 | This article has an unclear citation style. (January 2014) |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | The league's top citizen based on his contributions off the ice as well as on[1] |
| History | |
| First award | 2001 |
| Final award | 2013 |
| Most recent | Brett Beebe & Kaare Odegard |
The Mike and Marian Ilitch Humanitarian Award was an annual award given out at the conclusion of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association regular season to the league's top citizen.
The Award was donated by and named after Mike and Marian Ilitch, a pair of wealthy Detroit-based businesspeople who well known both for their philanthropic efforts[2] as well as their ownership of the Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Tigers. The Mike and Marian Ilitch Humanitarian Award was first bestowed in 2001 and every year thereafter until 2013 when the CCHA was dissolved as a consequence of the Big Ten forming its men's ice hockey conference.[3]
- ^ "OSU's Betz Receives Mike and Marian Ilitch Humanitarian Award". Ohio State Buckeyes. 2003-03-20. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
- ^ "The Little Caesars Love Kitchen to Serve Free Pizza to Shelter in Toledo". Toledo Rockets Football Blog. 2010-12-17. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
- ^ "The CCHA is going away, but its history will have a final resting place". USCHO.com. 2013-03-06. Retrieved 2013-07-26.