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."^[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 three times, the most of any coach.

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.

Jack Adams Award
Sport	Ice hockey
Given for	National Hockey League coach "adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success."[1]
History
First award	1974
Most wins	Pat Burns (3)
Most recent	Rick Tocchet Vancouver Canucks

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

Jack Adams Award winners

Season	Winner	Team	Win #
1973–74	Fred Shero[lower-alpha 1]	Philadelphia Flyers	1
1974–75	Bob Pulford	Los Angeles Kings	1
1975–76	Don Cherry	Boston Bruins	1
1976–77	Scotty Bowman[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]	Montreal Canadiens	1
1977–78	Bobby Kromm	Detroit Red Wings	1
1978–79	Al Arbour[lower-alpha 2]	New York Islanders	1
1979–80	Pat Quinn[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3]	Philadelphia Flyers	1
1980–81	Red Berenson	St. Louis Blues	1
1981–82	Tom Watt	Winnipeg Jets	1
1982–83	Orval Tessier	Chicago Black Hawks	1
1983–84	Bryan Murray	Washington Capitals	1
1984–85	Mike Keenan[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3]	Philadelphia Flyers	1
1985–86	Glen Sather[lower-alpha 2]	Edmonton Oilers	1
1986–87	Jacques Demers	Detroit Red Wings	1
1987–88	Jacques Demers	Detroit Red Wings	2
1988–89	Pat Burns[lower-alpha 3]	Montreal Canadiens	1
1989–90	Bob Murdoch	Winnipeg Jets	1
1990–91	Brian Sutter	St. Louis Blues	1
1991–92	Pat Quinn	Vancouver Canucks	2
1992–93	Pat Burns	Toronto Maple Leafs	2
1993–94	Jacques Lemaire	New Jersey Devils	1
1994–95	Marc Crawford	Quebec Nordiques	1
1995–96	Scotty Bowman[lower-alpha 2]	Detroit Red Wings	2
1996–97	Ted Nolan	Buffalo Sabres	1
1997–98	Pat Burns	Boston Bruins	3
1998–99	Jacques Martin	Ottawa Senators	1
1999–2000	Joel Quenneville[lower-alpha 2]	St. Louis Blues	1
2000–01	Bill Barber[lower-alpha 4]	Philadelphia Flyers	1
2001–02	Bob Francis	Phoenix Coyotes	1
2002–03	Jacques Lemaire	Minnesota Wild	2
2003–04	John Tortorella[lower-alpha 1]	Tampa Bay Lightning	1
2004–05[lower-alpha 5]	& —	& —	& —
2005–06	Lindy Ruff	Buffalo Sabres	1
2006–07	Alain Vigneault	Vancouver Canucks	1
2007–08	Bruce Boudreau[lower-alpha 4]	Washington Capitals	1
2008–09	Claude Julien	Boston Bruins	1
2009–10	Dave Tippett	Phoenix Coyotes	1
2010–11	Dan Bylsma	Pittsburgh Penguins	1
2011–12	Ken Hitchcock[lower-alpha 4]	St. Louis Blues	1
2012–13	Paul MacLean	Ottawa Senators	1
2013–14	Patrick Roy	Colorado Avalanche	1
2014–15	Bob Hartley	Calgary Flames	1
2015–16	Barry Trotz[lower-alpha 2]	Washington Capitals	1
2016–17	John Tortorella	Columbus Blue Jackets	2
2017–18	Gerard Gallant[lower-alpha 3]	Vegas Golden Knights	1
2018–19	Barry Trotz	New York Islanders	2
2019–20	Bruce Cassidy[lower-alpha 2]	Boston Bruins	1
2020–21	Rod Brind'Amour	Carolina Hurricanes	1
2021–22	Darryl Sutter	Calgary Flames	1
2022–23	Jim Montgomery[lower-alpha 2]	Boston Bruins	1
2023–24	Rick Tocchet	Vancouver Canucks	1

1. Coaches whose teams won the Stanley Cup
2. Teams who had best overall record in regular season (Presidents' Trophy awarded to team with best overall record since 1985–86)
3. Coaches whose teams lost the Stanley Cup final round
4. Coaches whose teams replaced the coach that started the season
5. Not awarded due to the lockout

References

General

• "Jack Adams Award". National Hockey League. Retrieved 2007-09-09.
• "President's Trophy". National Hockey League. Retrieved 2007-09-09.
• "Stanley Cup Champions and Finalists". National Hockey League. Retrieved 2007-09-09.

Specific

1. "Jack Adams Award". National Hockey League. Retrieved September 9, 2007.