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
Note: * Recipient did not play for the National Champion
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 COVID-19 pandemic	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Bobby Trivigno 	Forward 	Massachusetts
2022	Michael Benning 	Defenceman 	Denver
2023	Jacob Quillan 	Forward 	Quinnipiac
==Award breakdown==
Winners by school
School 	Winners
Boston University 	8
Denver 	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	26
==References==
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Most Outstanding Player