# Lindy Ruff wins coach of the year **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 22, 2006, 5:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lindy-ruff-wins-coach-of-the-year/13670 "2006-06-22T17:53:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
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> **[Official Site of the National Hockey League | NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/errors/not-found)** > > The official National Hockey League website including news, rosters, stats, schedules, teams, and video. > Buffalo Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff has captured the 2005-2006 Jack Adams Award as “the NHL coach adjudged to have contributed the most to his team’s success,” as selected by the NHL Broadcasters’ Association. > > Ruff edged Carolina Hurricanes head coach Peter Laviolette, 155-154, in the closet Adams vote since the trophy was first awarded in 1973-74 and the closest vote among all trophies in 2005-06. The razor-thin margin was reflective of the clubs’ competition this season; Carolina earned the Eastern Conference’s second seed with 112 points, two more than the fourth-seeded Sabres, and the clubs staged a seven-game Eastern Conference Final, with the Hurricanes overcoming a third-period deficit in the deciding game to claim the series en route to the Stanley Cup. > > The League’s tenured head coach, Ruff guided the Sabres to a 52-24-6 record for 110 points, a 25-point improvement over 2003-04, and set franchise records for victories and points. The Sabres tallied their highest goal total, 281, since 1993-94, doing so without a player placing among the League’s top 60 scorers. :tup: Congrats to Lindy, he deserved it. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lindy-ruff-wins-coach-of-the-year/13670)._