Cassidy wins Jack Adams Award

Boston Bruins head coach Bruce Cassidy won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's top bench boss for 2019-20, the league announced Wednesday.

John Tortorella of the Columbus Blue Jackets and Alain Vigneault of the Philadelphia Flyers were the other finalists.

Cassidy claims the honor for the first time after guiding the Bruins to the NHL's best regular-season record (44-14-12). Boston finished eight points ahead of the second-place Tampa Bay Lightning in the same number of games played.

Here's how the voting broke down:

(Courtesy: NHL)

The NHL Broadcasters' Association votes annually on the Jack Adams Award to anoint the coach "adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success."

Cassidy was a finalist for the second time in three years after finishing second to then-Vegas Golden Knights head coach Gerard Gallant in 2017-18.

Tortorella was seeking to claim the award for the third time, which would have tied him with the late Pat Burns for the most ever. The Blue Jackets bench boss helped his team exceed expectations after several key players left the club in free agency last offseason.

Vigneault led the Flyers to a surprising run in the second half of this campaign, and Philadelphia unexpectedly finished with the NHL's sixth-best record.

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