CCHA Player of the Year

CCHA Player of the Year
SportIce hockey
Awarded forThe Player of the Year in the CCHA
History
First award1977
Most recentSam Morton

The CCHA Player of the Year is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association regular season to the best player in the conference as voted by the coaches of each CCHA team.[1] The award went on hiatus after the original CCHA was disbanded after the 2012–13 season, and was reinstated when the league resumed play in 2021–22.[2][3]

The Player of the Year was first awarded in 1977 and every year thereafter until 2013, when the original CCHA was dissolved as a consequence of the Big Ten Conference forming its men's ice hockey conference.[4] The award returned along with the league in 2022.[5]

Two players (Brendan Morrison and Ryan Miller) have received the award two separate times, both doing so in consecutive years.

Award winners

Year Winner Position School
1976–77 Mike Liut Goaltender Bowling Green
1977–78 John Markell Forward Bowling Green
Don Waddell Defenceman Northern Michigan
1978–79 Ken Morrow Defenceman Bowling Green
1979–80 Steve Weeks Goaltender Northern Michigan
1980–81 Jeff Pyle Left Wing Northern Michigan
1981–82 George McPhee Forward Bowling Green
1982–83 Brian Hills Forward Bowling Green
1983–84 Paul Pooley Forward Ohio State
1984–85 Ray Staszak Forward Illinois-Chicago
1985–86 Dan Dorion Right Wing Western Michigan
1986–87 Wayne Gagné Defenceman Western Michigan
1987–88 Mark Vermette Right Wing Lake Superior State
1988–89 Bruce Hoffort Goaltender Lake Superior State
1989–90 Kip Miller Left Wing Michigan State
1990–91 Jim Dowd Center Lake Superior State
1991–92 Dwayne Norris Right Wing Michigan State
1992–93 Brian Savage Left Wing Miami
1993–94 David Oliver Right Wing Michigan
1994–95 Brian Holzinger Center Bowling Green
1995–96 Brendan Morrison Center Michigan
Year Winner Position School
1996–97 Brendan Morrison Center Michigan
1997–98 Chad Alban Goaltender Michigan State
1998–99 Mike York Center Michigan State
1999–00 Shawn Horcoff Center Michigan State
2000–01 Ryan Miller Goaltender Michigan State
2001–02 Ryan Miller Goaltender Michigan State
2002–03 Chris Kunitz Left Wing Ferris State
2003–04 Derek Edwardson Center Miami
2004–05 Tuomas Tarkki Goaltender Northern Michigan
2005–06 Scott Parse Right Wing Nebraska-Omaha
2006–07 David Brown Goaltender Notre Dame
2007–08 Kevin Porter Center Michigan
2008–09 Chad Johnson Goaltender Alaska
2009–10 Cody Reichard Goaltender Miami
2010–11 Andy Miele Center Miami
2011–12 Torey Krug Defenceman Michigan State
2012–13 Austin Czarnik Center Miami
2021–22 Dryden McKay Goaltender Minnesota State
2022–23 Blake Pietila Goaltender Michigan Tech
2023–24 Sam Morton Forward Minnesota State

Winners by school

School Winners
Michigan State 8
Bowling Green 6
Miami 5
Michigan 4
Northern Michigan 4
Lake Superior State 3
Minnesota State 2
Western Michigan 2
Alaska 1
Ferris State 1
Illinois-Chicago 1
Michigan Tech 1
Nebraska–Omaha 1
Notre Dame 1
Ohio State 1

Winners by position

Position Winners
Center 9
Right Wing 5
Left Wing 4
Forward 6
Defenceman 4
Goaltender 12

See also

References

General

  • "CCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
  • "NCAA (CCHA) Player of the Year". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2013-07-23.

Specific

  1. ^ "Henderson and Odegard Recipients of CCHA Major Awards". Alaska Nanooks. 2013-03-22. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
  2. ^ Johnson, Randy (February 18, 2020). "CCHA will be new name for seven teams leaving WCHA in 2021-22". Star Tribune. Minneapolis. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  3. ^ "CCHA to announce annual awards this week" (Press release). Central Collegiate Hockey Association. March 13, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
  4. ^ "The CCHA is going away, but its history will have a final resting place". USCHO.com. 2013-03-06. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
  5. ^ "MSU's McKay named CCHA Player of the Year" (Press release). Central Collegiate Hockey Association. March 17, 2022. Retrieved March 18, 2022.

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