Flames head coach Darryl Sutter wins 2022 Jack Adams Award
Calgary Flames head coach Darryl Sutter has been named the recipient of the Jack Adams Award as the National Hockey League’s top coach in the 2021–22 season.
Sutter led the Flames to a 50–21–11 record during the 2021–22 regular season, his first full campaign after replacing Geoff Ward behind the Calgary bench on March 5, 2021.
The 63-year-old from Viking, AB has served as the head coach of the Chicago Blackhawks, San Jose Sharks, Los Angeles Kings, and Flames after wrapping up his playing career with Chicago in 1987.
Despite winning two Stanley Cups with the Kings, Sutter had never won the Jack Adams Award prior to this season.
Darryl Sutter is your 2021-22 Jack Adams Award winner after leading the @NHLFlames to their second-ever 50-win season! #NHLAwards pic.twitter.com/aN7KehVfyk
— NHL (@NHL) June 2, 2022The NHL Broadcasters Association votes on the Jack Adams Award at the end of each regular season. Gerard Gallant (New York Rangers) and Andrew Brunette (Florida Panthers) were also nominated.
Sutter received 54 of 121 first-place votes for the award and appeared on 76.9% of the ballots (93 of 121). Brunette and Gallant respectively finished second and third in voting, with Dean Evason (Minnesota Wild) and Jared Bednar (Colorado Avalanche) rounding out the top five.
Darryl is the second member of the illustrious Sutter family to win the Jack Adams Award. Brian, his older brother, received the award as head coach of the St. Louis Blues in 1990–91.
Brian was on hand to present the 2022 award to Darryl on Thursday evening.
The Jack Adams Award is given to the NHL coach adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success in the regular season.
Darryl Sutter got the chance to accept the award from his brother Brian, a former Jack Adams Award winner himself. #NHLAwards pic.twitter.com/UWcZBLLFrs
With Sutter behind the bench, the Flames defeated the Dallas Stars in the first round of the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs before falling to the Edmonton Oilers in the second round.