# NCAA Division I men's 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.

## History

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 (1955, 1960 and 1985). Only two players have been named MOP more than once (Lou Angotti and Marc Behrend), 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 COVID-19 pandemic, as a result no tournament Most Outstanding Player was awarded.

## Award winners

| Year | Winner | Position | School |
| 1948 | Joe Riley* | Forward | Dartmouth |
| 1949 | Dick Desmond* | Goaltender | Dartmouth |
| 1950 | Ralph Bevins* | Goaltender | Boston University |
| 1951 | Donald Whiston* | Goaltender | Brown |
| 1952 | Ken Kinsley* | Goaltender | Colorado College |
| 1953 | John Matchefts | Center | Michigan |
| 1954 | Abbie Moore | Center | Rensselaer |
| 1955 | Phil Hilton* | Defenceman | Colorado College |
| 1956 | Lorne Howes | Goaltender | Michigan |
| 1957 | Bob McCusker | Left Wing | Colorado College |
| 1958 | Murray Massier | Center | Denver |
| 1959 | Reg Morelli | Forward | North Dakota |
| 1960 | Lou Angotti* | Right Wing | Michigan Tech |
| 1960 | Bob Marquis* | Center | Boston University |
| 1960 | Barry Urbanski* | Goaltender | Boston University |
| 1961 | Bill Masterton | Center | Denver |
| 1962 | Lou Angotti | Right Wing | Michigan Tech |
| 1963 | Al McLean | Center | North Dakota |
| 1964 | Bob Gray | Goaltender | Michigan |
| 1965 | Gary Milroy | Center | Michigan Tech |
| 1966 | Gaye Cooley | Goaltender | Michigan State |
| 1967 | Skip Stanowski | Defenceman | Cornell |
| 1968 | Gerry Powers | Goaltender | Denver |
| 1969 | Keith Magnuson | Defenceman | Denver |
| 1970 | Dan Lodboa | Defenceman | Cornell |
| 1971 | Dan Brady | Goaltender | Boston University |
| 1972 | Tim Regan | Goaltender | Boston University |
| Year | Winner | Position | School |
| 1973 | Dean Talafous | Right Wing | Wisconsin |
| 1974 | Brad Shelstad | Goaltender | Minnesota |
| 1975 | Jim Warden | Goaltender | Michigan Tech |
| 1976 | Tom Vannelli | Center | Minnesota |
| 1977 | Julian Baretta | Goaltender | Wisconsin |
| 1978 | Jack O'Callahan | Defenceman | Boston University |
| 1979 | Steve Janaszak | Goaltender | Minnesota |
| 1980 | Doug Smail | Right Wing | North Dakota |
| 1981 | Marc Behrend | Goaltender | Wisconsin |
| 1982 | Phil Sykes | Left Wing | North Dakota |
| 1983 | Marc Behrend | Goaltender | Wisconsin |
| 1984 | Gary Kruzich | Goaltender | Bowling Green |
| 1985 | Chris Terreri* | Goaltender | Providence |
| 1986 | Mike Donnelly | Left Wing | Michigan State |
| 1987 | Tony Hrkac | Center | North Dakota |
| 1988 | Bruce Hoffort | Goaltender | Lake Superior State |
| 1989 | Ted Donato | Left Wing | Harvard |
| 1990 | Chris Tancill | Right Wing | Wisconsin |
| 1991 | Scott Beattie | Center | Northern Michigan |
| 1992 | Paul Constantin | Left Wing | Lake Superior State |
| 1993 | Jim Montgomery | Center | Maine |
| 1994 | Sean Tallaire | Right Wing | Lake Superior State |
| 1995 | Chris O'Sullivan | Forward | Boston University |
| 1996 | Brendan Morrison | Center | Michigan |
| 1997 | Matt Henderson | Left Wing | North Dakota |
| 1998 | Marty Turco | Goaltender | Michigan |
| 1999 | Alfie Michaud | Goaltender | Maine |
| Year | Winner | Position | School |
| 2000 | Lee Goren | Right Wing | North Dakota |
| 2001 | Chuck Kobasew | Right Wing | Boston College |
| 2002 | Grant Potulny | Center | Minnesota |
| 2003 | Thomas Vanek | Right Wing | Minnesota |
| 2004 | Adam Berkhoel | Goaltender | Denver |
| 2005 | Peter Mannino | Goaltender | Denver |
| 2006 | Robbie Earl | Left Wing | Wisconsin |
| 2007 | Justin Abdelkader | Left Wing | Michigan State |
| 2008 | Nathan Gerbe | Left Wing | Boston College |
| 2009 | Colby Cohen | Defenceman | Boston University |
| 2010 | Ben Smith | Right Wing | Boston College |
| 2011 | J. T. Brown | Right Wing | Minnesota–Duluth |
| 2012 | Parker Milner | Goaltender | Boston College |
| 2013 | Andrew Miller | Center | Yale |
| 2014 | Shayne Gostisbehere | Defenceman | Union |
| 2015 | Jon Gillies | Goaltender | Providence |
| 2016 | Drake Caggiula | Forward | North Dakota |
| 2017 | Jarid Lukosevicius | Right Wing | Denver |
| 2018 | Karson Kuhlman | Center | Minnesota–Duluth |
| 2019 | Parker Mackay | Right Wing | Minnesota Duluth |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic | Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic | Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic |
| 2021 | Bobby Trivigno | Forward | Massachusetts |
| 2022 | Michael Benning | Defenceman | Denver |
| 2023 | Jacob Quillan | Forward | Quinnipiac |
| 2024 | Matt Davis | Goaltender | Denver |

## Award breakdown

Winners by school :
| School | Winners |
| Denver | 9 |
| Boston University | 8 |
| North Dakota | 8 |
| Wisconsin | 6 |
| Michigan | 5 |
| Minnesota | 5 |
| Boston College | 4 |
| Michigan Tech | 4 |
| Colorado College | 3 |
| Lake Superior State | 3 |
| Michigan State | 3 |
| Minnesota–Duluth | 3 |
| Cornell | 2 |
| Dartmouth | 2 |
| Maine | 2 |
| Providence | 2 |
| Bowling Green | 1 |
| Brown | 1 |
| Harvard | 1 |
| Massachusetts | 1 |
| Northern Michigan | 1 |
| Quinnipiac | 1 |
| Rensselaer | 1 |
| Union | 1 |
| Yale | 1 |
Winners by position :
| Position | Winners |
| Center | 15 |
| Right wing | 13 |
| Left wing | 9 |
| Forward | 6 |
| Defenceman | 8 |
| Goaltender | 27 |