Hockey East Goaltending Champion

The Hockey East Goaltending Champion is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the Hockey East regular season to the goaltender who held the lowest Goals Against Average (GAA) in conference games during the regular season.
The Goaltending Champion was first awarded in 1985 and every year thereafter.
The current record for lowest GAA against conference opponents in a season is held by Jimmy Howard of Maine with a 1.15 Goals Against Average, set during the 2003–04 season.
Six players have won the award multiple times, with Scott King winning three times. The others, Derek Heriofsky, Michel Larocque, Ty Conklin, Matti Kaltainen and Cayden Primeau won twice. King, Larocque and Primeau managed to win the award in consecutive years.
The title has twice been awarded to the goalie with the highest save percentage, rather than goals allowed average. First, in 2016–17 to Collin Delia of Merrimack (.928 SV%, 2.21 GAA), with Jake Oettinger of Boston University's having a GAA mark of 2.09. Again, it was awarded to Jeremy Swayman of Maine in 2019–20 (.934 SV%, 2.27 GAA) whereas Matt Murray of Massachusetts held a 1.88 GAA in league play. 
==Award winners==
Year 	Winner 	School 	GAA
1984–85	Chris Terreri 	Providence 	3.49
1985–86	Scott Gordon 	Boston College 	3.42
1986–87	Scott King 	Maine 	3.06
1987–88	Scott King 	Maine 	2.97
1988–89	David Littman 	Boston College 	3.04
1989–90	Scott King 	Maine 	2.35
1990–91	Scott LaGrand 	Boston College 	3.02
1991–92	Derek Heriofsky 	Boston University	2.45
1992–93	Garth Snow 	Maine 	2.01
1993–94	Derek Heriofsky 	Boston University	2.27
1994–95	Blair Allison 	Maine 	2.72
1995–96	Tom Noble 	Boston University	2.89
1996–97	Michel Larocque 	Boston University	2.57
1997–98	Michel Larocque 	Boston University	1.74
1998–99	Ty Conklin 	New Hampshire 	1.64
1999–00	Scott Clemmensen	Boston College 	1.98
2000–01	Ty Conklin 	New Hampshire 	1.83
2001–02	Mike Ayers 	New Hampshire 	1.79
Year 	Winner 	School 	GAA
2002–03	Matti Kaltainen 	Boston College 	2.20
2003–04	Jimmy Howard 	Maine 	1.15
2004–05	Matti Kaltainen 	Boston College 	1.81
2005–06	Cory Schneider 	Boston College 	1.96
2006–07	John Curry 	Boston University	1.85
2007–08	Kevin Regan 	New Hampshire 	1.83
2008–09	Brad Thiessen 	Northeastern 	2.09
2009–10	Carter Hutton 	UMass Lowell 	2.35
2010–11	John Muse 	Boston College 	1.84
2011–12	Parker Milner 	Boston College 	1.85
2012–13	Connor Hellebuyck	UMass Lowell 	1.38
2013–14	Thatcher Demko 	Boston College 	1.35
2014–15	Jon Gillies 	Providence 	1.74
2015–16	Kevin Boyle 	UMass Lowell 	1.80
2016–17	Collin Delia 	Merrimack 	2.21
2017–18	Cayden Primeau 	Northeastern 	1.79
2018–19	Cayden Primeau 	Northeastern 	2.12
2019–20	Jeremy Swayman 	Maine 	2.27
===Winners by school===
School 	Winners
Boston College 	10
Maine 	7
Boston University	6
New Hampshire 	4
Northeastern 	3
UMass Lowell 	3
Providence 	2
Merrimack 	1
==See also==
*Hockey East Awards
== References ==
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==External links==
*Hockey East Awards (Incomplete)
Category:College ice hockey trophies and awards in the United States
Category:College ice hockey goaltender awards in the United States