Florida Big Ten Player of the YearSportIce hockeyAwarded forThe Player of the Year in the Big TenHistoryFirst award2014Most recentGavin Brindley The Big Ten Player of the Year is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the Big Ten regular season to the best player in the conference as voted by a media panel and the head coaches of each team.[1] The Player of the Year was first awarded in 2014 and is a successor to the CCHA Player of the Year which was discontinued after the conference dissolved due to the 2013–14 NCAA conference realignment.[2] Award winners Year Winner Position School 2013–14 Adam Wilcox Goaltender Minnesota 2014–15 Jake Hildebrand Goaltender Michigan State 2015–16 Kyle Connor Left wing Michigan 2016–17 Tyler Sheehy Center Minnesota 2017–18 Cale Morris Goaltender Notre Dame 2018–19 Taro Hirose Left wing Michigan State 2019–20 Cole Hults Defenseman Penn State 2020–21 Cole Caufield Right wing Wisconsin 2021–22 Ben Meyers Center Minnesota 2022–23 Matthew Knies Left wing Minnesota 2023–24 Gavin Brindley Right wing Michigan Winners by school School Winners Minnesota 4 Michigan State 2 Michigan 2 Notre Dame 1 Penn State 1 Wisconsin 1 Winners by position Position Winners Center 2 Right wing 2 Left wing 3 Defenceman 1 Goaltender 3 See also Big Ten Awards List of CCHA Player of the Year List of WCHA Player of the Year References ^ "All-Big Ten hockey team announced". Big Ten Network. 2014-03-17. Retrieved 2014-04-20. ^ "The CCHA is going away, but its history will have a final resting place". USCHO.com. 2013-03-06. Retrieved 2013-07-23. Big Ten Conference ice hockeyTeams Michigan Wolverines Michigan State Spartans Minnesota Golden Gophers Notre Dame Fighting Irish Ohio State Buckeyes Penn State Nittany Lions Wisconsin Badgers Venues Yost Ice Arena (Michigan) Munn Ice Arena (Michigan State) 3M Arena at Mariucci (Minnesota) Compton Family Ice Arena (Notre Dame) Value City Arena (Ohio State) Pegula Ice Arena (Penn State) Kohl Center (Wisconsin) Championships & awards Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament (list of champions) All-Big Ten Teams Player of the Year Defensive Player of the Year Goaltender of the Year Freshman of the Year Scoring Champions Coach of the Year Tournament MOP All-Tournament Teams Seasons 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24