The Hal Downes Award is presented each season to the team’s Most Valuable Player, as chosen by the team. This award honors the memory of Hal Downes, goaltender on the 1951 NCAA National Championship Team, who was declared missing in action during the Korean War.
| 1956 | Lorne Howes |
| 1957 | Dick Dunnigan |
| 1958 | Neil McDonald |
| 1959 | John Hutton |
| 1960 | Bob White |
| 1961 | Red Berenson |
| 1962 | Red Berenson |
| 1963 | Bob Gray |
| 1964 | Gordon Wilkie |
| 1965 | Mel Wakabayashi |
| 1966 | Mel Wakabayashi |
| 1967 | Bob Baird |
| Dean Lucier | |
| 1968 | Jim Keough |
| 1969 | Paul Domm |
| Lars Hansen | |
| 1970 | Don Deeks |
| 1971 | Paul Gamsby |
| Brian Skinner | |
| 1972 | Kurt Bagnell |
| Bernie Gagnon | |
| 1973 | Rick Mallette |
| 1974 | Robbie Moore |
| 1975 | Angie Moretto |
| 1976 | Kris Manery |
| 1977 | Dave Debol |
| 1978 | Ben Kawa |
| 1979 | Mark Miller |
| 1980 | Paul Fricker |
| 1981 | John Blum |
| Tim Manning | |
| 1982 | Ted Speers |
| 1983 | Ted Speers |
| Brad Tippett | |
| 1984 | Jim McCauley |
| 1985 | Mark Chiamp |
| 1986 | Jeff Norton |
| 1987 | Brad Jones |
| 1988 | Scott Sharples |
| 1989 | Todd Brost |
| 1990 | Scott Sharples |
| 1991 | Denny Felsner |
| 1992 | Denny Felsner |
| 1993 | Steve Shields |
| 1994 | Brian Wiseman |
| 1995 | Mike Knuble |
| 1996 | Brendan Morrison |
| 1997 | Brendan Morrison |
| 1998 | Marty Turco |
| 1999 | Josh Blackburn |
| 2000 | Mike Comrie |
| 2001 | Josh Blackburn |
| 2002 | Josh Blackburn |
| Mike Cammalleri | |
| Jed Ortmeyer | |
| 2003 | Jed Ortmeyer |
| 2004 | Al Montoya |
| 2005 | T.J. Hensick |
| Jeff Tambellini | |
| 2006 | Andrew Ebbett |
| 2007 | T.J. Hensick |
| 2008 | Kevin Porter |
| 2009 | Louie Caporusso |
| 2010 | Carl Hagelin |
| 2011 | Carl Hagelin |
| 2012 | Shawn Hunwick |
| 2013 | Jacob Trouba |
| 2014 | J.T. Compher |
| 2015 | Zach Hyman |
| Dylan Larkin | |
| 2016 | J.T. Compher |
| Kyle Connor | |
| 2017 | Will Lockwood |
| 2018 | Cooper Marody |
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