Weston W. Adams (August 9, 1904 – March 19, 1973) was the director of the
Boston Bruins of the
National Hockey League and son of fellow Hall-of-Famer
Charles Adams.
After studying at
Harvard where he played
Goaltender on the varsity team, Adams became
president of the
Canadian American Hockey League farm team, the
Boston Tigers, in 1932. Adams was also involved with other sports, as
secretary to the
National League's
Boston Braves.
The
Boston native took over the Bruins presidency from his father in 1936. While Adams was president of the Bruins, the team finished first in the NHL American Division from
1937–38 season to the
1940–41 regular season. They won the Stanley Cup in 1939, and 1941. As
World War II commenced, he joined the
US Navy eventually working his way up to the rank of
commander. The teams performance waned over this time, and he was forced to accept a buyout offer from
Walter A. Brown, owner of the
Boston Garden and the Bruins' landlord. He began taking a more active role in searching for talent later in the 1950s. He conducted long scouting trips across North America, and he became chairman of the board of the Boston Arena and Garden Corporation in 1956.
Adams repurchased the Bruins after Brown's death in 1964. Over the next few years, he brought in such players as
Bobby Orr,
Wayne Cashman,
Dallas Smith,
Don Awrey,
Don Marcotte,
Derek Sanderson and
Eddie Westfall. He also developed the concept of the
sixth attacker and secured the relationship between...
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