Jack Adams Award

Jack Adams Award
Jack Adams Award
Sport	Ice hockey
Given for	National Hockey League coach "adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success."
History
First award	1974
Most wins	Pat Burns (3)
Most recent	Barry Trotz; New York Islanders

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.

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	Shero, FredFred Shero^[a]	Philadelphia Flyers	1
1974–75	Pulford, BobBob Pulford	Los Angeles Kings	1
1975–76	Cherry, DonDon Cherry	Boston Bruins	1
1976–77	Bowman, ScottyScotty Bowman^[a]^[b]	Montreal Canadiens	1
1977–78	Kromm, BobbyBobby Kromm	Detroit Red Wings	1
1978–79	Arbour, AlAl Arbour^[b]	New York Islanders	1
1979–80	Quinn, PatPat Quinn^[b]^[c]	Philadelphia Flyers	1
1980–81	Berenson, RedRed Berenson	St. Louis Blues	1
1981–82	Watt, TomTom Watt	Winnipeg Jets	1
1982–83	Tessier, OrvalOrval Tessier	Chicago Black Hawks	1
1983–84	Murray, BryanBryan Murray	Washington Capitals	1
1984–85	Keenan, MikeMike Keenan^[b]^[c]	Philadelphia Flyers	1
1985–86	Sather, GlenGlen Sather^[b]	Edmonton Oilers	1
1986–87	Demers, JacquesJacques Demers	Detroit Red Wings	1
1987–88	Jacques Demers	Detroit Red Wings	2
1988–89	Burns, PatPat Burns^[c]	Montreal Canadiens	1
1989–90	Murdoch, BobBob Murdoch	Winnipeg Jets	1
1990–91	Sutter, BrianBrian Sutter	St. Louis Blues	1
1991–92	Pat Quinn	Vancouver Canucks	2
1992–93	Pat Burns	Toronto Maple Leafs	2
1993–94	Lemaire, JacquesJacques Lemaire	New Jersey Devils	1
1994–95	Crawford, MarcMarc Crawford	Quebec Nordiques	1
1995–96	Scotty Bowman^[b]	Detroit Red Wings	2
1996–97	Nolan, TedTed Nolan	Buffalo Sabres	1
1997–98	Pat Burns	Boston Bruins	3
1998–99	Martin, JacquesJacques Martin	Ottawa Senators	1
1999–2000	Quenneville, JoelJoel Quenneville^[b]	St. Louis Blues	1
2000–01	Barber, BillBill Barber^[d]	Philadelphia Flyers	1
2001–02	Francis, BobBob Francis	Phoenix Coyotes	1
2002–03	Jacques Lemaire	Minnesota Wild	2
2003–04	Tortorella, JohnJohn Tortorella^[a]	Tampa Bay Lightning	1
2004–05^[e]	& —	& —	& —
2005–06	Ruff, LindyLindy Ruff	Buffalo Sabres	1
2006–07	Vigneault, AlainAlain Vigneault	Vancouver Canucks	1
2007–08	Boudreau, BruceBruce Boudreau^[d]	Washington Capitals	1
2008–09	Julien, ClaudeClaude Julien	Boston Bruins	1
2009–10	Tippett, DaveDave Tippett	Phoenix Coyotes	1
2010–11	Bylsma, DanDan Bylsma	Pittsburgh Penguins	1
2011–12	Hitchcock, KenKen Hitchcock^[d]	St. Louis Blues	1
2012–13	MacLean, PaulPaul MacLean	Ottawa Senators	1
2013–14	Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	Colorado Avalanche	1
2014–15	Hartley, BobBob Hartley	Calgary Flames	1
2015–16	Trotz, BarryBarry Trotz^[b]	Washington Capitals	1
2016–17	John Tortorella	Columbus Blue Jackets	2
2017–18	Gallant, GerardGerard Gallant^[c]	Vegas Golden Knights	1
2018–19	Barry Trotz	New York Islanders	2

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Coaches whose teams won the Stanley Cup
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 ^2.7 Teams who had best overall record in regular season (Presidents' Trophy awarded to team with best overall record since 1985–86)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Coaches whose teams lost the Stanley Cup final round
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Coaches whose teams replaced the coach that started the season
↑ Not awarded due to the lockout