Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Freshman of the Year

The Big Ten Freshman of the Year is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the Big Ten regular season to the best freshman in the conference as voted by a media panel and the head coaches of each team.[1]

Big Ten Freshman of the Year
SportIce hockey
Awarded forThe Freshman of the Year in the Big Ten
History
First award2014
Most recentGavin McKenna

The Freshman of the Year was first awarded in 2014 and is a successor to the CCHA Rookie of the Year which was discontinued after the conference dissolved due to the 2013–14 NCAA conference realignment.[2]

Award winners

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YearWinnerPositionSchool
2013–14J. T. CompherLeft wingMichigan
2014–15Dylan LarkinCenterMichigan
2015–16Kyle ConnorLeft wingMichigan
2016–17Trent FredericCenterWisconsin
2017–18Mitchell LewandowskiForwardMichigan State
2018–19Sammy WalkerForwardMinnesota
2019–20Cole CaufieldForwardWisconsin
2020–21Thomas BordeleauForwardMichigan
2021–22Jakub DobešGoaltenderOhio State
Luke HughesDefensemanMichigan
2022–23Adam FantilliForwardMichigan
2023–24Artyom LevshunovDefencemanMichigan State
2024–25Michael HageForwardMichigan
2025–26Gavin McKennaLeft wingPenn State

References

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  1. "All-Big Ten hockey team announced". Big Ten Network. 2014-03-17. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
  2. "The CCHA is going away, but its history will have a final resting place". USCHO.com. 2013-03-06. Retrieved 2013-07-23.