Mike Richter Award

Mike Richter Award
	Kyle McClellan (2024 recipient)
Sport	Ice hockey
Awarded for	To the most outstanding goaltender in NCAA men's ice hockey.
History
First award	2014
First winner	Connor Hellebuyck (UMass Lowell)
Most recent	Kyle McClellan (Wisconsin)

The Mike Richter Award is an annual award given to the goaltender voted to be the most outstanding in Division I NCAA men's ice hockey during the regular season. The award is named in honor of former Wisconsin goaltender Mike Richter.

The inaugural winner was announced at the 2014 Frozen Four tournament held April 10–12, 2014 in Philadelphia.^[2]

As of 2024, Devon Levi is the first goaltender to win the award multiple times, as well as in consecutive years.

Award winners

Year	Winner	School	Ref
2013–14	Connor Hellebuyck	UMass Lowell	^[3]
2014–15	Zane McIntyre	North Dakota
2015–16	Thatcher Demko	Boston College
2016–17	Tanner Jaillet	Denver	^[4]
2017–18	Cale Morris	Notre Dame
2018–19	Cayden Primeau	Northeastern	^[5]
2019–20	Jeremy Swayman	Maine
2020–21	Jack LaFontaine	Minnesota
2021–22	Devon Levi	Northeastern
2022–23	Devon Levi	Northeastern
2023–24	Kyle McClellan	Wisconsin

Winners by school

School	Winners
Northeastern	3
Boston College	1
Denver	1
Maine	1
Minnesota	1
North Dakota	1
Notre Dame	1
UMass Lowell	1
Wisconsin	1

References

^ "LETSPLAYHOCKEY.COM". www.letsplayhockey.com.
^ ""Union goalie, Niskayuna native Stevens nominated for Richter Award" by Parting Schotts". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14.
^ "UMass-Lowell's Hellebuyck wins Mike Richter Award". NHL.com.
^ "Jaillet wins Mike Richter Award, completing hat trick of individual honors for Denver :: USCHO.com :: U.S. College Hockey Online". Archived from the original on 2017-04-09.
^ "Mike Richter Award recipient Primeau glad he won over dad on playing goalie". 12 April 2019.

External links

"Mike Richter Award".
"NCAA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2014-07-03.

[1] "LETSPLAYHOCKEY.COM". www.letsplayhockey.com.

[2] ""Union goalie, Niskayuna native Stevens nominated for Richter Award" by Parting Schotts". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14.

[3] "UMass-Lowell's Hellebuyck wins Mike Richter Award". NHL.com.

[4] "Jaillet wins Mike Richter Award, completing hat trick of individual honors for Denver :: USCHO.com :: U.S. College Hockey Online". Archived from the original on 2017-04-09.

[5] "Mike Richter Award recipient Primeau glad he won over dad on playing goalie". 12 April 2019.

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Division I Conferences	Atlantic Hockey America Big Ten CCHA ECAC Hockey Hockey East NCHC
Defunct Conferences	Atlantic Hockey Association CHA Great West MAAC Tri-State League WCHA
NCAA awards	All-American Teams Hobey Baker Award Spencer Penrose Award Tim Taylor Award Derek Hines Unsung Hero Award Mike Richter Award NCAA Scoring Champion Most Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament