If it weren’t for Rick Bowness Jr., Rick Bowness Sr. might not be the interim head coach of the Dallas Stars, who make their first appearance in Denver on Tuesday without recently fired head coach Jim Montgomery.
This column is about connecting the dots from Denver to Dallas. And let’s refer to Bowness Jr. by “Bones,” the nickname Montgomery — aka “Monty” — usually used for his close friend.
Monty, the highly successful former DU Pioneers head coach, met Bowness Sr. at Bones’ bachelor party in Toronto in 2016, less than a year before the Pioneers won the 2017 NCAA championship in Chicago.