Drayson Bowman

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Drayson Bowman
Bowman with the Carolina Hurricanes in 2013
Born (1989-03-08) March 8, 1989 (age 35)
Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Center
Shot Left
Played for Carolina Hurricanes
Montreal Canadiens
Düsseldorfer EG
National team  United States
NHL draft 72nd overall, 2007
Carolina Hurricanes
Playing career 2009–2018

Drayson Jack Bowman (born March 8, 1989) is an American former professional

2007 NHL Entry Draft
.

Bowman spent four years at the

2009 IIHF World U20 Championships
.

Early life

Bowman was born in

financial consulting company in Colorado.[1] His younger brother, Collin, is also a hockey player and went on to also compete in the Western Hockey League with the Kelowna Rockets, Moose Jaw Warriors and Calgary Hitmen.[1][2]

As a youth, Bowman played in the 2001 and 2002

Deer Creek Middle School in Littleton.[1] As a Colorado Avalanche fan, he has listed Joe Sakic as a player he looked up to.[1]

In 2003, he and his family moved once more to

Vancouver Christian School while playing at the bantam level for the North Vancouver Winter Hawks.[1]

Playing career

Junior

Bowman was selected eighth overall by the

2004 WHL Bantam Draft.[4] He debuted in four games with the Chiefs in 2004–05, a season he spent primarily at the Junior B level[notes 1] with the Kimberley Dynamiters of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL). He recorded 29 goals and 59 points over 47 games with the Dynamiters to be named the Eddie Mountain Division's rookie of the year.[5] Bowman joined the Chiefs full-time in 2005–06 and notched 17 goals and 34 points over 72 games (17th in WHL rookie scoring)[6] to be named the team's rookie of the year.[4] On a team basis, the Chiefs finished last in the Western Conference and failed to qualify for the playoffs.[7]

Bowman entered the

2007 NHL Entry Draft in the off-season, he moved up to 36th among North American skaters in the NHL CSB's final rankings.[4] Bowman was selected 72nd overall by the Carolina Hurricanes
.

Bowman with the Spokane Chiefs during the 2009 WHL playoffs

Following his draft, Bowman participated in his first NHL

Matt Halischuk of the Rangers), including a tournament-leading six goals, in four games,[16] Bowman was named to the Memorial Cup All-Star Team.[15]

Following his Memorial Cup performance, the Hurricanes signed him to a three-year,

alternate captain to Justin McCrae along with Seth Compton and Jared Spurgeon.[18] He was named WHL and CHL Player of the Week after recording 12 points in 3 games for the week ending on February 1, 2009.[19] The next month, he earned his second WHL and CHL Player of the Week distinctions with an eight-point effort in two games for the week ending on March 15, 2009.[20] He finished the season with 47 goals, fourth in the league,[21] and a junior career-high 83 points to lead his team in scoring for the second consecutive year.[22] He was named to the WHL West Second All-Star Team along with goaltending teammate Dustin Tokarski.[23] Bowman and the Chiefs were not able to defend their WHL or CHL titles as they were eliminated in seven games in the second round of the WHL playoffs by the Vancouver Giants. Spokane's elimination marked the end of Bowman's junior career. He left the Chiefs fifth on the team's all-time goals scored list with 136, 10 behind leader Pat Falloon.[24]
He had 114 assists for 250 points total over 269 games.

Professional

Upon the completion of Bowman's final WHL season, he was called up by the Hurricanes to travel and practice with the team during their

2010 playoff season. In the AHL, he finished the regular season with 32 points (17 goals and 15 assists) over 56 games, tying for 31st among league rookies and 10th among River Rats players.[36][37] Bowman added nine points (three goals and six assists) over eight games in the playoffs (ranking fifth among rookies and tying for first in team scoring)[38][39] as the River Rats were eliminated in the second round by the Hershey Bears.[40]

Bowman during a game on March 16, 2011

Bowman made the Hurricanes' roster out of training camp in

2011 Calder Cup Playoffs. Bowman contributed 8 points (2 goals and 6 assists) over 15 games as the Checkers were eliminated in the Conference Finals by the Binghamton Senators.[44]

Bowman remained with Charlotte for the beginning of the 2011–12 season, failing to make the Hurricanes' roster out of training camp.[11] In November 2011, he received a call-up to Carolina that lasted five days.[11] The following month, he was recalled again and recorded a two-goal game against the Vancouver Canucks on December 15, 2011.[45] The goals were his first in the NHL in over a year and eight months. After being reassigned, he received two more call ups before the end of the season.[11] Bowman finished the season with 13 points over 37 NHL games in Carolina and 26 points over 42 AHL games in Charlotte. In the off-season, he was tendered a qualifying offer from the Hurricanes in order to retain his restricted free agent status.[11]

A free agent following his first full season in the NHL with the Hurricanes in the

2013–14 season, Bowman agreed to attend the Montreal Canadiens training camp on a try-out contract on September 2, 2014.[46] On October 2 Bowman agreed to a one-year two way contract with the Montreal Canadiens
.

Bowman was not re-signed by the Canadiens and on October 12, 2015, without any NHL interest, Bowman signed a one-year deal with the

2015–16 season, Bowman was loaned to former club, the Charlotte Checkers of the AHL on October 22, 2015. Bowman played a further 16 games with the Checkers before he left the club to pursue a European career in agreeing to a contract for the remainder of the season in Germany with Düsseldorfer EG
of the DEL on December 21, 2015.

After two seasons with DEG, Bowman joined his brother Collin in returning to the Colorado Eagles of the ECHL as a free agent on September 14, 2017.[47]

International play

Bowman was named to the

Mitchell Wahl.[48] Playing against Germany in the first game of preliminaries, he scored twice and was named player of the game.[49][50] Over six games at the tournament, Bowman totalled three goals and one assist, tying for fifth in team point-scoring.[51] After losing to Slovakia 5–3 in the quarterfinal,[52] the United States beat the Czech Republic 3–2 in overtime of their placement game to rank fifth in the tournament.[53][54]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season
 Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2004–05 Kimberley Dynamiters KIJHL 47 29 30 59 108 — — — — —
2004–05
 Spokane Chiefs WHL 4 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2005–06
 Spokane Chiefs WHL 72 17 17 34 51 — — — — —
2006–07
 Spokane Chiefs WHL 61 24 19 43 55 6 2 5 7 4
2007–08
 Spokane Chiefs WHL 66 42 40 82 62 21 11 9 20 8
2008–09
 Spokane Chiefs WHL 62 47 36 83 107 12 8 5 13 8
2009–10
 Albany River Rats AHL 56 17 15 32 29 8 3 6 9 12
2009–10
 Carolina Hurricanes
NHL
 9 2 0 2 4 — — — — —
2010–11
Charlotte Checkers
 AHL 51 12 18 30 53 15 2 6 8 6
2010–11
 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 23 0 1 1 12 — — — — —
2011–12
 Charlotte Checkers AHL 42 13 13 26 45 — — — — —
2011–12
 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 37 6 7 13 4 — — — — —
2012–13
 Charlotte Checkers AHL 37 14 8 22 21 — — — — —
2012–13
 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 37 3 2 5 17 — — — — —
2013–14
 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 70 4 8 12 16 — — — — —
2014–15
 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 62 14 19 33 33 — — — — —
2014–15
 Montreal Canadiens NHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2015–16
 Colorado Eagles ECHL 3 0 3 3 2 — — — — —
2015–16
 Charlotte Checkers AHL 16 2 2 4 10 — — — — —
2015–16
 Düsseldorfer EG DEL 24 10 7 17 33 5 1 0 1 4
2016–17
 Düsseldorfer EG DEL 51 11 9 20 24 — — — — —
2017–18
 Colorado Eagles ECHL 65 20 35 55 66 20 5 6 11 14
NHL totals 179 15 18 33 53 — — — — —

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2009 United States
WJC
 5th 6 3 1 4 6
Junior totals 6 3 1 4 6

Awards and honors

Award Year
KIJHL
Eddie Mountain Division rookie of the year 2005 [5]
WHL
Ed Chynoweth Cup (Spokane Chiefs) 2008
Memorial Cup (Spokane Chiefs) 2008
CHL Memorial Cup All-Star Team 2008 [55]
WHL and CHL player of the week January 26 – February 1, 2009
March 9–15, 2009		 [19]
[20]
WHL West Second All-Star Team
2009
ECHL
Kelly Cup (Colorado Eagles) 2018 [56]
International
World Junior Championships
player of the game		 vs. Germany, preliminaries; 2009

Notes

  1. ^ Junior B represents the third-highest level of under-20 competition in Canada, after major junior and Junior A.
  2. ^ The top eight teams in each conference qualified for the playoffs.

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