Joe Burke Award

The Joe Burke Award was established in 1994. It is presented annually to the person who has given outstanding contribution, support, and dedication to women’s ice hockey. Joe Burke was a Dedham, Massachusetts resident but never actually played the game himself. The first game he attended was the University of New Hampshire and Boston College in 1978 at McHugh Forum. Since that game, Burke has been at every major Girls/Women's hockey event in the New England area.
The namesake and the first winner Joe Burke passed away on May 13, 1995.https://www.uscho.com/2018/05/16/ahca-award-namesake-longtime-girls-womens-hockey-supporter-burke-passes-away/
==Winners==
Year 	Winner 	Background
1994 	Joe Burke 	Women's Hockey Supporter, Fan
1995 	John Donley 	Harvard University
1996 	Bernie McKinnon 	St. Lawrence University
1997 	Joe Bertagna 	ECAC/Hockey East, Harvard
1998 	Carl Gray 	Assabet Valley, USA Hockey
1999 	Award not given out 	
2000 	Award not given out 	
2001 	Russ McCurdy 	University of New Hampshire
2002 	Bette Blair 	USA Hockey, volunteer
2003 	Jane Ring 	St. Paul, MN
2004 	George Crowe 	Dartmouth
2005 	Bill Cahill 	Rensselaer
2006 	Charlie Stryker 	MN Hockey
2007 	Sue Ring-Jarvi 	MN Girls’/Women’s Hockey
2008 	Maurice FitzMaurice 	Connecitcut Polar Bears
2009 	Bob and Kathleen Ridder	
2010 	Kelly Dyer Hayes 	USA Hockey
2011 	Kush Sidhu 	Washington Pride, Northeastern
2012 	Bob Allen 	USA Hockey and Lake Placid Olympic Center
2013 	Brian Schulz 	USCHO
2014 	Mary Ann Robinson 	Wisconsin Amateur Hockey
2015 	Lynn Olson 	Minnesota Hockey, USA Hockey
2016 	Bob Ewell 	Colby, Princeton, New Hampton
2017 	George Griggs 	Women's Hockey Supporter
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==References==
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Category:Established in 1994
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