NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament Most Outstanding Player

Tournament Most Outstanding Player

Sport	Ice hockey
Awarded for	To the player who is judged to be the most outstanding player over the course of the NCAA tournament.
History
First award	1984
Most recent	Austin Mourar (Hobart)

The tournament Most Outstanding Player is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Championship to the player to be judged the most outstanding. The award was first conferred in 1984 but was retired after the 1990 championship. The award was resurrected in 2009 and has been given out annually since (as of 2019).

As of 2020, only one player has won the award multiple times (B. J. O'Brian) who, coincidentally, is also the only player to win the award while not playing for the national champion. The 2020 and 2021 tournaments were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, as a result no tournament Most Outstanding Player was awarded.[1]

Award winners[2]

Year Winner Position School 1984 Paul Donato Forward Babson 1985 Chet Hallice Goaltender RIT 1986 Mike Alexander Forward Bemidji State 1987 Vacated † 1988 Not Awarded 1989 Shawn Wheeler Forward Wisconsin–Stevens Point 1990 Paul Caufield Forward Wisconsin–Stevens Point 1991–2008 Award retired 2009 Ross MacKinnon Goaltender Neumann 2010 B. J. O'Brian* Goaltender St. Norbert 2011 B. J. O'Brian Goaltender St. Norbert 2012 David Jacobson Goaltender St. Norbert

Year Winner Position School 2013 Jordan Singer Forward Wisconsin–Eau Claire 2014 Joe Perry Forward St. Norbert 2015 Nathaniel Heilbron Goaltender Trinity 2016 Eliot Grauer Forward Wisconsin–Stevens Point 2017 William Pelletier Forward Norwich 2018 Tanner Froese Forward St. Norbert 2019 Tanner Karty Forward Wisconsin–Stevens Point 2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 2022 Sam Ruffin Forward Adrian 2023 Damon Beaver Goaltender Hobart 2024 Austin Mourar Defenseman Hobart

† Chris Panek was the Tournament MOP in 1987 but the award was rescinded when Plattsburgh State's appearance was vacated as a result of NCAA rules violations.[3]
* Player was not a member of the championship team.

Award Breakdown

Winners by school School Winners St. Norbert 5 Wisconsin–Stevens Point 4 Hobart 2 Adrian 1 Babson 1 Bemidji State 1 Neumann 1 Norwich 1 RIT 1 Trinity 1 Wisconsin–Eau Claire 1

Winners by position Position Winners Forward 10 Defenceman 1 Goaltender 7

References

1. "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns". NCAA.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
2. "Division III Men's Ice Hockey Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
3. "Plattsburgh Gets Probation". New York Times. Retrieved 6 March 2019.