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File No. 944387 · Adjudicated
Scotty Bowman
Athlete — NHL-record 1,244 coaching wins, 9 Stanley Cup championships as head coach
Born
1933
Birthplace
VERDUN, QUEBEC
Citizenships
CA
Canadianness Score
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
5.0/ 5
Weighted across 2 scored criteria
Designation
Bleeds Maple Syrup 🍁Born, raised, and still says “out for a rip” unironically.
Scorecard
Path A — born on Canadian soilI. Origin
Born on Canadian soil — yes
VERDUN, QUEBEC
Canadian parentage — not scored
No Canadian parents on record
Citizenship on record — not scored
Automatic by birth
II. Residency
Formative years spent in Canada — yes
Raised — Quebec
Lived in Canada by choice — not scored
Residency on record as an adult
Worked or filmed in Canada — not scored
Credits filed north of the 49th
III. Cultural evidence — not scored
Section III is recorded for the file only. Birth on Canadian soil already settles the matter.
Publicly claims to be Canadian — not scored
Says so, out loud
Canada claims them back — not scored
Claimed, enthusiastically
Fun fact
Holds the record for most Stanley Cup championships won by a head coach with nine victories across five different NHL teams.
The verdict
Born in Verdun, Quebec, he coached his way to nine Stanley Cups — more than any coach in NHL history. Started behind Canadian benches and ended his career hoisting the Cup in Detroit, but hockey Canada claims him as one of their greatest strategic minds, eh.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org