NCHC Sportsmanship Award

NCHC Sportsmanship Award

Sport	Ice hockey
Awarded for	The player best exemplifying the qualities of sportsmanship in the NCHC
History
First award	2014
Most recent	Darian Gotz

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]

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

Year	Winner	Position	School
2013–14	Eamonn McDermott	Defenceman	Colorado College
2014–15	Nick Oliver	Forward	St. Cloud State
2015–16	Cal Decowski	Forward	Minnesota Duluth
2016–17	Matt Hrynkiw	Goaltender	North Dakota
	Tyler Vesel	Forward	Omaha
2017–18	Karson Kuhlman	Forward	Minnesota Duluth
2018–19	Patrick Newell	Forward	St. Cloud State
2019–20	Kobe Roth	Forward	Minnesota Duluth
2020–21	Kevin Fitzgerald	Center	St. Cloud State
2021–22	Mark Senden	Forward	North Dakota
2022–23	Spencer Meier	Defenseman	St. Cloud State
2023–24	Darian Gotz	Defenseman	Minnesota Duluth

Winners by school School Winners St. Cloud State 4 Minnesota Duluth 4 North Dakota 2 Colorado College 1 Omaha 1

Winners by position Position Winners Center 1 Forward 7 Defenceman 3 Goaltender 1

See also

• NCHC Awards
• Terry Flanagan Memorial Award

References

1. "Archibald, Dowd, LaLeggia Headline NCHC Award Winners". NCHC Hockey. March 20, 2014. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
2. "The CCHA is going away, but its history will have a final resting place". USCHO.com. March 6, 2013. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
3. "NCHC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. March 6, 2013. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
4. "Prow, Berry Capture NCHC's Top Honors at Awards Celebration". 17 March 2016.

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