NHL announces the Coach of the Year award winner
Darryl Sutter is a two-time Stanley Cup-winning coach with nearly 700 wins on his record but has never won the Jack Adams Award until now. The NHL announced Thursday they is he is this years' recipient of the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's coach of the year.
Interim Florida Panthers coach Andrew Brunette and Gerard Gallant of the New York Rangers were the other finalists. Brunette finished second in the voting
The Flames experienced a huge turnaround under his watch, going from a .491 winning percentage last season, to a .677 winning percentage and champions of the Pacific Division this season. The Flames got career best seasons from their best players in Johnny Gaudreau, Matthew Tkachuk, and Elias Lindholm. It was the buy-in on the defensive end that Sutter is so known for, that resulted in the Flames allowing just 206 goals against, third best in the league.
The Flames emerged as legitimate contenders through the regular season, wining a hard fought seven game first-round series over the Dallas Stars before falling short in five games to their provincial rivals, the Edmonton Oilers.
| POLL | ||
Who is/was your favorite NHL Coach? | ||
| Darryl Sutter | 55 | 39.9 % |
| Joel Quenneville | 40 | 29 % |
| Barry Trotz | 23 | 16.7 % |
| Mike Babcock | 20 | 14.5 % |
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