Winners of the National Hockey League's Jack Adams Award, awarded to the league's coach of the year:

2009 - Claude Julien, Boston

2008 - Bruce Boudreau, Washington

2007 - Alain Vigneault, Vancouver

2006 - Lindy Ruff, Buffalo

2005 - Lockout

2004 - John Tortorella, Tampa Bay

2003 - Jacques Lemaire, Minnesota

2002 - Bob Francis, Phoenix

2001 - Bill Barber, Philadelphia

2000 - Joel Quenneville, St. Louis

1999 - Jacques Martin, Ottawa

1998 - Pat Burns, Boston

1997 - Ted Nolan, Buffalo

1996 - Scotty Bowman, Detroit

1995 - Marc Crawford, Quebec

1994 - Jacques Lemaire, New Jersey

1993 - Pat Burns, Toronto

1992 - Pat Quinn, Vancouver

1991 - Brian Sutter, St. Louis

1990 - Bob Murdoch, Winnipeg

1989 - Pat Burns, Montreal

1988 - Jacques Demers, Detroit

1987 - Jacques Demers, Detroit

1986 - Glen Sather, Edmonton

1985 - Mike Keenan, Philadelphia

1984 - Bryan Murray, Washington

1983 - Orval Tessier, Chicago

1982 - Tom Watt, Winnipeg

1981 - Red Berenson, St. Louis

1980 - Pat Quinn, Philadelphia

1979 - Al Arbour, N.Y. Islanders

1978 - Bobby Kromm, Detroit

1977 - Scotty Bowman, Montreal

1976 - Don Cherry, Boston

1975 - Bob Pulford, Los Angeles

1974 - Fred Shero, Philadelphia