Minnesota Duluth's Scott Sandelin is one of three Penrose Award winners nominated for the 2017 honor.
Ten coaches who have enjoyed on-ice success in 2016-17 have been named nalists for the Spencer Penrose Award, given annually to the NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Coach of the Year. Voting will be conducted prior to this year's Frozen Four in Chicago, and the winner will be announced on Wednesday, April 5.
The nominees represent any coach who won or shared Coach of the Year honors in his conference this past season, along with coaches whose teams have advanced to the NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey semi finals. Of this year's finalists, four are past recipients of this award: Norm Bazin of UMass Lowell (2013), Rick Bennett of Union College (2014), Jeff Jackson of Notre Dame (2007) and Scott Sandelin of Minnesota Duluth (2004.)
The Spencer Penrose Award is named in memory of the Colorado Springs benefactor who built the Broadmoor Hotel Complex, site of the first 10 NCAA championship hockey tournaments. The actual award will be presented at the AHCA Coach of the Year Banquet in Naples, Florida, on Wednesday evening, April 26. The AHCA Coach of the Year Awards are chosen by members of the American Hockey Coaches Association and sponsored by CCM.
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| 2016-2017 AHCA Men’s Ice Hockey Spencer Penrose Award Finalists | ||
|---|---|---|
| Norm Bazin | UMass Lowell | Hockey East Coach of the Year* |
| Rick Bennett | Union | ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year* |
| Ted Donato | Harvard | NCAA Semi-Finalist |
| Tony Granato | Wisconsin | Big Ten Coach of the Year |
| Jeff Jackson | Notre Dame | NCAA Semi-Finalist* |
| Jim Montgomery | Denver | NCAA Semi-Finalist |
| Andy Murray | Western Michigan | NCHC Coach of the Year |
| Scott Sandelin | Minnesota Duluth | NCAA Semi-Finalist* |
| Tom Serratore | Bemidji State | WCHA Coach of the Year |
| Dave Smith | Canisius | Atlantic Hockey Coach of the Year |
* Past Spencer Penrose Award Winner
| Winners of the Spencer Penrose Award Division One Coach of the Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Edward Jeremiah | Dartmouth |
| 1952 | Cheddy Thompson | Colorado College |
| 1953 | John Mariucci | Minnesota |
| 1954 | Vic Heyliger | Michigan |
| 1955 | Ralph “Cooney” Weiland | Harvard |
| 1956 | William Harrison | Clarkson |
| 1957 | Jack Riley | Army |
| 1958 | Harry Cleverly | Boston University |
| 1959 | John “Snooks” Kelley | Boston College |
| 1960 | Jack Riley | Army |
| 1961 | Murray Armstrong | Denver |
| 1962 | Jack Kelley | Colby |
| 1963 | Tony Frasca | Colorado College |
| 1964 | Tom Eccleston | Providence |
| 1965 | Jim Fullerton | Brown |
| 1966 | Amo Bessone | Michigan State |
| 1967 | Edward Jeremiah | Dartmouth |
| 1968 | Ned Harkness | Cornell |
| 1969 | Charlie Holt | New Hampshire |
| 1970 | John MacInnes | Michigan Tech |
| 1971 | Ralph “Cooney” Weiland | Harvard |
| 1972 | John “Snooks” Kelley | Boston College |
| 1973 | Len Ceglarski | Boston College |
| 1974 | Charlie Holt | New Hampshire |
| 1975 | Jack Parker | Boston University |
| 1976 | John MacInnes | Michigan Tech |
| 1977 | Jerry York | Clarkson |
| 1978 | Jack Parker | Boston University |
| 1979 | Charlie Holt | New Hampshire |
| 1980 | Rick Comley | Northern Michigan |
| 1981 | Bill O’Flaherty | Clarkson |
| 1982 | Fernie Flaman | Northeastern |
| 1983 | Bill Cleary | Harvard |
| 1984 | Mike Sertich | Minnesota-Duluth |
| 1985 | Len Ceglarski | Boston College |
| 1986 | Ralph Backstrom | Denver |
| 1987 | John “Gino” Gasparini | North Dakota |
| 1988 | Frank Anzalone | Lake Superior |
| 1989 | Joe Marsh | St. Lawrence |
| 1990 | Terry Slater | Colgate |
| 1991 | Rick Comley | Northern Michigan |
| 1992 | Ron Mason | Michigan State |
| 1993 | George Gwozdecky | Miami |
| 1994 | Don Lucia | Colorado College |
| 1995 | Shawn Walsh | Maine |
| 1996 | Bruce Crowder | UMass-Lowell |
| 1997 | Dean Blais | North Dakota |
| 1998 | Tim Taylor | Yale |
| 1999 | Richard Umile | New Hampshire |
| 2000 | Joe Marsh | St. Lawrence |
| 2001 | Dean Blais | North Dakota |
| 2002 | Tim Whitehead | Maine |
| 2003 | Bob Daniels | Ferris State |
| 2004 | Scott Sandelin | Minnesota Duluth |
| 2005 | George Gwozdecky | Denver |
| 2006 | Enrico Blasi | Miami |
| 2007 | Jeff Jackson | Notre Dame |
| 2008 | Red Berenson | Michigan |
| 2009 | Jack Parker | Boston University |
| 2010 | Wayne Wilson | RIT |
| 2011 | Nate Leaman | Union |
| 2012 | Bob Daniels | Ferris State |
| 2013 | Norm Bazin | UMass Lowell |
| 2014 | Rick Bennett | Union |
| 2015 | Mike Hastings | Minnesota State |
| 2016 | Rand Pecknold | Quinnipiac |
