630 career NHL games.
Coaching career
Boughner headed a new ownership group in purchasing the then-struggling Windsor Spitfires in February 2006. He has as head coach of the team, as well as President & C.E.O., except during the 2010-11 season when Boughner served as an assistant coach with the Columbus Blue Jackets.[1][2]
In 2007β2008, he coached the Spitfires to the second best regular season finish in their history with 94 points, and was honored as OHL and CHL Coach of the Year.[3] On April 15, 2009, Boughner was named the OHL's coach of the year for the second year in a row.
On May 8, 2009, he coached the Windsor Spitfires to their first OHL championship in 21 years after finishing the regular season with a league best 115 points. Also, that same year went on to win Windsor's first Memorial Cup, becoming the first team to lose the first two games of the tournament and still win the Cup. Bougher's Spitfires successfully defended their Memorial Cup championship in 2010.
On June 24, 2009, he was selected by Hockey Canada to coach the National Under-18 hockey team at the Memorial of Ivan Hlinka Tournament. The team went on to dominate by going undefeated and won gold at the tournament.
Personal
Boughner currently resides in Tecumseh, Ontario, with his wife, Jen. They have four children: Brady, Molly, Emma and Lola.
Career statistics
Playing career
Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1988β89 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | OHL | 64 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 182 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1989β90 | Sault Ste Marie Greyhounds | OHL | 49 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 122 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1990β91 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | OHL | 64 | 13 | 33 | 46 | 156 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 35 | ||
1991β92 | Toledo Storm | ECHL | 28 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 79 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | ||
1991β92 | Adirondack Red Wings | AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1992β93 | Adirondack Red Wings | AHL | 69 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 190 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1993β94 | Adirondack Red Wings | AHL | 72 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 292 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | ||
1994β95 | Cincinnati Cyclones | IHL | 81 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 192 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
1995β96 | Carolina Monarchs | AHL | 46 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 127 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1995β96 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 104 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1996β97 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 77 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 225 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||
1997β98 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 69 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 165 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | ||
1998β99 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 79 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 137 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1999β00 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 62 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 97 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1999β00 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | ||
2000β01 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 58 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 147 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | ||
2001β02 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 79 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 170 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2002β03 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 69 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 126 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2003β04 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 43 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 80 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2003β04 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | ||
2005β06 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 41 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 54 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
NHL totals | 630 | 15 | 57 | 72 | 1382 | 65 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 67 |
Coaching career
Team | Year | Regular season | Post season | ||||||
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G | W | L | SL | OTL | Pts | Finish | Result | ||
WSR | 2006β07 | 68 | 18 | 43 | 2 | 5 | 43 | 5th in West | Missed playoffs |
WSR | 2007β08 | 68 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 94 | 2nd in West | Lost in first round |
WSR | 2008β09 | 68 | 57 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 115 | 1st in West | Won OHL Championship and Memorial Cup |
WSR | 2009β10 | 68 | 50 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 106 | 1st in West | Won OHL Championship and Memorial Cup |
WSR | 2011β12 | 68 | 29 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 65 | 4th in West | Lost in first round |
2007β08 Matt Leyden Trophy winner (OHL Coach of the Year)
2007β08 Brian Kilrea Coach of the Year Award winner (CHL Coach of the Year)
2008β09 Matt Leyden Trophy winner (OHL Coach of the Year)
2008β09 Brian Kilrea Coach of the Year Award winner (CHL Coach of the Year)
References
- β "Bob Boughner hired as assistant coach by NHL's Columbus Blue Jackets". The Hockey News. 2010-07-05. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
- β "Bob Boughner back as Windsor Spitfires' coach".
- β "Bob Boughner named OHL coach of the year". Sporting News. 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
External links
- Bob Boughner's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
- Bob Boughner's biography at Legends of Hockey
Preceded by Dave Lowry |
Calgary Flames captain 2002 with Craig Conroy |
Succeeded by Craig Conroy |
Note: Boughner and Conroy shared the captaincy in the later half of the 2001β02 NHL season, after Lowry was stripped of the role. Conroy was then named sole captain for the 2002β03 NHL season.