Jack Adams Award

Jack Adams Award
Established	1974
Current holder(s)	Rick Tocchet (2024)
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 36 times to 31 different coaches. 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 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.

Bruce Cassidy, winner for the 2019-20 season.

Jack Adams Award winners

Season	Winner	Team	Win #
1973–74	Shero, FredFred Shero	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	Montreal Canadiens	1
1977–78	Kromm, BobbyBobby Kromm	Detroit Red Wings	1
1978–79	Arbour, AlAl Arbour	New York Islanders	1
1979–80	Quinn, PatPat Quinn	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 Black Hawks	1
1983–84	Murray, BryanBryan Murray	Washington Capitals	1
1984–85	Keenan, MikeMike Keenan	Philadelphia Flyers	1
1985–86	Sather, GlenGlen Sather	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	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	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 Quenneville	St. Louis Blues	1
2000–01	Barber, BillBill Barber	Philadelphia Flyers	1
2001–02	Francis, BobbyBobby Francis	Phoenix Coyotes	1
2002–03	Lemaire, JacquesJacques Lemaire	Minnesota Wild	2
2003–04	Tortorella, JohnJohn Tortorella	Tampa Bay Lightning	1
2004–05	Season cancelled due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout
2005–06	Ruff, LindyLindy Ruff	Buffalo Sabres	1
2006–07	Vigneault, AlainAlain Vigneault	Vancouver Canucks	1
2007–08	Boudreau, BruceBruce Boudreau	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
2011–12	Hitchcock, KenKen Hitchcock	St. Louis Blues	1
2012–13	MacLean, PaulPaul MacLean	Ottawa Senators	1
2013–14	Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	Colorado Avalanche	1
2014–15	Hartley, BobBob Hartley	Calgary Flames	1
2015–16	Trotz, BarryBarry Trotz	Washington Capitals	1
2016–17	Tortorella, JohnJohn Tortorella	Columbus Blue Jackets	2
2017–18	Gallant, GerardGerard Gallant	Vegas Golden Knights	1
2018–19	Trotz, BarryBarry Trotz	New York Islanders	2
2019–20	Cassidy, BruceBruce Cassidy	Boston Bruins	1
2020–21	Brind'Amour, RodRod Brind'Amour	Carolina Hurricanes	1
2021–22	Sutter, DarrylDarryl Sutter	Calgary Flames	1
2022–23	Montgomery, JimJim Montgomery	Boston Bruins	1
2023–24	Tocchet, RickRick Tocchet	Vancouver Canucks	1

See Also

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

References

General

• 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.

Specific