Adam Deadmarsh

Adam Richard Deadmarsh (born May 10, 1975) is a Canadian-born American former professional ice hockey player who played in the NHL with the Quebec Nordiques, Colorado Avalanche and the Los Angeles Kings. Deadmarsh was later a video coordinator and assistant coach with the Avalanche,[1] before concussion issues forced him to step down after the 2011–12 season, nine years after his playing career ended for the same reason.

Adam Deadmarsh
Deadmarsh with the Colorado Avalanche in 1997
Born (1975-05-10) May 10, 1975
Trail, British Columbia, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Played for Quebec Nordiques
Colorado Avalanche
Los Angeles Kings
Coached for Colorado Avalanche (Assistant)
Spokane Chiefs (Assistant)
National team  United States
NHL Draft 14th overall, 1993
Quebec Nordiques
Playing career 1994–2003
Coaching career 2009–2020

Playing career
Deadmarsh with the Colorado Avalanche

Deadmarsh was drafted by the Quebec Nordiques in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, first round, fourteenth overall, from the Portland Winterhawks of the Western Hockey League. He played for the Avalanche team that won the Stanley Cup in 1996. His name was initially misspelled "Deadmarch" on the Cup, but was later corrected; it was the first time a misspelling on the Stanley Cup had ever been corrected.[2][3] He was traded to the Los Angeles Kings on February 21, 2001, along with Aaron Miller, a player to be named later (Jared Aulin), and Colorado's first round pick in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft (Dave Steckel) for Rob Blake and Steve Reinprecht.[4]

Among his final accomplishments in the NHL, Deadmarsh became a playoff hero for vaulting the Kings past the heavily favoured Detroit Red Wings in round one of the 2001 Stanley Cup Playoffs, after trailing late in Game 4 by three goals while his team was already down two games to one. Los Angeles went on to lose in the conference semifinals to his former team, the Avalanche, in seven games; the Avalanche would eventually win their second Stanley Cup.

A U.S. citizen by virtue of having an American mother, Deadmarsh played for Team USA in the 1996 World Cup of Hockey, the 1998 Winter Olympics, and the 2002 Winter Olympics, winning a gold medal in 1996 and a silver medal in 2002.

After missing the most of the 2002–03 NHL season and the entire 2003–04 NHL season due to two concussions (and the next season due to the NHL lockout), Deadmarsh (unofficially) announced his retirement on September 22, 2005, citing the previous concussion as an inability to play further. He was honored on March 20, 2006, before a game between the Avalanche and Kings at Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles, California, for his dedication to both teams.

He had previously played junior hockey for the Portland Winter Hawks in the Western Hockey League and was a 3 time member of the U.S. National Junior Team, where he shares the all-time U.S. record of 21 games played at the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. He resides in Idaho with his wife and twin daughters.

Adam is a second cousin of former NHL player Butch Deadmarsh.[5]

Post-playing career

After 7 years away from hockey, the Colorado Avalanche hired Adam Deadmarsh as their Video/Development Coach On June 19, 2009, where he served in that role from 2009-2011.[6] After spending 2 seasons as Video/Development Coach with the Colorado Avalanche, Deadmarsh was promoted to be an Assistant Coach for the team on June 16, 2011.[7] After only serving 1 season as an Assistant Coach with Colorado, Adam ultimately resigned from his position behind the bench due to concussion issues on June 7, 2012, and took on a new role with the organization working in their player development office.[8]


On August 22, 2017, it was announced that the Spokane Chiefs(WHL) had hired Deadmarsh as an assistant coach with their club, where he served from 2017 to 2020.[9][10]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1990–91 Beaver Valley Nitehawks KIJHL 35 28 44 72 95 — — — — —
1991–92 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 68 30 30 60 111 6 3 3 6 13
1992–93 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 58 33 36 69 126 16 7 8 15 29
1993–94 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 65 43 56 99 212 10 9 8 17 33
1994–95 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 29 28 20 48 129 — — — — —
1994–95 Quebec Nordiques NHL 48 9 8 17 56 6 0 1 1 0
1995–96 Colorado Avalanche NHL 78 21 27 48 142 22 5 12 17 25
1996–97 Colorado Avalanche NHL 78 33 27 60 136 17 3 6 9 24
1997–98 Colorado Avalanche NHL 73 22 21 43 125 7 2 0 2 4
1998–99 Colorado Avalanche NHL 66 22 27 49 99 19 8 4 12 20
1999–2000 Colorado Avalanche NHL 71 18 27 45 106 17 4 11 15 21
2000–01 Colorado Avalanche NHL 39 13 13 26 59 — — — — —
2000–01 Los Angeles Kings NHL 18 4 2 6 4 13 3 3 6 4
2001–02 Los Angeles Kings NHL 76 29 33 62 71 4 1 3 4 2
2002–03 Los Angeles Kings NHL 20 13 4 17 21 — — — — —
NHL totals 567 184 189 373 819 105 26 40 66 100

International
Medal record
Representing  United States
Ice hockey
Winter Olympics
Silver medal – second place2002 Salt Lake City
World Cup
Gold medal – first place1996 Canada
Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
1993 United States WJC 4th 7 0 0 0 10
1994 United States WJC 6th 7 0 0 0 8
1995 United States WJC 5th 7 6 4 10 10
1996 United States WCH 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 2 2 4 8
1998 United States OG 6th 4 1 0 1 2
2002 United States OG 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 1 1 2 2
Junior totals 21 6 4 10 28
Senior totals 17 4 3 7 12

Awards and honors
Award Year
NHL
Stanley Cup (Colorado Avalanche) 1996 [11]

References
  1. Dater, Adrian (2009-06-20). "Former Avs join Sacco staff". denverpost.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
  2. "The Stanley Cup". nhl.com. 2008-04-02. Archived from the original on August 10, 2010. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
  3. "Legends of Hockey - NHL Trophies - Stanley Cup - Engraving Facts, Firsts & Faux Pas". legendsofhockey.com. 2008-05-20. Archived from the original on 2 November 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
  4. "Avs hope Blake puts them over the top". ESPN.com. 2001-02-21. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
  5. "Legends of the Buffalo Sabres - Butch Deadmarsh". sabreslegends.com. 2006-03-20. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
  6. "Avalanche hire's Konowalchuk and Deadmarsh as coaches". June 19, 2009.
  7. "Colorado Avalanche promote Adam Deadmarsh to assistant coach". June 16, 2011.
  8. "Concussions cut Adam Deadmarsh's coaching career short". June 16, 2011.
  9. "Stanley Cup Champion Adam Deadmarsh Added to Coaching Staff". August 22, 2017.
  10. "Adam Deadmarsh Extended Through 2019-20 Season". July 26, 2019.
  11. "After 104 minutes, Colorado wins the Stanley Cup". The New York Times. 1996-06-11. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
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