Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year Award

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Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year Award
SportIce hockey
Awarded forMost outstanding American women’s ice hockey player.
History
First award1994
First winnerErin Whitten-Hamlen
Most winsMultiple (2)
Most recentLaila Edwards

The Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year Award is given annually by USA Hockey to the most outstanding American-born female ice hockey player. It was first presented in 1994.

The award is named after the late Bob Allen, who was president of the New York State Amateur Hockey Association from 1954 to 1979 and served in high-ranking positions at USA Hockey from 1974 to 1999. A lifelong supporter of women's hockey, he played a major role in the development of girls' and women's hockey in the United States.[1]

Award winners[edit]

Year Winner Position Hometown
1994 Erin Whitten-Hamlen Goaltender Glens Falls, New York
1995 Karyn Bye Forward River Falls, Wisconsin
1996 Cammi Granato Forward Downers Grove, Illinois
1997 Laurie Baker Forward Concord, Massachusetts
1998 Karyn Bye Forward River Falls, Wisconsin
1999 A.J. Mleczko Forward Nantucket, Massachusetts
2000 Sara DeCosta-Hayes Goaltender Warwick, Rhode Island
2001 Krissy Wendell Forward Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
2002 Sara DeCosta-Hayes Goaltender Warwick, Rhode Island
2003 Angela Ruggiero Defenseman Harper Woods, Michigan
2004 Angela Ruggiero Defenseman Harper Woods, Michigan
2005 Natalie Darwitz Forward Eagan, Minnesota
2006 Katie King Forward Brookline, Massachusetts
2007 Julie Chu Forward Fairfield, Connecticut
2008 Caitlin Cahow Defenseman Branford, Connecticut
2009 Jessie Vetter Goaltender Cottage Grove, Wisconsin
2010 Jenny Potter Forward Anoka, Minnesota
2011 Meghan Duggan Forward Danvers, Massachusetts
2012 Kelli Stack Forward Brooklyn Heights, Ohio
2013 Amanda Kessel Forward Madison, Wisconsin
2014 Hilary Knight Forward Sun Valley, Idaho
2015 Brianna Decker Forward Dousman, Wisconsin
2016 Monique Lamoureux-Morando Defenseman Grand Forks, North Dakota
2017 Brianna Decker Forward Dousman, Wisconsin
2018 Maddie Rooney Goaltender Andover, Minnesota
2019 Kendall Coyne Schofield Forward Palos Heights, Illinois
2020 Abby Roque Forward Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
2021 Aerin Frankel Goaltender Chappaqua, New York
2022 Hilary Knight Forward Sun Valley, Idaho
2023 Caroline Harvey Defenseman Salem, New Hampshire
2024 Laila Edwards Forward Cleveland, Ohio
Source: USA Hockey[2]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Bob Allen - Class of 2013". New York State Amateur Hockey Association. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
  2. ^ "Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year". USA Hockey. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
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