Jack Adams Award

Jack Adams Award
Established	1974
Current holder(s)	Dan Bylsma
Awarded to the	National Hockey League coach "adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success."

The Jack Adams Award is awarded annually to the National Hockey League coach "adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success." It has been awarded 37 times to 32 different coaches. The winner is selected by a poll of the National Hockey League Broadcasters Association at the end of the regular season. Four coaches have won the award two times, while Pat Burns has won three times, the most of any coach.

History

The Jack Adams Award is named in honour of Jack Adams, Hall of Fame player for Toronto, Vancouver and Ottawa, and long-time coach and general manager of the Detroit Red Wings. It was first awarded at the conclusion of the 1973–74 regular season.

Jacques Demers is the only coach who has won the award in consecutive seasons. Four coaches in history have won the award with 2 different teams. Jacques Lemaire, Pat Quinn, and Scotty Bowman have won the award twice, while Pat Burns is the only coach to win the award three times. The franchises with the most Jack Adams Award winners are the Philadelphia Flyers and Detroit Red Wings, with four winners, followed by the St. Louis Blues and Phoenix Coyotes with three, although the Coyotes had two winners in Winnipeg before they moved to Arizona. Bill Barber and Bruce Boudreau 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 2000–01 season, while Boudreau replaced Glen Hanlon, a month into the 2007–08 season. The closest vote ever occurred in 2006, when the winner Lindy Ruff edged out Peter Laviolette by a single point.

Winners

Scotty Bowman, winner for the 1976–77 and 1995–96 NHL seasons.

Marc Crawford, winner for the 1994–95 NHL season.

Ted Nolan, winner for the 1996–97 NHL season.

Lindy Ruff, winner for the 2005–06 NHL season.

Dan Bylsma, winner for the 2010-11 NHL season.

Season	Winner	Team	Win #
1973–74	Fred Sherob	Philadelphia Flyers	1
1974–75	Pulford, BobBob Pulford	Los Angeles Kings	1
1975–76	Don Cherry	Boston Bruins	1
1976–77	Bowman, ScottyScotty Bowmanab	Montreal Canadiens	1
1977–78	Kromm, BobbyBobby Kromm	Detroit Red Wings	1
1978–79	Arbour, AlAl Arboura	New York Islanders	1
1979–80	Pat Quinnac	Philadelphia Flyers	1
1980–81	Berenson, RedRed Berenson	St. Louis Blues	1
1981–82	Watt, TomTom Watt	Winnipeg Jets	1
1982–83	Tessier, OrvalOrval Tessier	Chicago Blackhawks	1
1983–84	Bryan Murray	Washington Capitals	1
1984–85	Keenan, MikeMike Keenanac	Philadelphia Flyers	1
1985–86	Sather, GlenGlen Sathera	Edmonton Oilers	1
1986–87	Demers, JacquesJacques Demers	Detroit Red Wings	1
1987–88	Demers, JacquesJacques Demers	Detroit Red Wings	2
1988–89	Burns, PatPat Burnsc	Montreal Canadiens	1
1989–90	Murdoch, BobBob Murdoch	Winnipeg Jets	1
1990–91	Sutter, BrianBrian Sutter	St. Louis Blues	1
1991–92	Pat Quinn	Vancouver Canucks	2
1992–93	Burns, PatPat Burns	Toronto Maple Leafs	2
1993–94	Lemaire, JacquesJacques Lemaire	New Jersey Devils	1
1994–95	Crawford, MarcMarc Crawford	Quebec Nordiques	1
1995–96	Bowman, ScottyScotty Bowmana	Detroit Red Wings	2
1996–97	Nolan, TedTed Nolan	Buffalo Sabres	1
1997–98	Burns, PatPat Burns	Boston Bruins	3
1998–99	Martin, JacquesJacques Martin	Ottawa Senators	1
1999–2000	Quenneville, JoelJoel Quennevillea	St. Louis Blues	1
2000–01	Barber, BillBill Barberd	Philadelphia Flyers	1
2001–02	Francis, BobBob Francis	Phoenix Coyotes	1
2002–03	Lemaire, JacquesJacques Lemaire	Minnesota Wild	2
2003–04	Tortorella, JohnJohn Tortorellab	Tampa Bay Lightning	1
2004–05	zzz2004–05 NHL lockout No winner	-	-
2005–06	Ruff, LindyLindy Ruff	Buffalo Sabres	1
2006–07	Vigneault, AlainAlain Vigneault	Vancouver Canucks	1
2007–08	Boudreau, BruceBruce Boudreaud	Washington Capitals	1
2008–09	Julien, ClaudeClaude Julien	Boston Bruins	1
2009–10	Tippett, DaveDave Tippett	Phoenix Coyotes	1
2010–11	Bylsma, DanDan Bylsma	Pittsburgh Penguins	1

^aTeams who had best overall record in regular season (President's Trophy awarded to team with best overall record since 1985–86)

^bCoaches whose teams won the Stanley Cup

^cCoaches whose teams lost the Stanley Cup final round

^dCoaches whose teams replaced the coach that started the season

See also

• List of National Hockey League awards
• List of NHL head coaches

References

General

• "Jack Adams Award". NHL. http://www.nhl.com/trophies/adams.html. Retrieved 2007-09-09. 
• "President's Trophy". NHL. http://www.nhl.com/trophies/presidents.html. Retrieved 2007-09-09. 
• "Stanley Cup Champions and Finalists". NHL. http://www.nhl.com/cup/champs.html. Retrieved 2007-09-09. 

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