On Tuesday, the American Hockey Coaches Association announced that Notre Dame men’s hockey coach Jeff Jackson had won the 2018 Spencer Penrose Award as Division I Men’s Ice Hockey CCM/AHCA Coach of the Year. Jackson guided the Fighting Irish to Big Ten regular season and tournament titles, having previously won the award in 2007.
Ohio State’s Steve Rohlik was the honor’s runner-up after the Buckeyes (26-9-5) finished second to Notre Dame (27-9-2) in the regular season, and fell to ND in overtime, 3-2, in the B1G Tournament finals.
Rohlik took over as the head man in Columbus in the spring on 2013, after spending three seasons as the program’s associate head coach.