NHL Jack Adams Award Winners-Trophy honoring best coach first presented in 1974
The Jack Adams Award is an annual award presented by the NHL Broadcasters' Association to "the NHL coach adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success." The winner is determined by a poll among the association's members at the end of the regular season.The award was first presented in 1974 to commemorate the late Jack Adams, longtime 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 to win the award in consecutive seasons (1986-87 and 1987-88 with the Red Wings). Four coaches -- Jacques Lemaire, Pat Quinn, Scotty Bowman and John Tortorella -- have won the award with two teams. Pat Burns is the only coach to win with three different teams (Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins).The franchises with the most Jack Adams Award winners are the Bruins, Detroit Red Wings, Philadelphia Flyers and St. Louis Blues with four apiece.Bill Barber, Bruce Boudreau and Ken Hitchcock are the only men to win the award as an in-season replacement. Barber took over for Craig Ramsay with the Flyers during the 2000-01 season; Boudreau replaced Glen Hanlon with the Washington Capitals 21 games into the 2007-08 season; Hitchcock won with the Blues after replacing Davis Payne 13 games into the 2011-12 season.The closest vote occurred in 2006, when winner Lindy Ruff of the Buffalo Sabres edged Peter Laviolette of the Carolina Hurricanes by one point.
Jack Adams Award Winners
2023: Jim Montgom, Boston Bruins
2022: Darryl Sutter, Calgary Flames
2021: Rod Brind'Amour, Carolina Hurricanes
2020: Bruce Cassidy, Boston Bruins
2019: Barry Trotz, New York Islanders
2018: Gerard Gallant, Vegas Golden Knights
2017: John Tortorella, Columbus Blue Jackets
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 Blackhawks
1982: Tom Watt, Winnipeg Jets
1981: 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
