He had lead Columbus to the postseason in four of his five years as their head coach. NHL analysis, news, and commentary. Required fields are marked *. Columbus committed the fewest minor penalties in the NHL (180 in 70 GP), tied for second in the League in shutouts (seven) and had an NHL-high seven skaters score their first career regular-season goal. Copyright © 1999-2020 Boston Professional Hockey Association, Inc. and the National Hockey League. BOSTON - The National Hockey League announced that Boston Bruins head coach Bruce Cassidy has been named the winner of the 2020 Jack Adams Award, given annually to the coach who has contributed the most to his team's success as voted on by the National Hockey League Broadcasters Association. Cassidy helped lead the Bruins to the Presidents' Trophy, awarded annually to the team with the most points at the end of the regular season. Boston was on pace for 117 points in 2019–20. Regardless, when it’s all said and done, I have a hard time seeing anybody other than Tortorella take the Jack Adams home this year. After missing Game 3 of the series due to injury, Point returned on Sunday and made a huge impact with an ... 2. Columbus and Tortorella are set to the play the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Stanley Cup Qualifying Round. Main Photo: Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'V_c-DSw_Rl9uadGqRMOW7g',sig:'Wc1fwXKUEB1c-HAEwd4VzwLWKeMdG9qobUtS2jPbWyU=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1153122407',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })}); Your email address will not be published. The head coach has a chance to win his third coach of the year award. He is a two-time winner of the Jack Adams Award, winning in 2003–04 with the Tampa Bay Lightning and in 2016–17 with the Columbus Blue Jackets. A win would give him three, which would tie him for the most all time. Cassidy, who has never won the award, replaced Claude Julien in 2017 and was named the new head coach in the following months. Required fields are marked *. Tortorella, a two-time winner of the award, is joined by Bruce Cassidy (Boston) and Alain Vigneault (Philadelphia) as finalists. This is John Tortorella's fifth shot at winning the Jack Adams.He won it in 2016-17 with #CBJ and in 2003-04 with TBL. He has been named a finalist for the award twice, having finished second in the voting in 2018. 2019-20 Player Review: Nick Foligno’s standard season, The Cannon Cast Episode 84: Zito’s Value sheet, Puljujarvi, Twitter, 2019-20 Player Review : Andrew Peeke is well on his way to becoming a peak defender. Bruins bench boss is fourth coach in team history to capture honor. Tortorella has garnered a Jack Adams finalist berth for the fifth time; he is a two-time winner of the award (2003-04 with Tampa Bay, 2016-17 with Columbus) and has finished second twice (2002-03 with Tampa Bay, 2011-12 with NY Rangers). Palat is not one of … He won the Jack Adams Award back in 2006–07 as head coach of the Vancouver Canucks. Cassidy’s Bruins finished atop the NHL with exactly 100 points in 70 games off a 44-14-12 record.
The Jack Adams award goes to the NHL’s best coach and is voted on by the members of the NHL Broadcasters’ Association. In his three full seasons as head coach of the Boston Bruins from 2017-20, Cassidy has helped the team rank in the Top 10 in nearly every major statistical category: 143 wins (2nd), 319 points (2nd), 3.21 goals per game (6th), 2.52 goals allowed per game (1st), 24.9 power play percentage (2nd), 82.6 penalty kill percentage (T-3rd) and 50.8 faceoff win percentage (T-9th). Adams played for the Toronto Arenas and Ottawa Senators from 1917–27. I think the reason that Vigneault got more attention than Tippett for the award is that, to outside observers, Edmonton’s turnaround will be credited to Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. ... Hedman is a finalist for the fourth straight season and was awarded the Norris Trophy in 2017-18. Winners of the 2020 NHL Awards presented by Las Vegas will be announced throughout the 2020 conference finals and 2020 Stanley Cup Final. Bruce Cassidy Wins 2020 Jack Adams Award | NHL.com. The 2020 Jack Adams Award finalists are Bruce Cassidy, John Tortorella and Alain Vigneault #NHLAwards Goaltenders Tuukka Rask and Jaroslav Halak combined to allow just 167 goals through 70 games for an NHL-best average of 2.39 goals per game. — Jeff Svoboda (@JacketsInsider) July 15, 2020 The Bruins, who reached the 40-win milestone for the seventh consecutive season, also posted an NHL-best +53 goal differential while ranking in the top three in both power play (2nd; 25.2%) and penalty kill (3rd; 84.3%) efficiency. This year’s candidates are the Boston Bruins ‘ Bruce Cassidy , the Columbus Blue Jackets ‘ John Tortorella , and the Philadelphia Flyers ‘ Alain Vigneault . Barry Trotz of the New York Islanders won the award last season after leading his club to a 48-27-7 record and second in the Metropolitan Division.
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. NEW YORK (July 15, 2020) – Bruce Cassidy of the Boston Bruins, John Tortorella of the Columbus Blue Jackets and Alain Vigneault of the Philadelphia Flyers are the three finalists for the 2019-20 Jack Adams Award, presented to the head coach who has “contributed the most to his team’s success,” the National Hockey League announced today. Cassidy wins the Jack Adams Award for the first time in his career and becomes the fourth Boston Bruins coach to win the award. Vigneault was a Jack Adams finalist for the fifth time this year, an NHL record for nominations. Your email address will not be published. The Blue Jackets recorded points in 33 of their final 41 games after Dec. 8 (22-8-11), highlighted by a pair of double-digit point streaks in that span: 12 games (8-0-4 from Dec. 9 to Jan. 2) and 10 games (9-0-1 from Jan. 11 to Feb. 7). Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
The Jack Adams award goes to the NHL’s best coach and is voted on by the members of the NHL Broadcasters’ Association. In his three full seasons as head coach of the Boston Bruins from 2017-20, Cassidy has helped the team rank in the Top 10 in nearly every major statistical category: 143 wins (2nd), 319 points (2nd), 3.21 goals per game (6th), 2.52 goals allowed per game (1st), 24.9 power play percentage (2nd), 82.6 penalty kill percentage (T-3rd) and 50.8 faceoff win percentage (T-9th). Adams played for the Toronto Arenas and Ottawa Senators from 1917–27. I think the reason that Vigneault got more attention than Tippett for the award is that, to outside observers, Edmonton’s turnaround will be credited to Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. ... Hedman is a finalist for the fourth straight season and was awarded the Norris Trophy in 2017-18. Winners of the 2020 NHL Awards presented by Las Vegas will be announced throughout the 2020 conference finals and 2020 Stanley Cup Final. Bruce Cassidy Wins 2020 Jack Adams Award | NHL.com. The 2020 Jack Adams Award finalists are Bruce Cassidy, John Tortorella and Alain Vigneault #NHLAwards Goaltenders Tuukka Rask and Jaroslav Halak combined to allow just 167 goals through 70 games for an NHL-best average of 2.39 goals per game. — Jeff Svoboda (@JacketsInsider) July 15, 2020 The Bruins, who reached the 40-win milestone for the seventh consecutive season, also posted an NHL-best +53 goal differential while ranking in the top three in both power play (2nd; 25.2%) and penalty kill (3rd; 84.3%) efficiency. This year’s candidates are the Boston Bruins ‘ Bruce Cassidy , the Columbus Blue Jackets ‘ John Tortorella , and the Philadelphia Flyers ‘ Alain Vigneault . Barry Trotz of the New York Islanders won the award last season after leading his club to a 48-27-7 record and second in the Metropolitan Division.
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. NEW YORK (July 15, 2020) – Bruce Cassidy of the Boston Bruins, John Tortorella of the Columbus Blue Jackets and Alain Vigneault of the Philadelphia Flyers are the three finalists for the 2019-20 Jack Adams Award, presented to the head coach who has “contributed the most to his team’s success,” the National Hockey League announced today. Cassidy wins the Jack Adams Award for the first time in his career and becomes the fourth Boston Bruins coach to win the award. Vigneault was a Jack Adams finalist for the fifth time this year, an NHL record for nominations. Your email address will not be published. The Blue Jackets recorded points in 33 of their final 41 games after Dec. 8 (22-8-11), highlighted by a pair of double-digit point streaks in that span: 12 games (8-0-4 from Dec. 9 to Jan. 2) and 10 games (9-0-1 from Jan. 11 to Feb. 7). Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.