BRUNSWICK — Former Bowdoin College men’s ice hockey coach Terry Meagher will be recognized as the 2017 recipient of the Parker-York Award, given by the New England Hockey Writers Association.

The award, presented annually since 1959 for outstanding contributions to New England collegiate hockey, will be presented at the association’s banquet on April 11 at the Prince Restaurant in Saugus, Mass.

The legendary 33-year head coach of the Bowdoin men’s ice hockey program, Meagher stepped down last season after a stellar career that included 542 wins (sixth all-time among NCAA Division III coaches), a .669 winning percentage (10th alltime), two New England Small College Athletic Conference championships and two Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference championships.

Dozens of All-Americans played for Meagher in his time at Bowdoin, while Meagher himself has been honored by the New England Hockey Writers Association as its Division II-III New England Coach of the Year three times. In both 1986 and 1989, he was presented with the Edward Jeremiah Memorial Trophy, which is awarded by the American Hockey Coaches Association to the National College Division Coach of the year.

A 1976 graduate of Boston University, Meagher made three trips to the NCAA Division I Final Four in his playing career with the Terriers. During his senior year, he was voted ECAC Tournament Most Valuable Player and the team’s Most Valuable Player after leading the squad in scoring. He also won the distinguished scholar athlete award at Boston University as a senior.

Meagher’s predecessor, former Bowdoin head coach Sid Watson, received the distinguished honor — formerly known as the Sheaffer Pen Award — in 1983.