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Lightning’s Jon Cooper Wins the Jack Adams Award as NHL Coach of the Year
- On Wednesday, Tampa Bay Lightning Head Coach Jon Cooper won the 2026 Jack Adams Award, given annually "to the coach adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success" by the NHL Broadcasters' Association.
- During his 13th season, Cooper guided the Lightning to a 50-26-6 record and a ninth consecutive playoff berth despite missing key players due to injuries throughout the campaign.
- Voting members of the Association selected Cooper over finalists Pittsburgh Penguins Coach Dan Muse and Buffalo Sabres Coach Lindy Ruff, making him the first Lightning coach to win since John Tortorella in 2004.
- "I'm honestly blown away, I never thought this day would come," Cooper said after receiving the award at Tampa General Hospital, capping a year that included his 600th career win.
- As the league's longest-tenured coach at 13 years, Cooper is expected to guide Andrei Vasilevskiy, Nikita Kucherov, and Victor Hedman toward another deep playoff run in the near future.
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Jessie Cooper painted ice lines in Texarkana so Jon could chase a dream. Jessie Cooper painted ice lines in Texarkana so Jon could chase a dream. Twenty years later, he's a two-time Jack Adams winner. She was there for every single moment.
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Lindy Ruff loses Jack Adams Award to Jon Cooper
Lightning head coach Jon Cooper won the Jack Adams Award on Wednesday as the NHL's best coach over two deserving candidates - Buffalo Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff and Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Dan Muse. Paul Hamilton has more:
·New York, United States
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