Doug Adam

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player, coach (1923–2001)}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image = Doug Adam Rockets.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| position = Left wing

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 165

| played_for = New York Rangers

| birth_date = {{birth date|1923|9|7|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|2001|12|24|1923|9|7|mf=y}}

| death_place =

| career_start = 1942

| career_end = 1961

}}

Douglas Patrick Adam (September 7, 1923 – December 24, 2001) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward and coach. He spent most of his career, which lasted from 1942 to 1961, in the minor leagues, but did play four games in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers during the 1949–50 season. He was born in Toronto, Ontario.

Career

Adam was signed by the New York Rangers as a free agent in 1947, and played for various minor league affiliates of the Rangers until 1955. In February 1950, Adam played four games at the NHL level with the Rangers in 1949–50, wearing number 19.{{cite web|title=Doug Adam|url=http://rangers.nhl.com/club/atrplayer.htm?id=8444860|publisher=New York Rangers|accessdate=14 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714180512/http://rangers.nhl.com/club/atrplayer.htm?id=8444860|archive-date=14 July 2011|url-status=dead}} During those four games, he scored no goals, but earned one assist.{{cite web|title=Doug Adam|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8444860|publisher=NHL.com|accessdate=14 February 2011}} After leaving the Rangers organization, Adam became a playing coach with the Philadelphia Ramblers in the EHL.{{cite web|title=Eastern Hockey League Transactions 1957-58|url=http://www.theehl.com/page/transactions.htm|publisher=The EHL.com|accessdate=14 February 2011}}{{cite web|title=Doug Adam profile|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=11560|publisher=Hockey db.com|accessdate=14 February 2011}} After his playing career ended, Adam became a head coach with the Rochester Americans of the AHL in 1971-72, but was replaced mid-season by team member Don Cherry.{{cite web|title=Rochester Americans|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/multicoach.php?tid=3&season=1972|publisher=Hockey db.com|accessdate=14 February 2011}}{{cite web|title=Rochester Americans|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/display_standings.php?tmi=7733|publisher=Hockey db.com|accessdate=14 February 2011}}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="5"\|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="5"\|Playoffs
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
1941–42 \| Toronto Marlboros \| OHA \| 17	6	1	7	6 \| 2	0	0	0	2
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1941–42 \| Toronto HMCS York \| TNDHL \| 3	1	2	3	0 \| 6	2	3	5	6
1942–43 \| Toronto Army Daggers \| OHA Sr \| 3	0	1	1	4 \| 2	0	1	1	2
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1944–45 \| Toronto Bowsers \| TMHL \| 2	0	1	1	0 \| —	—	—	—	—
1944–45 \| Toronto Uptown Tires \| TMHL \| 18	20	19	39	7 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1944–45 \| Toronto Army Shamrocks \| TIHL \| 2	0	2	2	0 \| —	—	—	—	—
1944–45 \| Toronto People's Credit \| TIHL \| —	—	—	—	— \| 3	1	3	4	0
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1945–46 \| Toronto Dorsts \| TMHL \| 3	2	3	5	4 \| —	—	—	—	—
1945–46 \| Hollywood Wolves \| PCHL \| 10	0	4	4	8 \| 9	2	0	2	0
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1946–47 \| Toronto Credit Jewellers \| TCSHL \| 28	27	16	43	14 \| 5	1	3	4	13
1947–48 \| Tacoma Rockets \| PCHL \| 57	34	25	59	57 \| 5	6	1	7	4
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1948–49 \| Tacoma Rockets \| PCHL \| 68	24	30	54	45 \| 6	5	1	6	4
1949–50 \| New York Rangers \| NHL \| 4	0	1	1	0 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1949–50 \| Tacoma Rockets \| PCHL \| 63	53	26	79	68 \| 5	3	2	5	6
1950–51 \| Tacoma Rockets \| PCHL \| 68	31	19	50	68 \| 6	2	0	2	4
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1951–52 \| Tacoma Rockets \| PCHL \| 53	31	26	57	43 \| 6	0	0	0	0
1952–53 \| Tacoma Rockets \| WHL \| 70	39	31	70	74 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1953–54 \| Seattle Bombers \| WHL \| 22	4 \| 3	7	16 \| —	—	—	—	—
1953–54 \| Saskatoon Quakers \| WHL \| 30	10 \| 10	20	10 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1953–54 \| Vancouver Canucks \| WHL \| 11	4 \| 7	11	4 \| 12	4	1	5	12
1954–55 \| Vancouver Canucks \| WHL \| 29	14 \| 7	21	20 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1954–55 \| New Westminster Royals \| WHL \| 36	16	15	31	33 \| —	—	—	—	—
1955–56 \| New Westminster Royals \| WHL \| 55	16	20	36	36 \| 4	1	0	1	5
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1956–57 \| Charlotte Clippers \| EHL \| 63	65	49	114	46 \| 13	11	7	18	16
1957–58 \| Charlotte Clippers \| EHL \| 55	44	33	77	32 \| 14	7	10	17	8
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1958–59 \| Philadelphia Ramblers \| EHL \| 64	39	38	77	66 \| 6	5	4	9	4
1959–60 \| Philadelphia Ramblers \| EHL \| 64	46	43	89	114 \| 4	1	2	3	20
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1959–60 \| Louisville Rebels \| IHL \| —	—	—	—	— \| 1	0	0	0	0
1960–61 \| Philadelphia Ramblers \| EHL \| 41	16	23	39	24 \| 3	1	0	1	2
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| PCHL/WHL totals ! 572 !! 276 !! 223 !! 499 !! 482 ! 53 !! 25 !! 6 !! 31 !! 35
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| NHL totals ! 4 !! 0 !! 1 !! 1 !! 0 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! —

Coaching statistics

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="4" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! colspan="4" \| Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! colspan="1" \| Playoffs
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! Type ! GC !! W !! L !! T !!
1958–59 \| Philadelphia Ramblers \| EHL \| Player-Head \| 64	30	33	1 \| Lost in round 1
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1959–60 \| Philadelphia Ramblers \| EHL \| Player-Head \| 64	31	30	3 \| Lost in round 1
1960–61 \| Philadelphia Ramblers \| EHL \| Player-Head \| 64	32	28	4 \|
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1971–72 AHL season \| Rochester Americans \| AHL \| Head coach \| 37	12	20	5