Hockey Operations

Ryan Bowness enters his third season with the Ottawa Senators organization after being hired on June 30, 2022.

A Halifax native, Bowness joined the Senators after spending the previous six seasons as the director of professional scouting for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Before joining the Penguins, the 2017 Stanley Cup champion spent seven seasons as a member of the Winnipeg Jets/Atlanta Thrashers hockey operations department, serving in a wide variety of capacities, including professional scout, manager of hockey operations and player development.

In his role as assistant general manager, Bowness is responsible for contractual-related items along with serving as general manager of the Belleville Senators. He also represents the club on the American Hockey League Board of Governors.

A Saint Mary’s University graduate, Bowness was drafted 236th overall by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 2001 NHL Draft.

He played four seasons of collegiate hockey with the Huskies after playing major junior hockey with the Ontario Hockey League’s Brampton Battalion and Oshawa Generals.

The son of the first head coach in Senators franchise history (Rick Bowness), Ryan and his wife, Victoria, reside in Stittsville with their son, Brendan.

Sean McCauley enters his twelfth season as a member of the Senators management staff.

A native of Ottawa, Ontario, McCauley held prior positions in the Central Canada Hockey League as a Director of Player Personnel with the Cumberland Grads and an Assistant General Manager with Kanata Stallions.

After previously been appointed interim head coach on February 3, 2023, David Bell was named the third head coach in franchise history on May 2, 2023. The Wiarton, Ontario native enters his second full season leading the B-Sens bench staff and his 21st as either an assistant, associate, or head coach.

In 2023-24, his fifth season in the Friendly City, Bell guided Belleville to its first Calder Cup Playoff series victory and signed a two-year extension in the summer of 2024.

Bell is serving as a head coach for the third time in his coaching career after having done so previously with the Quad City Mallards (2011-12) of the he Central Hockey League and with the Niagara IceDogs (2016-17) of the Ontario Hockey League.

As a player, Bell spent his junior career with the Ottawa 67’s of the OHL, before turning professional with the Louisville Riverfrogs of the ECHL. The Wiarton, Ontario native went on to have a successful seven year career that included a Kelly Cup Champion with the Greenville Growl.

Bell and his family have been heavily involved in the Bay of Quinte Community since their arrival in Belleville.

Stefan Legein joined the Belleville Senators 2024-25 coaching staff as an assistant on July 1, 2024.

Legein joins the Senators from the Western Hockey League’s Spokane Chiefs, where he’s spent the past two seasons working as an associate coach. Before that, Legein spent four seasons with the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League’s Saint John Sea Dogs, winning a Memorial Cup Championship in 2021-22. He also spent a season as a video coach for the Ontario Hockey League’s Mississauga Steelheads.

The Oakville, Ontario native also had a nine-year pro career that included 265 American Hockey League games with Syracuse, Manchester, and Toronto, picking up 100 points (54 goals, 46 assists) over 265 AHL games. Legein also represented Canada and won a gold medal at the 2008 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship.

Campbell comes to Belleville from the Brantford Bulldogs of the OHL, where he’s spent the past three seasons as an assistant coach, winning an OHL title in 2021-22. Before turning to coaching, the Caledonia, Ontario native was drafted in the third round of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft to the Los Angeles Kings and played 11 professional seasons.

Over that time, Campbell dressed in 42 NHL games with LA, Arizona and Toronto, along with 719 games in the AHL, collecting 149 points (36 goals, 113 assists). He spent a total of four seasons as a captain in the AHL, one with Manchester (2013-14), two with Toronto (2015-2017), and one with Tucson (2017-18).

Gibson spent time in the Ontario Hockey League with the Oshawa Generals and most recently with the Owen Sound Attack, and also served as a Goaltending Consultant and advisor board member for Hockey Canada.

Paul has also coached with the University of Guelph Gryphons (USports) and St. Thomas Stars (GOJHL). During his playing career, the St. Thomas, Ontario native suited up for his local junior team and had a four-year career at Ryerson University, in Toronto (USports).

Before that, Black was the video coordinator for the University of Waterloo Warriors (USports) from 2010-2016. Black won an OHL title with the Knights in 2023-24.

The Whitby, Ontario native moved to Belleville with the Senators in 2017/18, following one season in Binghamton and also has 11 years experience in the Ontario Hockey League, prior to making the jump to the AHL. Boyes’ OHL resume includes a two-year stint as Head Equipment Manager with the Soo Greyhounds and nine seasons as an Assistant Equipment Manager with the Oshawa Generals, where his father Bryan has been the Head Equipment Manager and Athletic Trainer since 1981.

Along with his club experience, Boyes has been tapped as a staff member for Team Ontario and Team Canada during events including the 2014 World Under 17 Challenge in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, the 2014 World Under 17 Challenge in Sarnia, Ontario and the 2014 National Junior Team Summer Camp in Montreal.

Boyes now lives in Belleville with his wife Lindsay and daughter Lucca.

Before that, the London, Ontario native spent four seasons as the head equipment manager for the Sarnia Sting (OHL) and also worked with the London Nationals (GOJHL) and University of Western Ontario Mustangs (USports).

Stehouwer also has experience with Hockey Canada, serving as equipment manager at three IIHF World Under 17 Challenge tournaments

Hyland graduated with honours from the Fitness and Health Promotion program at Durham College in Oshawa, Ontario, and is currently studying for his master’s degree in Strength and Conditioning at St. Mary’s University in London, UK.

Hyland also spent a seven-year stint coaching with the Granite Gators Swim Club in Toronto, where during that time the Granite Artistic Swimming Club became the first Ontario-based team in 20 years to win a national junior title. He also helped to develop several Olympic athletes, including some who competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Hyland has also been the Strength and Conditioning Consultant for Skate Ontario’s Performance Pathway Program for the past year.

Earlier in his career, Addey-Jibb spent 14 American Hockey League seasons with the St. Johns Maple Leafs/Toronto Marlies organization.

Most recently, he’s been the head athletic therapist with the Burnaby Winter Club Hockey Academy.

Before that, MacLean studied at McMaster University, where he interned with the Marauders football program (USports), and at Sheridan College.

The Smithville, Ontario native’s career also included time spent with the Hamilton/Brantford Bulldogs (OHL). MacLean has also assisted at the Ottawa Senators Development Camp over the past three seasons.