Chuck Adamson (ice hockey)
{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2014}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name = Chuck Adamson
| image =
| caption =
| image_size = 225px
| played_for = IHL
Indianapolis Chiefs
Milwaukee Falcons
Fort Wayne Komets
Des Moines Oak Leafs
EHL
Jersey Larks
| position = Goaltender
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|8|20}}
| birth_place = Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
| weight_lb = 156
| catches = Left
| career_start = 1959
| career_end = 1967
}}
Chuck Adamson (born August 20, 1938) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender.
Career
Adamson played seven seasons in the International Hockey League (IHL). He started his IHL career for the Indianapolis Chiefs, playing for the Chiefs from 1959 through 1962, except for two games played for the Milwaukee Falcons in the 1950-60 season. He joined the Fort Wayne Komets for the 1962-63 IHL season after the Komets' previous goalie, Reno Zenier, refused to report.{{cite web|title=EHL Komets Pick Adamson To Replace Goalie Zernier|url=https://archive.thehockeynews.com/issue/586690/181156?t=EHL%20Komets%20Pick%20Adamson%20To%20Replace%20Goalie%20Zernier|publisher=The Hockey News|accessdate=2025-05-23|date=November 3, 1962}} He played for the Komets through the 1964-65 IHL season but then briefly came out of retirement to play for the Komets in 1966 when their regular goalie Gerry Randall was injured.{{cite news|via=newspapers.com|accessdate=2025-05-23|newspaper=Dayton Daily News|title=8,025 See Gems Beat Komets|date=October 23, 1966|page=20|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/dayton-daily-news/172966168/}}
Adamson helped the Komets to their first two Turner Cup champiopnships in 1963 and 1965. He won the James Norris Memorial Trophy while playing with the Fort Wayne Komets during the 1964–65 IHL season.{{cite news|via=newspapers.com|accessdate=2025-05-23|newspaper=Times Herald|title=Maxfield, Goyette picked for IHL All-Star Team|date=March 20, 1965|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-herald/172965400/}}{{cite news|via=newspapers.com|accessdate=2025-05-23|newspaper=Grand Rapids Press|title=Goyette of Port Huron Heads IHR All-Stars|date=March 22, 1965|page=22|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-grand-rapids-press/172965825/}} He was also a first team all-star that season, and was a second team All-Star in the 1962-63 IHL season.{{cite web|title=Chuck Adamson|url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/464987/chuck-adamson|publisher=Elite Prospects|accessdate=2025-05-23}}{{cite news|via=newspapers.com|accessdate=2025-05-23|newspaper=Evening World-Herald|title=Ramsay Named Best Goalie|date=March 9, 1963|page=11|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-world-herald/172965651/}} He set an IHL record for most saves in a game with 72 for the Indianapolis Chiefs in 1960.{{cite news|via=newspapers.com|accessdate=2025-05-23|author=Stewart, D.L.|newspaper=Journal Herald|title=Gems drop rookies Goetz, Lavoie|date=October 30, 1968|page=19|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-herald/172966764/}} He set an IHL record for fewest saves in a full game for the Komets with 8 in a game against the Dayton Gems on March 27, 1965.{{cite news|via=newspapers.com|accessdate=2025-05-23|author=Carroll, Tom|newspaper=Dayton Daily News|title=1966 Success Haunts Gems|date=November 2, 1967|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/dayton-daily-news/172966516/}}
As of 2013, he still held the Komets' record for fewest saves in a game, as well as records for most shots faced in a season, most saves in a season and most consecutive games played by a goalie.
The Komets retired his number "1" along with subsequent Komets' goalie Nick Boucher's number "33" in 2013.{{cite web|title=Komets to honor goaltenders Adamson and Boucher|url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/komets-to-honor-goaltenders-adamson-and-boucher/n-4672818|publisher=Our Sports Central|date=August 26, 2013|accessdate=2025-05-23}}
Awards and honors
| class="wikitable"
! Award ! Year ! |
| James Norris Memorial Trophy – IHL Best Goaltender (statistical)
| 1964–65 |
References
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External links
- {{hockeydb|12594|Chuck Adamson}}
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Category:Canadian ice hockey goaltenders
Category:Des Moines Oak Leafs players
Category:Fort Wayne Komets players
Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
Category:Ice hockey people from Greater Sudbury
Category:Indianapolis Chiefs players
Category:Milwaukee Falcons players
Category:Peterborough Petes (ice hockey) players
Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen
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