Question: Facts:   - weight lb: 160    - played for: new york islanders    - career end: 1986    - position: centre    - height in: 11    - caption: howson in 2015    - shoots: right      - height ft: 5    - birth date: 9 april 1960    - career start: 1981    - image size: 180px    - image: showson.jpg    - birth place: toronto , on , can    - draft: undrafted   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of scott howson .
Answer:
donald scott howson -lrb- born april 9 , 1960 -rrb- is a retired ice hockey player and current senior vp of hockey operations for the edmonton oilers .he was formerly the general manager of the columbus blue jackets of the national hockey league .