Jack Adams Award


The Jack Adams Award is awarded annually to the National Hockey League coach "adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success." The league's Coach of the Year award has been presented 40 times to 34 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 honour 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, while Pat Burns is the only coach to win three times. The franchises with the most Jack Adams Award winners are the Philadelphia Flyers, Detroit Red Wings 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.

Winners

SeasonWinnerTeamWin #
Philadelphia Flyers1
Los Angeles Kings1
Boston Bruins1
Montreal Canadiens1
Detroit Red Wings1
New York Islanders1
Philadelphia Flyers1
St. Louis Blues1
Winnipeg Jets1
Chicago Black Hawks1
Washington Capitals1
Philadelphia Flyers1
Edmonton Oilers1
Detroit Red Wings1
Jacques DemersDetroit Red Wings2
Montreal Canadiens1
Winnipeg Jets1
St. Louis Blues1
Pat QuinnVancouver Canucks2
Pat BurnsToronto Maple Leafs2
New Jersey Devils1
Quebec Nordiques1
Scotty BowmanDetroit Red Wings2
Buffalo Sabres1
Pat BurnsBoston Bruins3
Ottawa Senators1
St. Louis Blues1
Philadelphia Flyers1
Phoenix Coyotes1
Jacques LemaireMinnesota Wild2
Tampa Bay Lightning1
Buffalo Sabres1
Vancouver Canucks1
Washington Capitals1
Boston Bruins1
Phoenix Coyotes1
Pittsburgh Penguins1
St. Louis Blues1
Ottawa Senators1
Colorado Avalanche1
Calgary Flames1
Washington Capitals1
John TortorellaColumbus Blue Jackets2
Vegas Golden Knights1
Barry TrotzNew York Islanders2