NHL Jack Adams Award Betting Tips
The NHL Jack Adams Award is an annual award given to the coach considered to be the best in the entire National Hockey League over the course of that season.
Many leading bookmakers offer customers the chance to back the best coaches in the sport for this prestigious award, with the market consistently updated throughout the entire NHL regular season.
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Previous NHL Jack Adams Award Winners
Winning the Jack Adams Award is one of the biggest honours for any coach in the National Hockey League, and only a handful of men have ever managed to win it more than once.
To this date, Pat Burns is the only man to have claimed this honour on three occasions, having won it with the Montreal Canadiens in 1988/89, Toronto Maple Lefs in 1992/93 and the Boston Bruins in 1997/98.
And only one man in history has managed to win the Jack Adams Award in consecutive seasons, and that was Jacques Demers of the Detroit Pistons back in 1986/87 and 1987/88.
| Season | Coach (No. of times) | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973–74 | Fred Shero | Philadelphia Flyers | |
| 1974–75 | Bob Pulford | Los Angeles Kings | |
| 1975–76 | Don Cherry | Boston Bruins | |
| 1976–77 | Scotty Bowman | Montreal Canadiens | |
| 1977–78 | Bobby Kromm | Detroit Red Wings | |
| 1978–79 | Al Arbour | New York Islanders | |
| 1979–80 | Pat Quinn | Philadelphia Flyers | |
| 1980–81 | Red Berenson | St. Louis Blues | |
| 1981–82 | Tom Watt | Winnipeg Jets | |
| 1982–83 | Orval Tessier | Chicago Black Hawks | |
| 1983–84 | Bryan Murray | Washington Capitals | |
| 1984–85 | Mike Keenan | Philadelphia Flyers | |
| 1985–86 | Glen Sather | Edmonton Oilers | |
| 1986–87 | Jacques Demers | Detroit Red Wings | |
| 1987–88 | Jacques Demers (2) | Detroit Red Wings | |
| 1988–89 | Pat Burns | Montreal Canadiens | |
| 1989–90 | Bob Murdoch | Winnipeg Jets | |
| 1990–91 | Brian Sutter | St. Louis Blues | |
| 1991–92 | Pat Quinn (2) | Vancouver Canucks | |
| 1992–93 | Pat Burns (2) | Toronto Maple Leafs | |
| 1993–94 | Jacques Lemaire | New Jersey Devils | |
| 1994–95 | Marc Crawford | Quebec Nordiques | |
| 1995–96 | Scotty Bowman (2) | Detroit Red Wings | |
| 1996–97 | Ted Nolan | Buffalo Sabres | |
| 1997–98 | Pat Burns (3) | Boston Bruins | |
| 1998–99 | Jacques Martin | Ottawa Senators | |
| 1999–2000 | Joel Quenneville | St. Louis Blues | |
| 2000–01 | Bill Barber | Philadelphia Flyers | |
| 2001–02 | Bobby Francis | Phoenix Coyotes | |
| 2002–03 | Jacques Lemaire (2) | Minnesota Wild | |
| 2003–04 | John Tortorella | Tampa Bay Lightning | |
| 2004–05 | No award due to lockout | ||
| 2005–06 | Lindy Ruff | Buffalo Sabres | |
| 2006–07 | Alain Vigneault | Vancouver Canucks | |
| 2007–08 | Bruce Boudreau | Washington Capitals | |
| 2008–09 | Claude Julien | Boston Bruins | |
| 2009–10 | Dave Tippett | Phoenix Coyotes | |
| 2010–11 | Dan Bylsma | Pittsburgh Penguins | |
| 2011–12 | Ken Hitchcock | St. Louis Blues | |
| 2012–13 | Paul MacLean | Ottawa Senators | |
| 2013–14 | Patrick Roy | Colorado Avalanche | |
| 2014–15 | Bob Hartley | Calgary Flames | |
| 2015–16 | Barry Trotz | Washington Capitals | |
| 2016–17 | John Tortorella (2) | Columbus Blue Jackets | |
| 2017–18 | Gerard Gallant | Vegas Golden Knights | |
| 2018–19 | Barry Trotz (2) | New York Islanders | |
| 2019–20 | Bruce Cassidy | Boston Bruins | |
| 2020–21 | Rod Brind'Amour | Carolina Hurricanes | |
| 2021–22 | Darryl Sutter | Calgary Flames | |
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NHL Jack Adams Award FAQs
What is the NHL Jack Adams Award?
The NHL Jack Adams Award is awarded to the coach “adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success”, so it is essentially a Coach of the Year award.
Who won the NHL Jack Adams Award last season?
Darryl Sutter of the Calgary Flames won the 2021/22 NHL Jack Adams Award .
Who has won the NHL Jack Adams Award the most times?
Pat Burns (Montreal Canadians, Toronto Maple Leafs & Boston Bruins) has won the NHL Jack Adams Award three times.
