Greg Adams (ice hockey player, 1960)

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CanadaCanada  Greg Adams Ice hockey player
Date of birth May 31, 1960
place of birth Duncan , British Columbia , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 86 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1977-1988 Nanaimo Clippers
1978-1980 Victoria Cougars
1980-1982 Philadelphia Flyers
1982-1983 Hartford Whalers
1983-1988 Washington Capitals
1988-1989 Edmonton Oilers
1989 Vancouver Canucks
Nordiques de Québec
1989-1990 Detroit Red Wings

Gregory Charles "Greg" Adams (born May 31, 1960 in Duncan , British Columbia ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and coach who played 588 games for the Philadelphia Flyers , Hartford Whalers , Washington, among others, in the course of his active career between 1977 and 1990 Capitals , Edmonton Oilers , Vancouver Canucks , Nordiques de Québec and Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League on the position of left winger .

Career

Adams played during his junior years between 1977 and 1980 for the Nanaimo Clippers in the British Columbia Junior Hockey League and the Victoria Cougars in the Western Hockey League . In the 1979/80 season he was elected to the League's First All-Star Team.

As early as September 1979, the Philadelphia Flyers from the National Hockey League had secured the services of the undrafted free agent and finally brought him into the professional field in the summer of 1980. In the long run, however, the winger could not prevail in the NHL squad and was mostly used for the farm team , the Maine Mariners in the American Hockey League , during the two seasons between 1980 and 1982 . In August 1982, the Flyers gave him with Ken Linseman and a first and third round suffrage in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft to the Hartford Whalers . In return, Philadelphia received Mark Howe and Hartford's third-round suffrage in the 1983 draft. In Hartford, Adams stayed only one season and was given in exchange for Torrie Robertson to the Washington Capitals .

The attacker settled in Washington for the next five years. In the season 1985/86 he increased to 56 points scorer after his previous best value had been 23 points. When his point production declined just as drastically in the following two years, the Capitals pushed the striker to the Edmonton Oilers . There Adams was just as unable to assert himself as at the following stations in Vancouver Canucks and Nordiques de Québec , to which he had reached via the NHL Waiver Draft in October 1989. In December Adams found himself wearing the Detroit Red Wings jersey after another transfer . After the 1989/90 season he ended his career.

In the 2000/01 season he worked for one season as the head coach of the junior team of the Cowichan Valley Capitals in the British Columbia Hockey League .

Achievements and Awards

  • 1980 WHL First All-Star Team

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1977/78 Nanaimo Clippers BCJHL 62 53 61 114 150 - - - - -
1978/79 Victoria Cougars WHL 71 23 31 54 151 14th 5 0 5 59
1979/80 Victoria Cougars WHL 71 62 48 110 212 16 9 11 20th 71
1980/81 Maine Mariners AHL 71 19th 20th 39 158 20th 2 3 5 89
1980/81 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 6th 3 0 3 8th - - - - -
1981/82 Maine Mariners AHL 45 16 21st 37 241 4th 0 3 3 28
1981/82 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 33 4th 15th 19th 105 - - - - -
1982/83 Hartford Whalers NHL 79 10 13 23 216 - - - - -
1983/84 Washington Capitals NHL 57 2 6th 8th 133 1 0 0 0 0
1984/85 Binghamton Whalers AHL 28 9 16 25th 58 - - - - -
1984/85 Washington Capitals NHL 51 6th 12 18th 72 5 0 0 0 9
1985/86 Washington Capitals NHL 78 18th 38 56 152 9 1 3 4th 27
1986/87 Washington Capitals NHL 67 14th 30th 44 184 7th 1 3 4th 38
1987/88 Washington Capitals NHL 78 15th 12 27 153 14th 0 5 5 58
1988/89 Edmonton Oilers NHL 49 4th 5 9 82 - - - - -
1988/89 Vancouver Canucks NHL 12 4th 2 6th 35 7th 0 0 0 21st
1989/90 Halifax Citadels AHL 10 6th 13 19th 18th - - - - -
1989/90 Nordiques de Québec NHL 7th 1 3 4th 17th - - - - -
1989/90 Detroit Red Wings NHL 28 3 7th 10 16 - - - - -
WHL overall 142 85 79 164 363 30th 14th 11 25th 130
AHL total 144 44 57 101 457 24 2 6th 8th 117
NHL overall 545 84 143 227 1173 43 2 11 13 153

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Adams, Greg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Adams, Gregory Charles (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Duncan , British Columbia