WCHA Player of the Year

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

The Player of the Year was first awarded in 1961 and every year thereafter except for 1963–64. From the beginning of the conference to 1991–92 it was known as the WCHA Most Valuable Player.

Three players (Murray McLachlan, Doug Palazzari and Brian Bonin) have received the award two separate times with Palazzari being recognized in non-consecutive years. 1974–75 is the only season where the Player of the Year award was shared.

Award winners

Year Winner Position School 1960–61 Jerry Walker Forward Denver 1961–62 Red Berenson Center Michigan 1962–63 Louis Nanne Defenceman Minnesota 1963–64 (None Selected) 1964–65 Gerry Kell Right Wing North Dakota 1965–66 Mel Wakabayashi Center Michigan 1966–67 Keith Christiansen Center Minnesota-Duluth 1967–68 Keith Magnuson Defenceman Denver 1968–69 Murray McLachlan Goaltender Minnesota 1969–70 Murray McLachlan Goaltender Minnesota 1970–71 Rob Murray Defenceman Michigan Tech 1971–72 Doug Palazzari Center Colorado College 1972–73 Ron Grahame Goaltender Denver 1973–74 Doug Palazzari Center Colorado College 1974–75 Mike Polich Center Minnesota Tom Ross Center Michigan State 1975–76 Mike Zuke Center Michigan Tech 1976–77 Brian Walsh Right Wing Notre Dame 1977–78 Mike Eaves Forward Wisconsin 1978–79 Mark Johnson Center Wisconsin 1979–80 Tim Harrer Center Minnesota

Year Winner Position School 1980–81 Steve Ulseth Left Wing Minnesota 1981–82 Phil Sykes Left Wing North Dakota 1982–83 Bob Mason Goaltender Minnesota-Duluth 1983–84 Tom Kurvers Defenceman Minnesota-Duluth 1984–85 Bill Watson Forward Minnesota-Duluth 1985–86 Dallas Gaume Center Denver 1986–87 Tony Hrkac Center North Dakota 1987–88 Robb Stauber Goaltender Minnesota 1988–89 Curtis Joseph Goaltender Wisconsin 1989–90 Gary Shuchuk Center Wisconsin 1990–91 Scott Beattie Center Northern Michigan 1991–92 Duane Derksen Goaltender Wisconsin 1992–93 Derek Plante Center Minnesota-Duluth 1993–94 Chris Marinucci Center Minnesota-Duluth 1994–95 Brian Bonin Center Minnesota 1995–96 Brian Bonin Center Minnesota 1996–97 Mike Crowley Defenceman Minnesota 1997–98 Curtis Murphy Defenceman North Dakota 1998–99 Jason Blake Left Wing North Dakota 1999–00 Steven Reinprecht Center Wisconsin 2000–01 Jeff Panzer Center North Dakota

Year Winner Position School 2001–02 Mark Hartigan Center St. Cloud State 2002–03 Peter Sejna Left Wing Colorado College 2003–04 Junior Lessard Right Wing Minnesota-Duluth 2004–05 Marty Sertich Center Colorado College 2005–06 Matt Carle Defenceman Denver 2006–07 Ryan Duncan Right Wing North Dakota 2007–08 Richard Bachmann Goaltender Colorado College 2008–09 Jamie McBain Defenceman Wisconsin 2009–10 Marc Cheverie Goaltender Denver 2010–11 Matt Frattin Right Wing North Dakota 2011–12 Jack Connolly Center Minnesota-Duluth 2012–13 Drew LeBlanc Center St. Cloud State 2013–14 Cody Kunyk Center Alaska

Winners by school School Winners Minnesota 10 Minnesota-Duluth 8 North Dakota 8 Wisconsin 7 Denver 6 Colorado College 5 Michigan 2 Michigan Tech 2 St. Cloud State 2 Alaska 1 Michigan State 1 Notre Dame 1 Northern Michigan 1

Winners by position Position Winners Center 25 Right Wing 5 Left Wing 4 Forward 3 Defenceman 8 Goaltender 9

See also

• WCHA Awards

References

General

• "WCHA Awards", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on 2013-08-26. 
• "WCHA Major Award Winners", WCHA.com. Retrieved on 2013-08-26. 
• "NCAA (WCHA) Player of the Year", Elite Prospects. Retrieved on 2013-08-26. 

External links

• WCHA Awards (Incomplete)