Jack Adams Award

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Jack Adams Award
Established	1974
Current holder	Alain Vigneault
Awarded to the	National Hockey League coach "adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success."[1]

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] It has been awarded 33 times to 28 different winners. The winner is selected by a poll of the National Hockey League Broadcasters Association at the end of the regular season. Many coaches have won the award numerous times. Pat Burns has won 3 times, the most of any coach.

Contents 1 History 2 Jack Adams Award winners 3 References 4 Notes

[edit] 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.

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, and Jacques Lemaire, Pat Quinn, and Scotty Bowman winning twice. 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.^[2]

[edit] Jack Adams Award winners

Season	Winner	Team	Win#
1973-74	Fred Sherob	Philadelphia Flyers	1
1974-75	Pulford, BobBob Pulford	Los Angeles Kings	1
1975-76	Cherry, DonDon Cherry	Boston Bruins	1
1976-77	Bowman, ScottyScotty Bowman ab	Montreal Canadiens	1
1977-78	Kromm, BobbyBobby Kromm	Detroit Red Wings	1
1978-79	Arbour, AlAl Arbour a	New York Islanders	1
1979-80	Quinn, PatPat Quinn ac	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	Murray, BryanBryan Murray	Washington Capitals	1
1984-85	Keenan, MikeMike Keenan ac	Philadelphia Flyers	1
1985-86	Sather, GlenGlen Sather a	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 Burns c	Montreal Canadiens	1
1989-90	Murdoch, BobBob Murdoch	Winnipeg Jets	1
1990-91	Sutter, BrianBrian Sutter	St. Louis Blues	1
1991-92	Quinn, PatPat 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 Bowman a	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
1999-00	Quenneville, JoelJoel Quenneville a	St. Louis Blues	1
2000-01	Barber, BillBill Barber	Philadelphia Flyers	1
2001-02	Francis (coach), BobBob Francis (coach)	Phoenix Coyotes	1
2002-03	Lemaire, JacquesJacques Lemaire	Minnesota Wild	2
2003-04	Tortorella, JohnJohn Tortorella b	Tampa Bay Lightning	1
2004-05	zzzNo winner due to the 2004-05 NHL lockout	-	-
2005-06	Ruff, LindyLindy Ruff	Buffalo Sabres	1
2006-07	Vigneault, AlainAlain Vigneault	Vancouver Canucks	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

[edit] References

• Jack Adams Award. NHL. Retrieved on 2007-09-09.
• President's Trophy. NHL. Retrieved on 2007-09-09.
• Stanley Cup Champions and Finalists. NHL. Retrieved on 2007-09-09.

[edit] Notes