William Flynn Tournament Most Valuable Player

William Flynn Tournament Most Valuable Player

Sport	Ice hockey
Awarded for	To the Most Valuable Player in the Hockey East Championship Tournament.
History
First award	1985
Most recent	Will Smith (Boston College)

The William Flynn Tournament Most Valuable Player is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the Hockey East tournament to the best player in the championship as voted by a panel of writers and broadcasters. The award is named in honor of former Boston College athletic director William Flynn.

The Tournament MVP was first awarded in 1985 and every year thereafter.

Connor Hellebuyck and Bobby Trivigno are the only players to have won the award more than once, both doing so in consecutive years. Four recipients have received the honor while not playing for the conference champion, all of them being the runner-up goaltender. (as of 2022)

The 2020 tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, as a result a Tournament MVP was not awarded that year.

Award winners

Year	Winner	Position	School	Ref
1985	Chris Terreri	Goaltender	Providence
1986	Peter Marshall	Forward	Boston University
1987	Brian Leetch	Defenceman	Boston College
1988	Bruce Racine	Goaltender	Northeastern
1989	Bob Beers	Defenceman	Maine
1990	Scott LaGrand	Goaltender	Boston College
1991	Shawn McEachern	Left Wing	Boston University
1992	Scott Pellerin	Left Wing	Maine
1993	Jim Montgomery	Center	Maine
1994	Dwayne Roloson*	Goaltender	UMass Lowell
1995	Bob Bell*	Goaltender	Providence
1996	Joe Hulbig	Left Wing	Providence
1997	Michel Larocque	Goaltender	Boston University
1998	Marty Reasoner	Center	Boston College
1999	Blake Bellefeuille	Center	Boston College
2000	Niko Dimitrakos	Right Wing	Maine
2001	Chuck Kobasew	Right Wing	Boston College
2002	Darren Haydar	Right Wing	New Hampshire
2003	Sean Fields*	Goaltender	Boston University
2004	Jimmy Howard	Goaltender	Maine

Note: * recipient not on championship team

Year	Winner	Position	School	Ref
2005	Brian Boyle	Center	Boston College
2006	David Van der Gulik	Right Wing	Boston University
2007	Brock Bradford	Center	Boston College
2008	Nathan Gerbe	Left Wing	Boston College
2009	Kieran Millan	Goaltender	Boston University
2010	Matt Lombardi	Right Wing	Boston College
2011	Cam Atkinson	Right Wing	Boston College
2012	Johnny Gaudreau	Left Wing	Boston College
2013	Connor Hellebuyck	Goaltender	UMass Lowell
2014	Connor Hellebuyck	Goaltender	UMass Lowell
2015	Jack Eichel	Center	Boston University
2016	Kevin Boyle*	Goaltender	UMass Lowell
2017	C. J. Smith	Forward	UMass Lowell
2018	Jake Oettinger	Goaltender	Boston University
2019	Cayden Primeau	Goaltender	Northeastern
2020	Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Bobby Trivigno	Left Wing	Massachusetts
2022	Bobby Trivigno	Left Wing	Massachusetts
2023	Lane Hutson	Defenceman	Boston University
2024	Will Smith	Center	Boston College

Winners by school

School	Winners
Boston College	12
Boston University	9
Maine	5
UMass Lowell	5
Providence	3
Massachusetts	2
Northeastern	2
New Hampshire	1

Winners by position

Position	Winners
Center	7
Right Wing	6
Left Wing	7
Forward	2
Defenceman	3
Goaltender	14

See also

• Hockey East Awards

References

General

• "Hockey East Awards". Hockey East Online. Archived from the original on 2012-04-13. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
• "Hockey East Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
• "NCAA (Hockey East) Tournament MVP". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2013-08-19.

External links

• Hockey East Awards (Incomplete)