The Len Ceglarski Award is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the

Hockey East The Hockey East Association, also known as Hockey East, is a college ice hockey conference which operates entirely in New England. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a hockey-only conference. Hockey East came into existence in 1984 for ...

regular season to the player most exemplifying the qualities of sportsmanship on the ice in the conference as voted by the head coaches of each Hockey East team. The award was created and named in honor of long-time

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Len Ceglarski Leonard Stanley Ceglarski (June 27, 1926 – December 16, 2017) was an American ice hockey player and coach. He was an All-American left wing on Boston College's 1949 NCAA championship team, and was captain of the 1950–51 squad. He was also a ...

who retired following the 1991–92 season. The Len Ceglarski Award was first bestowed in 1992 and every year thereafter. No

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has ever won the award in league history. Only Steve Kariya, Joe Gambardella,

Jacob Bryson Jacob Bryson (born November 18, 1997) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL). He played four seasons for Providence College, during which he served as team co-captain and was na ...

, and Hudson Schandor have received the award more than once, Gambardella and Bryson winning in two consecutive years, and Kariya doing so in three consecutive years from 1996–97 to 1998–99.

Award winners

Winners by school

Winners by position

References

General

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Specific

External links

Hockey East Awards (Incomplete)
{{Hockey East Hockey East College ice hockey trophies and awards in the United States Sportsmanship trophies and awards Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey