# 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

| Year | Winner | Position | School |
| 1981 | John "Snooks" Kelly | Coach | Boston College 1933–1942, 1946–1972 |
| 1982 | Vic Heyliger | Player, coach | Michigan 1934–1937 (player) Michigan 1944–1957; Air Force 1968–1974 (coach) |
| 1983 | John Mariucci | Coach | Minnesota 1952–1955, 1956–1966 |
| 1984 | Murray Armstrong | Coach | Denver 1956–1977 |
| 1985 | Herb Gallagher | Player, coach, administrator | Northeastern 1931–1934 (player) Northeastern 1936–1942, 1946–1955 (coach) Northeastern 1955–1976 (administrator); founder of the Beanpot hockey tournament |
| 1986 | Amo Bessone | Player, coach | Illinois 1940–1943 (player) Michigan Tech 1948–1951; Michigan State 1951–1979 (coach) |
| 1987 | Murray Murdoch | Coach | Yale 1938–1965 |
| 1988 | Fido Purpur | Coach | North Dakota 1949–1956 |
| 1989 | Jim Fullerton | Coach | Brown 1955–1970 |
| 1990 | Al Renfrew | Player, coach | Michigan 1945–1949 (player) Michigan Tech 1951–1956; North Dakota 1956–1957; Michigan 1957–1973 (coach) |
| 1991 | Jack Riley | Player, coach | Dartmouth 1940–1942, 1946–1947 (player) Army 1950–1986 (coach) |
| 1992 | John "Connie" Pleban | Coach | U.S. Olympic Team 1952; U.S. National teams 1950, 1961, 1962; Minnesota-Duluth 1955–1959 |
| 1993 | Bill Cleary | Player, coach | Harvard 1953–1955 (player) Harvard 1971–1990 (coach) |
| 1994 | Jack Kelley | Player, coach | Boston University 1949–1952 (player) Colby College 1955–1962, 1976–1977; Boston University 1962–1972 (coach) |
| 1995 | John Mayasich | Player | Minnesota 1951–1955; US Olympic Teams 1956, 1960 |
| 1996 | Len Ceglarski | Player, coach | Boston College 1948–1951 (player) Clarkson 1958–1972; Boston College 1972–1992 (coach) |
| 1997 | Lou Lamoriello | Player, coach, administrator | Providence 1962–1963 (player) Providence College 1968–1983 (coach) Providence 1983–1987 (administrator) |
| 1998 | Ned Harkness | Coach | Rensselaer 1949–63; Cornell 1963–70; Union 1975–1978 |
| 1999 | John MacInnes | Player, coach | Michigan 1945–1950 (player) Michigan Tech 1956–1982 (coach) |
| 1999 | Glen Sonmor | Coach | Ohio State 1965–1966; Minnesota 1966–1972 |
| 2000 | Bob Johnson | Player, coach | North Dakota 1950–1951 (player) Colorado College 1963–66; Wisconsin 1966–1975, 1976–1982 (coach) |
| 2001 | Bob Peters | Player, coach | North Dakota 1957–1958 (player) North Dakota 1964–1966; Bemidji State 1966–1982, 1983–2001 (coach) |
| 2002 | Sid Watson | Coach | Bowdoin 1960–1983 |
| 2003 | Lefty Smith | Coach | Notre Dame 1968–1987 |
| 2004 | Ron Mason | Player, coach | St. Lawrence 1960–1963 (player) Lake Superior State 1966–1973; Bowling Green 1973–1979; Michigan State 1979–2002 (coach) |
| 2005 | Murray Williamson | Coach | US Olympic Team 1972 |
| 2006 | Cooney Weiland | Coach | Harvard 1950–71 |
| 2007 | Ed Saugestad | Player, coach | Augsburg 1958–1959 (player) Augsburg 1958–1990, 1992–1996 (coach) |
| 2008 | Eddie Jeremiah | Player, coach | Dartmouth 1926–1930 (player) Dartmouth 1937–1942, 1945–1963, 1964–67 (coach) |
| 2009 | Don Roberts | Coach | Gustavus Adolphus 1965–1996 |
| 2010 | Charlie Holt | Coach | Colby 1962–1968; New Hampshire 1968–86 |
| 2011 | Herb Brooks | Player, coach | Minnesota 1955–1959 (player) Minnesota 1972–1979, Saint Cloud State 1986–1987 (coach) |
| 2012 | Fernie Flaman | Coach | Northeastern 1970–1989 |
| 2013 | Jeff Sauer | Player, coach | Colorado College 1962–1965 (player) Colorado College 1971–1982; Wisconsin 1982–2002 (coach) |
| 2014 | Jack Parker | Player, coach | Boston University 1965–1968 (player) Boston University 1973–2013 (coach) |
| 2015 | Tim Taylor | Player, coach | Harvard 1960–1963 (player) Yale 1976–1983, 1984–1993, 1994–2006; US Olympic Team 1994 (coach) |
| 2016 | Bill Selman | Player, coach | North Dakota 1960–1963 (player) North Dakota 1966–1968; Minnesota–Duluth 1968–1970; St. Louis 1970–1979; Lake Superior State 1981–1983; US National Team 1982 (coach) |
| 2017 | Bill Riley Jr. | Player, coach | Boston University 1965–1968 (player) UMass Lowell 1969–1991 (coach) |
| 2018 | Red Berenson | Player, coach | Michigan 1959–1962 (player) Michigan 1984–2017 (coach) |
| 2019 | Jim Cross | Player, coach | Boston University 1958–1960 (player) Vermont 1965–1984 (coach) |
| 2020 | Rick Comley | Player, coach | Lake Superior State 1967–1971 (player) Lake Superior State 1973–1976; Northern Michigan 1976–2002; Michigan State 2002–2011 (coach) |
| 2021 | Mike Sertich | Player, coach | Minnesota-Duluth 1966–1969 (player) Minnesota-Duluth 1982–2000; Michigan Tech 2000–2003; St. Scholastica 2010–2012 (coach) |
| 2022 | John "Gino" Gasparini | Player, coach | North Dakota 1965–1968 (player) North Dakota 1969–1978 (assistant coach) North Dakota 1978–1994 (head coach) |
| 2023 | Jerry York | Player, coach | Boston College 1963–1967 (player) Clarkson 1972–1979; Bowling Green 1979–1994; Boston College 1994–2022 (coach) |
| 2024 | Don Lucia | Player, coach, administrator | Notre Dame 1977–1981 (player) Alaska Fairbanks 1987–1993; Colorado College 1993–1999; Minnesota 1999–2018 (coach) CCHA 2020–present (commissioner) |