The Hockey East Rookie of the Year is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the Hockey East regular season to the best player in the conference as voted by the coaches of each Hockey East team.

The Rookie of the Year was first awarded in 1985 and every year thereafter. The award has been shared four times, in 1985–86, 1988–89, 1991–92, and most recently in 2020–21. Four players have been both the Player and Rookie-of-the-Year in the same season (Brian Leetch, Paul Kariya, Jack Eichel, and Macklin Celebrini).

Award winners

Year Winner Position School Ref 1984–85 Ken Hodge Center Boston College 1985–86 Al Loring Goaltender Maine Scott Young Right Wing Boston University 1986–87 Brian Leetch Defenceman Boston College 1987–88 Mario Thyer Center Maine 1988–89 Rob Gaudreau Right Wing Providence Scott Pellerin Left Wing Maine 1989–90 Scott Cashman Goaltender Boston University 1990–91 Jeff Levy Goaltender New Hampshire 1991–92 Craig Darby Center Providence Ian Moran Defenceman Boston College 1992–93 Paul Kariya Left Wing Maine 1993–94 Greg Bullock Center UMass Lowell 1994–95 Mark Mowers Center New Hampshire 1995–96 Marty Reasoner Center Boston College 1996–97 Greg Koehler Center UMass Lowell 1997–98 Brian Gionta Right Wing Boston College 1998–99 Darren Haydar Right Wing New Hampshire 1999–00 Rick DiPietro Goaltender Boston University 2000–01 Chuck Kobasew Right Wing Boston College 2001–02 Sean Collins Center New Hampshire 2002–03 Jimmy Howard Goaltender Maine 2003–04 Michel Léveillé Center Maine

Year Winner Position School Ref 2004–05 Peter Vetri Goaltender UMass Lowell 2005–06 Brandon Yip Right Wing Boston University 2006–07 Teddy Purcell Right Wing Maine 2007–08 Colin Wilson Center Boston University 2008–09 Kieran Millan Goaltender Boston University 2009–10 Stéphane Da Costa Center Merrimack 2010–11 Charlie Coyle Center Boston University 2011–12 Scott Wilson Center UMass Lowell 2012–13 Jon Gillies Goaltender Providence 2013–14 Mario Puskarich Left Wing Vermont 2014–15 Jack Eichel Center Boston University 2015–16 Colin White Center Boston College 2016–17 Clayton Keller Forward Boston University 2017–18 Logan Hutsko Forward Boston College 2018–19 Joel Farabee Left Wing Boston University 2019–20 Alex Newhook Forward Boston College 2020–21 Josh Lopina Forward Massachusetts Nikita Nesterenko Forward Boston College 2021–22 Devon Levi Goaltender Northeastern 2022–23 Lane Hutson Defenceman Boston University 2023–24 Macklin Celebrini Center Boston University 2024–25 Cole Hutson Defenceman Boston University 2025–26 Roger McQueen Center Providence

Winners by school School WinnersBoston University 13Boston College 10Maine 7UMass Lowell 4New Hampshire 4Providence 4Massachusetts 1Merrimack 1Northeastern 1Vermont 1

Winners by position Position Winners Center 17 Right Wing 7 Left Wing 4 Forward 5 Defenceman 4 Goaltender 9

See also Hockey East Awards

References

General

Specific

External links Hockey East Awards (Incomplete)