Vintage Minnesota Hockey - History

The Ms. Hockey Award is an award given annually since 1996 to the best female senior high school hockey player in the state of Minnesota.  The award is sponsored by the Let's Play Hockey newspaper, the Minnesota Wild, Bally Sports North and Reebok/CCM.  The criteria for selection include: Academic record, community service, coachability and on-ice performance. The process of selecting the winner starts with the selection of the top 10 candidates in the state.  This is reduced to five finalists, and then the panel selects a winner.  The panel responsible for selecting the winner consist of the following: High school coaches and Division I and III college coaches from Minnesota and Wisconsin.