ECAC Hockey Player of the Year

The ECAC Hockey Player of the Year is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the ECAC Hockey regular season to the best player in the conference as voted by the coaches of each ECAC team.^[1]

ECAC Hockey Player of the Year

Sport	Ice hockey
Awarded for	The Player of the Year in ECAC Hockey
History
First award	1962
Most recent	Ayrton Martino

The Player of the Year was first awarded in 1962 and every year thereafter.

Four players (Bob Brinkworth, Scott Fusco, Chase Polacek and Jimmy Vesey) have received the award two separate times, each doing so in consecutive years. The award has been split twice in its history, 2002–03 and 2013–14.

Award winners

Year Winner Position School 1961–62 Ron Ryan Right wing Colby 1962–63 Bob Brinkworth Center Rensselaer 1963–64 Bob Brinkworth Center Rensselaer 1964–65 John Cunniff Left wing Boston College 1965–66 Terry Yurkiewicz Goaltender Clarkson 1966–67 Doug Ferguson Center Cornell 1967–68 Wayne Small Forward Brown 1968–69 Ken Dryden Goaltender Cornell 1969–70 Tim Sheehy Center Boston College 1970–71 Bruce Bullock Goaltender Clarkson 1971–72 Bob Brown Defenceman Boston University 1972–73 Tom Mellor Defenceman Boston College 1973–74 Randy Roth Forward Harvard 1974–75 Ron Wilson Defenceman Providence 1975–76 Peter Brown Defenceman Boston University 1976–77 Dave Taylor Right wing Clarkson 1977–78 Lance Nethery Center Cornell 1978–79 Ralph Cox Center New Hampshire 1979–80 Craig Homola Center Vermont 1980–81 Ed Small Defenceman Clarkson 1981–82 Steve Cruickshank Center Clarkson 1982–83 Randy Velischek Defenceman Providence

Year Winner Position School 1983–84 Cleon Daskalakis Goaltender Boston University 1984–85 Scott Fusco Center Harvard 1985–86 Scott Fusco Center Harvard 1986–87 Joe Nieuwendyk Center Cornell 1987–88 Pete Lappin Right wing St. Lawrence 1988–89 Lane MacDonald Left wing Harvard 1989–90 Dave Gagnon Goaltender Colgate 1990–91 Peter Ciavaglia Center Harvard 1991–92 Daniel Laperrière Defenceman St. Lawrence 1992–93 Ted Drury Center Harvard 1993–94 Steve Martins Center Harvard 1994–95 Martin St. Louis Right wing Vermont 1995–96 Éric Perrin Center Vermont 1996–97 Todd White Center Clarkson 1997–98 Ray Giroux Defenceman Yale 1998–99 Eric Heffler Goaltender St. Lawrence 1999–00 Andy McDonald Center Colgate 2000–01 Erik Anderson Center St. Lawrence 2001–02 Marc Cavosie Left wing Rensselaer 2002–03 Chris Higgins Left wing Yale David LeNeveu Goaltender Cornell 2003–04 Yann Danis Goaltender Brown

Year Winner Position School 2004–05 David McKee Goaltender Cornell 2005–06 T. J. Trevelyan Left wing St. Lawrence 2006–07 Drew Bagnall Defenceman St. Lawrence 2007–08 Lee Jubinville Forward Princeton 2008–09 Zane Kalemba Goaltender Princeton 2009–10 Chase Polacek Right wing Rensselaer 2010–11 Chase Polacek Right wing Rensselaer 2011–12 Austin Smith Right wing Colgate 2012–13 Eric Hartzell Goaltender Quinnipiac 2013–14 Greg Carey Left wing St. Lawrence Shayne Gostisbehere Defenceman Union 2014–15 Jimmy Vesey Left wing Harvard 2015–16 Jimmy Vesey Left wing Harvard 2016–17 Mike Vecchione Forward Union 2017–18 Ryan Donato Center Harvard 2018–19 Adam Fox Defenceman Harvard 2019–20 Morgan Barron Forward Cornell 2020–21 Odeen Tufto Center Quinnipiac 2021–22 Yaniv Perets Goaltender Quinnipiac 2022–23 Sean Farrell Left wing Harvard 2023–24 Collin Graf Right wing Quinnipiac 2024–25 Ayrton Martino Left wing Clarkson

Winners by school School Winners Harvard 10 Clarkson 7 Cornell 7 St. Lawrence 7 Rensselaer 5 Quinnipiac 4 Boston College 3 Boston University 3 Colgate 3 Vermont 3 Brown 2 Princeton 2 Providence 2 Union 2 Yale 2 Colby 1 New Hampshire 1

Winners by position Position Winners Center 20 Right wing 8 Left wing 9 Forward 5 Defenceman 11 Goaltender 12

See also

• ECAC Hockey Awards