Jack Adams Award
SportIce hockey
GivenforNational Hockey League coach "adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success."[1]
First1973–74 NHL season
FirstwinnerFred Shero
MostwinsPat Burns (3)
MostrecentSpencer Carbery
Washington Capitals

The Jack Adams Award is awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) coach "adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success." The league's Coach of the Year award has been presented 51 times to 43 coaches. The winner is selected by a poll of the National Hockey League Broadcasters Association at the end of the regular season. Five coaches have won the award twice, while Pat Burns has won three times, the most of any coach. The award is named in honor of Jack Adams, Hall of Fame player for the Toronto Arenas/St. Patricks, Vancouver Millionaires and original Ottawa Senators, and long-time Coach and General Manager of the Detroit Red Wings. It was first awarded at the conclusion of the regular season.

Jacques Demers is the only coach to win the award in consecutive seasons. Five coaches have won the award with two teams: Jacques Lemaire, Pat Quinn, Scotty Bowman, Barry Trotz, and John Tortorella have won the award twice. Pat Burns is the only coach to win the Adams Award three times, as well as the only coach to win it with three different teams. The franchises with the most Jack Adams Award winners are the Washington Capitals, Philadelphia Flyers, Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins and Phoenix Coyotes with four winners each, although the Coyotes had two winners in Winnipeg before they moved to Arizona. Bill Barber, Bruce Boudreau and Ken Hitchcock are the only coaches to win the award after replacing the head coach who started the season. Barber took over for Craig Ramsay during the Flyers' 2000–01 season, Boudreau replaced Glen Hanlon a month into the Capitals' 2007–08 season while Hitchcock replaced Davis Payne a month into the Blues' 2011–12 season. The closest vote occurred in , when the winner Lindy Ruff edged out Peter Laviolette by a single point.[2]

Winners

Key
Jack Adams Award winners
SeasonWinnerTeamWin #
Fred Shero[a]Philadelphia Flyers1
Bob PulfordLos Angeles Kings1
Don CherryBoston Bruins1
Scotty Bowman[a][b]Montreal Canadiens1
Bobby KrommDetroit Red Wings1
Al Arbour[b]New York Islanders1
Pat Quinn[b][c]Philadelphia Flyers1
Red BerensonSt. Louis Blues1
Tom WattWinnipeg Jets1
Orval TessierChicago Black Hawks1
Bryan MurrayWashington Capitals1
Mike Keenan[b][c]Philadelphia Flyers1
Glen Sather[b]Edmonton Oilers1
Jacques DemersDetroit Red Wings1
Jacques DemersDetroit Red Wings2
Pat Burns[c]Montreal Canadiens1
Bob MurdochWinnipeg Jets1
Brian SutterSt. Louis Blues1
Pat QuinnVancouver Canucks2
Pat BurnsToronto Maple Leafs2
Jacques LemaireNew Jersey Devils1
[d]Marc CrawfordQuebec Nordiques1
Scotty Bowman[b]Detroit Red Wings2
Ted NolanBuffalo Sabres1
Pat BurnsBoston Bruins3
Jacques MartinOttawa Senators1
Joel Quenneville[b]St. Louis Blues1
Bill Barber[e]Philadelphia Flyers1
Bobby FrancisPhoenix Coyotes1
Jacques LemaireMinnesota Wild2
John Tortorella[a]Tampa Bay Lightning1
Season cancelled due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout
Lindy RuffBuffalo Sabres1
Alain VigneaultVancouver Canucks1
Bruce Boudreau[e]Washington Capitals1
Claude JulienBoston Bruins1
Dave TippettPhoenix Coyotes1
Dan BylsmaPittsburgh Penguins1
Ken Hitchcock[e]St. Louis Blues1
[f]Paul MacLeanOttawa Senators1
Patrick RoyColorado Avalanche1
Bob HartleyCalgary Flames1
Barry Trotz[b]Washington Capitals1
John TortorellaColumbus Blue Jackets2
Gerard Gallant[c]Vegas Golden Knights1
Barry TrotzNew York Islanders2
[g]Bruce Cassidy[b]Boston Bruins1
[g]Rod Brind'AmourCarolina Hurricanes1
Darryl SutterCalgary Flames1
Jim Montgomery[b]Boston Bruins1
Rick TocchetVancouver Canucks1
Spencer CarberyWashington Capitals1

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The coach's team won the Stanley Cup.
  2. ^ The coach's team had the best overall record in regular season (Presidents' Trophy awarded to team with best overall record since 1985–86).
  3. ^ The coach's team lost the Stanley Cup Final.
  4. ^ Season was shortened by the 1994–95 NHL lockout.
  5. ^ The coach replaced another coach for that team while the season was in progress.
  6. ^ Season was shortened by the 2012–13 NHL lockout.
  7. ^ Regular season was shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

  1. ^ "Jack Adams Award". National Hockey League. Archived December 23, 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved September 9, 2007.
  2. ^ "Thornton, Lidstrom, Ovechkin win at NHL awards". ESPN. June 23, 2006. Archived September 5, 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 8, 2015.