The Ken Dryden Award is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the

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regular season to the best

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in the conference as voted by the coaches of each ECAC team. The Ken Dryden Award was first awarded in 1996 and every year thereafter. It is named in honor of famed

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goaltender

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who led the Big Red to their first National Title in

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Award winners

Winners by school

Matthew Galajda Cornell University ice hockey

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