Greg Adams (b. 1960)

Gregory Charles Adams (born May 31, 1960 in Duncan, British Columbia) is a retired professional ice hockey forward who played in the NHL from 1980 to 1990.
== Playing career ==
Adams was passed over in the NHL Amateur Draft and signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia Flyers in 1979. In his final year in the WHL with the Victoria Cougars he scored 62 goals playing on a line with Barry Pederson. He turned pro in 1980 and spent the 1980–81 season with Flyers' farm team in Maine, and also impressed in a 6-game stint in Philadelphia, scoring 3 goals. The following season he appeared in 33 games, scoring 19 points.
Adams was traded to the Hartford Whalers in the Mark Howe trade in the summer of 1982. In 1982–83, he spent his first full season in the NHL, scoring 10 goals and 23 points in 79 games. He also established himself as a gritty, physical presence and registered 216 penalty minutes (PIM), the highest total of his career. 
Adams was dealt again in the summer of 1983, this time to the Washington Capitals. While the Whalers were a woefully bad team (just 19 wins in 1982–83), the Capitals were one of the deepest squads in the league, and he found it more difficult to get ice time. In his first two years in Washington, he scored just 8 goals in 108 games, and was demoted briefly to the AHL. However, he established himself as a key member of the team in 1985–86, and put up surprising numbers with 18 goals and 56 points, along with 152 PIM. He continued to perform well over the next two seasons, posting totals of 14 and 15 goals while providing his usual physical presence. 
For the 1988–89 season, he was moved to the defending Stanley Cup Champion Edmonton Oilers. However, he struggled to find a niche with the Oilers, scoring just 4 goals in 49 games, and was dealt again at the trade deadline, this time to the Vancouver Canucks. This created one of the more unusual situations in NHL history, as the Canucks' lineup already featured star winger Greg 'Gus' Adams. As a result, the elder Adams would thereafter be known as 'Greg C. Adams'.
Mercifully for confused hockey fans Adams' stint in Vancouver was brief, although he played well scoring 4 goals in 12 games for the team. He was moved to the Quebec Nordiques for the 1989–90 season, although he didn't establish himself there and spent time in the AHL. He finished the season with the Detroit Red Wings before retiring. 
Adams finished his career with 84 goals and 227 career points in 545 NHL games. He also recorded 1173 PIM.
He was the coach of the junior Cowichan Valley Capitals of the British Columbia Hockey League in 2000-01.
== Career statistics ==
  	  	  	 	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	 	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
Season 	Team 	League 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM
1977–78 	Nanaimo Clippers 	BCJHL 	 	62 	53 	61 	114 	150 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1978–79 	Victoria Cougars 	WHL 	 	71 	23 	31 	54 	151 	 	14 	5 	0 	5 	59
1979–80 	Victoria Cougars 	WHL 	 	71 	62 	48 	110 	212 	 	16 	9 	11 	20 	71
1980–81 	Maine Mariners 	AHL 	 	71 	19 	20 	39 	158 	 	20 	2 	3 	5 	89
1980–81 	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL 	 	6 	3 	0 	3 	8 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1981–82 	Maine Mariners 	AHL 	 	45 	16 	21 	37 	241 	 	4 	0 	3 	3 	28
1981–82 	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL 	 	33 	4 	15 	19 	105 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1982–83 	Hartford Whalers 	NHL 	 	79 	10 	13 	23 	216 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1983–84 	Washington Capitals	NHL 	 	57 	2 	6 	8 	133 	 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
1984–85 	Binghamton Whalers 	AHL 	 	28 	9 	16 	25 	58 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1984–85 	Washington Capitals	NHL 	 	51 	6 	12 	18 	72 	 	5 	0 	0 	0 	9
1985–86 	Washington Capitals	NHL 	 	78 	18 	38 	56 	152 	 	9 	1 	3 	4 	27
1986–87 	Washington Capitals	NHL 	 	67 	14 	30 	44 	184 	 	7 	1 	3 	4 	38
1987–88 	Washington Capitals	NHL 	 	78 	15 	12 	27 	153 	 	14 	0 	5 	5 	58
1988–89 	Edmonton Oilers 	NHL 	 	49 	4 	5 	9 	82 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1988–89 	Vancouver Canucks 	NHL 	 	12 	4 	2 	6 	35 	 	7 	0 	0 	0 	21
1989–90 	Halifax Citadels 	AHL 	 	10 	6 	13 	19 	18 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1989–90 	Quebec Nordiques 	NHL 	 	7 	1 	3 	4 	17 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1989–90 	Detroit Red Wings 	NHL 	 	28 	3 	7 	10 	16 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
NHL totals	NHL totals 	NHL totals	 	545 	84 	143 	227 	1173 	 	43 	2 	11 	13 	153
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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