Career
He is the current associate general manager of the Florida Panthers in the National Hockey League. Selected by the Washington Capitals in the 1976 National Hockey League Entry Draft, Rowe also played for the Hartford Whalers and Detroit Red Wings. Rowe was the first American born player to score 30 or more goals in an National Hockey League season.
That season he scored 31 goals in only 69 games.
Most recently, Rowe is assistant coach of the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League. Rowe previously coached the Albany River Rats and Lowell Lock Monsters.
On April 9, 2012, Rowe was announced as the new head coach of hockey club Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. On November 9, 2013, Rowe was announced as the new head coach of the San Antonio Rampage, the AHL farm team for the Florida Panthers.
In 2015, when the Panthers relocated their AHL affiliation to Portland, Maine, Rowe became head coach of the Portland Pirates.
During his first season with the Pirates, Rowe left the club mid-season when he was promoted by the Panthers to take up a position as the associate general manager on January 1, 2016.
