also developed the concept of the sixth attacker and secured the relationship with the AHL's Boston Braves due to the AHL's loss of many players to the expanding NHL. On March 31, 1969, he was succeeded as team president by his son, Weston Adams, Jr. He remained on as chairman of the board until 1973. Boston would win 2 more Stanley Cups in 1970, and 1972. Weston was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame as an Honoured Builder in 1972. Other teams In addition to the Bruins, Adams owned the Boston Braves, Oshawa Generals, Boston Rovers, a horse racing stable, and was a member of the Suffolk Downs board of directors. He also served as travelling secretary of the Boston Braves baseball club. Boston Stock Exchange Adams was a member of the Boston Stock Exchange from 1929 to 1969. From 1938 to 1942 and from 1962 to 1969 he was a member of the BSE's board of directors. From 1953 to 1962 he served as its vice president. He then served as president of the exchange from 1962 to 1963. Personal life and death On January 8, 1933, Adams married Mildred Culver Boyd of Lansdowne, Pennsylvania. The couple had two children. They divorced in 1936. On September 26, 1936, he married Nancy E. (Atkins) Gordon, ex-wife of playwright Leon Gordon. Adams had two children with her. Adams died on March 19, 1973, at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts. References External links 1904 births 1973 deaths American stockbrokers Boston Bruins executives Boston Bruins owners Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey players Hockey Hall of Fame inductees Lester Patrick Trophy recipients Sportspeople from Brookline, Massachusetts Stanley Cup champions American racehorse owners and breeders Suffolk Downs executives 20th-century American businesspeople Sportspeople from Springfield, Massachusetts Presidents of the Boston Stock Exchange