The Big Ten announced their season end hockey awards on Tuesday and the Minnesota Gophers were the recipients of several of the awards. Junior forward Ben Meyers was named the Big Ten Player of the Year, sophomore defenseman Brock Faber was named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, and Bob Motzko was name dthe Big Ten Coach of the Year. The Gophers also had seven different players named to the All-Big Ten teams.
Meyers took home the big award on the season. The junior missed five games playing for the US in the Olympics but still led Minnesota with 16 goals and 36 points in 30 games.