Chicago, IL (Sports Network) – Ottawa’s Paul MacLean won the Jack Adams Award as the top coach in the NHL on Friday.<\/p>\n
MacLean, who was an Adams finalist for the second straight year, guided an injury-riddled Senators team to the playoffs for the second consecutive season in 2013.<\/p>\n
The team posted a 25-17-6 record to finish seventh in the Eastern Conference and pulled off the first-round upset by defeating the Montreal Canadiens in five games, before falling to the Penguins in five games in the semifinals.<\/p>\n
In addition to losing such key players as star defenseman Erik Karlsson and goaltender Craig Anderson for much of the year, the Senators also had a league-high 14 rookies play at least one game.<\/p>\n
MacLean is the second Ottawa head coach to win the award, as Jacques Martin took it home for the 1998-99 season.<\/p>\n
Also nominated for the award were Bruce Boudreau of the Anaheim Ducks, and Joel Quenneville of the Chicago Blackhawks. Both coaches had previously won the award with different teams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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