The William Flynn Tournament Most Valuable Player is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the Hockey East tournament to the best player in the championship as voted by a panel of writers and broadcasters. The award is named in honor of former Boston College athletic director William Flynn. The Tournament MVP was first awarded in 1985 and every year thereafter.

Connor Hellebuyck and Bobby Trivigno are the only players to have won the award more than once, both doing so in consecutive years. Four recipients have received the honor while not playing for the conference champion, all of them being the runner-up goaltender. (as of 2022)

The 2020 tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, as a result a Tournament MVP was not awarded that year.

Award winners

Year Winner Position School Ref 1985 Chris Terreri Goaltender Providence 1986 Peter Marshall Forward Boston University 1987 Brian Leetch Defenceman Boston College 1988 Bruce Racine Goaltender Northeastern 1989 Bob Beers Defenceman Maine 1990 Scott LaGrand Goaltender Boston College 1991 Shawn McEachern Left Wing Boston University 1992 Scott Pellerin Left Wing Maine 1993 Jim Montgomery Center Maine 1994 Dwayne Roloson* Goaltender UMass Lowell 1995 Bob Bell* Goaltender Providence 1996 Joe Hulbig Left Wing Providence 1997 Michel Larocque Goaltender Boston University 1998 Marty Reasoner Center Boston College 1999 Blake Bellefeuille Center Boston College 2000 Niko Dimitrakos Right Wing Maine 2001 Chuck Kobasew Right Wing Boston College 2002 Darren Haydar Right Wing New Hampshire 2003 Sean Fields* Goaltender Boston University 2004 Jimmy Howard Goaltender Maine Note: * recipient not on championship team

Year Winner Position School Ref 2005 Brian Boyle Center Boston College 2006 David Van der Gulik Right Wing Boston University 2007 Brock Bradford Center Boston College 2008 Nathan Gerbe Left Wing Boston College 2009 Kieran Millan Goaltender Boston University 2010 Matt Lombardi Right Wing Boston College 2011 Cam Atkinson Right Wing Boston College 2012 Johnny Gaudreau Left Wing Boston College 2013 Connor Hellebuyck Goaltender UMass Lowell 2014 Connor Hellebuyck Goaltender UMass Lowell 2015 Jack Eichel Center Boston University 2016 Kevin Boyle* Goaltender UMass Lowell 2017 C. J. Smith Forward UMass Lowell 2018 Jake Oettinger Goaltender Boston University 2019 Cayden Primeau Goaltender Northeastern 2020 Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 Bobby Trivigno Left Wing Massachusetts 2022 Bobby Trivigno Left Wing Massachusetts 2023 Lane Hutson Defenceman Boston University 2024 Will Smith Center Boston College 2025 Albin Boija Goaltender Maine 2026 Max Lundgren Goaltender Merrimack

Winners by school School WinnersBoston College 12Boston University 9Maine 6UMass Lowell 5Providence 3Massachusetts 2Northeastern 2Merrimack 1New Hampshire 1

Winners by position Position Winners Center 7 Right Wing 6 Left Wing 7 Forward 2 Defenceman 3 Goaltender 16

See also Hockey East Awards

References

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Specific

External links Hockey East Awards (Incomplete)