NCHC Sportsmanship Award

The NCHC Sportsmanship Award is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference regular season to the best player best exemplifying the qualities of sportsmanship in the conference as voted by the coaches of each NCHC team.[1]

NCHC Sportsmanship Award
SportIce hockey
Awarded forThe player best exemplifying the qualities of sportsmanship in the NCHC
History
First award2014
Most recentDarian Gotz

The Sportsmanship Award was first awarded in 2014 and is a successor to the Terry Flanagan Memorial Award which was discontinued after the conference dissolved due to the 2013–14 NCAA conference realignment.[2][3][4]

Award winners

YearWinnerPositionSchool
2013–14Eamonn McDermottDefencemanColorado College
2014–15Nick OliverForwardSt. Cloud State
2015–16Cal DecowskiForwardMinnesota Duluth
2016–17Matt HrynkiwGoaltenderNorth Dakota
Tyler VeselForwardOmaha
2017–18Karson KuhlmanForwardMinnesota Duluth
2018–19Patrick NewellForwardSt. Cloud State
2019–20Kobe RothForwardMinnesota Duluth
2020–21Kevin FitzgeraldCenterSt. Cloud State
2021–22Mark SendenForwardNorth Dakota
2022–23Spencer MeierDefensemanSt. Cloud State
2023–24Darian GotzDefensemanMinnesota Duluth

Winners by position

PositionWinners
Center1
Forward7
Defenceman3
Goaltender1

See also

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