Mike and Marian Ilitch Humanitarian Award

The Mike and Marian Ilitch Humanitarian Award was an annual award given out at the conclusion of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association regular season to the league's top citizen.

Mike and Marian Ilitch Humanitarian Award
SportIce hockey
Given forThe league's top citizen based on his contributions off the ice as well as on[1]
History
First award2001
Final award2013
Most recentBrett Beebe & Kaare Odegard

The Award was donated by and named after Mike and Marian Ilitch, a pair of wealthy Detroit-based businesspeople who well known both for their philanthropic efforts[2] as well as their ownership of the Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Tigers. The Mike and Marian Ilitch Humanitarian Award was first bestowed in 2001 and every year thereafter until 2013 when the CCHA was dissolved as a consequence of the Big Ten forming its men's ice hockey conference.[3]

Award winners
YearWinnerPositionSchool
2000–01Jason CuppCenterNebraska-Omaha
2001–02Kevin O'MalleyGoaltenderMichigan
2002–03Mike BetzGoaltenderOhio State
2003–04Neil KomadoskiDefencemanNotre Dame
2004–05Bo CheesmanRight WingLake Superior State
2005–06Drew MillerLeft WingMichigan State
2006–07Tim CookDefencemanMichigan
2007–08Justin AbdelkaderLeft WingMichigan State
2008–09Jeff LergGoaltenderMichigan State
Jerad KaufmannGoaltenderNebraska-Omaha
2009–10Dion KnelsenCenterAlaska
2010–11Trevor NillCenterMichigan State
2011–12Cody ReichardGoaltenderMiami
2012–13Brett BeebeRight WingWestern Michigan
Kaare OdegardDefencemanAlaska

See also

References

General
  • "CCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
  • "NCAA (CCHA) Humanitarian Award". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2013-07-26.

Specific
  1. "OSU's Betz Receives Mike and Marian Ilitch Humanitarian Award". Ohio State Buckeyes. 2003-03-20. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
  2. "The Little Caesars Love Kitchen to Serve Free Pizza to Shelter in Toledo". Toledo Rockets Football Blog. 2010-12-17. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
  3. "The CCHA is going away, but its history will have a final resting place". USCHO.com. 2013-03-06. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
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