USA Hockey award for the outstanding women's ice hockey player
Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year Award
Sport
Ice hockey
Awarded for
Most outstanding American women’s ice hockey player.
History
First award
1994
First winner
Erin Whitten-Hamlen
Most wins
Multiple (2)
Most recent
Laila Edwards
The Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year Award is given annually by USA Hockey to the most outstanding American-born female ice hockey player. It was first presented in 1994.
The award is named after the late Bob Allen, who was president of the New York State Amateur Hockey Association from 1954 to 1979 and served in high-ranking positions at USA Hockey from 1974 to 1999. A lifelong supporter of women's hockey, he played a major role in the development of girls' and women's hockey in the United States.[1]
Award winners
Angela Ruggiero was the first defenseman to win the award, and the first player to win in consecutive yearsHilary Knight's two wins came eight years apart, in 2014 and 2022Goaltender Aerin Frankel won the award in 2021