Jack Adams Award

The Jack Adams Award is awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) coach "adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success."

The league's "Coach of the Year" award has been presented 39 times to 34 different coaches. The winner is selected by a poll of the National Hockey League Broadcasters Association (NHLBA) at the end of the regular season.

Four coaches have won the award twice while Pat Burns has won three times, the most of any coach.

The award is named in honor of Jack Adams, Hall of Fame player for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Vancouver Canucks and Ottawa Senators & long-time Coach and General Manager of the Detroit Red Wings.

It was first awarded at the conclusion of the 1973-74 NHL season.

Jacques Demers is the only coach to win the award in consecutive seasons. Four coaches have won the award with two different teams: Jacques Lemaire, Pat Quinn and Scotty Bowman have won the award twice while Pat Burns is the only coach to win three times.

The franchises with the most Jack Adams Award winners are the Philadelphia Flyers, Detroit Red Wings and Phoenix Coyotes with four winners each although the Coyotes had two winners in Winnipeg before they moved to Arizona.

Bill Barber, Bruce Boudreau and Ken Hitchcock are the only coaches to win the award after replacing the head coach who started the season. Barber took over for Craig Ramsay during the Flyers' 2000–01 season, Boudreau replaced Glen Hanlon a month into the Capitals' 2007–08 season while Hitchcock replaced Davis Payne a month into the Blues' 2011–12 season.

The closest vote occurred in 2006, when the winner Lindy Ruff edged out Peter Laviolette by a single point.

Winners

Jack Adams Award winners

Season	Winner	Team	Win #
1973–74	Shero, FredFred Shero	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	Montreal Canadiens	1
1977–78	Kromm, BobbyBobby Kromm	Detroit Red Wings	1
1978–79	Arbour, AlAl Arbour	New York Islanders	1
1979–80	Quinn, PatPat Quinn	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 Blackhawks	1
1983–84	Murray, BryanBryan Murray	Washington Capitals	1
1984–85	Keenan, MikeMike Keenan	Philadelphia Flyers	1
1985–86	Sather, GlenGlen Sather	Edmonton Oilers	1
1986–87	Demers, JacquesJacques Demers	Detroit Red Wings	1
1987–88	Demers, JacquesJacques Demers	Detroit Red Wings	2
1988–89	Burns, PatPat Burns	Montreal Canadiens	1
1989–90	Murdoch, BobBob Murdoch	Winnipeg Jets	1
1990–91	Sutter, BrianBrian Sutter	St. Louis Blues	1
1991–92	Quinn, PatPat Quinn	Vancouver Canucks	2
1992–93	Burns, PatPat Burns	Toronto Maple Leafs	2
1993–94	Lemaire, JacquesJacques Lemaire	New Jersey Devils	1
1994–95	Crawford, MarcMarc Crawford	Quebec Nordiques	1
1995–96	Bowman, ScottyScotty Bowman	Detroit Red Wings	2
1996–97	Nolan, TedTed Nolan	Buffalo Sabres	1
1997–98	Burns, PatPat Burns	Boston Bruins	3
1998–99	Martin, JacquesJacques Martin	Ottawa Senators	1
1999–2000	Quenneville, JoelJoel Quenneville	St. Louis Blues	1
2000–01	Barber, BillBill Barber	Philadelphia Flyers	1
2001–02	Francis, BobBob Francis	Phoenix Coyotes	1
2002–03	Lemaire, JacquesJacques Lemaire	Minnesota Wild	2
2003–04	Tortorella, JohnJohn Tortorella	Tampa Bay Lightning	1
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2005–06	Ruff, LindyLindy Ruff	Buffalo Sabres	1
2006–07	Vigneault, AlainAlain Vigneault	Vancouver Canucks	1
2007–08	Boudreau, BruceBruce Boudreau	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	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	Washington Capitals	1
2016–17	Tortorella, JohnJohn Tortorella	Columbus Blue Jackets	2