(1962-08-27) August 27, 1962 (age 61) Weston, Ontario, Canada
Height
5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight
190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position
Centre
Shot
Right
Played for
Detroit Red Wings St. Louis Blues Boston Bruins Washington Capitals Philadelphia Flyers Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Edmonton Oilers
NHL draft
Undrafted
Playing career
1985–2004
Adam Robert Oates (born August 27, 1962) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, former co-head coach for the New Jersey Devils and former head coach for the Washington Capitals. He played 19 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings, St. Louis Blues, Boston Bruins, Washington Capitals, Philadelphia Flyers, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and Edmonton Oilers. Known as an elite playmaker, Oates' career total of 1,079 assists was the fifth-highest total in NHL history at the time of his 2004 retirement. He has the highest amount of games played and points scored among undrafted NHL players, with 1,337 and 1,420, respectively.
After retiring as a player, Oates served as an assistant coach for the Tampa Bay Lightning and New Jersey Devils before joining the Capitals as their head coach for two seasons, from 2012 to 2014. In 2017, Oates was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in history.[1]
As a college player, Oates was a standout forward for the RPI Engineers.[2] He set single-season school records for assists and points. He was named an Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) all-star and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) All-American in both 1984 and 1985. Oates was named a tournament all-star in helping RPI win the 1985 national championship, and in 1990–91, the NHL included him in its second All-Star team; he played in five All-Star Games. He holds the record for most points all-time of any NHL player who also played NCAA Hockey. Oates was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on November 12, 2012.
^"100 Greatest NHL Players". NHL.com. January 27, 2017. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
^"Adam Oates '85 Among 100 Greatest NHL Players". Archived from the original on December 20, 2018. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
Adam Robert Oates (born August 27, 1962) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, former co-head coach for the New Jersey Devils and former...
Bondra's 52 goals led the team, veterans Dale Hunter, Joe Juneau and AdamOates returned to old form, and Olaf Kolzig had a solid .920 save percentage...
for three dogs. Vogel was once engaged to Canadian ice-hockey player AdamOates, however the couple cancelled their planned 1998 marriage at the last...
player Scott Stevens (who had been DeBoer's assistant for two years) and AdamOates, with Lamoriello himself supervising the team during the first months...
the Hockey Hall of Fame during the 2000s. AdamOates was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2012. Oates played sixty games with the Oilers after...
Most All-Star game points, one period: 4 (tied with Mike Gartner and AdamOates) 1983 Campbell Conference, third period (four goals) Since Gretzky's retirement...
Center AdamOates, acquired over the summer, joined Hull on the top line. The pair, dubbed "Hull and Oates" as a play on the band Hall and Oates, were...
Supporting Giguere were future Hockey Hall of Fame members Paul Kariya and AdamOates as well as forwards Petr Sykora and Rob Niedermayer, brother of then-Devils...
(1973) 41 years, 242 days – Patrick Marleau (2021) 41 years, 220 days – AdamOates (2004) 41 years, 156 days – Carl Brewer (1980) 41 years, 136 days – Daniel...
Boston, Ranford was dealt to the Washington Capitals on March 1, 1997 with AdamOates and Rick Tocchet for Jason Allison, Anson Carter, Jim Carey, a conditional...
Anderson, Danny Belisle, Gary Green, Crozier, Glen Hanlon, Dale Hunter and AdamOates have spent their entire NHL head coaching careers with the Capitals. Dale...
Steve Yzerman (1) 14:09 – Shawn Burr (2) No scoring Third period 06:46 – AdamOates (1) Bob Sauve 34 saves / 39 shots Goalie stats Greg Stefan 14 saves /...
– pp – 07:02 Second period No scoring No scoring Third period 01:44 – AdamOates (1) 05:10 – pp – Vladimir Ruzicka (1) Tom Draper 36 saves / 38 shots Goalie...
Anaheim followed up by scoring two power-play goals themselves, both by AdamOates. The score remained 2–1 as the Mighty Ducks moved onto the Stanley Cup...
conditional second-round pick in the 1998 draft to the Bruins in exchange for AdamOates, Bill Ranford and Rick Tocchet. Both Carter and Tocchet would work together...
record, the Devils fired DeBoer, replacing him with both Scott Stevens and AdamOates in a dual-coaching setup. On May 28, 2015, the San Jose Sharks hired DeBoer...
them of the burden of caring for him. Oates was born in Putney, Surrey, in 1880, the elder son of William Edward Oates, FRGS, and Caroline Annie, daughter...
the firing of DeBoer, head coaching responsibilities were split between AdamOates and Scott Stevens for the remainder of the 2014–15 season, with Lamoriello...
captain following the departure of Danny Gare, joined by Petr Klima, AdamOates, Gerard Gallant, defenseman Darren Veitch, and new head coach Jacques...
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