Canadian coach of the Calgary Flames, Darryl Sutter, was voted coach of the year in the NHL, Thursday, in the wake of the historic season experienced by his Canadian club.
In his first full season in charge of the Flames, Darryl Sutter finished the regular season with 50 wins, which had happened only once in Flames history.
The Calgary team finished first in the Pacific Division with a record of 50 wins, 21 losses and 11 losses following overtime. His score of 111 points in the regular season is the second best in its history following the 117 points obtained in 1989.
Sutter’s players beat the Dallas Stars in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs before losing in the Western Conference semifinals to another Canadian team, Edmonton.
The NHL annually awards the Jack Adams Trophy to the coach ‘who has contributed the most to the success of his team’. Other nominees for this season were Andrew Brunette of the Florida Panthers and Gerard Gallant of the New York Rangers.
Darryl Sutter, who won the NHL twice while coaching the Los Angeles Kings (2012 and 2014), was previously nominated for the Jack Adams Award with the Flames in 2003-04, when he took them to the Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final.
With this first trophy, Darryl Sutter, 63, born in Viking (Alberta), follows in the footsteps of his brother, Brian Sutter, who won the 1991 Jack-Adams with the American team in St. Louis.
It was he who presented this award to Darryl Sutter during the televised ceremony before Game 2 of the Western Conference final on Thursday, Colorado won 4-0 once morest Edmonton.
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