Mike Richter Award
Appearance
Sport | Ice hockey |
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Awarded for | To the most outstanding goaltender in NCAA men's ice hockey.[1] |
History | |
First award | 2014 |
First winner | Connor Hellebuyck (UMass Lowell) |
Most recent | Kyle McClellan (Wisconsin) |
The Mike Richter Award is an annual award given to the goaltender voted to be the most outstanding in Division I NCAA men's ice hockey during the regular season. The award is named in honor of former Wisconsin goaltender Mike Richter.
The inaugural winner was announced at the 2014 Frozen Four tournament held April 10–12, 2014 in Philadelphia.[2]
As of 2024, Devon Levi is the first goaltender to win the award multiple times, as well as in consecutive years.
Award winners
[edit]Year | Winner | School | Ref |
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2013–14 | Connor Hellebuyck | UMass Lowell | [3] |
2014–15 | Zane McIntyre | North Dakota | |
2015–16 | Thatcher Demko | Boston College | |
2016–17 | Tanner Jaillet | Denver | [4] |
2017–18 | Cale Morris | Notre Dame | |
2018–19 | Cayden Primeau | Northeastern | [5] |
2019–20 | Jeremy Swayman | Maine | |
2020–21 | Jack LaFontaine | Minnesota | |
2021–22 | Devon Levi | Northeastern | |
2022–23 | Devon Levi | Northeastern | |
2023–24 | Kyle McClellan | Wisconsin |
Winners by school
[edit]School | Winners |
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Northeastern | 3 |
Boston College | 1 |
Denver | 1 |
Maine | 1 |
Minnesota | 1 |
North Dakota | 1 |
Notre Dame | 1 |
UMass Lowell | 1 |
Wisconsin | 1 |
References
[edit]- ^ "LETSPLAYHOCKEY.COM". www.letsplayhockey.com.
- ^ ""Union goalie, Niskayuna native Stevens nominated for Richter Award" by Parting Schotts". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14.
- ^ "UMass-Lowell's Hellebuyck wins Mike Richter Award". NHL.com.
- ^ "Jaillet wins Mike Richter Award, completing hat trick of individual honors for Denver :: USCHO.com :: U.S. College Hockey Online". Archived from the original on 2017-04-09.
- ^ "Mike Richter Award recipient Primeau glad he won over dad on playing goalie". 12 April 2019.
External links
[edit]- "Mike Richter Award".
- "NCAA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2014-07-03.