List of William Flynn Tournament Most Valuable Player
Table:
Year
Winner
Position
School

2003
Sean Fields*
Goaltender
Boston University

2004
Jimmy Howard
Goaltender
Maine

2005
Brian Boyle
Center
Boston College

2006
David Van der Gulik
Right Wing
Boston University

2007
Brock Bradford
Center
Boston College

2008
Nathan Gerbe
Left Wing
Boston College

2009
Kieran Millan
Goaltender
Boston University

2010
Matt Lombardi
Right Wing
Boston College

2011
Cam Atkinson
Right Wing
Boston College

2012
Johnny Gaudreau
Left Wing
Boston College

2013
Connor Hellebuyck
Goaltender
Massachusetts-Lowell

2014
Connor Hellebuyck
Goaltender
Massachusetts-Lowell

2015
Jack Eichel
Center
Boston University

2016
Kevin Boyle*
Goaltender
Massachusetts-Lowell

2017
C. J. Smith
Forward
Massachusetts-Lowell

2018
Jake Oettinger
Goaltender
Boston University

2019
Cayden Primeau
Goaltender
Northeastern

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The 2015 Hockey East Men 's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 6 and March 21 , 2015 at campus locations and at the TD Garden in Boston , Massachusetts . The Boston University Terriers defeated the UMass Lowell River Hawks by a score of 5-3 to earn their 8th Hockey East championship in school history and earn Hockey East 's automatic bid into the 2015 NCAA Division I Men 's Ice Hockey Tournament . Jack Eichel was named tournament MVP . The tournament is the 31st in league history .
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