Tournament Most Outstanding PlayerSport | Ice hockey |
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Awarded for | To the player who is judged to be the most outstanding player over the course of the NCAA tournament. |
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History |
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First award | 1984 |
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Most recent | Austin Mourar (Hobart) |
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The tournament Most Outstanding Player is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Championship to the player to be judged the most outstanding. The award was first conferred in 1984 but was retired after the 1990 championship. The award was resurrected in 2009 and has been given out annually since (as of 2019).
As of 2020, only one player has won the award multiple times (B. J. O'Brian) who, coincidentally, is also the only player to win the award while not playing for the national champion. The 2020 and 2021 tournaments were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, as a result no tournament Most Outstanding Player was awarded.[1]
Award winners[2]
Year | Winner | Position | School | 1984 | Paul Donato | Forward | Babson | 1985 | Chet Hallice | Goaltender | RIT | 1986 | Mike Alexander | Forward | Bemidji State | 1987 | Vacated † | 1988 | Not Awarded | 1989 | Shawn Wheeler | Forward | Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 1990 | Paul Caufield | Forward | Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 1991–2008 Award retired | 2009 | Ross MacKinnon | Goaltender | Neumann | 2010 | B. J. O'Brian* | Goaltender | St. Norbert | 2011 | B. J. O'Brian | Goaltender | St. Norbert | 2012 | David Jacobson | Goaltender | St. Norbert | | Year | Winner | Position | School | 2013 | Jordan Singer | Forward | Wisconsin–Eau Claire | 2014 | Joe Perry | Forward | St. Norbert | 2015 | Nathaniel Heilbron | Goaltender | Trinity | 2016 | Eliot Grauer | Forward | Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 2017 | William Pelletier | Forward | Norwich | 2018 | Tanner Froese | Forward | St. Norbert | 2019 | Tanner Karty | Forward | Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | 2021 | 2022 | Sam Ruffin | Forward | Adrian | 2023 | Damon Beaver | Goaltender | Hobart | 2024 | Austin Mourar | Defenseman | Hobart | |
† Chris Panek was the Tournament MOP in 1987 but the award was rescinded when Plattsburgh State's appearance was vacated as a result of NCAA rules violations.[3]
* Player was not a member of the championship team.
Award Breakdown
Winners by school School | Winners | St. Norbert | 5 | Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 4 | Hobart | 2 | Adrian | 1 | Babson | 1 | Bemidji State | 1 | Neumann | 1 | Norwich | 1 | RIT | 1 | Trinity | 1 | Wisconsin–Eau Claire | 1 | | | |
References
- ^ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns". NCAA.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
- ^ "Division III Men's Ice Hockey Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
- ^ "Plattsburgh Gets Probation". New York Times. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
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