CCHA Player of the Year

CCHA Player of the Year
Sport	Ice hockey
Awarded for	The Player of the Year in the CCHA
History
First award	1977
Most recent	Sam 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
1977–78	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

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

^ "Henderson and Odegard Recipients of CCHA Major Awards". Alaska Nanooks. 2013-03-22. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
^ 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.
^ "CCHA to announce annual awards this week" (Press release). Central Collegiate Hockey Association. March 13, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
^ "The CCHA is going away, but its history will have a final resting place". USCHO.com. 2013-03-06. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
^ "MSU's McKay named CCHA Player of the Year" (Press release). Central Collegiate Hockey Association. March 17, 2022. Retrieved March 18, 2022.

External links

CCHA Awards (Incomplete) Archived 2010-12-30 at the Wayback Machine

v t e Central Collegiate Hockey Association
Current members	Augustana Vikings Bemidji State Beavers Bowling Green Falcons Ferris State Bulldogs Lake Superior State Lakers Michigan Tech Huskies Minnesota State Mavericks Northern Michigan Wildcats St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies
Venues	Midco Arena (Augustana) Sanford Center (Bemidji State) Slater Family Ice Arena (Bowling Green) Ewigleben Arena (Ferris State) Taffy Abel Arena (Lake Superior State) MacInnes Student Ice Arena (Michigan Tech) Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center (Minnesota State) Berry Events Center (Northern Michigan) St. Thomas Ice Arena (St. Thomas)
Seasons	1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Former members	Alaska Nanooks Kent State Golden Flashes Miami RedHawks Michigan Wolverines Michigan State Spartans Nebraska–Omaha Mavericks Notre Dame Fighting Irish Ohio Bobcats Ohio State Buckeyes Saint Louis Billikens Illinois–Chicago Flames Western Michigan Broncos
Awards	MacNaughton Cup Mason Cup All-CCHA Teams Best Defensive Defenseman Best Defensive Forward Coach of the Year Defenseman of the Year Forward of the Year Goaltender of the Year Player of the Year Rookie of the Year Tournament MVP All-Tournament Teams
NCAA MacNaughton Cup CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament (Champions, Mason Cup) Joe Louis Arena (former conference tourney site)

CCHA Player of the Year

Award winners

Winners by school

Winners by position

See also

References

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