Adam Lowry was named captain of the Winnipeg Jets on Sept. 12, 2023, and at age 30 was planning to rely on his father, Dave Lowry, who was captain of the Calgary Flames from 2000-02 and played 1,084 NHL games from 1989 to 2004.

The forward, selected by the Jets in the third round (No. 67) of the 2011 NHL Draft has played his entire NHL career with Winnipeg. He earned what then-coach Rick Bowness said was total respect from every player on the team, every player around the League and certainly from the coaching staff as well." Lowry also earned the five-year, $25 million contract (average annual value of $5 million) he signed with the Jets on Nov. 19, 2025.

Lowry scored at 16:10 of the second overtime to give the Jets a 4-3 win against the St. Louis Blues in Game 7 of the 2025 Western Conference First Round at Canada Life Centre. He joined Steve Yzerman (Detroit Red Wings, 1996 conference semifinals) as the second captain in NHL history to score an overtime goal in a Game 7. It was also the second-latest OT goal in Jets/Atlanta Thrashers history (96:10) behind Kyle Connor (106:52 in Game 4 of the 2021 first round).

Lowry grew up mainly in Calgary, where his father played the final four seasons of his NHL career. His hockey education included up-close-and-personal observations of the likes of Jarome Iginla, Patrick Marleau and Stu Barnes. The lessons learned from them and others helped Lowry become a hard-charging center who enjoys using his massive frame to take the play to the opposition.

As a rookie during the 2014-15 season, Lowry led the Jets with 255 hits while finishing tied for 15th among all rookies with 11 goals. Lowry scored a memorable first NHL goal in the sixth game of his rookie season. On Oct. 21, 2014, he was skating through the high slot when he tipped a shot from the point past Carolina Hurricanes goalie Anton Khudobin for the game-winning goal of a 3-1 Jets victory.

On Dec. 9, 2014, Lowry's two second-period goals less than two minutes apart broke a 2-2 tie with the Stars and gave him the second game-winning goal of his rookie season.

Lowry also played all four of Winnipeg's games during the 2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs. His first NHL playoff goal, less than three minutes into the first game of the Jets' first-round series against the Anaheim Ducks, was also the first postseason goal for the franchise since it relocated from Atlanta for the 2011-12 season. Lowry had assists in each of Winnipeg's next two games to give him three points and tie him with Bryan Little as the team's playoff scoring leader that year.

Lowry continued to find ways to contribute off the score sheet in his second season. In 2015-16, Lowry finished second on the club with 187 hits, and among Winnipeg forwards he finished second in blocked shots (48) and fourth in takeaways (33). The showing earned Lowry a two-year contract and then a five-year, $16.25 million contract ($3.25 million average annual value) he signed with the Jets on April 16, 2021.

Not always a grinder, Lowry finished his junior career as a scoring star with Swift Current of the Western Hockey League. Lowry's 45 goals, 88 points and 102 penalty minutes in 2012-13 earned him the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy as the league's player of the year. As a WHL rookie in 2009-10, he won the Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Trophy given annually to the league's top scholastic player.