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 fo ...

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

Boston College Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Founded in 1863, the university has more than 9,300 full-time undergraduates and nearly 5,000 graduate students. Although Boston College is classifi ...

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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 Steven Tetsuo Kariya (born December 22, 1977) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger (ice hockey), winger and younger brother of former National Hockey League player Paul Kariya. Kariya was born in North Vancouver (city), North Vancou ...

Joe Gambardella Joseph Gabriel Gambardella (born December 1, 1993) is an American professional ice hockey player for the Utica Comets of the American Hockey League (AHL). He attended the University of Massachusetts–Lowell where he played college ice hockey an ...

, and

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 nam ...

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