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Hockey East Goaltending Champion

The Hockey East Goaltending Champion is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the Hockey East regular season to the goaltender who held the lowest Goals Against Average (GAA) in conference games during the regular season.

The Goaltending Champion was first awarded in 1985 and every year thereafter.

The current record for lowest GAA against conference opponents in a season is held by Jimmy Howard of Maine with a 1.15 Goals Against Average, set during the 2003–04 season.

Six players have won the award multiple times, with Scott King winning three times. The others, Derek Heriofsky, Michel Larocque, Ty Conklin, Matti Kaltainen and Cayden Primeau won twice. King, Larocque and Primeau managed to win the award in consecutive years.

The title has twice been awarded to the goalie with the highest save percentage, rather than goals allowed average. First, in 2016–17 to Collin Delia of Merrimack (.928 SV%, 2.21 GAA), with Jake Oettinger of Boston University's having a GAA mark of 2.09. Again, it was awarded to Jeremy Swayman of Maine in 2019–20 (.934 SV%, 2.27 GAA) whereas Matt Murray of Massachusetts held a 1.88 GAA in league play.

Award winners[]

Year Winner School GAA
1984–85 Chris Terreri Providence 3.49
1985–86 Scott Gordon Boston College 3.42
1986–87 Scott King Maine 3.06
1987–88 Scott King Maine 2.97
1988–89 David Littman Boston College 3.04
1989–90 Scott King Maine 2.35
1990–91 Scott LaGrand Boston College 3.02
1991–92 Derek Heriofsky Boston University 2.45
1992–93 Garth Snow Maine 2.01
1993–94 Derek Heriofsky Boston University 2.27
1994–95 Blair Allison Maine 2.72
1995–96 Tom Noble Boston University 2.89
1996–97 Michel Larocque Boston University 2.57
1997–98 Michel Larocque Boston University 1.74
1998–99 Ty Conklin New Hampshire 1.64
1999–00 Scott Clemmensen Boston College 1.98
2000–01 Ty Conklin New Hampshire 1.83
2001–02 Mike Ayers New Hampshire 1.79

Year Winner School GAA
2002–03 Matti Kaltainen Boston College 2.20
2003–04 Jimmy Howard Maine 1.15
2004–05 Matti Kaltainen Boston College 1.81
2005–06 Cory Schneider Boston College 1.96
2006–07 John Curry Boston University 1.85
2007–08 Kevin Regan New Hampshire 1.83
2008–09 Brad Thiessen Northeastern 2.09
2009–10 Carter Hutton UMass Lowell 2.35
2010–11 John Muse Boston College 1.84
2011–12 Parker Milner Boston College 1.85
2012–13 Connor Hellebuyck UMass Lowell 1.38
2013–14 Thatcher Demko Boston College 1.35
2014–15 Jon Gillies Providence 1.74
2015–16 Kevin Boyle UMass Lowell 1.80
2016–17 Collin Delia Merrimack 2.21
2017–18 Cayden Primeau Northeastern 1.79
2018–19 Cayden Primeau Northeastern 2.12
2019–20 Jeremy Swayman Maine 2.27

Winners by school[]

School Winners
Boston College 10
Maine 7
Boston University 6
New Hampshire 4
Northeastern 3
UMass Lowell 3
Providence 2
Merrimack 1

See also[]

References[]

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  1. Archived copy. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved on 2015-03-28.

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