Jets coach Bowness tests positive for COVID, Arniel to assume interim duties
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Winnipeg Jets head coach Rick Bowness tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday afternoon and will not be behind the bench for the team's home opener against the New York Rangers, the club has announced.
Associate coach Scott Arniel will assume head coaching duties in the interim.
Bowness, 67, is entering his first season as Jets' head coach after spending the past three seasons with the Dallas Stars where he had an 89-62-25 record over 176 games. He took the team to the Stanley Cup Final in 2019-20.
Arniel spent parts of two seasons as head coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets from 2010-12, compiling a 45-60-18 record in 123 games. He has spent the past four seasons as an assistant coach with the Washington Capitals.