By the Numbers Prospects: Jack Adams

By the Numbers will highlight the on-ice accomplishments in the 2019-20 season for the Detroit Red Wings' prospects. Twice a week during the offseason, By the Numbers will profile a different player in the system, focusing on his statistical highs. This week we focus on forward Jack Adams.

It has been quite the last year-plus for Red Wings prospect Jack Adams.

The 6-foot-6, 210-pound forward was having a stellar 2019 development camp last summer at Little Caesars Arena, having improved virtually every aspect of his game.

Then, during the final scrimmage between Team Howe and Team Lindsay on June 29, Adams disappeared off the bench and did not finish the game.

He later revealed in his blog on DetroitRedWings.com, You Don't Know Jack, that he had torn both the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL) in his right knee, would have to undergo surgery and would miss his entire junior season at Union College.

Yet Adams, no stranger to adversity, was undeterred.

The previous year Adams had lost his beloved older brother, Mark, affectionately known as Roo to his family and friends, when Mark passed suddenly at age 27.

That loss, while incredibly painful, helped Adams forge increased inner strength and determination, which he then applied to his rehabilitation.

By Christmas, Adams was already running and skating and had passed the nine-month ACL strength test just four months removed from the injury.

Instagram from @j\_2adams: Big step this week, almost there! #Patience #RA4 #Hanson4Hobey

When he wasn't rehabbing, Adams was helping coach at his alma mater, Malden Catholic, spending extra time with his family and starting his own podcast, "Athletes over Adversity."

Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit and Adams was faced with a new challenge. While the start of the hockey season is an unknown at this point, Adams has been cleared to do everything and will be ready when health experts deem it is safe to play.

0 - There is one number that stands out above the others when it comes to last season for Adams, the fact that he did not play a game last season.

37 - Had Adams been healthy, he could have played up to 37 games that Union had on its schedule last season.

28 - In his first season at Union, Adams played 28 games.

4 - As a freshman, Adams recorded four goals. 9 - Adams also had nine assists during his first year.

38 - Adams played 38 games in his sophomore campaign.

10 - In addition to the 10 additional games Adams played in his second year, he also scored 10 goals, six more than he had the previous season.

12 - Adams also added 12 assists in his second year, three more than he had as a freshman.

Quotable: "I spent time with Jack (before the pandemic). I flew into Boston to see Seth Barton play and a couple other games. I got a hold of Jack, he was training that day so I went down there and watched him train. One thing about Jack, he's got an incredible attitude. He's almost a guy you gotta worry about doing too much, overtraining. To his credit, he's organized his own training there, he's found skating coaches with our guidance. He's doing everything he possibly can to get himself back from this injury. He wants to have a big year next year in college. I'm hoping he does because he's put in a tremendous amount of work rehabbing this. I know his summer's going to be no different. I think he's going to come back and be a beast next year. I'm looking forward to seeing him play." -- Shawn Horcoff, director of player development and assistant director of player personnel, speaking in late March