Each year the National Hockey League Broadcasters Association honors a coach of the year with the Jack Adams Award, given to a coach “adjudged to have contributed the most to his team’s success.” Carolina Hurricanes head coach was not one of the nominees this year.
Rod Brind’Amour should be a leading contender for the award, given that the rookie bench boss has led one of the most remarkable in-season turnarounds in NHL history and taken the Hurricanes to the Eastern Conference Finals.
But because the NHLBA determines the award based solely on regular season results, Brind’Amour did not even finish in the top three of the voting.