List of ECAC Hockey Player of the Year
Table:
Year	Winner	Position	School

1981-82	Steve Cruickshank	Center	Clarkson

1982-83	Randy Velischek	Defenceman	Providence

1983-84	Cleon Daskalakis	Goaltender	Boston University

1984-85	Scott Fusco	Center	Harvard

1985-86	Scott Fusco	Center	Harvard

1986-87	Joe Nieuwendyk	Center	Cornell

1987-88	Pete Lappin	Right wing	St. Lawrence

1988-89	Lane MacDonald	Left wing	Harvard

1989-90	Dave Gagnon	Goaltender	Colgate

1990-91	Peter Ciavaglia	Center	Harvard

1991-92	Daniel Laperrière	Defenceman	St. Lawrence

1992-93	Ted Drury	Center	Harvard

1993-94	Steve Martins	Center	Harvard

1994-95	Martin St. Louis	Right wing	Vermont

1995-96	Éric Perrin	Center	Vermont

1996-97	Todd White	Center	Clarkson

1997-98	Ray Giroux	Defenceman	Yale

1998-99	Eric Heffler	Goaltender	St. Lawrence

1999-00	Andy McDonald	Center	Colgate

2000-01	Erik Anderson	Center	St. Lawrence

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The 1981-82 NCAA Division I men 's ice hockey season began in October 1981 and concluded with the 1982 NCAA Division I Men 's Ice Hockey Tournament 's championship game on March 27 , 1982 at the Providence Civic Center in Providence , Rhode Island . This was the 35th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 87th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team .
The centre ( or center in the United States ) in ice hockey is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play is the middle of the ice , away from the sideboards . Centres have more flexibility in their positioning and are expected to cover more ice surface than any other player . Centres are ideally stronger , faster skaters who can back-check quickly from deep in the opposing zone . Generally , centres are expected to be gifted passers more than goal scorers , although there are exceptions . They are also expected to have exceptional ice vision , intelligence , and creativity . They also generally are the most defensively oriented forwards on the ice . Centres usually play as part of a line of players that are substituted frequently to keep fresh and keep the game moving .
The Clarkson Golden Knights men 's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I college ice hockey program that represents Clarkson University . The Golden Knights have been a member of ECAC Hockey since 1962 , and play their home games at Cheel Arena in Potsdam , New York . Although it is said [ by whom ? ] that the first Clarkson hockey game was played in 1916 against the Hogansburg Indians , they were established as a hockey club in 1921 , under the tutelage of head coach Gordon Croskery , and led by captain Bill Johnson . The Knights won their opening encounter against Alexandria Bay , 6-4 , and finished the year with a 2-1 record , their first of 72 winning seasons .
The 1982-83 NCAA Division I men 's ice hockey season began in October 1982 and concluded with the 1983 NCAA Division I Men 's Ice Hockey Tournament 's championship game on March 26 , 1983 at the Winter Sports Center in Grand Forks , North Dakota . This was the 36th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 88th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team .
Randy John Velischek ( born February 10 , 1962 ) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played ten seasons in the National Hockey League from 1982-83 until 1991-92 for the Minnesota North Stars , New Jersey Devils , and Quebec Nordiques . Randy Velischek was drafted 53rd overall by the North Stars in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft . He played 509 career NHL games , scoring 21 goals and 97 points . He was also the head coach of the Metropolitan Riveters of the National Women 's Hockey League for the 2018-19 season .
Defence ( defense in the United States ) in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring . They are often referred to as defencemen , D , D-men or blueliners ( the latter a reference to the blue line in ice hockey which represents the boundary of the offensive zone ; defencemen generally position themselves along the line to keep the puck in the zone ) . They were once called cover-point . A good defenceman is both strong in defensive and offensive play and for defenceman pairing also need to be good at defending and attacking . In regular play , two defencemen complement three forwards and a goaltender on the ice . Exceptions include overtime during the regular season and when a team is shorthanded ( i.e . has been assessed a penalty ) , in which two defencemen are typically joined by only two forwards and a goaltender ; in National Hockey League play in overtime effective with the 2015-16 season the teams have only three position players and a goaltender on the ice and may use either two forwards and one defenceman ( typically ) , or conversely , two defencemen and one forward .
The Providence Friars men 's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I college ice hockey program that represents Providence College . The Friars are a member of Hockey East . The skating Friars are currently coached by Nate Leaman has been the head coach of the skating Friars since 2011 , leading them to a national championship in 2015 . They play at the 3,030-seat Schneider Arena in Providence , Rhode Island .
The 1983-84 NCAA Division I men 's ice hockey season began in October 1983 and concluded with the 1984 NCAA Division I Men 's Ice Hockey Tournament 's championship game on March 24 , 1984 at the Olympic Center in Lake Placid , New York . This was the 37th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 89th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team . Notre Dame demoted their program to club status for this season but returned to the Division I ranks the following year .
Cleon Nicholas Daskalakis ( born September 29 , 1962 in Boston , Massachusetts ) is a retired professional hockey goaltender . Daskalakis played college hockey at Boston University . He was named to the Eastern College Athletic Conference All-Star Second Team in 1982-83 and First Team in 1983-84 . He was also named to the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( East ) All-American First Team , 1983-84 . He signed as a free agent by the Boston Bruins , June 1 , 1984. and played in 12 National Hockey League games for the Bruins between 1984 and 1987 , winning three games , losing four and tying one . Daskalakis also represent United States at the 1989 World Ice Hockey Championships . He is the President of Celebrities for Charity , Director of Celebrity Marketing , and the agent for Troy Brown of the New England Patriots and NHL player Sergei Samsanov . He is also a member of Boston University Athletics Hall of Fame .
In ice hockey , the goaltender or goalie is the player responsible for preventing the hockey puck from entering their team 's net , thus preventing the opposing team from scoring . The goaltender usually plays in or near the area in front of the net called the goal crease ( often referred to simply as the crease or the net ) . Goaltenders tend to stay at or beyond the top of the crease to cut down on the angle of shots . In today 's age of goaltending there are two common styles , butterfly and hybrid ( hybrid is a mix of the traditional stand-up style and butterfly technique ) . Because of the power of shots , the goaltender wears special equipment designed to protect the body from direct impact . The goalie is one of the most valuable players on the ice , as their performance can greatly change the outcome or score of the game . One-on-one situations , such as breakaways and shootouts , have the tendency to highlight a goaltender 's pure skill , or lack thereof . No more than one goaltender is allowed to be on the ice for each team at any given time . Teams are not required to use a goaltender and may instead opt to play with an additional skater , but the defensive disadvantage this poses generally means that the strategy is only used as a desperation maneuver when trailing late in a game or can be used if the opposing team has a delayed penalty ( if the team receiving the penalty touches the puck the play will stop ) . The goaltender is also known as the goalie , goaler , goalkeeper , net minder , and tender by those involved in the hockey community . In the early days of the sport , the term was spelled with a hyphen as goal-tender . The art of playing the position is called goaltending and there are coaches , usually called the goalie coach who specialize exclusively in working with goaltenders .
The Boston University Terriers mens ice hockey program is one of the most storied teams in NCAA Division I hockey , playing its first ever game in 1918 and winning five national championships , while making twenty-two appearances in the Frozen Four . BU has won twelve major conference tournament championships as well as 30 titles in the historic Beanpot tournament featuring the four major Boston collegiate hockey teams . BU played in the Eastern College Athletic Conference ( ECAC ) from 1961 to 1984 , winning five tournament championships ; and has since competed in the Hockey East Association , winning seven tournament titles . Mens ice hockey is the most popular sport at Boston University and has a large fan base on campus and among BU alumni nationwide .
The 1984-85 NCAA Division I men 's ice hockey season began in October 1984 and concluded with the 1985 NCAA Division I Men 's Ice Hockey Tournament 's championship game on March 30 , 1985 at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit , Michigan . This was the 38th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 90th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team . Seven teams from ECAC Hockey left after the previous year to form a new conference , Hockey East . Hockey East and the WCHA formed an agreement where games played between their respective conferences would count towards the standings in each conference . This arrangement would continue for five year , ending after the 1988-89 season .
Scott Michael Fusco ( born January 21 , 1963 ) is an American retired ice hockey player . Fusco attended Belmont Hill School before going to Harvard . In college , Fusco won the Hobey Baker Award in 1986 . He was also a member of the American 1984 Winter Olympics ice hockey team . He was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2002 and is assistant coach of the Irish national hockey team .
The Harvard Crimson men 's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I college ice hockey program that represents Harvard University . The Crimson are a member of ECAC Hockey . They play at the Bright Hockey Center in Boston , Massachusetts . The Crimson hockey team is one of the oldest college ice hockey teams in the United States , having played their first game on January 19 , 1898 , in a 0-6 loss to Brown . The Crimson 's archrival is the Cornell Big Red . The teams meet at least twice each season for installments of the historic Cornell-Harvard hockey rivalry .
The 1985-86 NCAA Division I men 's ice hockey season began in October 1985 and concluded with the 1986 NCAA Division I Men 's Ice Hockey Tournament 's championship game on March 29 , 1986 at the Providence Civic Center in Providence , Rhode Island . This was the 39th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 91st year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team . The 1985-86 season was the first for the Great West Hockey Conference .
The 1986-87 NCAA Division I men 's ice hockey season began in October 1986 and concluded with the 1987 NCAA Division I Men 's Ice Hockey Tournament 's championship game on March 28 , 1987 at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit , Michigan . This was the 40th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 92nd year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team . Notre Dame and Kent State formed the ACHA with two other schools , however , the two other universities did n't play at the Division I level and its standings are not official .
Joseph Joe Nieuwendyk ( /ˈnuːəndaɪk/ NOO-ən-dyke ; born September 10 , 1966 ) is a Canadian former National Hockey League ( NHL ) player . He was a second round selection of the Calgary Flames , 27th overall , at the 1985 NHL Entry Draft and played 20 seasons for the Flames , Dallas Stars , New Jersey Devils , Toronto Maple Leafs , and Florida Panthers . He is one of only 11 players in NHL history to win the Stanley Cup with three or more different teams , winning titles with Calgary in 1989 , Dallas in 1999 and New Jersey in 2003 . A two-time Olympian , Nieuwendyk won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2002 winter games . He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2011 and his uniform number 25 was honoured by the Flames in 2014 . Joe Nieuwendyk was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2014 . In 2017 Nieuwendyk was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players ' in history . An accomplished box lacrosse player , Nieuwendyk led the Whitby Warriors to the 1984 Minto Cup national junior championship before focusing exclusively on hockey . He played university hockey with the Cornell Big Red where he was a two-time All-American . He won the Calder Memorial Trophy as NHL rookie of the year in 1988 after becoming only the second first-year player to score 50 goals . He was a four-time All-Star , won the King Clancy Memorial Trophy in 1995 for his leadership and humanitarian work , and was named the Conn Smythe Trophy winner in 1999 as most valuable player of the postseason . Nieuwendyk played 1,257 games in his career , scoring 564 goals and 1,126 points .
The Cornell Big Red men 's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I college ice hockey program that represents Cornell University . Cornell competes in the ECAC Hockey conference and plays its home games at Lynah Rink in Ithaca , New York . Six of the eight Ivy League schools sponsor men 's hockey and all six teams play in the twelve-team ECAC . The Ivy League crowns a champion based on the results of the games played between its members during the ECAC season . Cornell has won the ECAC Championship a record 12 times and has won the Ivy League Title 23 times , second to Harvard 's 25 . The 1970 Cornell Hockey team , coached by Ned Harkness was the first ( and currently only team ) in NCAA hockey history to win a national title while being undefeated and untied with a perfect 29-0-0 record . The Big Red 's archrival is the Harvard Crimson . The teams meet at least twice each season for installments of the historic Cornell-Harvard hockey rivalry .
The 1987-88 NCAA Division I men 's ice hockey season began in October 1987 and concluded with the 1988 NCAA Division I Men 's Ice Hockey Tournament 's championship game on April 2 , 1988 at the Olympic Center in Lake Placid , New York . This was the 41st season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 93rd year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team . After the season U.S. International would drop its hockey program ( the school itself would eventually go bankrupt ) causing the demise of the Great West Hockey Conference , the only principally west-coast conference in the history of Division I hockey .
Peter John Pete Lappin ( born December 31 , 1965 in St. Charles , Illinois ) is a former professional ice hockey player who played for the Minnesota North Stars and San Jose Sharks of the NHL . Prior to his professional career , he served as co-captain of the St. Lawrence University Skating Saints . His son Nick plays within the St. Louis Blues organization
Winger , in the game of ice hockey , is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play on the ice is along the outer playing area . They typically work by flanking the centre forward . Originally the name was given to forward players who went up and down the sides of the rink . Nowadays , there are different types of wingers in the game - out-and-out goal scorers , checkers who disrupt the opponents , and forwards who work along the boards and in the corners . They tend to be bigger than centreman and smaller than defenseman . This position is commonly referred to by the side of the rink that the winger normally takes , i.e . left wing or right wing .
The St. Lawrence Saints Men 's Ice Hockey team , colloquially known as the Skating Saints , is a National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I college ice hockey program that represents St. Lawrence University . The Saints are a member of the ECAC Hockey . They have played at Appleton Arena in Canton , New York , since 1951 . Prior to the arena 's construction , the men 's team played outdoors at the current location of Whitman Hall .
The 1988-89 NCAA Division I men 's ice hockey season began in October 1988 and concluded with the 1989 NCAA Division I Men 's Ice Hockey Tournament 's championship game on April 1 , 1989 at the St. Paul Civic Center in Saint Paul , Minnesota . This was the 42nd season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 94th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team .
Bradley Lane MacDonald ( born March 3 , 1966 in Tulsa , Oklahoma ) is a retired ice hockey player .
The 1989-90 NCAA Division I men 's ice hockey season began in October 1989 and concluded with the 1990 NCAA Division I Men 's Ice Hockey Tournament 's championship game on April 1 , 1990 , at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit , Michigan . This was the 43rd season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 95th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team .
David Anthony Gagnon ( born October 31 , 1967 in Windsor , Ontario ) is a retired professional ice hockey goaltender . Dave only played 2 games in NHL , with the Detroit Red Wings , posting an official record of 0-1-0 and goals against average of 10.27 . Gagnon came up from the Windsor , Junior B team before joining Colgate University in 1987 . Dave was guarding the net when the university was in the 1990 NCAA championship game . In 1990 and 1991 he was traded three times , but enjoyed success with Hampton Roads of ECHL , when he was named as co-MVP . Gagnon spent most of his later years with the Roanoke Express where he often shared goal tending duties with Daniel Berthiaume . The Red Wings signed him as a free agent in the summer of 1990 . Gagnon played eleven more seasons in various minor leagues , being named playoff MVP twice in 1991 and 1994 . He 's the CEO of Cáfe Rio .
The Colgate Raiders men 's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I college ice hockey program that represents Colgate University . The Raiders are a member of ECAC Hockey . They used to play at Starr Rink from its inauguration in 1959 until the 2015-16 season . Starting with the 2016-17 NCAA season , the Raiders have started playing their home games in the Class of 1965 Arena . The program is located in Hamilton , New York .
The 1990-91 NCAA Division I men 's ice hockey season began in October 1990 and concluded with the 1991 NCAA Division I Men 's Ice Hockey Tournament 's championship game on March 30 , 1991 , at the Saint Paul Civic Center in Saint Paul , Minnesota . This was the 44th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 96th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team .
Peter Anthony Ciavaglia ( born July 15 , 1969 in Albany , New York and raised in Buffalo , New York ) is a retired American professional ice hockey center . After graduating from Nichols School in Buffalo , NY in 1987 , Peter was selected in that year 's NHL Entry Draft by the Calgary Flames . Deciding to take the college route , he played four seasons at Harvard University , and eventually played in five games in the National Hockey League with the Buffalo Sabres . He spent most of his professional career in the International Hockey League with the Detroit Vipers .
The 1991-92 NCAA Division I men 's ice hockey season began in October 1991 and concluded with the 1992 NCAA Division I Men 's Ice Hockey Tournament 's championship game on April 4 , 1992 , at the Knickerbocker Arena in Albany , New York . This was the 45th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 97th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team . Massachusetts-Lowell was placed on probation for 2 years and was banned from the NCAA tournament for this year due to NCAA rules violations . Terry Slater , the head coach of Colgate , died on December 6th , four days after suffering a stroke .
Daniel Jacques Dan Laperrière ( born March 28 , 1969 ) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former professional ice hockey player . Laperriere played 48 games in the National Hockey League . He is the son of NHL Hall of Famer Jacques Laperrière . [ citation needed ]
The 1992-93 NCAA Division I men 's ice hockey season began in October 1992 and concluded with the 1993 NCAA Division I Men 's Ice Hockey Tournament 's championship game on April 3 , 1993 , at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee , Wisconsin . This was the 46th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 98th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team .
Theodore Evans Drury ( born September 13 , 1971 ) is an American former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) for the Calgary Flames , Hartford Whalers , Ottawa Senators , Mighty Ducks of Anaheim , New York Islanders and Columbus Blue Jackets . He is the older brother of former NHL star Chris Drury . He was born in Boston , Massachusetts , but grew up in Trumbull , Connecticut .
The 1993-94 NCAA Division I men 's ice hockey season began in October 1993 and concluded with the 1994 NCAA Division I Men 's Ice Hockey Tournament 's championship game on April 2 , 1994 , at the Saint Paul Civic Center in Saint Paul , Minnesota . This was the 47th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 99th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team .
Steve P. Martins ( born April 13 , 1972 ) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player .
The 1994-95 NCAA Division I men 's ice hockey season began in October 1994 and concluded with the 1995 NCAA Division I Men 's Ice Hockey Tournament 's championship game on April 1 , 1995 , at the Providence Civic Center in Providence , Rhode Island . This was the 48th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 100th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team .
Martin St. Louis ( French pronunciation : ​ [ maʁtɛ̃ sɛ̃ lwi ] ; born June 18 , 1975 ) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player . An undrafted player , St. Louis played over 1,000 games and scored 1,000 points in an NHL career that began with the Calgary Flames in 1998 and ended with the New York Rangers in 2015 . St. Louis is best remembered for having played with the Tampa Bay Lightning from 2000 until being traded to the Rangers in 2014 . He also briefly played with HC Lausanne of the Swiss National League A . He was a member of the Tampa Bay Lightning Stanley Cup championship team in 2004 . St. Louis was elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2018 ; his first year of eligibility . St. Louis was a standout player in college for the Vermont Catamounts , earning East Coast Athletic Conference ( ECAC ) and National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) all-American honors for three consecutive seasons between 1995 and 1997 . He was the ECAC player of the year in 1995 . As a professional , St. Louis has been named to an NHL All-Star Team on five occasions and played in six All-Star Games . He was voted the recipient of the Lester B. Pearson Award and Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL 's most valuable player as chosen by the players and league respectively in 2003-04 , also winning his first Art Ross Trophy as the NHL 's leading scorer with 94 points . St. Louis has on three occasions won the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy as the NHL 's most gentlemanly player . In 2013 , at age 37 , he won his second Art Ross Trophy , becoming the oldest player to ever lead the NHL in scoring .
The Vermont Catamounts men 's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I college ice hockey program that represents the University of Vermont . The Catamounts are a member of Hockey East , joining in 2005 after competing in ECAC Hockey from 1974-2005 . They play home games at Gutterson Fieldhouse in Burlington , Vermont . Vermont has appeared in the NCAA Men 's Hockey Championship five times since making the move to Division I in 1974-75 including trips to the Frozen Four in 1996 and 2009 . Prior to moving to Division I , UVM competed in ECAC Division II , where it won back-to-back ECAC Division II titles in 1972-73 and 1973-74 . Since 1990 , the Catamounts have hosted what is now known as the Catamount Cup tournament , winning the title five times .
The 1995-96 NCAA Division I men 's ice hockey season began in October 1995 and concluded with the 1996 NCAA Division I Men 's Ice Hockey Tournament 's championship game on March 30 , 1996 , at the Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati , Ohio . This was the 49th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 101st year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team .
Éric Perrin ( born November 1 , 1975 ) is a former Canadian professional ice hockey centre that last played for JYP Jyväskylä in the Finnish Liiga . As of December 2017 , he is the highest scoring foreign player in the history of Liiga .
The 1996-97 NCAA Division I men 's ice hockey season began in October 1996 and concluded with the 1997 NCAA Division I Men 's Ice Hockey Tournament 's championship game on March 29 , 1997 , at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee , Wisconsin . This was the 50th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 102nd year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team .
Todd White ( Hockey Player ) ( born May 21 , 1975 ) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player . As a hockey player , he played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) for the Chicago Blackhawks , Philadelphia Flyers , Ottawa Senators , Minnesota Wild , Atlanta Thrashers and New York Rangers . After retiring from hockey , he settled in his hometown of Ottawa and operates a mortgage business ; he is also a frequent host on local sports radio .
The 1997-98 NCAA Division I men 's ice hockey season began in October 1997 and concluded with the 1998 NCAA Division I Men 's Ice Hockey Tournament 's championship game on April 4 , 1998 , at the FleetCenter in Boston , Massachusetts . This was the 51st season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 103rd year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team .
Raymond Ray Giroux ( born July 20 , 1976 ) is a former Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played four seasons in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) for the New York Islanders and New Jersey Devils . Giroux played collegiately at Yale University . During the 1997-98 season , he captained the best team in school history as Yale won their first ECAC regular season title ( Yale has since won another regular season title in the 2008-09 season ) and advanced to the NCAA tournament after only having been picked to finish in 10th place at the beginning of the season . In addition to being a 1st-team All American , Giroux was named ECAC Player of the Year as well as the league 's best offensive defenceman and was one of ten finalists for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award , given annually to the nation 's top collegiate player . Giroux spent time in many NHL organizations before leaving the US to play overseas . He has played in the American Hockey League ( AHL ) for the Lowell Lock Monsters , Bridgeport Sound Tigers , Albany River Rats , and Houston Aeros . Playing for Ak Bars he became Russian champion ( 2005/06 ) and IIHF European Champions Cup winner ( 2007 ) . Giroux made his Kontinental Hockey League ( KHL ) debut playing with SKA Saint Petersburg during the inaugural 2008-09 KHL season . He participated in 2009 Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game .
The Yale Bulldogs men 's ice hockey team represents Yale University in New Haven , Connecticut and is the oldest collegiate ice hockey team in the United States . The Bulldogs compete in the Ivy League and the ECAC Hockey League ( ECACHL ) and play their home games at Ingalls Rink , also called the Yale Whale . The current head coach is Keith Allain , who led the Bulldogs to an Ivy League championship in his first year as head coach ( 2006-2007 season ) . Allain is assisted by former QU/UND goaltender , Josh Siembida . On April 13 , 2013 , the Bulldogs shut out Quinnipiac 4-0 to win their first NCAA Division I Championship .
The 1998-99 NCAA Division I men 's ice hockey season began on October 3 , 1998 , and concluded with the 1999 NCAA Division I Men 's Ice Hockey Tournament 's championship game on April 3 , 1999 , at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim in Anaheim , California . This was the 52nd season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 104th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team . The 1998-99 season was the inaugural year for Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference 's hockey division . Because only Canisius , Fairfield , and Iona were full members of the MAAC , five additional associate members were included to make the conference viable . All five teams had been part of ECAC lower classifications in the past ( as had Canisius , Fairfield and Iona ) and were promoted to Division I for the 1998-99 season .
The 1999-2000 NCAA Division I men 's ice hockey season began on October 1 , 1999 , and concluded with the 2000 NCAA Division I Men 's Ice Hockey Tournament 's championship game on April 8 , 2000 , at the Providence Civic Center in Providence , Rhode Island . This was the 53rd season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 105th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team . The 1999-2000 season was the inaugural year for College Hockey America , a seven-team conference ( Wayne State begins conference play the following year ) that was created for the purpose of stabilizing all the remaining independent Division I ice hockey teams . The University of Vermont cancelled the remainder of their season on January 14 , 2000 , as a result of a criminal investigation into hazing practices when it was revealed that players had lied to investigators .
Andy McDonald ( born August 25 , 1977 ) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player . He played for the Anaheim Ducks and the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League ( NHL ) , winning the Stanley Cup with Anaheim in 2007 .
The 2000-01 NCAA Division I men 's ice hockey season began on October 6 , 2000 and concluded with the 2001 NCAA Division I Men 's Ice Hockey Tournament 's championship game on April 7 , 2001 at the Pepsi Arena in Albany , New York . This was the 54th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 106th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team .