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regular season to the best player in the conference as voted by the coaches of each CCHA team. The award went on hiatus after the original CCHA was disbanded after the 2012–13 season, and was reinstated when the league resumed play in 2021–22. The Player of the Year was first awarded in 1977 and every year thereafter until 2013, when the original CCHA was dissolved as a

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of the

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forming its men's

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. The award returned along with the league in 2022. Two players (

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and

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) have received the award two separate times, both doing so in consecutive years.

Award winners

Winners by school

Winners by position

References

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Specific

External links

CCHA Awards (Incomplete)
{{Central Collegiate Hockey Association College ice hockey player of the year awards in the United States

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