Finalists Announced for 2022-23 Sid Watson Award
Given to AHCA Division II-III Men’s Player of the Year
Seventeen players who have distinguished themselves on the ice in 2022-23 have been named finalists for the 2023 Sid Watson Award, given annually to the best NCAA Division II-III men’s ice hockey player in the country. Only one of the finalists is a repeat honoree from 2022: Plymouth State forward Myles Abbate, the MASCAC Player of the Year. Eleven of the finalists are from the United States, three are from Canada, and one each hail from Belarus, Estonia and Slovakia. Six are seniors, six are juniors, three are sophomores, one is a freshman and one is a graduate student. Twelve are forwards, three are goaltenders and two are defensemen.
Sponsored by the American Hockey Coaches Association, the Sid Watson Award honors the memory of former Bowdoin College head coach and athletic director Sid Watson. A three-time AHCA Coach of the Year, Watson served Bowdoin for more than 30 years, winning 326 games in 24 seasons as head coach.
The recipient of this year's Sid Watson Award will be announced on Thursday, March 23.
2022-23 Finalists for the Sid Watson Award
Myles Abbate, Senior Forward, Plymouth State University*
(Norwell, MA) MASCAC Player of the Year
Fletcher Anderson, Sophomore Forward, UW-Stevens Point
(Thunder Bay, ON) WIAC Co-Player of the Year
Luke Aquaro, Sophomore Forward, Hobart College
(Yardley, PA) NEHC Player of the Year
Drennen Atherton, Senior Goalie, Norwich University
(Winter Haven, FL)
Jack Bostedt, Junior Goalie, College of St. Scholastica
(Janesville, WI)
Reid Cooper, Graduate Goalie, Curry College
(Corman Park, SK) CCC Co-Player of the Year
Jayson Dobay, Junior Defense, Utica University
(Weymouth, MA)
Conor Foley, Senior Forward, Franklin Pierce University
(Nahant, MA) Northeast-10 Player of the Year
Alex Gagnon, Senior Forward, Albertus Magnus College
(Montreal, PQ)
Quinn Green, Junior Forward, UW-Eau Claire
(West Chicago, IL) WIAC Co-Player of the Year
Nikita Kozyrev, Junior Forward, Buffalo State
(Talinn, Estonia) SUNYAC Player of the Year
Andrew Kurapov, Junior Forward, Endicott College
(Corvallis, OR) CCC Co-Player of the Year
Jake Lachance, Senior Defense, Wesleyan University
(Andover, MA) NESCAC Player of the Year
Arkhip Ledenkov, Junior Forward, College of St. Scholastica
(Polotsk, Belarus) MIAC Player of the Year
Liam McCanney, Sophomore Forward, Stevenson University
(Aldan, PA) UCHC Player of the Year
Carter Rapalje, Freshman Forward, Stonehill College
(Colorado Springs, CO)
Matus Spodniak, Senior Forward, Adrian College
(Kosice, Slovakia) NCHA Player of the Year
* Was also a finalist in 2022
Past Winners of the Sid Watson Award | |||
1993 | Frank Cirone | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | Forward |
1994 | Ray Alcindor | Middlebury | Forward |
1995 | Charlie Gaffney | Bowdoin | Forward |
1996 | Ian Smith | Middlebury | Defense |
1997 | Steve Toll | RIT | Forward |
1998 | Mark Spence | Middlebury | Forward |
1999 | Rob Smillie | St. Norbert | Forward |
2000 | Steve Aronson | St. Thomas | Forward |
2001 | Keith Aucoin | Norwich | Forward |
2002 | Jerry Galway | RIT | Defense |
2003 | Maris Ziedins | St. Norbert | Forward |
2004 | Kevin Cooper | Middlebury | Forward |
2005 | Kurtis McLean | Norwich | Forward |
2006 | Adam Hanna | St. John's | Goalie |
2007 | Andrew Gallant | Manhattanville | Goalie |
2008 | Kyle Jones | St. Norbert | Goalie |
2009 | Jeff Landers | Amherst | Defense |
2010 | David Martinson | Gustavus Adolphus | Forward |
2011 | Chris Berenguer | Hamline | Defense |
2012 | Jonathan LaRose | Amherst | Goalie |
2013 | Paul Rodrigues | SUNY Oswego | Forward |
2014 | David Jacobson | St. Norbert | Goalie |
2015 | Drew Fielding | St. Thomas | Goalie |
2016 | Jamie Murray | Babson | Goalie |
2017 | Evan Buitenhuis | Hamilton | Goalie |
2018 | Colin Larkin | UMass Boston | Forward |
2019 | Devin McDonald | Geneseo | Goalie |
2020 | Tom Aubrun | Norwich | Goalie |
2021 | Not Awarded | ||
2022 | Peter Bates | St. Norbert | Forward |