The Hockey East Three-Stars Award is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the Hockey East regular season to the player who has the highest number of points with respect to being named a star-of-the-game. At the conclusion of each game the members of the media decide the three stars of the game, awarding five points for being named as the first star, three points for a second star and one point for a third star. Only conference games are counted in the standings for the Three-Stars Award.
The Three-Stars Award was first bestowed in 2001 and every year thereafter. The overall standings have resulted in a tie six times, the latest instance being the second three-way tie in 2020–21. In 2022–23, Lane Hutson became the first defenceman to win the award in league history.
Award winners
Year Winner Position School Ref 2000–01 Brian Gionta Right Wing Boston College 2001–02 Colin Hemingway Right Wing New Hampshire 2002–03 Ben Eaves Center Boston College Joe Exter Goaltender Merrimack 2003–04 Keni Gibson Goaltender Northeastern 2004–05 Patrick Eaves Right Wing Boston College Ryan Shannon Center Boston College2005–06 Chris Collins Left Wing Boston College Cory Schneider Goaltender Boston College 2006–07 John Curry Goaltender Boston University 2007–08 Bryan Ewing Center Boston University 2008–09 Brad Thiessen Goaltender Northeastern 2009–10 Bobby Butler Right Wing New Hampshire 2010–11 Paul Thompson Right Wing New Hampshire 2011–12 Kieran Millan Goaltender Boston University 2012–13 John Henrion Center New Hampshire Martin Ouellette Goaltender Maine
Year Winner Position School Ref 2013–14 Clay Witt Goaltender Northeastern 2014–15 Jack Eichel Center Boston University 2015–16 Kevin Boyle Goaltender UMass Lowell 2016–17 Anders Bjork Forward Notre Dame Clayton Keller Forward Boston University Tyler Kelleher Forward New Hampshire 2017–18 Adam Gaudette Forward Northeastern 2018–19 Cayden Primeau Goaltender Northeastern 2019–20 John Leonard Forward Massachusetts 2020–21 Jonny Evans Forward Connecticut Aidan McDonough Forward Northeastern Marc McLaughlin 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 Ryan Leonard Forward Boston College
Winners by school School WinnersBoston College 8Boston University 7Northeastern 7New Hampshire 5Connecticut 1Maine 1Massachusetts 1Merrimack 1Notre Dame 1UMass Lowell 1
Winners by position Position Winners Center 6 Right Wing 5 Left Wing 1 Forward 9 Defenceman 1 Goaltender 11
See also Hockey East Awards
References
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External links Hockey East Awards (Incomplete)