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Jack Adams Award
The Jack Adams Award is given annually "to the coach adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success," as selected by the NHL Broadcasters' Association.
Other awards | All-time Adams winners
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Bill Barber, Flyers: The team was barely afloat when he took got his first NHL coaching job in December and they were without key players such as John LeClair and Mark Recchi, not to mention Eric Lindros. Barber lit a fire under his team and had them challenging for a conference crown before more injuries set them back. Barber led the Flyers to a 31-13-7-3 record in 54
games, including a 5-0-3
mark in his first eight games.
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Scotty Bowman, Red Wings: The legendary Bowman earned his fourth Adams nomination after guiding the Red Wings to the Central Division title and the No. 2 seed in the
Western Conference with a record of 49-20-9-4 for 111 points. Bowman reached another milestone when he coached his 2,000th career regular-season game Nov. 24 vs. Vancouver.
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Jacques Martin
, Senators: The 1999 award winner earned his third nomination in five years. His Senators won the Northeast Division title and the Eastern
Conference's second seed with a
record of 48-21-9-4 for 109 points, while setting franchise records for victories, points, goals scored in a season
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