List of ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Year

ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Year
Sport	Ice hockey
Given for	The Rookie of the Year in ECAC Hockey
History
First award	1962
Most recent	Nick Abruzzese

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

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

The vote has been split for the award four times in its history.

Award winners

Year Winner Position School 1961–62 Bob Brinkworth Center Rensselaer 1962–63 Richie Green Defenceman Boston University 1963–64 John Cunniff Left wing Boston College 1964–65 Doug Ferguson Center Cornell 1965–66 Kent Parrot Forward Harvard 1966–67 Herb Wakabayashi Forward Boston University 1967–68 Mike Hyndman Right wing Boston University 1968–69 Joe Cavanagh Center Harvard 1969–70 Tom Mellor Defenceman Boston College 1970–71 Bob Brown Defenceman Boston University 1971–72 Don Cutts Goaltender Rensselaer 1972–73 Vic Stanfield Defenceman Boston University 1973–74 Ron Wilson Defenceman Providence 1974–75 Bob Miller Forward New Hampshire 1975–76 Paul Skidmore Goaltender Boston College 1976–77 Jack Hughes Defenceman Harvard 1977–78 Mark Fidler Forward Boston University 1978–79 Bill Whelton Defenceman Boston University 1979–80 Mark Fusco Defenceman Harvard 1980–81 Don Sylvestri Goaltender Clarkson 1981–82 Normand Lacombe Right wing New Hampshire

Year Winner Position School 1982–83 George Servinis Left wing Rensselaer 1983–84 John Cullen Center Boston University 1984–85 Joe Nieuwendyk Center Cornell 1985–86 John Messuri Right wing Princeton 1986–87 John Fletcher Goaltender Clarkson 1987–88 Trent Andison Forward Cornell 1988–89 Andre Faust Left wing Princeton 1989–90 Kent Manderville Center Cornell 1990–91 Geoff Finch Goaltender Brown 1991–92 Christian Soucy Goaltender Vermont 1992–93 Burke Murphy Right wing St. Lawrence 1993–94 Éric Perrin Center Vermont 1994–95 Paul DiFrancesco Forward St. Lawrence 1995–96 Kyle Knopp Left wing Cornell 1996–97 J. R. Prestifilippo Goaltender Harvard 1997–98 Erik Cole Left wing Clarkson Willie Mitchell Defenceman Clarkson 1998–99 Brandon Dietrich Center St. Lawrence 1999–00 Derek Gustafson Goaltender St. Lawrence 2000–01 Rob McFeeters Left wing Clarkson 2001–02 Chris Higgins Left wing Yale

Year Winner Position School 2002–03 Hugh Jessiman Right wing Dartmouth 2003–04 Brian Ihnacak Center Brown David McKee Goaltender Cornell 2004–05 Joe Fallon Goaltender Vermont 2005–06 Bryan Leitch Left wing Quinnipiac 2006–07 Sean Backman Right wing Yale Brandon Wong Forward Quinnipiac 2007–08 Riley Nash Center Cornell 2008–09 Jody O'Neill Goaltender Dartmouth 2009–10 Jerry D'Amigo Left wing Rensselaer 2010–11 Andrew Calof Center Princeton 2011–12 Brian Ferlin Right wing Cornell 2012–13 Jason Kasdorf Goaltender Rensselaer 2013–14 Sam Anas Forward Quinnipiac Gavin Bayreuther Defenceman St. Lawrence 2014–15 Kyle Hayton Goaltender St. Lawrence 2015–16 Joe Snively Forward Yale 2016–17 Adam Fox Defenceman Harvard 2017–18 Matthew Galajda Goaltender Cornell 2018–19 Casey Dornbach Forward Harvard 2019–20 Nick Abruzzese Forward Harvard

Winners by school School Winners Cornell 9 Boston University 8 Harvard 8 St. Lawrence 6 Clarkson 5 Rensselaer 5 Boston College 3 Princeton 3 Quinnipiac 3 Vermont 3 Yale 3 Brown 2 Dartmouth 2 New Hampshire 2 Providence 1

Winners by position Position Winners Center 11 Right wing 7 Left wing 9 Forward 11 Defenceman 11 Goaltender 14

See also

• ECAC Hockey Awards

References

General

• "ECAC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
• "ECAC Awards and Honors" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
• "NCAA (ECAC) Rookie of the Year". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2013-08-03.

Specific

1. "Gostisbehere, Bodie, Carr earn spots on ECAC Hockey All-League Teams". Union Athletics. 2013-03-21. Retrieved 2013-08-01.

External links

• ECAC Hockey Awards (Incomplete)