Hobey Baker Legends of College Hockey Award


The Hobey Baker Legends of College Hockey Award is an annual award presented by the Hobey Baker Memorial Award Committee to honor "one of the all-time great contributors to the game of college hockey."
In 1981, the Hobey Baker Memorial Award Committee established two annual awards. While the Hobey Baker Award is given to the individual selected as the outstanding NCAA men's ice hockey player of the current year, the "Legends of College Hockey Award" honors a player, coach, or administrator who has made outstanding historic contributions to the sport.

Award winners

YearWinnerPositionSchool
1981John "Snooks" KellyCoachBoston College 1933–1942, 1946–1972
1982Vic HeyligerPlayer, coachMichigan 1934–1937
Michigan 1944–1957; Air Force 1968–1974
1983John MariucciCoachMinnesota 1952–1955, 1956–1966
1984Murray ArmstrongCoachDenver 1956–1977
1985Herb GallagherPlayer, coach, administratorNortheastern 1931–1934
Northeastern 1936–1942, 1946–1955
Northeastern 1955–1976 ; founder of the Beanpot hockey tournament
1986Amo BessonePlayer, coachIllinois 1940–1943
Michigan Tech 1948–1951; Michigan State 1951–1979
1987Murray MurdochCoachYale 1938–1965
1988Fido PurpurCoachNorth Dakota 1949–1956
1989Jim FullertonCoachBrown 1955–1970
1990Al RenfrewPlayer, coachMichigan 1945–1949
Michigan Tech 1951–1956; North Dakota 1956–1957; Michigan 1957–1973
1991Jack RileyPlayer, coachDartmouth 1940–1942, 1946–1947
Army 1950–1986
1992John "Connie" PlebanCoachU.S. Olympic Team 1952; U.S. National teams 1950, 1961, 1962; Minnesota-Duluth 1955–1959
1993Bill ClearyPlayer, coachHarvard 1953–1955
Harvard 1971–1990
1994Jack KelleyPlayer, coachBoston University 1949–1952
Colby College 1955–1962, 1976–1977; Boston University 1962–1972
1995John MayasichPlayerMinnesota 1951–1955; US Olympic Teams 1956, 1960
1996Len CeglarskiPlayer, coachBoston College 1948–1951
Clarkson 1958–1972; Boston College 1972–1992
1997Lou LamorielloPlayer, coach, administratorProvidence College 1962–1963
Providence College 1968–1983
Providence College 1983–1987
1998Ned HarknessCoachRensselaer Polytechnic 1949–63; Cornell 1963–70; Union 1975–1978
1999John MacInnesPlayer, coachMichigan 1945–1950
Michigan Tech 1956–1982
1999Glen SonmorCoachOhio State 1965–1966; Minnesota 1966–1972
2000Bob JohnsonPlayer, coachNorth Dakota 1950–1951
Colorado College 1963–66; Wisconsin 1966–1975, 1976–1982
2001Bob PetersPlayer, coachNorth Dakota 1957–1958
North Dakota 1964–1966; Bemidji State 1966–1982, 1983–2001
2002Sid WatsonCoachBowdoin 1960–1983
2003Lefty SmithCoachNotre Dame 1968–1987
2004Ron MasonPlayer, coachSt. Lawrence University 1960–1963
Lake Superior State 1966–1973; Bowling Green 1973–1979; Michigan State 1979–2002
2005Murray WilliamsonCoachUS Olympic Team 1972
2006Cooney WeilandCoachHarvard 1950–71
2007Ed SaugestadPlayer, coachAugsburg 1958–1959
Augsburg 1958–1990, 1992–1996
2008Eddie JeremiahPlayer, coachDartmouth 1926–1930
Dartmouth 1937–1942, 1945–1963, 1964–67
2009Don RobertsCoachGustavus Adolphus 1965–1996
2010Charlie HoltCoachColby 1962–1968; New Hampshire 1968–86
2011Herb BrooksPlayer, coachMinnesota 1955–1959
Minnesota 1972–1979, Saint Cloud State 1986–1987
2012Fernie FlamanCoachNortheastern 1970–1989
2013Jeff SauerPlayer, coachColorado College 1962–1965
Colorado College 1971–1982; Wisconsin 1982–2002
2014Jack ParkerPlayer, coachBoston University 1965–1968
Boston University 1973–2013
2015Tim TaylorPlayer, coachHarvard 1960–1963
Yale 1976–1983, 1984–1993, 1994–2006; US Olympic Team 1994
2016Bill SelmanPlayer, coachNorth Dakota 1960–1963
North Dakota 1966–1968; Minnesota–Duluth 1968–1970; St. Louis 1970–1979;
Lake Superior State 1981–1983; US National Team 1982
2017Bill Riley Jr.Player, coachBoston University 1965–1968
UMass Lowell 1969–1991
2018Red BerensonPlayer, coachMichigan 1959–1962
Michigan 1984–2017
2019Jim CrossPlayer, coachBoston University 1958–1960
Vermont 1965–1984
2020Rick ComleyPlayer, coachLake Superior State 1967–1971
Lake Superior State 1973–1976; Northern Michigan 1976–2002; Michigan State 2002–2011