Semifinalists for 2025 Richter Award are Announced
Thursday, February 13, 2025
The Hockey Commissioners Association (HCA) has announced the semifinalists for this year’s Mike Richter Award, given annually to the top goalie in men’s NCAA Division I hockey since 2014. Ten goaltenders have been chosen by a panel of voters from across the hockey community.The panel includes coaches from each conference as well as members of the national media, professional scouts and representatives of USA Hockey.
Five of the goalies come from the United States, three from Canada and one each from Slovakia and Sweden. Two of the U.S. goalies come from Illinois.
One is a graduate student, two are seniors, two are juniors, and five are sophomores. Two were semifinalists last year: Trey Augustine of Michigan State and Jacob Fowler of Boston College. BC (#1) and MSU (#2) sit atop the national polls.
Three finalists will be announced in early March and the winner of this year’s Mike Richter Award will be announced in April during the NCAA Frozen Four in St. Louis.
The six NCAA Division I conferences are all represented among the semifinalists with the NCHC boasting three goalies, the CCHA and Hockey East each with two, and the Big Ten, Atlantic Hockey, and ECAC Hockey each with one.
Past Richter Award Recipients: 2014 - Connor Hellebuyck, UMass Lowell; 2015 - Zane McIntyre, North Dakota; 2016 - Thatcher Demko, Boston College; 2017 - Tanner Jaillet, Denver; 2018 - Cale Morris, Notre Dame; 2019 - Cayden Primeau, Northeastern; 2020 - Jeremy Swayman, Maine; 2021 - Jack LaFontaine, Minnesota; 2022 - Devon Levi, Northeastern; 2023 - Devon Levi, Northeastern; 2024 - Kyle McClellan, Wisconsin.
Semifinalists for the 2025 Mike Richter Award
Trey Augustine, Michigan State (Big Ten) *
(SO – South Lyon, MI)
Albin Boija, Maine (Hockey East)
(SO – Sundsvall, Sweden)
Matt Davis, Denver (NCHC)
(SR – Calgary, AB)
Jacob Fowler, Boston College (Hockey East) *
(SO – Melbourne, FL)
Thomas Gale, Holy Cross (Atlantic Hockey)
(SR - Kirkland, PQ)
Josh Kotai, Augustana (CCHA)
(SO - Abbotsford, BC)
Simon Latkoczy, Omaha (NCHC)
(JR - Trencin, Slovakia)
Cameron Rowe, Western Michigan (NCHC)
(GR - Wilmette, IL)
Alex Tracy, Minnesota State (CCHA)
(JR - Chicago, IL)
Lawton Zacher, Brown (ECAC Hockey)
(SO - Buffalo, NY)
*2024 Semifinalist
