List of NCHC Rookie of the Year

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NCHC Rookie of the Year
Sport Ice hockey
Given forThe Rookie of the Year in the NCHC
History
First award2014
Most recent Taylor Ward

The NCHC Rookie of the Year is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference regular season to the best rookie in the conference as voted by the coaches of each NCHC team. [1]

National Collegiate Hockey Conference U.S. college mens ice hockey conference

The National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) is an NCAA men's division I hockey conference formed on July 9, 2011. The league began playing for the 2013–14 season, the same season that the Big Ten Conference began competition, as a combination of six previous members of the WCHA and two of the CCHA. The league is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Josh Fenton has served as conference commissioner since July 1, 2013.

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The Rookie of the Year was first awarded in 2014 and is a successor to the CCHA Rookie of the Year which was discontinued after the conference dissolved due to the 2013–14 NCAA conference realignment. [2]

Award winners [3] [4]

YearWinnerPositionSchool
2013–14 Jaccob Slavin Defenceman Colorado College
2014–15 Danton Heinen Right Wing Denver
2015–16 Brock Boeser Right Wing North Dakota
2016–17 Henrik Borgström Center Denver
2017–18 Scott Perunovich Defenceman Minnesota–Duluth
2018–19 Taylor Ward Forward Omaha

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References

  1. ↑ "Archibald, Dowd, LaLeggia Headline NCHC Award Winners". NCHC Hockey. 2014-03-20. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  2. ↑ "The CCHA is going away, but its history will have a final resting place". USCHO.com. 2013-03-06. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
  3. ↑ "NCHC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. 2013-03-06. Retrieved 2014-05-17.
  4. ↑ http://www.nchchockey.com/news_article/show/626784?referrer_id=878553-news
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