Adam Oates

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Hockey Hall of Fame , 2012
Adam Oates
Date of birth August 27, 1962
place of birth Weston , Ontario , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 86 kg
position center
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1980-1982 Markham Waxers
1982-1985 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
1985-1989 Detroit Red Wings
1989-1992 St. Louis Blues
1992-1997 Boston Bruins
1997-2002 Washington Capitals
2002 Philadelphia Flyers
2002-2003 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
2003-2004 Edmonton Oilers

Adam Oates (born August 27, 1962 in Weston , Ontario , Canada ) is a former ice hockey player and current coach who served as a center for the Detroit Red Wings , St. Louis Blues , Boston Bruins , Washington Capitals , Philadelphia Flyers from 1985 to 2003 , Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and Edmonton Oilers played in the National Hockey League . From June 2012 to April 2014 he was the head coach of the Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League. From December 2014 to June 2015 he also trained the New Jersey Devils with Scott Stevens . He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in November 2012 .

Career

Adam Oates played for the Port Credit Titans and Markham Waxers during his youth. He then attended the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , where he studied and played ice hockey. In 1984 and 1985 he won the ECAC championship with the ice hockey team . In the summer of 1985, he signed a four-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings that earned him $ 1 million. That was a record for a rookie back then . In the 1985/86 season he also played for the farm team Adirondack Red Wings in the American Hockey League . Oates was one of the regular players there and won the Calder Cup with the team at the end of the season after beating the Hershey Bears in the final series . From the following season, Oates only played in the National Hockey League . With the Red Wings he made it into the Conference Finals, but lost to the Edmonton Oilers . In Detroit, he was considered one of the best players in the NHL who was never drafted. There he played in the second row as center behind team captain Steve Yzerman .

On June 15, 1989, he was transferred to the St. Louis Blues in a trade . In St. Louis, Oates managed to score over 100 points for two seasons in a row. There he played with Brett Hull . In the 1990/91 season he scored 90 assists and was only surpassed by Wayne Gretzky . In February 1992, the Blues gave him to the Boston Bruins . In Boston he formed a series with Cam Neely and Joé Juneau . There Oates had his personal best season in the 1992/93 season with 45 goals, 97 assists and 142 points during the regular season . In terms of the number of assists he was in first place in the NHL and the number of points in third place behind top scorer Mario Lemieux of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Pat LaFontaine of the Buffalo Sabers . A season later he scored again over 100 points, but later Oates never exceeded that mark.

On March 1, 1997, he was transferred to the Washington Capitals . There he played with Peter Bondra and Jaromír Jágr . Five years later he went to the Philadelphia Flyers , which he left after a few games, however, and on July 1, 2002 signed a contract with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim . In the 2002/03 season he stood with the Ducks in the finals of the Stanley Cup and lost just under seven games against the New Jersey Devils . The next season he played in 60 games for the Edmonton Oilers and scored 18 points. He officially ended his career on April 3, 2004.

In 1,337 regular season games he scored a total of 1,420 points (341 goals, 1,079 assists); in the playoffs he scored 42 goals and 114 assists in 163 games. Oates was a strong playmaker and a strong face-off player . He is considered one of the best playmakers to ever step on the ice. With his 1,420 points he is in 16th place in the All Time Scorer List. According to templates he is sixth with 1,079.

In the 2009-10 season he was an assistant coach with the Tampa Bay Lightning . On June 29, 2010, Oates got the job as an assistant coach with the New Jersey Devils . The Canadian held this position for the following two seasons before he was hired by the Washington Capitals as head coach in June 2012. He was released in April 2014.

In December 2014, he was introduced as one of the two new head coaches for the New Jersey Devils . Together with Scott Stevens , he took over the office of the previously dismissed Peter DeBoer . This interim solution ended after the end of the 2014/15 season when John Hynes was introduced as the new sole head coach.

Before and during his studies at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Oates played ice hockey and lacrosse in Ontario youth leagues. He played for the Etobicoke Eclipse team and was the league's top scorer in 1981. In 1981, 1982 and 1983 he was elected MVP of the league. Oates holds the league records for the most assists (19) and points (29) in a game.

On November 12, 2012, Adam Oates was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame .

Achievements and Awards

  • 1984 ECAC championship with the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • 1984 ECAC Second All-Star Team
  • 1984 NCAA East First All-American Team
  • 1985 ECAC championship with the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • 1985 ECAC First All-Star Team
  • 1985 NCAA East First All-American Team
  • 1985 NCAA Division I championship with the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • 1985 NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1979/80 Port Credit Titans OHA Jr.-B 34 30th 36 66 41 - - - - -
1979/80 Markham Waxers OHA Jr.-A 9 1 6th 7th 2 - - - - -
1980/81 Markham Waxers OHA Jr.-A 43 36 53 89 89 - - - - -
1981/82 Markham Waxers OHA Jr.-A 47 54 105 159 30th - - - - -
1982/83 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ECAC 22nd 9 33 42 8th
1983/84 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ECAC 38 26th 57 83 15th
1984/85 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ECAC 38 31 60 91 29
1985/86 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 34 18th 28 46 4th 17th 7th 14th 21st 4th
1985/86 Detroit Red Wings NHL 38 9 11 20th 10 - - - - -
1986/87 Detroit Red Wings NHL 76 15th 32 47 21st 16 4th 7th 11 6th
1987/88 Detroit Red Wings NHL 63 14th 40 54 20th 16 8th 12 20th 6th
1988/89 Detroit Red Wings NHL 69 16 62 78 14th 6th 0 8th 8th 2
1989/90 St. Louis Blues NHL 80 23 79 102 30th 12 2 12 14th 4th
1990/91 St. Louis Blues NHL 61 25th 90 115 29 13 7th 13 20th 10
1991/92 St. Louis Blues NHL 54 10 59 69 12 - - - - -
1991/92 Boston Bruins NHL 26th 10 20th 30th 10 15th 5 14th 19th 4th
1992/93 Boston Bruins NHL 84 45 97 142 32 4th 0 9 9 4th
1993/94 Boston Bruins NHL 77 32 80 112 45 13 3 9 12 8th
1994/95 Boston Bruins NHL 48 12 41 53 8th 5 1 0 1 2
1995/96 Boston Bruins NHL 70 25th 67 92 18th 5 2 5 7th 2
1996/97 Boston Bruins NHL 63 18th 52 70 10 - - - - -
1996/97 Washington Capitals NHL 17th 4th 8th 12 4th - - - - -
1997/98 Washington Capitals NHL 82 18th 58 76 36 21st 6th 11 17th 8th
1998/99 Washington Capitals NHL 59 12 42 54 22nd - - - - -
1999/00 Washington Capitals NHL 82 15th 56 71 14th 5 0 3 3 4th
2000/01 Washington Capitals NHL 81 13 69 82 28 6th 0 0 0 0
2001/02 Washington Capitals NHL 66 11 57 68 22nd - - - - -
2001/02 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 14th 3 7th 10 6th 5 0 2 2 0
2002/03 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 67 9 36 45 16 21st 4th 9 13 6th
2003/04 Edmonton Oilers NHL 60 2 16 18th 8th - - - - -
OHA Junior A overall 99 91 164 255 121 - - - - -
ECAC total 98 66 150 216 52
AHL total 34 18th 28 46 4th 17th 7th 14th 21st 4th
NHL overall 1337 341 1079 1420 415 163 42 114 156 66

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ NJ: Devils complete staff by naming Adam Oates assistant coach
  2. ^ NHL: Adam Oates New Jersey Devils - Assistant Coach
  3. ^ New Jersey Devils: Adam Oates named Assistant Coach
  4. ↑ wampsbibleoflacrosse: OLA Junior A Trophy Winners
  5. ^ Hockey Hall of Fame welcomes Sundin, Sakic, Oates and Bure. The Sports Network , November 12, 2012, accessed November 13, 2012 .
personal data
SURNAME Oates, Adam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Weston , Ontario