Adam Fox grew up a Rangers fan in Jericho, New York, and the defenseman quickly became a key member of the organization when he made his NHL debut in 2019-20.
He scored his first NHL goal Oct. 29, 2019 against the Tampa Bay Lightning and finished his first season tied for fourth among NHL rookies with 42 points (eight goals, 34 assists) in 70 games.
Adam Fox grew up a Rangers fan in Jericho, New York, and the defenseman quickly became a key member of the organization when he made his NHL debut in 2019-20.
He scored his first NHL goal Oct. 29, 2019 against the Tampa Bay Lightning and finished his first season tied for fourth among NHL rookies with 42 points (eight goals, 34 assists) in 70 games.
After averaging 18:54 of ice time in 70 games in 2019-20, Fox earned a more prominent role in the following season, leading the Rangers with an average of 24:42 per game. He scored 47 points (five goals, 42 assists), second among NHL defensemen, and had a plus-19 rating in 55 games.
Fox was voted the winner of the Norris Trophy as the best defenseman in the NHL in 2020-21, the first Rangers player to win it since Brian Leetch in 1996-97. He is one of two defensemen to win the Norris Trophy in his second NHL season; the other is Bobby Orr.
Selected by the Calgary Flames in the third round (No. 66) of the 2016 NHL Draft, Fox continued his development at Harvard University, where he scored 116 points (21 goals, 95 assists) in 97 games. In 2018-19 he was second among NCAA defensemen with 48 points (nine goals, 33 assists) in 33 games, was named the Ivy League player of the year and was a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award as the top NCAA Division I men's ice hockey player.
The Flames traded Fox's rights to the Carolina Hurricanes, along with defenseman Dougie Hamilton and forward Micheal Ferland, for forward Elias Lindholm and defenseman Noah Hanifin on June 23, 2018, and the Hurricanes sent Fox's rights to the Rangers on April 30, 2019 for two draft picks.
NOTES & TRANSACTIONS
- ECAC All-Rookie Team (2017)
- ECAC First All-Team (2017, 2018, 2019)
- NCAA (East) First All-American Team (2017, 2018, 2019)
- ECAC Player of the Year (2019)
- NHL First All-Star Team (2021)
- Traded to Carolina by Calgary with Dougie Hamilton and Micheal Ferland for Noah Hanifin and Elias Lindholm, June 23, 2018.
- Traded to NY Rangers by Carolina for NY Rangers' 2nd-round pick in 2019 NHL Draft and a conditional pick in 2020 NHL Draft, April 30, 2019.
