As a youth, Bowler played in the 1988 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Mississauga.\n', '

In 1994–95, while playing for the Ontario Hockey League\'s Windsor Spitfires, Bowler was awarded the Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy as the best overage player in the league. During four seasons with the Windsor Spitfires, from the 1991-92 season to the 1994–95 season, Bill Bowler set a franchise record for most career points, with 467 points.[citation needed] He also set the OHL record for most career assists, with 318. As of 2016[update], both records still stand.[citation needed] On December 10, 2011, Bowler\'s number 9 was retired by the Windsor Spitfires - he was the eighth player in Windsor Spitfire history to have his jersey hung from the rafters.\n', '

Bowler played nine games with the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 2000–01 season, recording two assists.[citation needed] In 2000–01, Bowler set a team record for the AHL\'s Syracuse Crunch with 58 assists, and tied the team record with 79 points (set in 1995–96 by Lonny Bohonos).[citation needed]\n', '

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