Weston Adams

Weston W. Adams (born August 9, 1904 in Springfield , Massachusetts , † March 19, 1973 ) was the son of Charles Adams and long president and chairman of the board of the Boston Bruins .

After studying at Harvard University and working as a goalkeeper for their ice hockey team , he became president of the Boston Tigers in the Canadian-American Hockey League in 1932 and in 1936 he took over the Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League from his father Charles Adams. During his time with the Bruins, the team finished the NHL from 1937/38 to 1940/41 always in first place and won the Stanley Cup in 1939 and 1941. When the Second World War began, he joined the army as a naval commander.

After the war, Adams was first a talent scout in North America and in 1956 became Chairman of the Board of the Bruins. He was president from 1964 to 1969 and it was during that time that players like Bobby Orr , Wayne Cashman , Dallas Smith , Don Awrey , Don Marcotte , Derek Sanderson and Ed Westfall were drafted for the team . He developed the concept of the sixth attacker (here the goalkeeper is taken out in favor of a sixth outfield player) and secured the important connections between the Boston Braves ( AHL ) and the Bruins, as the Braves had lost many players to the Bruins through the expansion of the NHL.

Adams joined in 1970 as president and handed the office to his son Weston Adams junior . He was honored with induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1972 .

Web links

• Weston Adams in the database of the Hockey Hall of Fame (English)