List of Hockey East Goaltending Champions


The Hockey East Goaltending Champion is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the Hockey East regular season to the goaltender who held the lowest Goals Against Average in conference games during the regular season.
The Goaltending Champion was first awarded in 1985 and every year thereafter.
The current record for lowest GAA against conference opponents in a season is held by Jimmy Howard of Maine with a 1.15 Goals Against Average, set during the 2003–04 season.
Six players have won the award multiple times, with Scott King winning three times. The others, Derek Heriofsky, Michel Larocque, Ty Conklin, Matti Kaltainen and Cayden Primeau won twice. King, Larocque and Primeau managed to win the award in consecutive years.
The title has twice been awarded to the goalie with the highest save percentage, rather than goals allowed average. First, in 2016–17 to Collin Delia of Merrimack, with Jake Oettinger of Boston University's having a GAA mark of 2.09. Again, it was awarded to Jeremy Swayman of Maine in 2019–20 whereas Matt Murray of Massachusetts held a 1.88 GAA in league play.

Award winners

YearWinnerSchoolGAA
1984–85Chris TerreriProvidence3.49
1985–86Scott GordonBoston College3.42
1986–87Scott KingMaine3.06
1987–88Scott KingMaine2.97
1988–89David LittmanBoston College3.04
1989–90Scott KingMaine2.35
1990–91Scott LaGrandBoston College3.02
1991–92Derek HeriofskyBoston University2.45
1992–93Garth SnowMaine2.01
1993–94Derek HeriofskyBoston University2.27
1994–95Blair AllisonMaine2.72
1995–96Tom NobleBoston University2.89
1996–97Michel LarocqueBoston University2.57
1997–98Michel LarocqueBoston University1.74
1998–99Ty ConklinNew Hampshire1.64
1999–00Scott ClemmensenBoston College1.98
2000–01Ty ConklinNew Hampshire1.83
2001–02Mike AyersNew Hampshire1.79

YearWinnerSchoolGAA
2002–03Matti KaltainenBoston College2.20
2003–04Jimmy HowardMaine1.15
2004–05Matti KaltainenBoston College1.81
2005–06Cory SchneiderBoston College1.96
2006–07John CurryBoston University1.85
2007–08Kevin ReganNew Hampshire1.83
2008–09Brad ThiessenNortheastern2.09
2009–10Carter HuttonUMass Lowell2.35
2010–11John MuseBoston College1.84
2011–12Parker MilnerBoston College1.85
2012–13Connor HellebuyckUMass Lowell1.38
2013–14Thatcher DemkoBoston College1.35
2014–15Jon GilliesProvidence1.74
2015–16Kevin BoyleUMass Lowell1.80
2016–17Collin DeliaMerrimack2.21
2017–18Cayden PrimeauNortheastern1.79
2018–19Cayden PrimeauNortheastern2.12
2019–20Jeremy SwaymanMaine2.27

Winners by school

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