WCHA Most Outstanding Player in Tournament

The WCHA Most Outstanding Player in Tournament was an annual award given out at the conclusion of the WCHA tournament to the best player in the championship as voted by the head coaches of each member team.^[1]

WCHA Most Outstanding Player in Tournament

Sport	Ice hockey
Awarded for	To the Most Outstanding Player in the WCHA conference tournament.
History
First award	1988
Editions	34
Final award	2021
First winner	Dean Anderson
Most wins	Bill Pye (2)
Most recent	Ashton Calder

The Tournament MVP was first awarded in 1988 and every year thereafter. The award was changed from 'most valuable' to 'most outstanding' for the 2017 tournament.^[2]

Bill Pye is the only player to have won the award more than once. Additionally, two recipients have received the honor while not playing for the conference champion.

Award winners

Year Winner Position School 1988 Dean Anderson Goaltender Wisconsin 1989 Bill Pye Goaltender Northern Michigan 1990 Steve Rohlik Left wing Wisconsin 1991 Bill Pye Goaltender Northern Michigan 1992 Corwin Saurdiff Goaltender Northern Michigan 1993 Travis Richards Defenceman Minnesota 1994 Chris McAlpine Defenceman Minnesota 1995 Kirk Daubenspeck Goaltender Wisconsin 1996 Brian Bonin Center Minnesota 1997 David Hoogsteen Left wing North Dakota 1998 Joe Bianchi Center Wisconsin 1999 Stephen Wagner Goaltender Denver 2000 Lee Goren Right wing North Dakota 2001 Tyler Arnason Center St. Cloud State 2002 Wade Dubielewicz Goaltender Denver 2003 Grant Potulny Center Minnesota 2004 Kellen Briggs Goaltender Minnesota Note: * recipient not on championship team

Year Winner Position School 2005 Brett Sterling* Left wing Colorado College 2006 Jordan Parise Goaltender North Dakota 2007 Blake Wheeler Right wing Minnesota 2008 Alex Kangas* Goaltender Minnesota 2009 Alex Stalock Goaltender Minnesota Duluth 2010 Evan Trupp Left wing North Dakota 2011 Matt Frattin Right wing North Dakota 2012 Aaron Dell Goaltender North Dakota 2013 Nic Kerdiles Center Wisconsin 2014 Cole Huggins Goaltender Minnesota State 2015 Brad McClure Forward Minnesota State 2016 Darren Smith Goaltender Ferris State 2017 Shane Hanna Defenceman Michigan Tech 2018 Patrick Munson Goaltender Michigan Tech 2019 Nick Rivera Forward Minnesota State 2020 Not awarded due to the coronavirus pandemic 2021 Ashton Calder Forward Lake Superior State

Winners by school School Winners Minnesota[a 1] 7 North Dakota[a 2] 6 Wisconsin[a 1] 5 Minnesota State 3 Northern Michigan 3 Michigan Tech 2 Denver[a 2] 2 Colorado College[a 2] 1 Ferris State 1 Lake Superior State 1 Minnesota Duluth[a 2] 1 St. Cloud State[a 2] 1

Winners by position Position Winners Center 5 Right wing 3 Left wing 3 Forward 3 Defenceman 3 Goaltender 15

1. Minnesota and Wisconsin left after the 2012-13 season to join the Big Ten.
2. North Dakota, Denver, Colorado College, Minnesota-Duluth, and St. Cloud State left after the 2012-13 season to join the NCHC.

See also

• WCHA Awards