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	Hockey Hall of Fame - NHL Trophies - Jack Adams Award
		The award was presented by the NHL Broadcasters' Association in 1974 to commemorate the late Jack Adams, coach and general manager of the Detroit Red Wings, whose lifetime dedication to hockey serves as an inspiration to all who would aspire to further the game.
		Philadelphia Flyers head coach Bill Barber became the first coach in NHL history to capture the Jack Adams Award while taking over behind the bench in mid-season, as well as the eighth coach to capture the award during his first season as a head coach.
		An annual award presented by the National Hockey League Broadcasters' Association "to the NHL coach adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success."
	www.hhof.com /html/trjaa00.htm (192 words)

	Hockey Hall of Fame - NHL Trophies - Jack Adams Award
		The award was presented by the NHL Broadcasters' Association in 1974 to commemorate the late Jack Adams, coach and general manager of the Detroit Red Wings, whose lifetime dedication to hockey serves as an inspiration to all who would aspire to further the game.
		Philadelphia Flyers head coach Bill Barber became the first coach in NHL history to capture the Jack Adams Award while taking over behind the bench in mid-season, as well as the eighth coach to capture the award during his first season as a head coach.
		An annual award presented by the National Hockey League Broadcasters' Association "to the NHL coach adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success."
	www.hhof.com /html/trjaa00.htm (192 words)

	Tortorella Wins Jack Adams Award - from Tampa Bay Online
		TORONTO- Lightning coach John Tortorella was named the Jack Adams Award winner Thursday as the coach of the year.
		Lightning head coach John Tortorella poses after winning the Jack Adams Award at the NHL awards in Toronto.
		Tortorella becomes the first American born coach to win the award and is just the third coach since the Adams has been presented to win coach of the year and a Stanley Cup championship in the same season.
	bolts.tbo.com /lightning/MGBOUHCMBVD.html (223 words)

	SI.com - Hockey - Wild's Lemaire wins Jack Adams Award - Thursday June 12, 2003 11:42 PM
		The Adams Award is given annually to the NHL coach judged to have contributed the most to his team's success.
		Posted: Thursday June 12, 2003 11:42 PM Minnesota Wild coach Jacques Lemaire won the NHL's Jack Adams Award for the league's top coach Thursday in Toronto for leading the third-year Wild to the Western Conference finals.
		Lemaire, 57, won the Adams trophy for the first time in 1994 after leading New Jersey to 47 victories and 106 points in his first season as the Devils' head coach.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /hockey/news/2003/06/12/lemaire_adams_ap (415 words)

	Conn Smyth
		The Jack Adams award is given to the NHL coach of the year.
		Now that is not to say that the Stanley Cup winning coach should automatically get the Jack Adams award.
		The problem is that this award does not take the playoffs into account.
	members.shaw.ca /vanvliets/Conn_Smyth.html (621 words)

	Legends of Hockey - NHL Trophies - Jack Adams Award
		The award was presented to the NHL Broadcasters’ Association in 1974 to commemorate the late Jack Adams, coach and general manager of the Detroit Red Wings during the club’s glory days of the late 1940’s and early 1950’s.
		The first receipient of the Jack Adams Award was Philadelphia Flyers head coach Fred Shero in 1974.
		This is an annual award presented by NHL Broadcasters’ Association to the NHL coach adjudged to have contributed the most to his team’s success.
	www.legendsofhockey.net /html/silver_splashjackadams.htm (130 words)

	Legends of Hockey - NHL Trophies - Jack Adams Award
		The award was presented to the NHL Broadcasters’ Association in 1974 to commemorate the late Jack Adams, coach and general manager of the Detroit Red Wings during the club’s glory days of the late 1940’s and early 1950’s.
		The first receipient of the Jack Adams Award was Philadelphia Flyers head coach Fred Shero in 1974.
		This is an annual award presented by NHL Broadcasters’ Association to the NHL coach adjudged to have contributed the most to his team’s success.
	www.legendsofhockey.net /html/silver_splashjackadams.htm (130 words)

	Welcome to the 2004 Stanley Cup Champions, the TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING!
		Voted winner of the 2003-04 Jack Adams Award as the National Hockey League’s top coach Tortorella’s championship team established franchise records with 46 wins and 106 points before embarking on the successful playoff campaign.
		Tortorella finished second in voting for the Jack Adams Award after that banner campaign, in which the team finished 24 points better than the 2001-02 Lightning.
		John Tortorella is in his fifth full season as head coach of the Lightning after leading the team to its first Stanley Cup Championship, as well as its second consecutive Southeast Division Championship.
	www.tampabaylightning.com /tbl/content.cfm?pageid=1376 (555 words)

	Lightning: Tortorella honored
		Regardless, Tortorella was rewarded for Tampa Bay's superb season with the Jack Adams Award as coach of the year.
		The Lightning coach becomes the first U.S. native to win the Jack Adams Award.
		TORONTO- Lightning coach John Tortorella said that entering the season he had no expectations concerning personal goals.
	www.sptimes.com /2004/06/11/news_pf/Lightning/Tortorella_honored.shtml (336 words)

	Management
		The team set a club record for wins in a season (45) and Quinn was named runner up for the Jack Adams Award as the NHL Coach of the Year.
		Quinn has been awarded the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's Coach-of-the-Year twice; in 1991-92 with Vancouver and 1979-80 with the Philadelphia Flyers.
		Quinn is one of only four coaches (Scotty Bowman, Pat Burns, Jacques Lemaire) in league history to win the Jack Adams award with two different teams.
	www.tmlfever.com /TheCoach.html (1017 words)

	NHL still in season with awards, entry draft
		As for the traditional post-season awards, the top-three vote-getters for each award will be on hand and the only Bruin of the bunch is Robbie Ftorek, up as a finalist for the Jack Adams Award as the league's coach of the year.
		And Ted Nolan, the 1997 Jack Adams winner as head coach of the Buffalo Sabres, was fired shortly after receiving the award and hasn't coached an NHL game since then.
		The award is selected by members of the NHL Broadcasters Association and goes annually "to the NHL coach adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success."
	www.eagletribune.com /news/stories/20020616/SP_005.htm (2222 words)

	Jack Adams Award - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Jack Adams Award is awarded annually to the National Hockey League coach judged to have contributed most to the team's success.
		The award in named in honour of Jack Adams, former coach and general manager of the Detroit Red Wings.
		Three coaches have won the award while coaching different teams: Pat Burns (1989 - Montreal Canadiens, 1993 - Toronto Maple Leafs, and 1998 - Boston Bruins), Jacques Lemaire (1994 - New Jersey Devils and 2003 - Minnesota Wild), and Pat Quinn (1980 - Philadelphia Flyers and 1992 - Vancouver Canucks).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jack_Adams_Award (180 words)

	HickokSports.com - Biography - Jack Adams
		The Jack Adams Award, presented since 1974 to "the NHL coach adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success," is named for him.
		Adams was a pretty good hockey player, but he's in the Hall of Fame because, as a coach and manager, he built Detroit Red Wing teams that won 12 regular-season National Hockey League championships and went to 15 Stanley Cup finals, winning 7 of them, during a 35-year period.
		Adams became president of the new Central Professional Hockey League in 1963.
	www.hickoksports.com /biograph/adamsjac.shtml (403 words)

	Jack Adams Trophy
		The award was presented to the NHLBA in 1974 to commemorate the late Jack Adams, the former coach and GM of the Detroit Red Wings.
		The Jack Adams Trophy is an annual award given out by the National Hockey League Broadcasters' Association to the coach judged to have had the most influence in his team's success.
		Pat Burns has won the award the most times, winning three times in total, with Montreal, Toronto, and Boston.
	www.angelfire.com /wi/fishbert/jackadams.html (87 words)

	ESPN.com - NHL - Jack Adams: Success vs. expectations
		ESPN.com's columnists weigh in with their selections for the Jack Adams Award, which is presented by the National Hockey League Broadcasters' Association to the coach "adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success."
		Bob Francis, Phoenix Coyotes: Hold the voting now for the Jack Adams Award and it should be a shoo-in for Bob Francis of Phoenix, who wasn't even expected to be coaching the Coyotes after Wayne Gretzky took the team over.
		Inducted into the Hall of Fame as a player, Jack Adams spent most of his career behind the bench and in management.
	sports.espn.go.com /nhl/story?id=1361300 (1195 words)

	CTV.ca Sutter a prime candidate for Jack Adams Award
		Sutter, 45, of Viking, Alta., won the Jack Adams Award in 1991 when he coached the St. Louis Blues, and he was runner-up in 1993 when he coached Boston.
		The Chicago Blackhawks are going to qualify for the NHL playoffs for the first time since 1997, which makes Brian Sutter a prime candidate for the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's coach of the year.
		Ftorek, 50, of Needham, Mass., would be the first non-Canadian coach to win the Jack Adams Award since its inception in 1974.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1024896428819_20305628 (645 words)

	Jack Adams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Jack Adams Award was created in 1974, and is given to the most outstanding coach in the NHL.
		John James "Jack" Adams (also known as Jovial Jawn) (June 14, 1895 - May 1, 1968) was a ice hockey player, head coach and general manager in the National Hockey League.
		Jack Adams was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1959.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jack_Adams (439 words)

	Jack Adams Award - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The award in named in honour of Jack Adams, former coach and general manager of the Detroit Red Wings.
		The Jack Adams Award is awarded annually to the National Hockey League coach judged to have contributed most to the team's success.
		The winner is selected by a poll of the National Hockey League Broadcasters' Association at the end of the regular season.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jack_Adams_Award (142 words)

	CNNSI.com - NHL Hockey - Jack Adams Award Winners - Thursday June 14, 2001 11:44 PM
		The trophy is named in honor of Jack Adams, longtime coach and general manager of the Detroit Red Wings.
		CNNSI.com - NHL Hockey- Jack Adams Award Winners - Thursday June 14, 2001 11:44 PM hockey
		Awarded annually to the NHL coach who contributed the most to his team's success.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /hockey/nhl/almanac/adams_trophy (83 words)

	Jack Adams Award
		Award-winning Artists Fred Hammond and Yolanda Adams Headline the Farmer Jack Praisefest Featuring the McDonald's GospelFest June 9-11 at Detroit's Hart Plaza.
		Awarded to the coach “adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success” and named after the late Detroit Red Wings coach and general manager.
		It's a Swell Life: A pro surfing career wasn't for Jack Johnson, but his passion for waves helped him carve a role as one of the sport's most creative influences, first as an award-winning filmmaker and now as one of music's fastest-rising newcomers.(SI Adventure)(Interview) (Sports Illustrated)
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0758895.html (200 words)

	CTV.ca - Sutter a prime candidate for Jack Adams Award - CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television
		Sutter, 45, of Viking, Alta., won the Jack Adams Award in 1991 when he coached the St. Louis Blues, and he was runner-up in 1993 when he coached Boston.
		The Chicago Blackhawks are going to qualify for the NHL playoffs for the first time since 1997, which makes Brian Sutter a prime candidate for the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's coach of the year.
		Ftorek, 50, of Needham, Mass., would be the first non-Canadian coach to win the Jack Adams Award since its inception in 1974.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/1024896428819_20305628?hub=CTVNewsAt11&subhub=PrintStory (640 words)

	NHL Hockey at CBS SportsLine.com
		For his efforts, Quinn earned the 1980 Jack Adams Award and was widely recognized as the hottest coach in hockey.
		After 30 seasons in the league, Quinn had much to be proud of, including a pair of Jack Adams Awards as the NHL's coach of the year.
		Quinn took home his second Adams Award that year, making him one of only three coaches, along with Scotty Bowman and Pat Burns, to win coaching honors with more than one team.
	cbs.sportsline.com /nhl/teams/head-coach/TOR (940 words)

	ESPN.com - NHL - Jack Adams: Success vs. expectations
		ESPN.com's columnists weigh in with their selections for the Jack Adams Award, which is presented by the National Hockey League Broadcasters' Association to the coach "adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success."
		Bob Francis, Phoenix Coyotes: Hold the voting now for the Jack Adams Award and it should be a shoo-in for Bob Francis of Phoenix, who wasn't even expected to be coaching the Coyotes after Wayne Gretzky took the team over.
		Inducted into the Hall of Fame as a player, Jack Adams spent most of his career behind the bench and in management.
	sports.espn.go.com /nhl/story?id=1361300 (1194 words)

	NBC11.com - The Stanley Cup - Tortorella Wins Jack Adams Award
		Toronto, ON-- Tampa Bay Lightning head coach John Tortorella captured this year's Jack Adams Award as the best coach for the 2003-04 NHL regular season.
		Tortorella, who was nominated for the second year in a row, led Tampa to the Southeast Division crown and the top seed overall in the Eastern Conference.
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	www.nbc11.com /nhl/3406218/detail.html (182 words)

	Award candidates match up - The Washington Times: Sports - June 06, 2004
		CALGARY, Alberta — Tampa Bay's John Tortorella and Calgary's Darryl Sutter are the first finalists for the Jack Adams Award, given to the NHL's top coach, to meet in the Stanley Cup Finals since 1989.
		Tortorella or Sutter will become the 14th coach of the post-expansion era (the last 37 seasons) to win the Cup on his first trip to the finals.
		Calgary's Jarome Iginla and Tampa Bay's Martin St. Louis are the first finalists for the Hart Trophy, awarded to the league MVP, to tangle in the finals since Edmonton's Mark Messier and Boston's Ray Bourque in 1990, a series won by the Oilers.
	www.washtimes.com /sports/20040606-015033-4491r.htm (339 words)

	Bangor Publishing Company
		Last year he guided the Tampa Bay Lightning to its first division title and a 24-point improvement from the previous season.He finished second to the Wild's Jacque Lemaire in voting for the Jack Adams award, which is given to the NHL coach of the year.
		For that, Tortorella is the odds-on leader in the Jack Adams trophy watch.
		It is his 13th year in the NHL counting those years he was an assistant coach.
	www.bangornews.com /news/templates/default.aspx?a=7623&template=print-article.htm (551 words)

	Jack Adams Award winners
		Winners of the National Hockey League's Jack Adams Award, presented to the coach judged to have contributed most to his team's success.
		Named for Jack Adams, former coach and general manager of the Detroit Red Wings.
		Selected in a poll by the National Hockey League Broadcasters' Association after the regular season.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/hockey/award00/adams.htm (224 words)

	The Oakland Press: Professional Sports: Wings' Draper rewarded with Selke Trophy
		Tampa Bay coach John Tortorella, who led the Lightning to the Stanley Cup championship, won the Jack Adams Award as coach of the year.
		Draper, who had a breakout season offensively, was the only awards finalist on the Red Wings.
		In other awards, Tampa Bay's Martin St. Louis won the Hart Trophy for being the league's most valuable player.
	www.theoaklandpress.com /stories/061104/pro_20040611072.shtml (519 words)

	St. Louis Blues Online News Releases
		Joel Quenneville became the third coach in Blues history to win the Jack Adams Award for Coach of the Year.
		Other Blues coaches to have won this award are Brian Sutter and Red Berenson.
		Quenneville coached the Blues to a 51-20-11-1 record, good for first place in the NHL
	www.stlouisblues.com /news/0001/000615b.html (74 words)

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