Scott Howson

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Scott Howson

Born	(1960-04-09) April 9, 1960 Toronto, ON, CAN
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	160 lb (73 kg; 11 st 6 lb)
Position	Centre
Shot	Right
Played for	New York Islanders
NHL Draft	Undrafted
Playing career	1981–1986

Donald Scott Howson (born April 9, 1960 in Toronto, Ontario) is a retired ice hockey player and current Senior VP of Hockey Operations for the Edmonton Oilers. He was formerly the general manager of the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League.

Playing career

Howson played 2 seasons with the Kingston Canadians of the Ontario Hockey Association, and one more season with the club after they moved to the Ontario Hockey League. In that season, Howson amassed 57 goals, and 140 points in 66 games. That was second in team scoring to Bernie Nicholls, and sixth in league scoring.
Howson would then go on to play one season (1981–82) with the Toledo Goaldiggers of the IHL. He won the Garry F. Longman Memorial Trophy as IHL rookie of the year after scoring 55 goals and 120 points in only 74 games.
Howson then played 146 games over three seasons with the Indianapolis Checkers of the Central Hockey League. It was after his time with the Checkers that Howson split two seasons between the New York Islanders, and their American Hockey League affiliate, the Springfield Indians. He played 8 games in the 1984–85 season, and another 10 in the 1985–86 season. In the total 18 games, he had 5 goals, 3 assists, and 8 points.

Post-Playing career

Howson first became the GM of the Edmonton Oilers AHL affiliate, the Cape Breton Oilers and then the Hamilton Bulldogs. When Glen Sather left the Edmonton Oilers for the New York Rangers, and the Oilers hired Kevin Lowe, Lowe immediately promoted Howson to the Oilers where he served as assistant GM to from 2002–2007. On June 15, 2007, Howson was named general manager of the Blue Jackets. Howson has a Twitter account in which he occasionally tweets updates in regards to his team such as injuries, trades and signings.

On February 12th 2013, he was relieved of his duties as general manager of the Columbus Blue Jackets.^[1]

On March 12th 2013, he was hired by the Edmonton Oilers as a pro scout.

On April 15th 2013, he was named by the Edmonton Oilers as the Senior VP of Hockey Operations. ^[2]

NHL GM record

Team	Year	Regular Season					Post Season
Team	Year	Won	Lost	OTL	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Result
CBJ	2007-08	34	36	12	.485	4th in Central Division	-	-	Missed Playoffs
CBJ	2008-09	41	31	10	.569	4th in Central Division	0	4	Lost in First Round
CBJ	2009-10	32	35	15	.477	5th in Central Division	-	-	Missed Playoffs
CBJ	2010-11	34	35	13	.492	5th in Central Division	-	-	Missed Playoffs
CBJ	2011-12	29	46	7	.386	5th in Central Division	-	-	Missed Playoffs
CBJ	2012-13	4	7	2	.363	4th in Central Division	-	-	(Fired Mid-Season)
Total		174	190	59	.478	0 Division Championships	0	4	0 Stanley Cups

External links

Scott Howson's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database

References

Preceded by Doug MacLean	General Manager of the Columbus Blue Jackets 2007 - 2013	Succeeded by Jarmo Kekäläinen

v t e Columbus Blue Jackets general managers

MacLean Clark Howson Kekalainen

Persondata
Name	Howson, Scott
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian ice hockey player
Date of birth	April 9, 1960
Place of birth	Toronto, ON, CAN
Date of death
Place of death

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