Hockey East Three-Stars Award

Hockey East Three-Stars Award
History
Sport	Ice hockey
Awarded for	To the player who accrues the most stars-of-the-game points through conference play.
First award	2001
Most recent	Macklin Celebrini (Boston University)

The Hockey East Three-Stars Award is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the Hockey East regular season to the player who has the highest number of points with respect to being named a star-of-the-game. At the conclusion of each game the members of the media decide the three stars of the game, awarding five points for being named as the first star, three points for a second star and one point for a third star. Only conference games are counted in the standings for the Three-Stars Award.^[1]

The Three-Stars Award was first bestowed in 2001 and every year thereafter. The overall standings have resulted in a tie six times, the latest instance being the second three-way tie in 2020–21. In 2022-23, Lane Hutson became the first defenceman to win the award in league history.

Award winners

Year	Winner	Position	School
2000–01	Brian Gionta	Right Wing	Boston College
2001–02	Colin Hemingway	Right Wing	New Hampshire
2002–03	Ben Eaves	Center	Boston College
2002–03	Joe Exter	Goaltender	Merrimack
2003–04	Keni Gibson	Goaltender	Northeastern
2004–05	Patrick Eaves	Right Wing	Boston College
2004–05	Ryan Shannon	Center	Boston College
2005–06	Chris Collins	Left Wing	Boston College
2005–06	Cory Schneider	Goaltender	Boston College
2006–07	John Curry	Goaltender	Boston University
2007–08	Bryan Ewing	Center	Boston University
2008–09	Brad Thiessen	Goaltender	Northeastern
2009–10	Bobby Butler	Right Wing	New Hampshire
2010–11	Paul Thompson	Right Wing	New Hampshire
2011–12	Kieran Millan	Goaltender	Boston University
2012–13	John Henrion	Center	New Hampshire
2012–13	Martin Ouellette	Goaltender	Maine

Year	Winner	Position	School	Ref
2013–14	Clay Witt	Goaltender	Northeastern
2014–15	Jack Eichel	Center	Boston University
2015–16	Kevin Boyle	Goaltender	UMass Lowell
2016–17	Anders Bjork	Forward	Notre Dame
	Clayton Keller	Forward	Boston University
	Tyler Kelleher	Forward	New Hampshire
2017–18	Adam Gaudette	Forward	Northeastern
2018–19	Cayden Primeau	Goaltender	Northeastern
2019–20	John Leonard	Forward	Massachusetts
2020–21	Jonny Evans	Forward	Connecticut
	Aidan McDonough	Forward	Northeastern
	Marc McLaughlin	Forward	Boston College
2021–22	Devon Levi	Goaltender	Northeastern	^[2]
2022–23	Lane Hutson	Defenceman	Boston University	^[3]
2023–24	Macklin Celebrini	Center	Boston University

Winners by school

School	Winners
Boston College	7
Boston University	7
Northeastern	7
New Hampshire	5
Connecticut	1
Maine	1
Massachusetts	1
Merrimack	1
Notre Dame	1
UMass Lowell	1

Winners by position

Position	Winners
Center	6
Right Wing	5
Left Wing	1
Forward	8
Defenceman	1
Goaltender	11

References

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General

"Hockey East Awards". Hockey East Online. Archived from the original on 2012-04-13. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
"Hockey East Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
"Hockey East Three Stars Award". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2013-08-19.

Specific

^ "Ouellette Earns Army ROTC Three Stars Award". Go Black Bears. 2013-03-20. Archived from the original on 2013-08-19. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
^ "Hockey East Names Men's Pro Ambitions All-Rookie Team - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
^ "Hockey East Names 2022-23 Pro Ambitions All-Rookie Team - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
^ "PNC Bank Three Stars Award - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com. Retrieved 2023-03-12.