Sid Watson Award

Sid Watson Award
SportIce hockey
Awarded forThe most outstanding player in NCAA Division III men's ice hockey.
History
First award1993
Most recentTom Aubrun (Norwich)

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.[1] The award is named for longtime Bowdoin College hockey coach and athletic director Sid Watson, who died in April 2004 at age 71. Watson played 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 Wisconsin–Stevens Point
1994 Ray Alcindor Forward Middlebury
1995 Charlie Gaffney Forward Bowdoin
1996 Ian Smith Defense Middlebury
1997 Steve Toll Forward RIT
1998 Mark Spence Forward Middlebury
1999 Rob Smillie Forward St. Norbert
2000 Steve Aronson Forward St. Thomas
2001 Keith Aucoin Forward Norwich
2002 Jerry Galway Defense RIT
2003 Māris Ziediņš Forward St. Norbert
2004 Kevin Cooper Forward Middlebury
2005 Kurtis McLean Forward Norwich
2006 Adam Hanna Goaltender St. John's
2007 Andrew Gallant Goaltender Manhattanville


Year Winner Position School
2008 Kyle Jones Goaltender St. Norbert
2009 Jeff Landers Defense Amherst
2010 David Martinson Forward Gustavus Adolphus
2011 Chris Berenguer Defense Hamline
2012 Jonathan LaRose Goaltender Amherst
2013 Paul Rodrigues Forward Oswego State
2014 David Jacobson Goaltender St. Norbert
2015 Drew Fielding Goaltender St. Thomas
2016 Jamie Murray Goaltender Babson
2017 Evan Buitenhuis Goaltender Hamilton
2018 Colin Larkin Forward Massachusetts–Boston
2019 Devin McDonald Goaltender Geneseo State
2020 Tom Aubrun Goaltender Norwich
2022 Peter Bates Forward St. Norbert
2023 Matus Spodniak Forward Adrian

Winners by school

School Winners
St. Norbert 5
Middlebury 4
Norwich 3
Amherst 2
RIT 2
St. Thomas 2
Adrian 1
Babson 1
Bowdoin 1
Geneseo State 1
Gustavus Adolphus 1
Hamilton 1
Hamline 1
Manhattanville 1
St. John's 1
Oswego State 1
Massachusetts–Boston 1
Wisconsin–Stevens Point 1


Winners by position

Position Winners
Forward 15
Defense 4
Goaltender 10

See also

References

  1. ^ "ACHA D-III Player Award Named for Bowdoin's Legendary Sid Watson". uscho.com. Retrieved 2016-10-05.