We opened our awards up to the public this year.
Votes are tabulated as follows. Each reader submitted picks for first (5 pts), second (3 pts), and third (1 pts) place for each award. A reader's votes are multiplied by the number of games she attended during the 1996-97 season.
1st 2nd 3rd Points % of 1st
Brian Hayward Award (Best goalie)
Elliott 215 1,075 100%
Pelletier 215 645
Hicks 157 157
Peter Natyshak Award (Career improvement)
Bergin 108 67 27 768 38%
C. Wilson 87 83 42 726 30%
Kendall 65 27 52 458 23%
Oates 27 135 9%
Dailey 27 16 97
Papp 15 34 79
Burgoyne 20 60
Cooney 8 10 34
Smart 31 31
Peach 20 20
Tymchyshyn 15 15
Terry Gage Award (Determination in a supporting role)
Oates 118 48 10 744 48%
Stienstra 31 51 308 13%
Kovac 51 7 276 21%
Peach 11 42 51 232 4%
Kendall 20 27 181 8%
Burgoyne 27 81
Smart 16 80 6%
C. Wilson 58 58
Rutter 10 30
Papp 27 27
Adler 27 27
Dailey 16 16
Rocke 15 15
Sacchetti 7 7
Pelletier 1 1
Randy MacFarlane Award (Transcendent beauty and skating prowess)
Knopp 161 35 16 926 60%
Auger 36 178 15 729 13%
Tymshychyn 27 16 52 235 10%
Moynihan 15 10 74 179 6%
Dailey 28 10 150 10%
Rutter 51 51
C. Wilson 31 31
Stienstra 7 21
Burgoyne 1 3
S. Wilson 1 1
Dave Shippel Award ("Scappiness" and effort)
Oates 136 27 761 54%
Papp 20 97 7 398 8%
S. Wilson 36 1 183 14%
Knopp 27 42 177 11%
Bergin 15 83 158 6%
Kovac 31 37 130
Kendall 27 16 97
Stienstra 27 81
Smart 10 50 4%
Moynihan 15 45
Tymshychyn 7 35 3%
Burgoyne 27 27
Cooney 1 20 25 0%
Rutter 7 21
Mike Schafer Award (Leadership and passion)
S. Wilson 85 33 93 617 39%
Cooney 89 54 607 41%
Tymshychyn 27 10 27 192 12%
Papp 52 27 183
Knopp 27 16 97
Auger 15 75 7%
Smart 15 45
Bergin 15 15
Burgoyne 11 11
Dailey 7 7
Doug Dadswell Award (Most valuable freshman)
Moynihan 247 1,235 100%
Steinstra 151 54 507
Rutter 59 52 229
Adler 10 74 104
Kovac 27 7 88
John Carter Award (Most respected opponent)
White, Clarkson 166 47 27 998 59%
Koenig, Union 27 129 264 10%
St. Louis, Verm 20 39 27 244 7%
Prestafillipo, Hvd 61 183
Harder, Colgate 27 135 10%
Murphy, Clarkso 27 135 10%
Houle, Clarkson 16 15 125 6%
Robitaille, Miami 31 93
Battaglia, RPI 27 10 91
Blake, North Dakota 27 81
Perrin, Vermont 16 16 64
Prpic, SLU 15 15
Gardiner, RPI 7 7
Pierre Belanger Award (Worst referee)
J. Murphy 84 51 573 38%
Ammian 43 42 341 20%
Cole 51 10 38 323 23%
Gallagher 42 34 312 19%
D. Murphy 51 153
Dell 31 27 120
Noeth 20 25 85
Melanson 31 31
Joe Nieuwendyk Award (Most valuable player)
Elliott 121 74 10 837 49%
Knopp 74 88 50 684 30%
C. Wilson 25 71 59 397 10%
S. Wilson 27 24 207 11%
Tymshychyn 15 43 88
Bergin 27 81
Papp 27 27
Auger 7 7