Adam Lowry

BIOGRAPHY

Adam Lowry was born March 29, 1993 in St. Louis, Missouri. He is a center in the National Hockey League.

Lowry was ranked 58th among North American skaters by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau heading into the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, and improvement over his ranking of 62nd at the midway point of the season. On June 25, 2011, Lowry was drafted in the third round, 67th overall by the Winnipeg Jets. Lowry scored his first career NHL goal on October 21 to help the Jets beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3–1. Lowry concluded his rookie season with 12 goals and 26 points through 84 regular–season and playoff games combined. Beyond point production, Lowry also recorded seven hits in six different games during the season to lead all Jets in hits with 256. At the conclusion of the 2015-2016 season, Lowry was offered a qualifying offer by the Jets to retain his negotiation rights and later signed him to a two-year, one-way contract with an average annual value of $1.125 million. In the first year of his new contract, Lowry set new career-highs with 15 goals and 14 assists for 29 points while playing a mostly defensive role. He finished the season averaging over two-and-a-half minutes of shorthanded ice time per game to lead all forwards in that category. Lowry also ranked first in defensive zone face-offs with 159, which accounted for 61 per cent of Lowry's zone starts.

Entering the 2023–24 season, Lowry was named captain of the Jets on September 12, 2023. He became the third in the team's history since relocating to Winnipeg, and the tenth overall in franchise history.