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USA Hockey award for the outstanding women's ice hockey player
Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year Award Sport Ice hockey Awarded for Most outstanding American women’s ice hockey player. First award 1994 First winner Erin Whitten-Hamlen Most wins Multiple (2)Most recent Laila Edwards
The Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year Award is given annually by USA Hockey to the most outstanding American-born female ice hockey player. It was first presented in 1994.
The award is named after the late Bob Allen , who was president of the New York State Amateur Hockey Association from 1954 to 1979 and served in high-ranking positions at USA Hockey from 1974 to 1999. A lifelong supporter of women's hockey, he played a major role in the development of girls' and women's hockey in the United States.[ 1]
Angela Ruggiero was the first defenseman to win the award, and the first player to win in consecutive years
Hilary Knight 's two wins came eight years apart, in 2014 and 2022
Goaltender Aerin Frankel won the award in 2021
Year
Winner
Position
Hometown
1994
Erin Whitten-Hamlen
Goaltender
Glens Falls, New York
1995
Karyn Bye
Forward
River Falls, Wisconsin
1996
Cammi Granato
Forward
Downers Grove, Illinois
1997
Laurie Baker
Forward
Concord, Massachusetts
1998
Karyn Bye
Forward
River Falls, Wisconsin
1999
A.J. Mleczko
Forward
Nantucket, Massachusetts
2000
Sara DeCosta-Hayes
Goaltender
Warwick, Rhode Island
2001
Krissy Wendell
Forward
Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
2002
Sara DeCosta-Hayes
Goaltender
Warwick, Rhode Island
2003
Angela Ruggiero
Defenseman
Harper Woods, Michigan
2004
Angela Ruggiero
Defenseman
Harper Woods, Michigan
2005
Natalie Darwitz
Forward
Eagan, Minnesota
2006
Katie King
Forward
Brookline, Massachusetts
2007
Julie Chu
Forward
Fairfield, Connecticut
2008
Caitlin Cahow
Defenseman
Branford, Connecticut
2009
Jessie Vetter
Goaltender
Cottage Grove, Wisconsin
2010
Jenny Potter
Forward
Anoka, Minnesota
2011
Meghan Duggan
Forward
Danvers, Massachusetts
2012
Kelli Stack
Forward
Brooklyn Heights, Ohio
2013
Amanda Kessel
Forward
Madison, Wisconsin
2014
Hilary Knight
Forward
Sun Valley, Idaho
2015
Brianna Decker
Forward
Dousman, Wisconsin
2016
Monique Lamoureux-Morando
Defenseman
Grand Forks, North Dakota
2017
Brianna Decker
Forward
Dousman, Wisconsin
2018
Maddie Rooney
Goaltender
Andover, Minnesota
2019
Kendall Coyne Schofield
Forward
Palos Heights, Illinois
2020
Abby Roque
Forward
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
2021
Aerin Frankel
Goaltender
Chappaqua, New York
2022
Hilary Knight
Forward
Sun Valley, Idaho
2023
Caroline Harvey
Defenseman
Salem, New Hampshire
2024
Laila Edwards
Forward
Cleveland, Ohio
Source: USA Hockey [ 2]
Winners by position [ edit ]