Jack Adams Award

Barry Trotz wins second Jack Adams Award

Former Capitals head coach Barry Trotz was given the Jack Adams award Wednesday night in Las Vegas. The Jack Adams goes to the coach who was “judged to have contributed the most to his team’s success” as voted by the NHL Broadcasters’ Association.

After coaching the Capitals to a Stanley Cup in 2018, Trotz took over the helm with the New York Islanders and led them to the postseason after losing John Tavares during free agency.

Trotz has been a finalist four times with his first win coming with the Capitals in 2016.

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By Brennin Weiswerda 4 years ago

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After leaving Capitals in offseason, Barry Trotz named finalist for Jack Adams Award as coach of Islanders

Two days after the defending champion Washington Capitals were eliminated by the Carolina Hurricanes in the first round, the NHL announced its finalists for the Jack Adams Award, which is given to the head coach who has “contributed the most to his team’s success” during the regular season.

Former Capitals head coach Barry Trotz, who led Washington to the Stanley Cup and left the team over the offseason due to a contract dispute, is one of three finalists for the award along with the Lightning’s Jon Cooper and the Blues’ Craig Berube.

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By Ian Oland 4 years ago

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Barry Trotz Wins Jack Adams as Coach of the Year

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When Barry Trotz took over as the head coach of the Washington Capitals the summer 2014, the team was in disarray, with a myriad of self-inflected wounds from the tenure of Adam Oates, who was soon run out of town.

Just two years later, Trotz led the Caps to a 56 wins, the most in franchise history, as the team captured its second Presidents’ Trophy. Now he’s won the Jack Adams Award as coach of the year as voted on the league’s broadcasts, picking up the trophy at the NHL Awards Show at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino here in Las Vegas.

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By Chris Gordon 7 years ago

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Thursday evening, Barry Trotz was named a finalist for the Jack Adams Award as the NHL’s best coach. Trotz led the Capitals to a franchise-record 56 wins and its second ever Presidents’ Trophy. Trotz was named a finalist along with the Panthers’ Gerard Gallant and the Stars’ Lindy Ruff. The recipient is determined before the start of the playoffs each year by the NHL Broadcasters’ Association. Trotz has never won the award, but this is the third time he’s been named a finalist, also having done so in 2010 and 2011.

Trotz will join Braden Holtby (Vezina Trophy) and Alex Ovechkin (Mark Messier NHL Leadership Award) who are also up for awards this season. Winners will be announced Wednesday, June 22, during the 2016 NHL Awards at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

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By Ian Oland 7 years ago

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Adam Oates Thinks Alex Ovechkin Should Win the Hart Trophy

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Alex Ovechkin is playing very well. He leads the league in goals, has tallied 18 times in his last 16 games, and is the single biggest reason the Washington Capitals are headed to the playoffs. We think he should win the Hart Trophy, awarded to the NHL’s most valuable player. Adam Oates, we now learn, agrees.

“I’m obviously very biased about that,” he told reporters after Washington’s 5-1 win on Tuesday, a game in which Ovechkin scored. “My answer would be yeah, absolutely. Obviously Sidney Crosby is another candidate for sure. He had such a scoring lead. But I think you’ve gotta factor in the fact that he’s missed a lot of games.”

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By Chris Gordon 10 years ago

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