| Corby Adams | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 1940 (1940) Springwater, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Died | (aged 83) | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Left wing | ||
| Played for | Barrie Flyers Clarkson Barrie Flyers (senior) | ||
| National team |  Canada | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 1961–1977 | ||
Corby Adams (1940 – October 21, 2023) was a Canadian ice hockeyleft wing who was anAll-American forClarkson.[1]
Adams played several years of junior hockey in theBarrie area, reaching the top level of competition in 1960 with theFlyers. He accepted a scholarship toClarkson and joined the varsity team in 1961, playing forLen Ceglarski, and helped the Golden Knights to a third-place finish in the inaugural season ofECAC Hockey. Adams was namedFirst Team All-ECAC and helped the top-seeded Golden Knights reach theconference championship game. Their runner-up finish earned Clarkson a bid to theNCAA Tournament where the team defeated aMichigan team led by futureNHLerRed Berenson. The victory sent Clarkson to its first championship game but the team was overwhelmed byMichigan Tech 1–8 in the finale.
For his second season, Adams led Clarkson in scoring and finished in the top ten in the nation. The Golden Knights finished second in the ECAC but were beaten in theconference semifinal byHarvard. The team finished the tournament in third place and weren't expecting to receive a bid to the NCAA tournament, however, because allIvy League schools were engaged with a dispute over player eligibilities with the NCAA, Harvard declined its invitation and Clarkson was chosen as the replacement. The Golden Knights finished the1963 NCAA Tournament in third place with Adams as one of the stars for Clarkson.[2]
Prior to his senior season, Adams was named analternate captain and, though the team's record declined the Golden Knights returned to the conference tournament. Adams made his third All-ECAC First Team and became an All-American as well. Clarkson fell in theconference semifinal again, this time to top-seededProvidence and Adams ended his collegiate career with a loss in the consolation game.
After graduating with a degree inbusiness administration, Adams returned to Barrie and began playing for the local senior hockey team, also named theBarrie Flyers, when it was founded in 1966. Adams played for the Flyers for a decade, becoming the team's all-time leader in games (370), goals (213), assists (353) and points (566).[3] He helped the team win theAllan Cup in1974 as well as three other league championships in his ten seasons. Adams briefly left the team in 1970 to play with theCanadian national team but a series of decisions led Canada, who was initially supposed to host the1970 Ice Hockey World Championships, to not even participate in the tournament.
After concluding his playing career in 1978, Adams was fondly remembered in both Barrie andPotsdam. He was inducted into the Barrie Sports Hall of Fame in 1991[4] and was a member of Clarkson's Inaugural Athletic Hall of Fame class in 1992.[5] Several years later he was also enshrined in the Springwater Sports Heritage Hall of Fame.[6]
Corby Adams died on October 21, 2023, at the age of 83.[7]
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1959–60 | Barrie Flyers | OHA | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1961–62 | Clarkson | ECAC Hockey | 25 | 21 | 25 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1962–63 | Clarkson | ECAC Hockey | 27 | 26 | 30 | 56 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1963–64 | Clarkson | ECAC Hockey | 24 | 27 | 27 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1966–67 | Barrie Flyers | OHA Sr. | 32 | 13 | 32 | 45 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1967–68 | Barrie Flyers | OHA Sr. | 40 | 25 | 34 | 59 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1968–69 | Barrie Flyers | OHA Sr. | 39 | 28 | 51 | 79 | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1969–70 | Barrie Flyers | OHA Sr. | 24 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1970–71 | Barrie Flyers | OHA Sr. | 38 | 30 | 31 | 61 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1971–72 | Barrie Flyers | OHA Sr. | 39 | 17 | 41 | 58 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1972–73 | Barrie Flyers | OHA Sr. | 41 | 25 | 34 | 59 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1973–74 | Barrie Flyers | OHA Sr. | 36 | 27 | 32 | 59 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1974–75 | Barrie Flyers | OHA Sr. | 37 | 12 | 36 | 48 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | Barrie Flyers | OHA Sr. | 40 | 23 | 47 | 70 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | Brantford Alexanders | OHA Sr. | 23 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 | Orillia Tundras | OHA Sr. | 29 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NCAA Totals | 76 | 74 | 82 | 156 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| OHA Sr. Totals | 418 | 235 | 395 | 630 | 330 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||