Northeastern graduate forward Alina Mueller (Winterthur, Switzerland) was named MVP of the Hockey East Tournament and Hockey East Player of the Year, both for the third time in her career, as she led Northeastern to its sixth straight Bertagna Trophy as Hockey East champions. She had five goals and three assists in the postseason and was named a Patty Kaz Top-10 Finalist for the fifth time in her career. Mueller became Northeastern’s all-time program leader with her 250th career point with a goal in the semifinals against Boston College.

Winners of the Hockey East Tournament MVP Award
Year Player Team Yr. Pos.
2003 Kelli Halcisak Providence Jr. D
2004 Kelli Halcisak Providence Sr. D
2005 Rush Zimmerman Providence Sr. F
2006 Sam Faber New Hampshire Fr. F
2007 Jana Bugden Providence Sr. G
2008 Sam Faber New Hampshire Jr. F
2009 Kacey Bellamy New Hampshire Sr. D
2010 Melissa Haber Boston University Sr. G
2011 Kelli Stack Boston College Sr. F
2012 Jenn Wakefield Boston University Sr. F
2013 Kerrin Sperry Boston University Jr. G
2014 Kerrin Sperry Boston University Sr. G
2015 Marie-Philip Poulin Boston University Sr. F
2016 Alex Carpenter Boston College Sr. F
2017 Andie Anastos Boston College Sr. F
2018 Aerin Frankel Northeastern Fr. G
2019 Aerin Frankel Northeastern So. G
2020 Alina Mueller Northeastern So. F
2021 Aerin Frankel Northeastern Sr. G
2022 Alina Mueller Northeastern Sr. F
2023 Alina Mueller Northeastern Gr. F