John Adams (ice hockey, born 1946)

John Matthew Adams (born July 27, 1946) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played 22 games in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins and Washington Capitals between 1972 and 1975. He was born in Port Arthur, Ontario.

John Adams
Born (1946-07-27) July 27, 1946
Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for Boston Bruins
Washington Capitals
Playing career 19671976

Early life

A native of Port Arthur, Ontario, Adams played junior hockey with his hometown Port Arthur team. He is one of the only players to appear in four consecutive Memorial Cup tournaments.

Career

In 1967, Adams signed with the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League. Assigned to the minor league Dayton Gems of the International Hockey League, Adams played two seasons with the Gems, winning the leading goaltending award in 1969. In the fall of 1969, he was assigned to the Bruins' leading farm team at the time, the Oklahoma City Blazers of the Central Hockey League, for whom he played for the next two seasons, winning honors as a league first-team all-star in 1972.

During the 1970 playoffs, Adams was recalled to the Bruins as a reserve to back up regular goaltenders Gerry Cheevers and Ed Johnston. He did not play a game, yet the Bruins decided to engrave his name on the Stanley Cup upon winning the championship, making him one of the few players to have his name on the Stanley Cup before playing an NHL game.

Adams would not play his first NHL game for another three seasons. In 1972–73, with Cheevers gone to the World Hockey Association and disruption in the Boston net, he played fourteen games for the defending champion Bruins while splitting his time with the new Bruins' affiliate Boston Braves of the American Hockey League.

Traded to the minor-league San Diego Gulls of the Western Hockey League the following year, Adams won second-team all-star honors before being sold to the Washington Capitals in 1974. He played only eight games with the Capitals, again splitting the season between the NHL and the minor leagues.

Adams was named a player-coach for the Thunder Bay Twins of the Ontario Senior League the following year, before retiring as a player five seasons later, settling in the Thunder Bay area in retirement. His final position in professional hockey was as an assistant coach for the Thunder Bay Thunder Hawks of the Colonial Hockey League in 1991.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPWLTMINGASOGAASV% GPWLMINGASOGAASV%
1963–64 Port Arthur North Stars TBJHL
1963–64 Port Arthur North Stars M-Cup 6333602504.17
1964–65 Port Arthur North Stars TBJHL 22138113208804.00
1964–65 Port Arthur North Stars M-Cup 5132502506.00
1965–66 Port Arthur North Stars TBJHL 26186215309303.65
1965–66 Fort William Canadiens M-Cup 11646303303.14
1966–67 Port Arthur Marrs TBJHL 302082180011433.80
1966–67 Port Arthur Marrs M-Cup 1911811607113.67
1967–68 Dayton Gems IHL 45257014823.46 42402105.25
1968–69 Dayton Gems IHL 3219009122.87 63651512.47
1969–70 Oklahoma City Blazers CHL 5118267302717653.49
1970–71 Oklahoma City Blazers CHL 57252210341719533.42 5142802104.50
1971–72 Oklahoma City Blazers CHL 4315153216812923.57
1972–73 Boston Bruins NHL 149317803913.00.906
1972–73 Boston Braves AHL 2311796513.31 8444203404.86
1973–74 San Diego Gulls WHL 6938264409422313.27.904 4042611904.37
1974–75 Washington Capitals NHL 80704004606.90.833
1974–75 Richmond Robins AHL 287133142410514.42.869
1975–76 Thunder Bay Twins OHA Sr 127203332.75
1976–77 Thunder Bay Twins TBSHL
1977–78 Thunder Bay Twins TBSHL
1978–79 Thunder Bay Twins TBSHL
1979–80 Thunder Bay Twins TBSHL
NHL totals 22910111808514.32.877
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