Tim Bothwell
Born (1955-05-06) May 6, 1955
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for
Coached for
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 1978–1990
Coaching career 1989–present

Timothy John Bothwell (born May 6, 1955) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played 502 games in the National Hockey League.

Playing career

Bothwell played for the New York Rangers, St. Louis Blues, and Hartford Whalers, and several AHL teams. Before his professional career, he played at Brown, where he was a three-time All-Ivy League defenceman, member of the Bruins' 1975-76 NCAA semi-finalists, and captain of the team the next two seasons. Tim was inducted into the Brown University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1984. He retired from playing hockey in 1990.[1]

Coaching career

Bothwell's first foray into coaching was as a player-coach with the New Haven Nighthawks of the AHL in the 1989–90 season, his final as a player. Following his retirement from play, he accepted the head coaching position with the Medicine Hat Tigers in the Western Hockey League (WHL) and lead the team during the 1990–91 and 1991–92 seasons. Ahead of the 1992–93 season, he became head coach of the Phoenix Roadrunners in the International Hockey League(IHL) and remained with the team through the 1993–94 season, before moving on to the Calgary Dinos men's ice hockey team of the University of Calgary. Bothwell spent seven seasons as head coach in Calgary, 1994 to 2001, the longest period with any team of his coaching career. During his time with Calgary, he was an assistant coach to the Canadian men's ice hockey team that participated in the ice hockey tournament at the 1997 Winter Universiade. In the same year, he was honored with the Father George Kehoe Memorial Award as Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union (CIAU) Coach of the Year. He ultimately left Calgary to take on the role of assistant coach with the NHL's Atlanta Thrashers, which he held for two seasons, 2001–02 and 2002–03.

In 2003, he assumed an associate coach position with the Calgary Oval X-Treme of the National Women's Hockey League, his first role in women's ice hockey.[2][3] He was assistant coach to the Canadian women’s national team that won gold in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2006 Winter Olympics and to the silver medal squads at the IIHF Women's World Championship in 2005 and 2015. He served as head coach of the Vermont Catamounts women's ice hockey team during 2006 to 2012.[4] In 2013, Bothwell became coach for the Calgary Inferno of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL).[3]

Bothwell was the head coach of the 2014–15 Midget AAA boys team at Edge School in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.[5]

Personal life

Bothwell is the son of the late John Bothwell, the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Niagara.[6]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1973–74 Burlington Mohawks CJBHL 4222416359 —————
1974–75 Brown University ECAC 9691514 —————
1975–76 Brown University ECAC 2912223430 —————
1976–77 Brown University ECAC 277273440 —————
1977–78 Brown University ECAC 299263548 —————
1978–79 New York Rangers NHL 10002 —————
1978–79 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 6615334844 1046108
1979–80 New York Rangers NHL 45461020 90008
1979–80 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 22671325 —————
1980–81 New York Rangers NHL 30110 —————
1980–81 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 7310536398 41236
1981–82 New York Rangers NHL 1303310 —————
1981–82 Springfield Indians AHL 100447 —————
1982–83 St. Louis Blues NHL 614111534 —————
1983–84 St. Louis Blues NHL 622131565 1102214
1983–84 Montana Magic CHL 40330 —————
1984–85 St. Louis Blues NHL 794222662 30002
1985–86 Hartford Whalers NHL 62281053 100008
1986–87 Hartford Whalers NHL 41010 —————
1986–87 St. Louis Blues NHL 725162146 60006
1987–88 St. Louis Blues NHL 786131976 1001118
1988–89 St. Louis Blues NHL 2200014 —————
1988–89 Peoria Rivermen IHL 1407714 —————
1989–90 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 753262956 —————
NHL totals 5022893121382 4903356

Awards and honors

Award Year
All-ECAC Hockey First Team 1976–77 [7]

References

  1. ↑ Legends of Hockey Retrieved July 13, 2007.
  2. ↑ "Sportacular Event". Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved January 25, 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Calgary Inferno Player Bios". Archived from the original on January 16, 2014. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
  4. ↑ Bothwell Resigns As Vermont Women's Hockey Coach March 7, 2012. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  5. ↑ Tim Bothwell Archived 2015-10-24 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved February 1, 2015.
  6. ↑ Nolan, Daniel. "Anglicans lose a 'great leader,'" The Hamilton Spectator, Friday, January 31, 2014.
  7. ↑ "ECAC All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
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