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For the first time in his career, former Philadelphia Flyers forward and Flyers Hall of Famer Rick Tocchet has won a prestigious NHL award; the Vancouver Canucks head coach was named the 2023-24 Jack Adams Award winner on Wednesday night, beating out fellow finalists Andrew Brunette and Rick Bowness for the right to be called the NHL’s best coach.
Vancouver Canucks’ head coach Rick Tocchet has won the Jack Adams Award as head coach of the year in 2023-24. He coached the Canucks to a 50-23-9 record in the regular season and a playoff series victory over the Nashville Predators.
In a season where many players and coaches can be nominated for individual awards, each of the nominated coaches for the Jack Adams could win. The finalists were Rick Bowness of the Winnipeg Jets, Andrew Brunette of the Nashville Predators, and Rick Tocchet of the Vancouver Canucks.
Despite an impressive coaching performance by Kris Knoblauch of the Edmonton Oilers, he finds himself excluded from the finalists for the 2023-24 Jack Adams Award.
Here’s the funny thing about the Vancouver Canucks and their largely-unexpected success thus far in 2023/24: Had any of us been asked at the outset of
As we reach the conclusion of the 2023-24 season, it’s hard to envision a world where Rick Tocchet doesn’t win the Jack Adams Award for coach of the year.
The Vancouver Canucks head into 2024, and into the back-half of the 2023/24 regular season, with plenty to play for. Making — and then making some noise in — the playoff is obvious first and foremost on the goals-list.
When NHL pundits were making their cases ahead of the 2023-24 season for which head coach would win the next Jack Adams Award, Rick Tocchet didn't come up in many discussions. How times have changed.
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