Spencer Carbery of the Washington Capitals has won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL’s coach of the year.

The league announced the honor Saturday after members of Carbery's family surprised him with the trophy earlier in the week. Carbery is the first person to be named coach of the year in the NHL, American Hockey League and ECHL.

Carbery was a runaway winner of the Jack Adams as voted on by the league’s broadcasters, receiving 81 of 103 first-place votes. Winnipeg's Scott Arniel was second and Montreal's Martin St. Louis a distant third.

In his second season running an NHL bench, Carbery guided Washington to first place in the Eastern Conference . He helped several players set career highs as the Capitals reached the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

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