{{Short description|Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1975)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | alt = | image = Adam Deadmarsh - Colorado Avalanche.jpg | image_size = 230px | caption = Deadmarsh with the Colorado Avalanche in 1997 | position = Right wing | shoots = Right | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lb = 205 | played_for = Quebec Nordiques<br>Colorado Avalanche<br>Los Angeles Kings | coached_for = Colorado Avalanche (Assistant)<br>Spokane Chiefs (Assistant) | ntl_team = United States | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|5|10|mf=y}} | birth_place = Trail, British Columbia, Canada | career_start = 1994 | career_end = 2003 | career_start_coach = 2009 | career_end_coach = 2020 | draft = 14th overall | draft_year = 1993 | draft_team = Quebec Nordiques }} '''Adam Richard Deadmarsh''' (born May 10, 1975) is a Canadian-born American former professional ice hockey player who played in the NHL with the Quebec Nordiques, Colorado Avalanche, and Los Angeles Kings. Deadmarsh was later a video coordinator and assistant coach with the Avalanche,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.denverpost.com/avalanche/ci_12652479 |title=Former Avs join Sacco staff |publisher=denverpost.com |date=2009-06-20 |access-date=2009-06-20 |first=Adrian |last=Dater |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090623182934/http://www.denverpost.com/avalanche/ci_12652479 |archive-date=23 June 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> before concussion issues forced him to step down after the {{NHL Year|2011}} season, nine years after his playing career ended for the same reason.
Deadmarsh won the Stanley Cup in 1996 with the Colorado Avalanche — however his name was misspelled on the Cup as "Deadmarch". It was later corrected, marking the first correction on the Cup.
==Playing career== [[File:Adam Deadmarsh.jpg|thumb|left|Deadmarsh with the Colorado Avalanche]] Deadmarsh was drafted by the Quebec Nordiques in the 1993 NHL entry draft, first round, 14th overall, from the Portland Winterhawks of the Western Hockey League. After the lock-out shortened 1994-95 season, the Nordiques relocated to Denver and became the Colorado Avalanche. Deadmarsh helped the Avalanche upset the heavily-favored Detroit Red Wings in the Western Conference Finals, and then won the Stanley Cup over the Florida Panthers in 1996. His name was initially misspelled "Deadmarch" on the Cup, but was later corrected; it was the first time a misspelling on the Stanley Cup had ever been corrected.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/cup/fun_facts.html |title=The Stanley Cup |publisher=nhl.com |date=2008-04-02 |access-date=2008-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100810010334/http://www.nhl.com/cup/fun_facts.html |archive-date=August 10, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.legendsofhockey.net/html/silver_stFFFs.htm| title= Legends of Hockey - NHL Trophies - Stanley Cup - Engraving Facts, Firsts & Faux Pas| publisher= legendsofhockey.com| date= 2008-05-20| access-date= 2008-11-10| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081102232935/http://www.legendsofhockey.net/html/silver_stFFFs.htm| archive-date= 2 November 2008| url-status= dead}}</ref>
Deadmarsh was traded to the Los Angeles Kings on February 21, 2001, along with Aaron Miller, a player to be named later (Jared Aulin), and Colorado's first round pick in the 2001 NHL entry draft (Dave Steckel) for Rob Blake and Steve Reinprecht. While the Avalanche were doing well at the time, they leapt at the chance to land Blake who was a star defenseman; the Kings were forced to deal Blake who was a pending unrestricted free agent and had declined to sign a contract extension.<ref>{{cite web |title=Blake traded to Avalanche |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/blake-traded-to-avalanche-1.287613 |publisher=CBC Sports |access-date=28 February 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://assets.espn.go.com/nhl/news/2001/0221/1101148.html|title=Avs hope Blake puts them over the top | work =ESPN.com | date = 2001-02-21 | access-date = 2009-03-24}}</ref> The Kings had not won a postseason series since 1993, but the addition of Deadmarsh and Miller with their consideration postseason experience made the Kings competititive in the playoffs. Deadmarsh became a playoff hero for vaulting the Kings past the heavily favoured Detroit Red Wings in round one of the 2001 Stanley Cup Playoffs, after trailing late in Game 4 by three goals while his team was already down two games to one. Red Wings captain Steve Yzerman has attributed his team's playoff eliminations to Deadmarsh, who was among the Red Wings' most frequent opponents from 1996-2001 while a member of the Avalanche.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Christie |first1=James |title=Hurt stars dim Wings' hopes |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hurt-stars-dim-wings-hopes/article4146410/ |publisher=The Globe and Mail |access-date=28 February 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Deadmarsh, Kings bury Red Wings in overtime |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/deadmarsh-kings-bury-red-wings-in-overtime-1.291648 |publisher=CBC Sports |access-date=28 February 2026}}</ref> Los Angeles went on to lose in the conference semifinals to Deadmarsh's former team, the Avalanche, in seven games; the Avalanche would eventually win their second Stanley Cup.
A U.S. citizen by virtue of having an American mother, Deadmarsh played for Team USA in the 1996 World Cup of Hockey, the 1998 Winter Olympics, and the 2002 Winter Olympics, winning a gold medal in 1996 and a silver medal in 2002.
After missing most of the 2002–03 NHL season and the entire 2003–04 NHL season due to two concussions (and the next season due to the NHL lockout), Deadmarsh (unofficially) announced his retirement on September 22, 2005, citing the previous concussion as an inability to play further. He was honored on March 20, 2006, before a game between the Avalanche and Kings at Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles, California, for his dedication to both teams.
He had previously played junior hockey for the Portland Winter Hawks in the Western Hockey League and was a 3 time member of the U.S. National Junior Team, where he shares the all-time U.S. record of 21 games played at the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. He resides in Idaho with his wife and twin daughters.
Adam is a second cousin of former NHL player Butch Deadmarsh.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sabreslegends.com/deadmarsh_b_bio.html|title=Legends of the Buffalo Sabres - Butch Deadmarsh|publisher=sabreslegends.com|date=2006-03-20|access-date=2008-11-10|archive-date=2016-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806171734/http://www.sabreslegends.com/deadmarsh_b_bio.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==International play== {{MedalTableTop| name = no}} {{MedalCountry | {{ih|USA}} }} {{MedalSport | Ice hockey}} {{MedalCompetition|Winter Olympics}} {{MedalSilver|2002 Salt Lake City|}} {{MedalCompetition|World Cup}} {{MedalGold|1996 Canada|}} {{MedalBottom}} Deadmarsh was born in Canada but had dual US-Canadian citizenship, and could represent either country in International play. A U.S. citizen by virtue of having an American mother, Deadmarsh chose to play for Team USA in the 1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and the 1994 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships where he failed to register any points in both tournaments. He again represented the USA at the 1995 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships where he ranked seventh in the tournament scoring with six goals and four assists. In 1996, Deadmarsh won a gold medal at the innagural 1996 World Cup of Hockey tournament.
He was selected for both the 1998 Winter Olympics, and the 2002 Winter Olympics teams, winning a silver medal at home at Salt Lake City in 2002.
==Post-playing career== After seven years away from hockey, the Colorado Avalanche hired Adam Deadmarsh as their Video/Development Coach On June 19, 2009, where he served in that role from 2009 to 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 19, 2009 |title=Avalanche hire's Konowalchuk and Deadmarsh as coaches |url=https://thehockeynews.com/news/avalanche-hires-konowalchuk-and-deadmarsh-as-coaches}}</ref> After spending 2 seasons as Video/Development Coach with the Colorado Avalanche, Deadmarsh was promoted to be an Assistant Coach for the team on June 16, 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 16, 2011 |title=Colorado Avalanche promote Adam Deadmarsh to assistant coach |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/nhl/news/colorado-avalanche-promote-adam-deadmarsh-to-assistant-coach}}</ref> After only serving 1 season as an Assistant Coach with Colorado, Adam ultimately resigned from his position behind the bench due to concussion issues on June 7, 2012, and took on a new role with the organization working in their player development office.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 16, 2011 |title=Concussions cut Adam Deadmarsh's coaching career short |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/nhl/news/concussions-cut-adam-deadmarshs-coaching-career-short}}</ref>
On August 22, 2017, it was announced that the Spokane Chiefs (WHL) had hired Deadmarsh as an assistant coach with their club, where he served from 2017 to 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 22, 2017 |title=Stanley Cup Champion Adam Deadmarsh Added to Coaching Staff |url=https://spokanechiefs.com/article/stanley-cup-champion-adam-deadmarsh-added-to-coaching-staff}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=July 26, 2019 |title=Adam Deadmarsh Extended Through 2019-20 Season |url=https://spokanechiefs.com/article/adam-deadmarsh-extended-through-2019-20-season}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 1990–91 | Beaver Valley Nitehawks | KIJHL | 35 | 28 | 44 | 72 | 95 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1991–92 | Portland Winter Hawks | WHL | 68 | 30 | 30 | 60 | 111 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 |- | 1992–93 | Portland Winter Hawks | WHL | 58 | 33 | 36 | 69 | 126 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 29 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1993–94 | Portland Winter Hawks | WHL | 65 | 43 | 56 | 99 | 212 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 33 |- | 1994–95 | Portland Winter Hawks | WHL | 29 | 28 | 20 | 48 | 129 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1994–95 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 48 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |- | 1995–96 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 78 | 21 | 27 | 48 | 142 | 22 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 25 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1996–97 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 78 | 33 | 27 | 60 | 136 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 24 |- | 1997–98 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 73 | 22 | 21 | 43 | 125 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1998–99 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 66 | 22 | 27 | 49 | 99 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 20 |- | 1999–2000 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 71 | 18 | 27 | 45 | 106 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 21 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2000–01 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 39 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2000–01 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 18 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2001–02 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 76 | 29 | 33 | 62 | 71 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |- | 2002–03 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 20 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 567 ! 184 ! 189 ! 373 ! 819 ! 105 ! 26 ! 40 ! 66 ! 100 |}
===International=== {{MedalTableTop| name = no}} {{MedalCountry | {{ih|USA}} }} {{MedalSport | Ice hockey}} {{MedalCompetition|Winter Olympics}} {{MedalSilver|2002 Salt Lake City|}} {{MedalCompetition|World Cup}} {{MedalGold|1996 Canada|}} {{MedalBottom}} {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:40em" |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! Result ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 1993 | United States | WJC | 4th | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1994 | United States | WJC | 6th | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |- | 1995 | United States | WJC | 5th | 7 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 10 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1996 | United States | WCH | {{gold1}} | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |- | 1998 | United States | OG | 6th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2002 | United States | OG | {{silver2}} | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="4" | Junior totals ! 21 ! 6 ! 4 ! 10 ! 28 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="4" | Senior totals ! 17 ! 4 ! 3 ! 7 ! 12 |}
==Awards and honors== {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Year ! |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | colspan="3" | NHL |- | Stanley Cup (Colorado Avalanche) | 1996 | <ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/11/sports/after-104-minutes-colorado-wins-the-cup.html | title = After 104 minutes, Colorado wins the Stanley Cup | work=The New York Times | date = 1996-06-11 | access-date = 2016-05-06}}</ref> |}
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==External links== * {{icehockeystats}}
{{s-start}} {{s-ach}} {{succession box | before = Jocelyn Thibault | title = Quebec Nordiques first-round draft pick | years = 1993 | after = Wade Belak}} {{s-end}}
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