Finalists Named for Big Ten Hockey Postseason Awards

ROSEMONT, lll. – The Big Ten Conference has announced its finalists for hockey postseason individual awards. The award winners and All-Big Ten teams, as selected by the conference’s coaches and a media panel, will be announced March 18 on the Big Ten Network’s Big Ten Today.

2024-25 BIG TEN HOCKEY AWARDS FINALISTS:

Player of the Year
Isaac Howard, F, MSU
Jimmy Snuggerud, F, MINN
Aiden Fink, PSU

Defensive Player of the Year
Matt Basgall, D, MSU
Sam Rinzel, D, MINN
Simon Mack, D, PSU

Goaltender of the Year
Trey Augustine, MSU
Logan Terness, OSU
Arsenii Sergeev, PSU

Freshman of the Year
Michael Hage, F, MICH
Charlie Cerrato, F, PSU
Gavin Morrissey, F, WIS

Coach of the Year
Adam Nightingale, MSU
Steve Rohlik, OSU
Guy Gadowsky, PSU

The 2025 Big Ten Hockey Tournament continues Saturday (March 15) with semifinals pairing No. 7 seed Notre Dame at No. 1 seed Michigan State (6 p.m. ET) and No. 5 seed Penn State visiting No. 3 seed Ohio State (8:30 p.m. ET). Both games will be carried by the Big Ten Network and streamed on connected devices via the FOX Sports App.