Hockey East Goaltending Champion


The Hockey East Goaltending Champion is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the Hockey East regular season, typically to the goaltender who held the lowest Goals Against Average in conference games during the regular season.
The Goaltending Champion was first awarded in 1985 and every year thereafter.
The current record for lowest GAA against conference opponents in a season is held by Jimmy Howard of Maine with a 1.15 Goals Against Average, set during the 2003–04 season.
Seven players have won the award multiple times, with Scott King winning three times. The others, Derek Heriofsky, Michel Larocque, Ty Conklin, Matti Kaltainen, Cayden Primeau and Devon Levi won twice. King, Larocque, Primeau and Levi each winning in consecutive years.
In recent years, the title has occasionally been awarded based on overall merit rather than based on statistics. This has occurred three times, the first in 2016–17 to Collin Delia of Merrimack who held the highest save percentage in conference games rather than lowest GAA. Similarly, it was awarded to Jeremy Swayman of Maine in 2019–20 for his conference-leading.934% save percentage. In 2020-21, Spencer Knight of Boston College was awarded the title with a.937% mark, which was tied for the top save percentage in conference games with Filip Lindberg of Massachusetts. However, Knight played nearly double the minutes and had the highest winning percentage in conference games in the league.

Award winners

YearWinnerSchoolGAA
1984–85Chris TerreriProvidence3.49
1985–86Scott GordonBoston College3.42
1986–87Scott KingMaine3.06
1987–88Scott KingMaine2.97
1988–89David LittmanBoston College3.04
1989–90Scott KingMaine2.35
1990–91Scott LaGrandBoston College3.02
1991–92Derek HerlofskyBoston University2.45
1992–93Garth SnowMaine2.01
1993–94Derek HerlofskyBoston University2.27
1994–95Blair AllisonMaine2.72
1995–96Tom NobleBoston University2.89
1996–97Michel LarocqueBoston University2.57
1997–98Michel LarocqueBoston University1.74
1998–99Ty ConklinNew Hampshire1.64
1999–00Scott ClemmensenBoston College1.98
2000–01Ty ConklinNew Hampshire1.83
2001–02Mike AyersNew Hampshire1.79
2002–03Matti KaltiainenBoston College2.20
2003–04Jimmy HowardMaine1.15

YearWinnerSchoolGAA
2004–05Matti KaltiainenBoston College1.81
2005–06Cory SchneiderBoston College1.96
2006–07John CurryBoston University1.85
2007–08Kevin ReganNew Hampshire1.83
2008–09Brad ThiessenNortheastern2.09
2009–10Carter HuttonUMass Lowell2.35
2010–11John MuseBoston College1.84
2011–12Parker MilnerBoston College1.85
2012–13Connor HellebuyckUMass Lowell1.38
2013–14Thatcher DemkoBoston College1.35
2014–15Jon GilliesProvidence1.74
2015–16Kevin BoyleUMass Lowell1.80
2016–17Collin DeliaMerrimack2.21
2017–18Cayden PrimeauNortheastern1.79
2018–19Cayden PrimeauNortheastern2.12
2019–20Jeremy SwaymanMaine2.27
2020–21Spencer KnightBoston College1.99
2021–22Devon LeviNortheastern1.64
2022–23Devon LeviNortheastern1.81
2023–24Jacob FowlerBoston College2.20
2024–25Jacob FowlerBoston College1.62