Father and Son

FOR A FATHER AND A SON…IT SIMPLY DOES NOT GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS…
SCOTTY BOWMAN AND STAN BOWMAN ARE NOW JUST 2 WINS AWAY FROM SHARING A STANLEY CUP…
AS YOU MAY KNOW…
THESE DAYS SCOTTY IS NOW A SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS AND STAN IS THE TEAMS GENERAL MANAGER…
2 YEARS AGO SCOTTY LEFT DETROIT FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH HIS SON…
AT THE TIME THERE WERE NO GUARENTEES OF THIS KIND OF SUCCESS….
KEEP IN MIND…THE PREVIOUS SEASON…THE HAWKS HAD FINISHED 10TH IN THE WEST…
AND HAD MISSED THE PLAYOFFS…9 OF THE LAST 10 SEASONS…
BUT THE OWNER OF THE HAWKS ROCKY WIRTZ KNEW HE HAD A GOOD YOUNG TEAM AND HE WANTED A MENTOR IN THE ORGANIZATION…
AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT HE GOT WHEN HE SIGNED SCOTTY BOWMAN…
A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF THAT IS GOALTENDER ANTTI NIEMI…
AT TRAINING CAMP THE HAWKS WERE DEBATING ON WHETHER TO KEEP…NIEMI OR COREY CRAWFORD…
BETWEEN SCOTTY AND STAN THE DECISION WAS MADE TO GO WITH NIEMI…
AND IN THE PLAYOFFS NIEMI HAS CARRIED THE HAWKS…
GOING 14-2…WITH A-GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE OF 2.41…
BOWMAN IS ALREADY THE ONLY HEAD COACH IN THE HISTORY OF THE NHL…NFL…NBA AND MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TO WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH 3 DIFFERENT TEAMS…
NOW IF CHICAGO GOES ONTO WIN THE CUP…IT WILL BE HIS 12TH CUP WITH 4 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS…
AND THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE 3 CUP FINALS BOWMAN MADE IT TO…WHILE HE WAS IN ST. LOUIS…
STRANGELY ENOUGH…THIS LATEST RUN ALMOST NEVER HAPPENED…
IN THE SUMMER OF 2007 THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS WERE TALKING TO BOWMAN…
BUT IN THE END…NEVER PUT A SERIOUS OFFER ON THE TABLE…
THE END RESULT COULD BE ONE THE BEST “FATHER SON STORIES” IN HOCKEY…
RIGHT UP THERE WITH:
BRETT AND BOBBY HULL…AND GORDIE AND MARK HOWE…
ALL THAT’S MISSING NOW…IS THE STANLEY CUP…