Len Ceglarski Award for Individual Sportsmanship

Len Ceglarski Award
Sport	Ice hockey
Given for	To one player who has consistently demonstrated superior conduct and sportsmanship on the ice.
History
First award	1992
Most recent	Patrick Grasso (New Hampshire)

The Len Ceglarski Award is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the Hockey East regular season to the player most exemplifying the qualities of sportsmanship on the ice in the conference as voted by the head coaches of each Hockey East team. The award was created and named in honor of long-time Boston College head coach Len Ceglarski who retired following the 1991–92 season.

The Len Ceglarski Award was first bestowed in 1992 and every year thereafter.

Only Steve Kariya, Joe Gambardella, and Jacob Bryson have received the award more than once, Gambardella and Bryson winning in two consecutive years, and Kariya doing so in three consecutive years from 1996–97 to 1998–99.

Award winners

Year Winner Position School 1991–92 Joe Flanagan Center New Hampshire 1992–93 Shane Henry Center UMass Lowell 1993–94 Michael Spalla Defenceman Boston College 1994–95 Steve Thornton Center Boston University 1995–96 Todd Hall Defenceman New Hampshire 1996–97 Steve Kariya Left Wing Maine 1997–98 Steve Kariya Left Wing Maine 1998–99 Steve Kariya Left Wing Maine 1999–00 Cory Larose Center Maine 2000–01 Mike Jozefowicz Defenceman Northeastern 2001–02 Jon DiSalvatore Defenceman Providence 2002–03 Martin Kariya Left Wing Maine 2003–04 Steve Saviano Left Wing New Hampshire 2004–05 Jason Guerriero Center Northeastern 2005–06 Danny O'Brien Right Wing UMass Lowell

Year Winner Position School 2006–07 Mike Lundin Defenceman Maine 2007–08 Chris Higgins Center Boston University 2008–09 Dean Strong Right Wing Vermont 2009–10 Ben Smith Right Wing Boston College 2010–11 Brian Flynn Right Wing Maine 2011–12 Chris Connolly Left Wing Boston University 2012–13 Chris McCarthy Left Wing Vermont 2013–14 Ross Mauermann Left Wing Providence 2014–15 Michael Sit Center Boston College 2015–16 Joe Gambardella Center UMass Lowell 2016–17 Joe Gambardella Center UMass Lowell 2017–18 Jacob Bryson Defenceman Providence 2018–19 Jacob Bryson Defenceman Providence 2019–20 Benjamin Freeman Forward Connecticut 2020–21 Patrick Grasso Forward New Hampshire

Winners by school School Winners Maine 7 Providence 4 New Hampshire 4 UMass Lowell 4 Boston College 3 Boston University 3 Northeastern 2 Vermont 2 Connecticut 1

Winners by position Position Winners Center 9 Right Wing 4 Left Wing 8 Forward 2 Defenceman 6 Goaltender 0

See also

• Hockey East Awards

References

General

• "Hockey East Awards", Hockey East Online. Retrieved on 2013-08-17. 
• "Hockey East Awards", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on 2013-08-17. 
• "Len Ceglarski Award", Elite Prospects. Retrieved on 2013-08-17. 

External links

• Hockey East Awards (Incomplete)