All those wins at least led to one award for Washington Capitals coach Barry Trotz.
He won the Jack Adams Award on Wednesday night, recognizing him as the NHL’s best coach. Members of the NHL Broadcasters’ Association voted.
Under Trotz, the Capitals won the Presidents’ Trophy as the regular-season’s top club in 2016. Washington finished with 120 points, but lost in six games to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Trotz becomes the third head coach in Capitals franchise history to win the Jack Adams Award, joining Bryan Murray (1983-84) and Bruce Boudreau (2007-08). He was also the coach for the Eastern Conference in last season’s all-star game.
Trotz coached his 1,300 NHL game on Nov. 27, 2015, against Tampa Bay, becoming the 10th coach in NHL history to reach 1,300 games. In addition, he earned his 649th career win on March 2, 2016 vs. Toronto, passing Ron Wilson (648) for ninth place on the all-time NHL coaching wins list. Trotz has posted a 658-523-60-119 record in his career and ranks ninth on the all-time NHL coaching wins list and 10th on the games coached list (1,360). In addition, he ranks fourth among active coaches behind only Joel Quenneville (Chicago), Ken Hitchcock (St. Louis) and Lindy Ruff (Dallas).
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