NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament Most Outstanding Player

The tournament Most Outstanding Player is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the NCAA men's ice hockey championship to the player to be judged the most outstanding. The award has been in effect since the adoption of a national championship tournament for the 1947–48 season.

Tournament Most Outstanding Player

Sport	Ice hockey
Awarded for	To the player who is judged to be the most outstanding player over the course of the NCAA tournament.
History
First award	1948
Most recent	Matt Davis, Denver

History

In recent years the award has usually gone to the most outstanding player of the team that won the Division I NCAA Tournament. During the first five years of the tournament the most outstanding player did not come from the winning squad but since 1953 the MOP has not been on the victorious school in only three years (1955, 1960 and 1985). Only two players have been named MOP more than once (Lou Angotti and Marc Behrend), however neither was able to do so in consecutive years. In 1960 the MOP was awarded to multiple players for the first time when it was awarded to three separate people, none of whom played for the National Champion. It has not been awarded to more than one player in a single year since.

The 2020 tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as a result no tournament Most Outstanding Player was awarded.^[1]

Award winners

Year Winner Position School^[2] 1948 Joe Riley* Forward Dartmouth 1949 Dick Desmond* Goaltender Dartmouth 1950 Ralph Bevins* Goaltender Boston University 1951 Donald Whiston* Goaltender Brown 1952 Ken Kinsley* Goaltender Colorado College 1953 John Matchefts Center Michigan 1954 Abbie Moore Center Rensselaer 1955 Phil Hilton* Defenceman Colorado College 1956 Lorne Howes Goaltender Michigan 1957 Bob McCusker Left wing Colorado College 1958 Murray Massier Center Denver 1959 Reg Morelli Forward North Dakota 1960 Lou Angotti* Right wing Michigan Tech Bob Marquis* Center Boston University Barry Urbanski* Goaltender Boston University 1961 Bill Masterton Center Denver 1962 Lou Angotti Right wing Michigan Tech 1963 Al McLean Center North Dakota 1964 Bob Gray Goaltender Michigan 1965 Gary Milroy Center Michigan Tech 1966 Gaye Cooley Goaltender Michigan State 1967 Skip Stanowski Defenceman Cornell 1968 Gerry Powers Goaltender Denver 1969 Keith Magnuson Defenceman Denver 1970 Dan Lodboa Defenceman Cornell 1971 Dan Brady Goaltender Boston University 1972 Tim Regan Goaltender Boston University Note: * Recipient did not play for the National Champion

Year Winner Position School 1973 Dean Talafous Right wing Wisconsin 1974 Brad Shelstad Goaltender Minnesota 1975 Jim Warden Goaltender Michigan Tech 1976 Tom Vannelli Center Minnesota 1977 Julian Baretta Goaltender Wisconsin 1978 Jack O'Callahan Defenceman Boston University 1979 Steve Janaszak Goaltender Minnesota 1980 Doug Smail Right wing North Dakota 1981 Marc Behrend Goaltender Wisconsin 1982 Phil Sykes Left wing North Dakota 1983 Marc Behrend Goaltender Wisconsin 1984 Gary Kruzich Goaltender Bowling Green 1985 Chris Terreri* Goaltender Providence 1986 Mike Donnelly Left wing Michigan State 1987 Tony Hrkac Center North Dakota 1988 Bruce Hoffort Goaltender Lake Superior State 1989 Ted Donato Left wing Harvard 1990 Chris Tancill Right wing Wisconsin 1991 Scott Beattie Center Northern Michigan 1992 Paul Constantin Left wing Lake Superior State 1993 Jim Montgomery Center Maine 1994 Sean Tallaire Right wing Lake Superior State 1995 Chris O'Sullivan Forward Boston University 1996 Brendan Morrison Center Michigan 1997 Matt Henderson Left wing North Dakota 1998 Marty Turco Goaltender Michigan 1999 Alfie Michaud Goaltender Maine

Year Winner Position School 2000 Lee Goren Right wing North Dakota 2001 Chuck Kobasew Right wing Boston College 2002 Grant Potulny Center Minnesota 2003 Thomas Vanek Right wing Minnesota 2004 Adam Berkhoel Goaltender Denver 2005 Peter Mannino Goaltender Denver 2006 Robbie Earl Left wing Wisconsin 2007 Justin Abdelkader Left wing Michigan State 2008 Nathan Gerbe Left wing Boston College 2009 Colby Cohen Defenceman Boston University 2010 Ben Smith Right wing Boston College 2011 J. T. Brown Right wing Minnesota–Duluth 2012 Parker Milner Goaltender Boston College 2013 Andrew Miller Center Yale 2014 Shayne Gostisbehere Defenceman Union 2015 Jon Gillies Goaltender Providence 2016 Drake Caggiula Forward North Dakota 2017 Jarid Lukosevicius Right wing Denver 2018 Karson Kuhlman Center Minnesota–Duluth 2019 Parker Mackay Right wing Minnesota–Duluth 2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 Bobby Trivigno Forward Massachusetts 2022 Michael Benning Defenceman Denver 2023 Jacob Quillan Forward Quinnipiac 2024 Matt Davis Goaltender Denver

Award breakdown

Winners by school^[3]^[4] School Winners Denver 9 Boston University 8 North Dakota 8 Wisconsin 6 Michigan 5 Minnesota 5 Boston College 4 Michigan Tech 4 Colorado College 3 Lake Superior State 3 Michigan State 3 Minnesota–Duluth 3 Cornell 2 Dartmouth 2 Maine 2 Providence 2 Bowling Green 1 Brown 1 Harvard 1 Massachusetts 1 Northern Michigan 1 Quinnipiac 1 Rensselaer 1 Union 1 Yale 1

Winners by position Position Winners Center 15 Right wing 13 Left wing 9 Forward 6 Defenceman 8 Goaltender 27

References

1. Solari, Chris (March 12, 2020). "NCAA cancels March Madness, Frozen Four, all other championships; Big Ten halts all sports". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
2. "Awards - NCAA (Championship) Tournament MVP". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
3. "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-17.
4. "Men's Division I NCAA tournament". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2013-07-18.