Complex sentence: For his efforts, despite his team failing to make the playoffs for a second straight year, he was nominated for the Jack Adams Award as the league's coach of the year, losing the award to Joel Quenneville of the St. Louis Blues.
Split into simpler sentences: For his efforts, he was nominated for the Jack Adams Award as the league's coach of the year despite his team failing to make the playoffs for a second straight year. He lost the award to Joel Quenneville of the St. Louis Blues.