CCHA Player of the Year

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]

CCHA Player of the Year

Sport	Ice hockey
Awarded for	The Player of the Year in the CCHA
History
First award	1977
Most recent	Alex Tracy

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 2024–25 Alex Tracy 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 3 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 7 Defenceman 4 Goaltender 12

See also

• CCHA Awards