List of NCAA Division I Ice Hockey Tournament Most Outstanding Player


The Tournament Most Outstanding Player is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship to the player to be judged the most outstanding. The award has been in effect since the adoption of a national championship tournament for the 1947–48 season.
In recent years the award has usually gone to the most outstanding player of the team that won the Division I NCAA Tournament. During the first five years of the tournament the most outstanding player did not come from the winning squad but since 1953 the MOP has not been on the victorious school in only three years. Only two players have been named MOP more than once, however neither was able to do so in consecutive years. In 1960 the MOP was awarded to multiple players for the first time when it was awarded to three separate people, none of whom played for the National Champion. It has not been awarded to more than one player in a single year since.
The 2020 Tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, as a result no tournament Most Outstanding Player was awarded.

Award winners

YearWinnerPositionSchool
1948Joe Riley*ForwardDartmouth
1949Dick Desmond*GoaltenderDartmouth
1950Ralph Bevins*GoaltenderBoston University
1951Donald Whiston*GoaltenderBrown
1952Ken Kinsley*GoaltenderColorado College
1953John MatcheftsCenterMichigan
1954Abbie MooreCenterRensselaer
1955Phil Hilton*DefencemanColorado College
1956Lorne HowesGoaltenderMichigan
1957Bob McCuskerLeft WingColorado College
1958Murray MassierCenterDenver
1959Reg MorelliForwardNorth Dakota
1960Lou Angotti*Right WingMichigan Tech
1960Bob Marquis*CenterBoston University
1960Barry Urbanski*GoaltenderBoston University
1961Bill MastertonCenterDenver
1962Lou AngottiRight WingMichigan Tech
1963Al McLeanCenterNorth Dakota
1964Bob GrayGoaltenderMichigan
1965Gary MilroyCenterMichigan Tech
1966Gaye CooleyGoaltenderMichigan State
1967Skip StanowskiDefencemanCornell
1968Gerry PowersGoaltenderDenver
1969Keith MagnusonDefencemanDenver
1970Dan LodboaDefencemanCornell
1971Dan BradyGoaltenderBoston University

Note: * Recipient did not play for the National Champion
YearWinnerPositionSchool
1972Tim ReganGoaltenderBoston University
1973Dean TalafousRight WingWisconsin
1974Brad ShelstadGoaltenderMinnesota
1975Jim WardenGoaltenderMichigan Tech
1976Tom VannelliCenterMinnesota
1977Julian BarettaGoaltenderWisconsin
1978Jack O'CallahanDefencemanBoston University
1979Steve JanaszakGoaltenderMinnesota
1980Doug SmailRight WingNorth Dakota
1981Marc BehrendGoaltenderWisconsin
1982Phil SykesLeft WingNorth Dakota
1983Marc BehrendGoaltenderWisconsin
1984Gary KruzichGoaltenderBowling Green
1985Chris Terreri*GoaltenderProvidence
1986Mike DonnellyLeft WingMichigan State
1987Tony HrkacCenterNorth Dakota
1988Bruce HoffortGoaltenderLake Superior State
1989Ted DonatoLeft WingHarvard
1990Chris TancillRight WingWisconsin
1991Scott BeattieCenterNorthern Michigan
1992Paul ConstantinLeft WingLake Superior State
1993Jim MontgomeryCenterMaine
1994Sean TallaireRight WingLake Superior State
1995Chris O'SullivanForwardBoston University
1996Brendan MorrisonCenterMichigan
1997Matt HendersonLeft WingNorth Dakota

Award Breakdown

SchoolWinners
Boston University8
North Dakota8
Denver7
Wisconsin6
Michigan5
Minnesota5
Boston College4
Michigan Tech4
Colorado College3
Lake Superior State3
Michigan State3
Minnesota–Duluth3
Cornell2
Dartmouth2
Maine2
Providence2
Bowling Green1
Brown1
Harvard1
Northern Michigan1
Rensselaer1
Union1
Yale1

PositionWinners
Center15
Right Wing13
Left Wing9
Forward4
Defenceman7
Goaltender26