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Kevyn Adams

Kevyn Adams
Born (1974-10-08) October 8, 1974 (age 50)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Center
Shot Right
Played for Toronto Maple Leafs
Columbus Blue Jackets
Florida Panthers
Carolina Hurricanes
Phoenix Coyotes
Chicago Blackhawks
DEG Metro Stars
National team  United States
NHL draft 25th overall, 1993
Boston Bruins
Playing career 1996–2008

Kevyn William Adams (born October 8, 1974) is an American former professional ice hockey center and current general manager of the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League. During his career, Adams played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Columbus Blue Jackets, Florida Panthers, Carolina Hurricanes, Phoenix Coyotes and the Chicago Blackhawks, and was also a former associate coach for the Sabres.

Playing career

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Adams grew up in Clarence, New York and played his youth hockey for the Wheatfield Blades organization at a rink then known as Sabreland, where the Buffalo Sabres used to practice.[1] Adams played collegiately for Miami University and was drafted in the 1st round, 25th overall by the Boston Bruins in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. Adams has also played for the Florida Panthers, Columbus Blue Jackets, and Toronto Maple Leafs. His best season was 2000–01 when he had 29 points. The Carolina Hurricanes acquired Adams, Bret Hedican, and Tomas Malec on January 16, 2002 from the Panthers for Sandis Ozolinsh and Byron Ritchie. During the NHL lockout season in 2004–05, Adams played a short stint for the DEG Metro Stars in Düsseldorf, Germany. With the return of the NHL in 2005–06, he returned to Carolina, where he was an alternate captain on the Hurricanes Stanley Cup winning team that season. On January 8, 2007, he was traded to the Phoenix Coyotes for Dennis Seidenberg. On August 11, 2007, Adams was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks for Radim Vrbata. On October 7, 2008, Adams was released from the Blackhawks. On January 6, 2009, Adams retired to become a player-agent.[2]

Coaching and management career

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On August 3, 2011, Adams was named Assistant Coach of the Buffalo Sabres.[3] He was fired on May 9, 2013, two days after the Sabres named Ron Rolston as their new head coach.[4] Adams was named the Senior Vice President of Business Administration for the Sabres in 2019.[5] On June 16, 2020, he was named the team's general manager, replacing the recently-fired Jason Botterill.[6] Despite Adams’ claim that he knows what it takes to win a Stanley Cup, his strategy of handing out large NHL contracts to unproven young players has only resulted in abject failure to assemble a competitive NHL team in his 4+ years as General Manager. As of December 2024, the team has yet to make the playoffs under his watch, let alone be remotely viewed seriously in professional circles as a contender for the Stanley Cup.

On March 25, 2021, Adams filled in as head coach of the Sabres when head coach Don Granato and assistant coach Matt Ellis entered the NHL's COVID protocol.[7] The Sabres lost the game, 4-0, against the Pittsburgh Penguins, extending the Sabres winless streak to sixteen games.

Personal life

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Adams was the second player in NHL history, after Bill Nyrop, to be born in the District of Columbia. Despite being born in the D.C. area, Adams grew up in Clarence, New York, and keeps a second home in Bemus Point, New York.[8] He was inducted into the Miami University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2011.[9]

Career statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

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    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1990–91 Niagara Scenics NAHL 55 17 20 37 24 — — — — —
1991–92 Niagara Scenics NAHL 40 25 33 58 51 — — — — —
1992–93 Miami Redskins CCHA 40 17 15 32 18 — — — — —
1993–94 Miami Redskins CCHA 36 15 28 43 24 — — — — —
1994–95 Miami Redskins CCHA 38 20 29 49 30 — — — — —
1995–96 Miami Redskins CCHA 36 17 30 47 30 — — — — —
1996–97 Grand Rapids Griffins IHL 82 22 25 47 47 5 1 1 2 4
1997–98 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 5 0 0 0 7 — — — — —
1997–98 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 59 17 20 37 99 4 0 0 0 4
1998–99 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 1 0 0 0 7 7 0 2 2 14
1998–99 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 80 15 35 50 85 5 2 0 2 4
1999–00 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 23 6 11 17 24 — — — — —
1999–00 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 52 5 8 13 39 12 1 0 1 7
2000–01 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 66 8 12 20 52 — — — — —
2000–01 Florida Panthers NHL 12 3 6 9 2 — — — — —
2001–02 Florida Panthers NHL 44 4 8 12 28 — — — — —
2001–02 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 33 2 3 5 15 23 1 0 1 4
2002–03 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 77 9 9 18 57 — — — — —
2003–04 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 73 10 12 22 43 — — — — —
2004–05 DEG Metro Stars DEL 9 1 2 3 4 — — — — —
2005–06 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 82 15 8 23 36 25 0 0 0 14
2006–07 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 35 2 2 4 17 — — — — —
2006–07 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 33 1 7 8 8 — — — — —
2007–08 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 27 0 2 2 13 — — — — —
NHL totals 540 59 77 136 317 67 2 2 4 39
AHL totals 144 38 67 105 208 9 2 0 2 8

International

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Year Team Event Result   GP G A Pts PIM
1994 United States WJC 6th 7 4 3 7 2
2005 United States WC 6th 1 0 0 0 0
Junior totals 7 4 3 7 2
Senior totals 1 0 0 0 0

Awards and honors

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Award Year
All-CCHA Second Team 1994–95
Stanley Cup champion 2006

References

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  1. ^ "Kevyn Adams (2006) on his Career and Stanley Cup". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021.
  2. ^ "Kevyn Adams in limbo no more, as he jumps to player-agent role". ESPN.com. January 6, 2009. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved January 6, 2009.
  3. ^ "Buffalo Sabres name Kevyn Adams assistant coach". Buffalo Sabres. August 3, 2011. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
  4. ^ "Sabres fire assistant coaches Patrick, Adams". TSN. May 9, 2013.
  5. ^ "Sabres name Kevyn Adams Senior VP of Business Administration". Buffalo Sabres. September 23, 2019. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  6. ^ "Botterill fired as Sabres general manager, replaced by Adams". National Hockey League. June 16, 2020. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
  7. ^ "GM Kevyn Adams to coach Sabres as Granato, Ellis enter COVID protocols". NBC Sports. March 25, 2021. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  8. ^ "Stanley Cup Journals". Hockey Hall of Fame. 2006. Archived from the original on December 5, 2008. Retrieved January 27, 2009.
  9. ^ "2011 Hall of Fame Inductees".
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Boston Bruins first round draft pick
1993 		Succeeded by
Preceded by General Manager of the Buffalo Sabres
2020–present 		Incumbent