Bruce Boudreau of the Anaheim Ducks, Paul MacLean of the Ottawa Senators and Joel Quenneville of the Chicago Blackhawks were named Friday as the finalists for the Jack Adams Award, presented "to the NHL coach adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success."

Both Boudreau and Quenneville have won the award, but with different teams. Quenneville was recognized for leading the St. Louis Blues to the Presidents' Trophy in 1999-2000, while Boudreau received the award in 2007-08 while coaching the Washington Capitals. If either wins, he would become the fifth coach to capture the award with two different teams; Pat Burns is the only coach to win the Adams three times; he did it once each with the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins.

MacLean is an Adams finalist for the second year in a row. He lost to Ken Hitchcock of the St. Louis Blues in 2012.
Boudreau, who took over as coach in December 2011, led Anaheim to the Pacific Division title and the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference -- their best finish since winning the Stanley Cup six years ago. This season's success came after the Ducks missed the playoffs in 2011-12.

"He's a players' coach. He makes everybody feel very important," forward Teemu Selanne said. "Everybody just [loves] to play for him."

Five years ago, Boudreau became one of only three men to win the Adams after taking over as coach during the season. He came aboard at Thanksgiving and led the Capitals to the Southeast Division title.

MacLean led the Senators into the Stanley Cup Playoffs despite a raft of injuries that would have wiped out many teams. The Senators were without No. 1 center Jason Spezza for all but five games due to back surgery, lost Norris Trophy-winning defenseman Erik Karlsson for almost 10 weeks due to an Achilles tendon injury and were without starting goaltender Craig Anderson for nearly half the season after he went down with a high ankle sprain. High-scoring forward Milan Michalek was limited to 23 games due to knee problems, and defenseman Jared Cowen missed all but the last seven games due to a torn labrum.