Jack Adams Award
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The Jack Adams Award is awarded annually to the National Hockey League coach "adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success."[1] The winner is selected by a poll of the National Hockey League Broadcasters Association at the end of the regular season.
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[edit] History
The Jack Adams Award is named in honour of Jack Adams, former coach and general manager of the Detroit Red Wings. It was first awarded at the conclusion of the 1973-74 regular season.
Only one coach has won the award in consecutive seasons: Jacques Demers with the Detroit Red Wings. Four coaches in history have won the award with 2 different teams, with Pat Burns being the only person to win the award 3 times:
- Pat Burns (1988-89 - Montreal Canadiens, 1992-93 - Toronto Maple Leafs, and 1997-98 - Boston Bruins),
- Jacques Lemaire (1993-94 - New Jersey Devils and 2002-03 - Minnesota Wild)
- Pat Quinn (1979-80 - Philadelphia Flyers and 1991-92 - Vancouver Canucks)
- Scotty Bowman (1976-77 - Montreal Canadiens, and 1995-96 - Detroit Red Wings)
The franchises with the most Jack Adams Award winners are the Philadelphia Flyers and Detroit Red Wings, with 4 apiece, followed by the St. Louis Blues and Phoenix Coyotes, with 3 each (although two of the Coyotes' awards came when the franchise was the Winnipeg Jets).
The closest vote ever occurred in 2006, when Lindy Ruff defeated Peter Laviolette by a single point.
[edit] Jack Adams Award winners
Teams who had best overall record in regular season (President's Trophy awarded to team with best overall record since 1985-86) noted with #
Coaches whose teams won the Stanley Cup in bold
Coaches whose teams lost the Stanley Cup final round italicized
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ NHL.com, Jack Adams Award
