Report: Blackhawks' Bowman favorite to be GM for U.S. Olympic men's team

Chicago Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman is the front-runner to serve as GM of the United States men's hockey team at the 2022 Winter Olympics, TSN's Frank Seravalli reported on Thursday's edition of "Insider Trading."

USA Hockey will not name a management group until there is a formal Olympic agreement in place, Seravalli added.

Bowman has been Chicago's GM since 2010, and the team added president of hockey operations to his title in December. The Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup under his guidance in 2010, 2013, and 2015.

The son of Hall of Fame head coach Scotty Bowman, Stan was not part of USA Hockey's previous Olympic management groups. He served as an assistant GM for Team North America at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.

Longtime Nashville Predators general manager David Poile and Carolina Hurricanes GM Don Waddell would likely serve as assistants on Bowman's staff, according to Seravalli. Poile was the U.S. team's assistant GM at the 2010 Vancouver Games and its general manager at the 2014 Games in Sochi. Waddell was general manager in 2006 at the Turin Games and assistant GM in 2010.

The U.S. has collected two silver medals in the five men's Olympic hockey tournaments NHL players have attended.

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