Jack Adams Award

NHL award
trophy_name = Jack Adams Award

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Established= 1974
Holder = Bruce Boudreau
Awarded = National Hockey League coach "adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success."cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/trophies/adams.html|title=Jack Adams Award|publisher=NHL|accessdate=2007-09-09] 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 34 times to 29 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.

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 thrice. 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 and 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. [cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/trophies/awards062206.html|title=Thornton, Lidstrom big winners at Awards Show|author=Phil Coffey|accessdate=2007-09-14|date=2006-06-23|publisher=NHL]

Winners

^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

ee also

*List of NHL head coaches

References

;General
*cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/trophies/adams.html|title=Jack Adams Award|publisher=NHL|accessdate=2007-09-09
*cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/trophies/presidents.html|title=President's Trophy|publisher=NHL|accessdate=2007-09-09
*cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/cup/champs.html|title=Stanley Cup Champions and Finalists|publisher=NHL|accessdate=2007-09-09;Specific