Jets make Adam Lowry new captain, third to wear ‘C’ in Winnipeg history
Posted September 12, 2023 9:29 am.
Last Updated September 12, 2023 3:46 pm.
Centre Adam Lowry was named the Winnipeg Jets new captain on Tuesday.
Lowry is the third Jets captain since the team moved from Atlanta to Winnipeg in 2011. He follows Andrew Ladd and Blake Wheeler, who served as captain for five and six years respectively.
“When I found out, I was pretty excited, almost a little speechless,” said Lowry in a statement. “It’s something growing up you kind of can dream about and something that seems almost unattainable.
“Getting to be a captain of a Canadian NHL team is pretty special and something I’m really looking forward to.”
Lowry scored 13 times and added 23 assists for the Jets last season. He has 93 goals and 111 assists over nine NHL seasons, all with Winnipeg.
Lowry, from St. Louis, Mo., was selected 67th overall in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft.
The 30-year-old was an alternate captain for the first time in the 2022-23 season along with Josh Morrissey and Mark Scheifele. Morrissey and Scheifele will both wear the “A” again this year. The Jets didn’t have a captain last season as head coach Rick Bowness and his staff wanted more voices in the dressing room.
“Mark, Adam and Josh did a great job in the room which is what we wanted,” said Bowness. “We all know Adam is the first guy on the ice to stick up for his teammates.
“He’s a true professional, he has total respect from every player on the team, every player around the league and certainly from the coaching staff as well. We just feel at this point it’s the right time to name Adam as our captain.”
Jets defenceman Morrissey has known Lowry since their days growing up in Calgary.
“I’m really excited for him, excited for our team,” said Morrissey, speaking to reporters at the NHL/NHLPA player media tour in Henderson, Nev. “The thing that stands out about him as a leader and as teammate, a friend, is he’s just a great person. The habits he has every day are truly professional. He’s an unselfish guy. Whether he’s playing more or less or powerplay, (penalty kill) or not. He’s definitely for the team first and willing to stand up for his teammates as he’s shown many times.
“He’s worked extremely hard to be in this position.”
—With files from Joshua Clipperton in Las Vegas
