John Adams (ice hockey, born 1946) explained

John Adams
Position:Goaltender
Catches:Left
Height Ft:6
Height In:0
Weight Lb:200
Played For:Boston Bruins
Washington Capitals
Birth Date:July 27, 1946
Birth Place:Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada
Career Start:1967
Career End:1976

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.

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

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Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP W L T MIN GA SV%GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV%
1963–64Port Arthur North StarsTBJHL
1963–64Port Arthur North StarsM-Cup6 3 3 360 25 0 4.17
1964–65Port Arthur North StarsTBJHL22 13 8 1 1320 88 0 4.00
1964–65Port Arthur North StarsM-Cup5 1 3 250 25 0 6.00
1965–66Port Arthur North StarsTBJHL26 18 6 2 1530 93 0 3.65
1965–66Fort William CanadiensM-Cup11 6 4 630 33 0 3.14
1966–67Port Arthur MarrsTBJHL30 20 8 2 1800 114 3 3.80
1966–67Port Arthur MarrsM-Cup19 11 8 1160 71 1 3.67
1967–68Dayton GemsIHL45 2570 148 2 3.46 4 240 21 0 5.25
1968–69Dayton GemsIHL32 1900 91 2 2.87 6 365 15 1 2.47
1969–70Oklahoma City BlazersCHL51 18 26 7 3027 176 5 3.49
1970–71Oklahoma City BlazersCHL57 25 22 10 3417 195 3 3.42 5 1 4 280 21 0 4.50
1971–72Oklahoma City BlazersCHL43 15 15 3 2168 129 2 3.57
1972–73Boston BruinsNHL14 9 3 1 780 39 1 3.00 .906
1972–73Boston BravesAHL23 1179 65 1 3.31 8 4 4 420 34 0 4.86
1973–74San Diego GullsWHL69 38 26 4 4094 223 1 3.27 .9044 0 4 261 19 0 4.37
1974–75Washington CapitalsNHL8 0 7 0 400 46 0 6.90 .833
1974–75Richmond RobinsAHL28 7 13 3 1424 105 1 4.42 .869
1975–76Thunder Bay TwinsOHA Sr12 720 33 3 2.75
1976–77Thunder Bay TwinsTBSHL
1977–78Thunder Bay TwinsTBSHL
1978–79Thunder Bay TwinsTBSHL
1979–80Thunder Bay TwinsTBSHL
NHL totals22 9 10 1 1180 85 1 4.32 .877