Jack Adams Award

The Jack Adams Award is an annual award presented by the National Hockey League Broadcasters' Association to the NHL coach adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success. The winner is selected in a poll among members of the NHL Broadcasters' Association at the end of the regular season.

The award was presented by the NHL Broadcasters' Association in 1974 to commemorate the late Jack Adams, former coach and general manager of the Detroit Red Wings. His lifetime dedication to hockey has served as an inspiration to all who aspire to further the game.

Jacques Demers is the only coach who has won the award in consecutive seasons. Four coaches in history have won the award with two different teams. Jacques Lemaire, Pat Quinn, and Scotty Bowman have won the award twice, while Pat Burns is the only coach to win the Jack Adams Award three times.

The franchises with the most Jack Adams Award winners are the Philadelphia Flyers, Detroit Red Wings and St. Louis Blues with four.

Bill Barber, Bruce Boudreau and Ken Hitchcock are the only men to win the award after replacing the 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 and Hitchcock won after replacing Davis Payne 13 games into the 2011-12 season.

The closest vote ever occurred in 2006, when the winner Lindy Ruff edged out Peter Laviolette by a single point.

Past Recipients
Year	Coach	Team
2016	BARRY TROTZ	WASHINGTON CAPITALS
2015	Bob Hartley	Calgary Flames
2014	PATRICK ROY	COLORADO AVALANCHE
2013	Paul MacLean	ottawa Senators
2012	Ken hitchcock	st. louis blues
2011	Dan Bylsma	Pittsburgh Penguins
2010	Dave Tippett	Phoenix Coyotes
2009	Claude Julien	Boston Bruins
2008	Bruce Boudreau	Washington Capitals
2007	Alain Vigneault	Vancouver Canucks
2006	Lindy Ruff	Buffalo Sabres
2004	John Tortorella	Tampa Bay Lightning
2003	Jacques Lemaire	Minnesota Wild
2002	Bob Francis	Phoenix Coyotes
2001	Bill Barber	Philadelphia Flyers
2000	Joel Quenneville	St. Louis Blues
1999	Jacques Martin	Ottawa Senators
1998	Pat Burns	Boston Bruins
1997	Ted Nolan	Buffalo Sabres
1996	Scotty Bowman	Detroit Red Wings
1995	Marc Crawford	Quebec Nordiques
1994	Jacques Lemaire	New Jersey Devils
1993	Pat Burns	Toronto Maple Leafs
1992	Pat Quinn	Vancouver Canucks
1991	Brian Sutter	St. Louis Blues
1990	Bob Murdoch	Winnipeg Jets
1989	Pat Burns	Montreal Canadiens
1988	Jacques Demers	Detroit Red Wings
1987	Jacques Demers	Detroit Red Wings
1986	Glen Sather	Edmonton Oilers
1985	Mike Keenan	Philadelphia Flyers
1984	Bryan Murray	Washington Capitals
1983	Orval Tessier	Chicago Black Hawks
1982	Tom Watt	Winnipeg Jets
1981	Gordon "Red" Berenson	St. Louis Blues
1980	Pat Quinn	Philadelphia Flyers
1979	Al Arbour	New York Islanders
1978	Bobby Kromm	Detroit Red Wings
1977	Scotty Bowman	Montreal Canadiens
1976	Don Cherry	Boston Bruins
1975	Bob Pulford	Los Angeles Kings
1974	Fred Shero	Philadelphia Flyers