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.
.jpg) Kyle McClellan (2024 recipient) | |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
|---|---|
| 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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.