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Your Jack Adams Trophy Winner

06/21/2017 at 9:24pm EDT

Columbus Blue Jackets head coach John Tortorella has captured the Jack Adams Award as "the NHL coach adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success," as selected by the NHL Broadcasters’ Association.

Tortorella was named on 73 of 105 ballots cast and received 39 first-place votes in accumulating 267 voting points. Mike Babcock of the Toronto Maple Leafs (182 voting points) narrowly edged Todd McLellan of the Edmonton Oilers (181) for second place.

Under Tortorella the Blue Jackets (50-24-8, 108 points) set franchise records for wins, points, home wins (28) and road points (51). The club posted a 32-point gain over 2015-16, jumping from 29th to 2nd in team defense (3.02 to 2.35 GA/G). The Blue Jackets reeled off 16 straight victories from Nov. 29 - Jan 3, the second-longest single-season winning streak in NHL history behind the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 17-game run in 1992-93. Tortorella claimed his second career Jack Adams Award, having won with the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2003-04. He becomes the first multiple winner of the trophy since Pat Burns won for the third time in 1997-98.

2016-2017 Jack Adams Award Voting


Pts. (1st-2nd-3rd)
1. John Tortorella, CBJ 267 (39-19-15)
2. Mike Babcock, TOR 182 (24-15-17)
3. Todd McLellan, EDM 181 (18-24-19)
4. Joel Quenneville, CHI 103 (12-12-7)
5. Barry Trotz, WSH 63 (6-8-9)
6. Glen Gulutzan, CGY 49 (2-8-15)
7. Guy Boucher, OTT 44 (1-10-9)
8. Mike Sullivan, PIT 25 (3-2-4)
9. Bruce Boudreau, MIN 22 (0-5-7)
10. Jon Cooper, TBL 3 (0-1-0)
Claude Julien, MTL 3 (0-1-0)
12. Randy Carlyle, ANA 2 (0-0-2)
13. Bill Peters, CAR 1 (0-0-1)

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