The Sid Watson Award is an annual award given to the top player in NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey. It is given by the American Hockey Coaches Association. It was known as the Division III Men's Player of the Year Award prior to 2005.
In 2004, the AHCA voted to rename the Division III Men's Player of the Year after Sid Watson. The award is named for longtime Bowdoin College hockey coach and athletic director Sid Watson, who died in April 2004 at age 71. Watson was a three sports star at Northeastern and went on to play four seasons in the NFL before starting his coaching career at Bowdoin in 1958.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the award was not conferred during the 2021 season.
Award winners
Year Winner Position School 1993 Frank Cirone Forward 1994 Ray Alcindor Forward 1995 Charlie Gaffney Forward 1996 Ian Smith Defense 1997 Steve Toll Forward 1998 Mark Spence Forward 1999 Rob Smillie Forward 2000 Steve Aronson Forward 2001 Keith Aucoin Forward 2002 Jerry Galway Defense 2003 Māris Ziediņš Forward 2004 Kevin Cooper Forward 2005 Kurtis McLean Forward 2006 Adam Hanna Goaltender 2007 Andrew Gallant Goaltender 2008 Kyle Jones Goaltender 2009 Jeff Landers Defense
Year Winner Position School 2010 David Martinson Forward 2011 Chris Berenguer Defense 2012 Jonathan LaRose Goaltender 2013 Paul Rodrigues Forward 2014 David Jacobson Goaltender 2015 Drew Fielding Goaltender 2016 Jamie Murray Goaltender 2017 Evan Buitenhuis Goaltender 2018 Colin Larkin Forward 2019 Devin McDonald Goaltender 2020 Tom Aubrun Goaltender 2022 Peter Bates Forward 2023 Matus Spodniak Forward 2024 Devon Bobak Goaltender 2025 Shane Soderwall Goaltender 2026 Damon Beaver Goaltender
Winners by school School WinnersSt. Norbert 5Middlebury 4Norwich 3Amherst 2RIT 2St. Thomas 2Adrian 1Babson 1Bowdoin 1Curry 1Geneseo State 1Gustavus Adolphus 1Hamilton 1Hamline 1Hobart 1Manhattanville 1Massachusetts–Boston 1Oswego State 1St. John's 1Trinity 1Wisconsin–Stevens Point 1
Winners by position Position WinnersForward 15Defense 4Goaltender 13
See also Hobey Baker Award – D-I men's equivalent Laura Hurd Award – D-III women's equivalent Patty Kazmaier Award – D-I women's equivalent
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