Adam Oates - Assistant Coach
Named to current post June 29, 2010; joined Devils after serving Tampa Bay as an assistant coach during the 2009-10 season…Retired as an active player April 3, 2004, compiling 341 goals and 1,079 assists for 1,420 points and 415 penalty minutes in 1,337 career games with Detroit, St. Louis, Boston, Washington, Philadelphia, Anaheim and Edmonton…Played in five NHL All-Star Games during his 19-season career and was named to the league’s Second All-Star Team in 1991…Reached the 100-point mark on four occasions including a career-high 142 in 1992-93…Ranks sixth all-time in assists, leading the NHL during the 1992-93 (97), 2000-01 (69, tie) and 2001-02 (64) seasons…Also saw action in 163 career playoff games, including two Stanley Cup Final appearances in 1998 and 2003, recording 42 goals and 114 assists for 156 points and 66 penalty minutes…Signed with Detroit as free agent June 28, 1985 after three seasons at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (ECAC)…Was a member of the Engineers’ 1985 NCAA Championship team and was selected to the All-Tournament Team…Also part of Rensselaer’s 1984 and 1985 ECAC Championship teams…Was named to the league’s First All-Star Team in 1985 and Second All-Star Team in 1984…Also named to the NCAA East First All-American Teams in 1984 and 1985…Played five years of Junior “A” lacrosse for the Etobicoke Eclipse, as well as one season for the Senior “A” Brampton Excelsiors; retired from lacrosse in 1984 to pursue hockey career…Born August 27, 1962 in Weston, Ont., Adam and his wife, Donna, reside in California during the off-season.
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