ECHL: Rapid City Rush Re-Sign Forward From Bracebridge, Ontario

The Rapid City Rush have announced that they have re-signed 6’0″ forward Parker Bowman for the 2024-25 season.

Collegiate Career

Parker Bowman started his collegiate career in the 2020-21 season but did not actually play until the 2021-22 season due to a canceled COVID season. Bowman played in a total of 67 games in three seasons at Nipissing University where he had 18 goals and 20 assists for 38 points with 91 penalty minutes. Bowman also played in the postseason with Nipissing in two of his three played seasons. He played in three games where he had one assist for one point. Bowman captained Nipissing’s team in his third and fourth seasons.

Professional Career

After completing his collegiate career, Bowman signed with the Rapid City Rush to finish the 2023-24 season. He played in 18 games with the Rush, scoring four goals, accruing 17 penalty minutes, and having a plus/minus of -2.

Impact on the 2024-25 Rapid City Rush (Opinion)

Parker Bowman joined Rapid City towards the end of February after completing his collegiate career and immediately meshed with the team. While Bowman did not get on the score sheet very often or register a lot of points, he helped the team gain momentum in games, whether it was setting up a teammate for a goal or repossessing the puck to head back up the ice. Bowman should be pretty good for the Rush, as long as he continues to grow off the momentum he started to gain towards the end of the season.

Bowman will be playing in his rookie season in the 2024-25 season still as a rookie is any player who has played in less than 25 professional hockey games.