Scotty Bowman
Chronology
| 1933 | Born September 18 in Montreal, Quebec |
| 1951 | Head injury ends playing days, launches coaching career |
| 1954 | Briefly attends Sir George Williams Business School |
| 1956 | Becomes assistant to the coach and general manager of the Junior Canadiens |
| 1958 | Junior Canadiens win the Memorial Cup, the top prize in junior hockey |
| 1958 | Begins coaching Junior A team in Peterborough, Ontario |
| 1961 | Becomes scout for the Montreal Canadiens |
| 1963 | Returns to coaching with the Junior Canadiens, meets the legendary Toe Blake |
| 1966 | Joins the NHL's St. Louis Blues, an expansion team, as assistant coach for the upcoming 1967-68 hockey season |
| 1967 | Takes over as Blues' head coach and leads team to 1968 Stanley Cup finals, where they lose four straight games to Blake's Montreal Canadiens |
| 1969 | Marries Suella Belle Chitty on August 16; they will have five children |
| 1969 | Bowman-led Blues win Western Division title and advance to the Stanley Cup finals, but lose |
| 1970 | Blues again win division title but lose Stanley Cup championship |
| 1970 | Takes over as general manager of the Blues, in addition to coaching |
| 1971 | Becomes coach of the Montreal Canadiens |
| 1973, 1976-79 | Wins five Stanley Cups with the Canadiens |
| 1977 | Wins the Jack Adams Award for Best Coach |
| 1979 | Becomes head coach and general manager of the Buffalo Sabres |
| 1987 | Leaves the NHL |
| 1987 | Begins three-year stint as analyst on Hockey Night in Canada on CBC, the Canadian television network |
| 1990 | Joins Pittsburgh Penguins as director of player personnel and recruitment |
| 1991 | Penguins win the Stanley Cup |
| 1991 | Penguins' head coach Bob Johnson is diagnosed with brain cancer; Bowman is selected to succeed him |
| 1991 | Inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame |
| 1992 | Wins sixth Stanley Cup as head coach with Penguins |
| 1993 | Becomes coach of the Detroit Red Wings |
| 1995 | Coaches his 1,607th game on December 29, setting the NHL record. |
| 1996 | Wins the Jack Adams Award for Best Coach |
| 1997 | Wins seventh Stanley Cup with Red Wings |
| 1997 | Records his 1,000th career win on February 8 |
| 1998 | Wins eighth Stanley Cup with Red Wings |
| 1998 | Undergoes heart angioplasty and knee reconstruction surgeries |
| 2001 | Wins the Lester Patrick Award for outstanding service to hockey in the United States |
| 2002 | Wins record ninth Stanley Cup with the Red Wings |
| 2002 | Retires from coaching; signs three-year contract to work for the Red Wings as a consultant |
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