NCHC Sportsmanship Award

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NCHC Sportsmanship Award
History
Sport	Ice hockey
Awarded for	The player best exemplifying the qualities of sportsmanship in the NCHC
First award	2014
Most recent	Darian Gotz

The NCHC Sportsmanship Award is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference regular season to the best player best exemplifying the qualities of sportsmanship in the conference as voted by the coaches of each NCHC team.^[1]

The Sportsmanship Award was first awarded in 2014 and is a successor to the Terry Flanagan Memorial Award which was discontinued after the conference dissolved due to the 2013–14 NCAA conference realignment.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Award winners

Year	Winner	Position	School
2013–14	Eamonn McDermott	Defenceman	Colorado College
2014–15	Nick Oliver	Forward	St. Cloud State
2015–16	Cal Decowski	Forward	Minnesota Duluth
2016–17	Matt Hrynkiw	Goaltender	North Dakota
2016–17	Tyler Vesel	Forward	Omaha
2017–18	Karson Kuhlman	Forward	Minnesota Duluth
2018–19	Patrick Newell	Forward	St. Cloud State
2019–20	Kobe Roth	Forward	Minnesota Duluth
2020–21	Kevin Fitzgerald	Center	St. Cloud State
2021–22	Mark Senden	Forward	North Dakota
2022–23	Spencer Meier	Defenseman	St. Cloud State
2023–24	Darian Gotz	Defenseman	Minnesota Duluth

Winners by school

School	Winners
St. Cloud State	4
Minnesota Duluth	4
North Dakota	2
Colorado College	1
Omaha	1

Winners by position

Position	Winners
Center	1
Forward	7
Defenceman	3
Goaltender	1

References

^ "Archibald, Dowd, LaLeggia Headline NCHC Award Winners". NCHC Hockey. March 20, 2014. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
^ "The CCHA is going away, but its history will have a final resting place". USCHO.com. March 6, 2013. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
^ "NCHC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. March 6, 2013. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
^ "Prow, Berry Capture NCHC's Top Honors at Awards Celebration". 17 March 2016.

External links

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Current teams	Arizona State Sun Devils Colorado College Tigers Denver Pioneers Miami RedHawks Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs North Dakota Fighting Hawks Omaha Mavericks St. Cloud State Huskies Western Michigan Broncos
Future teams	St. Thomas Tommies (joining in 2026)
Venues	Mullett Arena (Arizona State) Ed Robson Arena (Colorado College) Magness Arena (Denver) Steve Cady Arena (Miami) AMSOIL Arena (Minnesota Duluth) Ralph Engelstad Arena (North Dakota) Baxter Arena (Omaha) Herb Brooks National Hockey Center (St. Cloud State) Lawson Arena (Western Michigan)
Future venues	Lee and Penny Anderson Arena (St. Thomas)
Seasons	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Awards	Player of the Year Rookie of the Year Goaltender of the Year Herb Brooks Coach of the Year Forward of the Year Defensive Forward of the Year Defensive Defenseman of the Year Offensive Defenseman of the Year Scholar-Athlete of the Year Sportsmanship Award All-NCHC Teams

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Award winners

Winners by school

Winners by position

See also

References

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