Hockey East Player of the Year

Hockey East Player of the Year
Sport	Ice hockey
Given for	A player that has demonstrated superior play and leadership for his team.
History
First award	1985
Most recent	Spencer Knight (Boston College)

The Hockey East Player of the Year is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the Hockey East regular season to the best player in the conference as voted by the coaches of each Hockey East team.

The Player of the Year was first awarded in 1985 and every year thereafter.

Three players (Greg Brown, Chris Drury, and Johnny Gaudreau) have received the award two separate times, all doing so in consecutive years. The award has been shared three times, in 1999–00, 2002–03 and in 2015–16. (as of 2021)

Award winners

Year Winner Position School 1984–85 Chris Terreri Goaltender Providence 1985–86 Scott Harlow Left Wing Boston College 1986–87 Brian Leetch Defenceman Boston College 1987–88 Mike McHugh Left Wing Maine 1988–89 Greg Brown Defenceman Boston College 1989–90 Greg Brown Defenceman Boston College 1990–91 David Emma Right Wing Boston College 1991–92 Scott Pellerin Left Wing Maine 1992–93 Paul Kariya Left Wing Maine 1993–94 Dwayne Roloson Goaltender UMass Lowell 1994–95 Chris Imes Defenceman Maine 1995–96 Jay Pandolfo Left Wing Boston University 1996–97 Chris Drury Left Wing Boston University 1997–98 Chris Drury Left Wing Boston University 1998–99 Jason Krog Center New Hampshire 1999–00 Ty Conklin Goaltender New Hampshire Mike Mottau Defenceman Boston College 2000–01 Brian Gionta Right Wing Boston College 2001–02 Darren Haydar Right Wing New Hampshire 2002–03 Mike Ayers Goaltender New Hampshire Ben Eaves Center Boston College

Year Winner Position School 2003–04 Steve Saviano Left Wing New Hampshire 2004–05 Patrick Eaves Right Wing Boston College 2005–06 Chris Collins Left Wing Boston College 2006–07 John Curry Goaltender Boston University 2007–08 Kevin Regan Goaltender New Hampshire 2008–09 Brad Thiessen Goaltender Northeastern 2009–10 Bobby Butler Right Wing New Hampshire 2010–11 Paul Thompson Right Wing New Hampshire 2011–12 Spencer Abbott Right Wing Maine 2012–13 Johnny Gaudreau Left Wing Boston College 2013–14 Johnny Gaudreau Left Wing Boston College 2014–15 Jack Eichel Center Boston University 2015–16 Thatcher Demko Goaltender Boston College Kevin Boyle Goaltender UMass Lowell 2016–17 Zach Aston-Reese Forward Northeastern 2017–18 Adam Gaudette Center Northeastern 2018–19 Cale Makar Defenceman Massachusetts 2019–20 Jeremy Swayman Goaltender Maine 2020–21 Spencer Knight Goaltender Boston College

Winners by school School Winners Boston College 14 New Hampshire 8 Maine 6 Boston University 5 Northeastern 3 UMass Lowell 2 Massachusetts 1 Providence 1

Winners by position Position Winners Center 4 Right Wing 7 Left Wing 11 Forward 1 Defenceman 6 Goaltender 11

Women's Player of the Year

2002-03 Jen Huggon                New Hampshire

2003-04 Carolyn Gordon,         New Hampshire 

&  Chanda Gunn            Northeastern

2004-05 Stephanie Jones,      New Hampshire

& Karen Thatcher,         Providence

2005-06 Sadie Wright-Ward    New Hampshire

2006-07 Kelli Stack                    Boston College

2007-08 Dominique Thibault, Connecticut

2008-09 Kelli Stack                    Boston College

2009-10 Kelly Paton                   New Hampshire

& Florence Schelling     Northeastern

2010-11 Kelli Stack                     Boston College

2011-12 Florence Schelling      Northeastern

2012-13 Alex Carpenter             Boston College

2013-14 Sarah Lefort                  Boston University

See also

• Hockey East Awards

References

General

• "Hockey East Awards", Hockey East Online. Retrieved on 2013-08-15. 
• "Hockey East Awards", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on 2013-08-15. 
• "NCAA (Hockey East) Player of the Year", Elite Prospects. Retrieved on 2013-08-15. 

External links

• Hockey East Awards (Incomplete)