Joe Bertagna, Executive Director, American Hockey Coaches Association 7 Concord Street in Gloucester, MA 01930 [email protected] — (978) 376-5494

For immediate release: Monday, January 20, 2020

Dean Blais, Ben Smith and John Marchetti Headline 2020 AHCA Award Winners

The American Hockey Coaches Association has announced its major award winners for the 2019-20 season. Most of the honorees will receive their awards during the 2020 AHCA Convention in Naples, FL, where men’s and women’s hock- ey are celebrated at separate dinner on Wednesday, April 22 and Friday, April 24, respectively. (See list of previous AHCA Award Winners.)

JOHN MACINNES AWARD Established by the AHCA in 1982 to honor former Tech coach, John MacInnes, this award recognizes those people who have shown a great concern for amateur hockey. The recipients have had high winning percentages, as well as out- standing graduating percentages among their former players. The winners of this award have helped young men grow not only as hockey players, but also more importantly, as men. 2020 Recipient: , , , Omaha

Dean Blais enjoyed a uniquely successful hockey career as both a player and a coach, spanning five decades. A na- tive of International Falls, Minnesota, Blais entered the in the fall of 1969 and played two varsity seasons for and one for . The 1971 Gophers were NCAA runners-up, falling to University in the final in Syracuse. Blais was named to that year’s All Tournament Team. In his senior year, Blais represented the in the 1973 World Championships, starting a long relationship with USA Hockey. Drafted by the in the fifth round (68th overall), Blais spent three seasons in the Chi- cago organization before starting his coaching career as an assistant at Minnesota for the 1976-77 season. His first head coaching position came with Minot (ND) High School, from 1977-1980. He returned to hockey as an assistant to Gino Gasparini at North Dakota, helping the Sioux to two NCAA championships during his 1980-89 tenure. After five seasons back at the high school level (Roseau and International Falls High Schools), he returned to Grand Forks as of North Dakota and enjoyed a record of 262-115-33 in 10 seasons, winning NCAA championships in 1997 and 2000. In his decade at North Dakota, his teams finished first in the WCHA on five occasions. Blais again left college hockey, this time for three seasons in the organization (2004-2007), followed by two years with the Fargo Force of the USHL. College hockey lured him back when he took over the program at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, winning 146 games over the next eight seasons and bringing Omaha to the Frozen Four in 2015. In all, his college head coaching record was 408-248-63. He also led Team USA to the gold medal in the 2010 World Junior Championship and he remained active with USA Hockey in a variety of roles over the years. The MacInnes Award is not the first honor bestowed on Blais by the AHCA. He earned the Spencer Penrose Award as the nation’s top Division I men’s coach in both 1997 and 2001.

JOHN "SNOOKS" KELLEY FOUNDERS AWARD Named after the famed coach, this award honors those people in the coaching profession who have contributed to the overall growth and development of the sport of in the United States. 2020 Recipient: Ben Smith, BU, Yale, Dartmouth, Northeastern and USA Hockey

Ben Smith was the head coach of three U.S. Olympic Women’s Hockey Teams, including the 1998 squad that captured the first-ever gold medal awarded in women’s hockey. He also coached five Women’s World Championships, leading the U.S to win its first-ever gold medal in 2005. On the men’s side internationally, Smith has been on staff for three World Junior Championships, two Men’s World Championships, the 1988 Olympics in Calgary, and the 2018 Olympics in South Korea. Smith played hockey at Harvard (‘68) for Hall of Famer, Cooney Weiland before entering the coaching ranks. His first job was at the University of - Amherst, followed by a one-year stint at his hometown high school in Glouces AHCA Major Award Winners/January 20, 2020/Page Two ter, MA. Smith moved on to Yale, serving for five years with fellow Harvard alum Tim Taylor. After Yale won its first-ever Championship in 1981, Smith took a position with at , where he assisted for nine years. He became head coach at Dartmouth in 1990, and head coach at Northeastern in 1991, serving until 1996. USA Hockey hired Smith in 1996 to coach the Women’s National and Olympic program, which he did for over a decade. In 2008, Smith transitioned to the men’s side. His current assignment for USA Hockey is with the Boys U-20 National Team which plays in the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships on an annual basis. Smith was formally inducted into the Interna- tional Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 2016 and the USA in 2017.

JIM FULLERTON AWARD Named in honor of the former hockey coach and ACHA spiritual leader, this award recognizes an individual who loves the purity of our sport. Whether a coach, administrator, trainer, official, journalist or simply a fan, the recipient exemplifies Jim Fullerton, who gave as much as he received and never stopped caring about the direction in which our game was heading. 2020 Recipient: Trent Trahan, Plattsburgh Prime Link Shootout

Trent Trahan is the president and CEO of The Champlain Telephone Company and PrimeLink. His leadership and vision has developed the management of the phone company and its subsidiaries during a time of revolutionary change in the tele- communication industry. Under Trahan’s direction, PrimeLink established the Prime Link Great Northern Shoot Out, an annual Thanksgiving weekend two-day round-robin Division III hockey tournament. The event features four of the region’s competi- tive Division III hockey programs; Norwich University, , Plattsburgh State University and a Division III guest from throughout the country. Mr. Trahan has been a Plattsburgh State Hockey fan for 27 years. At one , he was a collegiate basketball player who, upon graduation, moved to Minnesota to work and fell in love with college hockey. Upon moving back to the Plattsburgh Area in late 80’s to take over the family business, he became a Plattsburgh State Hockey Fan. He immediately became a supporter of the program donating his time and money to the growth of the hockey program at the college. It was his love of college hockey that led Trent in 1998, to develop a plan to build and grow Division III college hockey even further than it had at that time. In the two decades of the tournament, Primelink has been a positive experience for over 2000 NCAA Division III hockey players, both East and West. His promotion of the tournament has led to a much greater awareness of the Division III game throughout the college hockey world. A native of Chazy, NY, Trahan attended Plattsburgh State University. He serves as Chairperson for Clinton County Indus- trial Development Agency (CCIDA). He is a member of the Plattsburgh State College Foundation Investment Committee. He is past Chairman of the Plattsburgh State College Foundation. He is a member of the Omicron Delta Kappa, The National Leadership Honor Society. He has 30 years of experience in the telephony industry.

TERRY FLANAGAN AWARD Named in honor of the former UNH player and Bowling Green Assistant, this award honors an assistant coach’s career body of work. 2020 Recipient: Keith Fisher, SCSC, Princeton and Penn State

With a distinguished 22-season coaching background, Keith Fisher’s recruiting and coaching acumen has been vital to the recent rise of Penn State hockey, including back-to-back NCAA Tournament berths in 2017 and 2018. In 2018-19, Fisher helped guide Penn State to its second Big Ten Championship game in the past three seasons as the Nittany Lions posted their second most victories in a season finishing 22-15-2. In 2017-18, Penn State reached the Big Ten semifinals for the fourth time in the brief five-year history of the conference. Fisher also helped guide Penn State to back-to- back 20-win campaigns in 2015-16 & 2016-17 and the programs first-ever Big Ten Tournament Championship in 2017. Prior to coming to Penn State, Fisher spent the previous six seasons on the staff at Princeton from 2005-2011. With the Tigers, he helped lead the team to a pair of NCAA tournament berths (2008, 2009) and the 2008 ECAC and Ivy League Cham- pionships. The 2009 also set the school-record for wins in a season with 22, a record which still stands to this day. The Minnesota native headed up the Princeton recruiting efforts which saw three All-Americans, two Hobey Baker Award Finalists, two ECAC Player of the Year recipients (the only two in the history of the program), one ECAC Rookie of the Year, one ECAC Defenseman of the Year and one ECAC of the year. Fisher spent five years with the USHL’s Omaha Lancers’ coaching staff, helping the team to the Clark Cup championship in 2001 and Anderson Cup regular-season championships in both 2002 and 2005. A graduate of St. Cloud State University, Fisher got his coaching start with two seasons with the Huskies’ hockey program as an undergraduate assistant coach. During his time with the SCSU, Fisher helped develop five players for the NHL and in 2000 they advanced to just the second NCAA tournament in program history. AHCA Major Award Winners/January 20, 2020/Page Three

JOHN MARIUCCI AWARD , the former coach of the University of Minnesota, was not only an outstanding college coach, but also a driving force behind the growth of hockey in the United States. In 1987, the AHCA created this award to honor a secondary school coach who best exemplifies the spirit, dedication and enthusiasm of the “Godfather of U.S. Hockey,” John Mariucci. 2020 Re- cipient: Andy Weidenbach, Cranbrook Kingswood School.

Andy Weidenbach enjoyed a successful 26-year career as head coach at the Cranbrook-Kingswood School in Michigan, forging a career mark of 504-187-47 (.715). In that time, Weidenbach led Cranbrook to 10 state championships before retiring in March of 2019. As successful as he was in winning games, Weidenbach was also a leader off the ice, helping create and serve the Mich- igan Interscholastic Hockey League for 20 years. As the only president the group has known, Weidenbach took the lead in growing high school hockey and educating coaches in Michigan. He quickly earned a reputation as one who was in the game to help others as well as succeed with his own program. Among his accomplishments were creating the first pre-season high school league in the state as well as the first girls high school league. Said rival coach Todd Johnson of Catholic Central, “Guys like Andy help each other out. When they are in competition, they want to beat each other. But outside the competition, it is like, ‘What can we do to help each other become better?’” Weidenbach’s coaching career spanned 41 years, starting at the bantam level, moving through the OHL and then the high school career. Prior to Cranbrook, Weidenbach coached in the OHL and the NAHL. With Detroit Compuware, he went 190-37- 18 andearned NAJHL Coach of the Year honors. He also served as a skills coach for the Player Development Rookie Camp from 2008-2012. Weidenbach also served as Arena Manager in both his Cranbrook and Compuware stops. He has also owned an operated a dynamic skating school for many years. Added Coach Johnson, “Andy coached his teams the right way. He was always willing to listen to other parties involved in the game. That was huge with his reputation in working with the Michigan High School Athletic Association and getting changes made, changes that improved high school hockey for everyone.”

THE WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY FOUNDERS AWARD This award honors a member of the hockey community or college coaching profession who has contributed to the overall growth and development of the sport of women’s ice hockey in the United States through their enthusiasm, passion and self- lessness. 2020 Recipient: John Marchetti, Providence, Yale, Mercyhurst

John Marchetti was a pioneer in women’s ice hockey, bridging the sport’s early developmental years with the emergence of women’s hockey as an Olympic sport in the late 1990’s. Starting at in 1980 and moving on to a brief stint at Yale, ending in 2002, Marchetti won 292 games and still ranks 19th overall in wins some 20 years after his retirement. Inducted into the Providence College Hall of Fame in 2008, Marchetti held the best winning percentage (.779) of any sport in the history of the college at the time of his retirement. His career record was 292-173-26. He also spent some time as an assistant coach at both UConn and Mercyhurst. His legacy was not confined to the exemplary win-loss record but also in the players he groomed to go on to extraordi- nary success at the international level. Among the Olympians that John coached at PC were Cammi Granato, Chris Bailey, Lisa Brown Miller and Alana Blahoski. He also coached some of the greats of the pre-Olympic, most notably Cindy Curley. Three of his former players went on to become successful head coaches in their own right: Jackie Gladu Barto (PC and OSU), Heather Linstad (NU and UConn), and Karen Kay (UNH and Team USA.) Marchetti was also among a small group of coaches who were instrumental in professionalizing women’s intercollegiate ice hockey in the years before formal league play and post-season tournaments were the norm within the NCAA. Following his successful hockey coaching career, the former PC hockey player became a successful golf coach at the col- lege level, coaching at Mercyhurst and Ave Maria (FL).

ASSISTANT WOMEN’S COACH AWARD Established in 2011, this award honors an assistant coach's career body of work. 2020 Recipient: Mare MacDougall Bari, St. Lawrence University

Mare MacDougall Bari entered her thirteenth season as an assistant coach with the St. Lawrence women’s hockey team in 2019-20. The Saints’ strength and conditioning and video coordinator, MacDougall Bari also assists with the recruitment of student-athletes works closely with the team’s defensemen and killing unit. In 12 seasons at St. Lawrence, Mare has helped lead the Saints to four NCAA Tournament appearances, seven ECAC Hockey semifinal appearances including the 2012 ECAC Hockey Tournament Championship, and a 226-155-51 record. MacDougall Bari has coached three finalists, three All Americans and 16 members of the Paul Flanagan ‘80, P’13 Century Club since coming to . Additionally, in 2012, she was honored as part of the ECAC Hockey Coaching Staff of the Year. In addition to her duties with the hockey program, Mare has immersed herself in the St. Lawrence campus community as AHCA Major Award Winners/January 20, 2020/Page Four a professor within the Sports Studies and Exercise Science minor, an academic advisor, and as a member of several cam- pus-wide committees, including working on the 2018 Middle States Commission on Higher Education accreditation review. Prior to coming to St. Lawrence, MacDougall Bari served as an assistant coach for four seasons at Wayne State University. The Lumsden, Saskatchewan native graduated cum laude from Mercyhurst College in 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History. As a defenseman, she helped the Lakers capture back-to-back league championships in her two seasons at Mercy- hurst, and earned CHA All-Academic honors her both her junior and senior year. She was very involved in the Erie community, as she worked as a volunteer at an after-school program for at-risk children. MacDougall Bari lives in Canton, N.Y., and is married to Franco Bari, the Athletic Director at the College of St. Scholastica. Bari previously served as the St. Lawrence women’s soccer coach and assistant athletic director.

JOE BURKE AWARD The Joe Burke Award was established in 1994 to honor those individuals who have shown great support and dedication to Girls/Women’s hockey. Joe Burke was an avid fan of Girls/Women’s hockey in the New England area from the late 70’s to his death in 2017. 2020 Recipient: Kathy McGarrigle, Anaheim Lady Duck

Kathy McGarrigle has served as Founder, Program Director and Head Coach for the Anaheim Lady Ducks since its humble beginnings in 1999. Now in her 23rd year of coaching ice hockey and 30th year teaching in the public schools, she focuses her efforts on the growth of the Lady Ducks program, from 6 & under thru 12u. These efforts have seen the Lady Ducks program win several medals at USA Hockey Nationals and place a number of young women from into NCAA programs. Kathy has overseen the Lady Ducks grow from 4 teams in 2007 to 14-15 teams expected for 2019. In addition to the girls’ program, Kathy has competed and earned 8 medals (2G, 2S, 4B) at the USA Hockey Women’s National Championships. Kathy’s dedication to see female sports succeed comes from her early experiences with sports, chasing her after brother and includ- ed some exclusion from participation in the early 1970s. Following Title IX passage, opportunities for girls to play and high school sports grew rapidly. A four-letter athlete, earn- ing CIF honors as well as an academic National Merit Scholar, Kathy took on the opportunity play Division I Tennis and attend college at USC. She competed for multiple years in the Pac-10 and NCAA Tennis championships as a student-athlete and earned a Sports Journalism degree from USC in 1989. She obtained her California Teaching Credential and later a Masters in Kinesiology & Sport History in 1998 from Cal Poly. Coaching young tennis players in the 1990s, Kathy took her experiences as an athlete, strong student, instructor and teacher to develop the Lady Ducks program into the nationally-recognized program that it is today. In her spare time, Kathy enjoys travel, especially to historically notable destinations and working on literacy with disadvantaged children. In 1997 she taped the ’98 Olympic NIKE commercial with Cammi Granato, “Just Do It!”

(See list of past award recipients.)

Contact: Joe Bertagna, (978) 376-5494 Previous AHCA Award Winners

The John Mariucci Award The AHCA created this award in honor of the former Minnesota player and coach to honor a secondary school coach who best exem- plifies the spirit, dedication, and enthusiasm of the “Godfather of U.S. Hockey”, John Mariucci. 1988 Larry Ross, International Falls (MN) 2004 Jeff Kosak, Hotchkiss (CT) 1989 Eddie Burns, Arlington (MA) 2005 John Sumner, Shattuck St. Mary’s (MN) 1990 , Edina (MN) 2006 Vic Levine, Madison Memorial (WI) 1991 Henry Hughes, Melrose (MA) 2007 Tom Fleming, Northwood School 1992 George Akerstrom,Kimball Union (NH) 2008 Ray Pratt, Lake Placid H.S. (NY) 1993 Bill Belisle, Mt. St. Charles (RI) 2009 Bill Hanson, Catholic Memorial (MA) 1994 Al Clark, Culver Military Acdemy (IN) 2010 John Gardner, Avon Old Farms (CT) 1995 John Chambers, Needham (MA) 2011 Chris Gurry, Phillips Academy Andover (MA) 1996 , Sr., Massena (NY) 2012 Tom Osiecki, Burnsville H.S. (MN) 1997 Harold “Ben” Foote, Lynn English (MA) 2013 Lorne Grosso, Rochester Mayo H.S. (MN) 1998 Marty Pierce, Matignon (MA) 2014 Joe McCabe, Boston College H.S. (MA) 1999 Al Godfrey, Hopkins (MN) 2015 Bob Gernander, Greenway H.S. (MN) 2000 Dave Hendrickson, Crookston, Virginia (MN) 2016 Bill O’Neil, Northwood (NY), Essex H.S. (VT) 2001 Pete Melchiono, Barnstable (MA) 2017 Pete Sears, Oswego H.S. (NY) 2002 Lou Cotroneo, St. Paul Johnson (MN) 2018 Jim Pohl, Red Wing H.S. (MN) 2003 Tom Saterdalen, Bloomington Jefferson (MN) 2019 Bob Rosen, Williamsville North H.S. (NY)

The Jim Fullerton Award Named in honor of the former Brown University coach and AHCA spiritual leader, this award recognizes an individual who loves the purity of our sport. Whether a coach, administrator, trainer, official, journalist, or simply a fan, the recipient exemplifies Jim Fullerton, who gave as much as he received and never stopped caring about the direction in which our game was heading. 1992 Bob Johnson, Hockey 2006 Frank “Mac” McIntosh, 1993 Otto Breitenbach, WCHA 2007 Bill Brophy, Minnesota/ Media 1994 Frank Rowe, CCM & Bauer 2008 Charley Holden, NCAA, 1995 Mike Linkovich, Bowdoin 2009 Tom Jacobs, NCAA, CCHA 1996 Bob Olson, WMPL Radio 2010 John Gilbert, Minnesota Media 1997 Joe Castro, Brown 2011 Virg Foss, Grand Forks (ND) Herald 1998 Bob Crocker, Boston University 2012 Wally Odell, Minnesota Hockey 1999 Ted Brill, U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame 2013 John “Jocko” Connolly, Boston Herald 2000 Art Berglund, USA Hockey 2014 Tim McNeill, Notre Dame 2001 Bill Kipouras, Salem (MA) Evening News 2015 Doug Spencer, WCHA 2002 Steve Cady, Miami 2016 Dave Carrier, Michigan State 2003 Steve Reed, Northwood School 2017 Wally Johnson, St. Lawrence 2004 Bruce McLeod, WCHA 2018 Neil Koepke, MSUSpartans.com 2005 Dana Hennigar, Hockey East 2019 Bob Norton, NESN, ESPN, UNH

The John “Snooks” Kelley Founders Award Named after the famed Boston College coach, this award honors those people in the coaching profession who have contributed to the overall growth and development of the sport of ice hockey in the United States. 1981 Gregg Batt, Hamilton 2001 Kelvin “Brush” Christiansen, AK-Anchorage 1982 Charlie Basch, St. Cloud 2002 Gary Dineen, New England Coyotes 1983 John Mariucci, Minnesota 2003 , CC, Wisconsin 1984 Jim Fullerton, Brown 2004 Dick Johnson, Roseau, MN 1985 Sid Watson, Bowdoin 2005 , Minn. Duluth, Michigan Tech 1986 , Boston University 2006 Carl Marottolo, Yale Youth Hockey 1987 Bill Stewart, Boston English H.S. 2007 , CC, Air Force 1988 , St. Lawrence 2008 John Russo, Minnesota Hockey 1989 Bill McCormick, Williams 2009 Terry Martin, SUNY Canton 1990 , Providence 2010 Peter Van Buskirk, Holy Cross 1991 , Northeastern 2011 Bruce Johnson, Robbinsdale (MN) HS 1992 , Michigan 2012 Terry Moran, Castleton State 1993 Dave Peterson, USA Hockey 2013 Jim Higgins, Dartmouth, Colgate and Princeton 1994 , USA Hockey 2014 Donald “Toot” Cahoon, Lehigh, Norwich, Princeton, UMass 1995 Bob O’Connor, USA Hockey 2015 , Princeton, RIT, Union, Plattsburgh, AHCA 1996 Charles “Lefty” Smith, Notre Dame 2016 Bill Wilkinson, Western Michigan and Wayne State 1997 , RPI, UNH, North Dakota 2017 Jack Barzee, USHL, USA Hockey 1998 Bob Ferguson, USHL and IHL 2018 Jim Logue, Merrimack, Salem State, Boston College 1999 , Providence College 2019 Mike MacMillan, Minnesota and USA Hockey 2000 Herb Hammond, Oswego, Plattsburgh, Brown The John MacInnes Award Named for the successful coach at Michigan Tech, this award recognizes those people who have shown a great concern for amateur hockey and youth programs. The recipients have had high winning percentages, as well as outstanding graduating percentages among their former players. The winners of this award have helped young men grow not only as hockey players, but more importantly as men.

1983 , Michigan State 2002 Ed Saugestad, Augsburg College 1984 Jack Riley, Army 2003 , LSSU, BGSU, Michigan State 1985 Bob Johnson, Wisconsin 2004 , Mankato State 1986 , Denver 2005 , Salem State, Yale, Vermont 1987 , RPI, Cornell, Union 2006 , Babson, U.S. Military Academy 1988 , Michigan, Air Force 2007 Tim Taylor, Yale 1989 , 2008 , Minnesota 1990 , Yale 2009 , Babson, Providence 1991 , Harvard 2010 John Dunham, Trinity 1992 Len Ceglarksi, Clarkson, Boston College 2011 Terry Skrypek, St. Thomas 1993 Don Roberts, Gustavus Adolphus 2012 Phil Grady, Hamilton 1994 Herb Brooks, Minnesota 2013 Tony Fritz, Lake Forest College 1995 , Bemidji 2014 , St. Lawrence 1996 , Northeastern 2015 Jack Parker, Boston University 1997 Bill O’Flaherty, Clarkson 2016 , Middlebury College 1998 , UND,UMD,St.Louis,LSSU 2017 , LSSU, NMU, MSU 1999 John “Gino” Gasparini, North Dakota 2018 , Bowdoin College 2000 Bill Riley, Jr., Lehigh, Norwich, Lowell 2019 , Michigan 2001 Jim Cross, Vermont Terry Flanagan Award — Assistant Coach Recognition Named in honor of the former UNH player and Bowling Green Assistant, this award honors an assistant coach’s career body of work. 1997 Terry Flanagan, Bowling Green 2009 Steve Miller, Denver 1998 Bob Saunders, HC, RPI, UMB, NU 2010 Andy Slaggert, Notre Dame 1999 Glenn Kulyk, Minnesota-Duluth 2011 Brian Hills, RIT 2000 , Michigan 2012 Drew Famulak, Ferris State 2001 Brian Durocher, Brown, Colgate, BU 2013 Mike Cavanaugh, Boston College 2002 Kevin Houle, Plattsburgh 2014 Steve Mattson, Norwich 2003 Stu Irving, Merrimack 2015 , Cornell and Miami 2004 Tom Newton, Western Michigan, MSU 2016 Mike Gibbons, Bemidji, NMU, CC, DU, St. Cloud 2005 , Wisconsin, Maine 2017 , Minnesota 2006 Bill Powers, Michigan 2018 Ben Syer, Quinnipiac, Cornell 2007 David Lassonde, Wisconsin, Miami, UNH 2019 Kevin Patrick, WI, BSU, Union, UVM 2008 David Peters, Dartmouth

Joe Burke Award — Support of Women’s Hockey Presented annually to the person who has given outstanding contribution, support, and dedication to women’s ice hockey.

1994 Joe Burke, Women’s Hockey 2008 Maurice FitzMaurice, CT Polar Bears 1995 John Dooley, 2009 Bob and Kathleen Ridder, Minnesota 1996 Bernie McKinnon, St. Lawrence 2010 Kelly Dyer Hayes, Northeastern and USA Hockey 1997 Joe Bertagna, ECAC Hockey 2011 Kush Sidhu, Nationals and Washington Pride 1998 Carl Gray, Assabet Valley 2012 Bob Allen, USA Hockey 2001 Russ McCurdy, New Hampshire 2013 Brian Schulz, USCHO 2002 Bette Blair, USA Hockey 2014 Mary Ann Robinson, Wisconsin Amateur Hockey 2003 Jane Ring, Minnesota Hockey 2015 Lynn Olson, Minnesota Amateur Hockey 2004 George Crowe, Dartmouth 2016 Bob Ewell, Princeton and Colby 2005 Bill Cahill, Rensselaer 2017 George Griggs, Division III Women’s Hockey 2006 Charlie Stryker, Minnesota Hockey 2018 Zoe M. Harris, Washington (State) Women’s Hockey 2007 Sue Ring-Jarvi, Minnesota Hockey 2019 Dave and Judy Ferwerda, Wisconsin Hockey Women’s Hockey Founders Award Presented annually to the person who has contributed to the overall growth and development of women’s ice hockey in the United States.

2010 Helen Bert, Providence College 2015 Karen Kay, University of New Hampshire and USA Hockey 2011 , Colby College and the University of Minnesota 2016 Heather Linstad, Northeastern and UConn 2012 Walter Bush, USA Hockey 2017 Jackie Barto, Providence and Ohio State 2013 Jill Pohtilla, Augsburg College 2018 Paul Kennedy, East Coast Wizards 2014 , Brown University and Boston Blades 2019 Don MacLeod, Northeastern

Women’s Hockey Assistant Coach Award This award honors an assistant coach’s career body of work. 2011 Amy Bourbeau, 2017 Joel Johnson, Minnesota 2012 Bob Bellemore, Providence College 2018 Ted Wisner, St. Lawrence University 2013 , Boston University 2019 Allison Coomey, CT College, Plattsburgh, Niagara, BU, PSU 2014 Danielle Bilodeau, 2015 Courtney Kennedy, Boston College 2016 Dan Koch, Wisconsin