CCHA Best Defensive Forward

CCHA Best Defensive Forward
SportIce hockey
Awarded forBest Defensive Forward in the CCHA
History
First award1990
Most recentJackson Jutting
Connor Milburn

The CCHA Best Defensive Forward is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) regular season to the best defensive forward in the conference as voted by the coaches of each CCHA team.[1]

The Best Defensive Forward was first awarded in 1990 and every year thereafter until 2013 when the original CCHA was dissolved as a consequence of the Big Ten Conference forming its men's ice hockey conference.[2]

The CCHA was revived in 2020, with play resuming in the 2021–22 season, by seven schools that left the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, with an eighth school joining before play started. The revived league folded the Best Defensive Forward award into a new CCHA Forward of the Year award.[3] The award was revived in 2024.[4]

Award winners

Year Winner Position School
1989–90 Pete Stauber Left wing Lake Superior State
1990–91 Jeff Napierala Right wing Lake Superior State
1991–92 Pat Ferschweiler Right wing Western Michigan
1992–93 Chris Bergeron Center Miami
1993–94 Mike Stone Center Michigan
1994–95 Wayne Strachan Right wing Lake Superior State
1995–96 Bates Battaglia Left wing Lake Superior State
1996–97 John Madden Center Michigan
1997–98 Terry Marchant Center Lake Superior State
1998–99 Mike York Center Michigan State
1999–00 Shawn Horcoff Center Michigan State
2000–01 John Nail Right wing Michigan State
2001–02 Bobby Andrews Center Alaska-Fairbanks
Year Winner Position School
2002–03 Jed Ortmeyer Right wing Michigan
2003–04 Dwight Helminen Center Michigan
2004–05 Eric Nystrom Left wing Michigan
2005–06 Drew Miller Left wing Michigan State
2006–07 Nathan Davis Center Miami
2007–08 Justin Abdelkader Center Michigan State
2008–09 Tim Miller Left wing Michigan
2009–10 Tommy Wingels Center Miami
2010–11 Carl Hagelin Left wing Michigan
2011–12 Luke Glendening Right wing Michigan
2012–13 Dane Walters Right wing Western Michigan
2023–24 Jackson Jutting Forward Bemidji State
Connor Milburn Forward Lake Superior State

Winners by school

School Winners
Michigan 8
Lake Superior State 6
Michigan State 5
Miami 3
Western Michigan 2
Alaska 1
Bemidji State 1

Winners by position

Position Winners
Center 11
Right wing 7
Left wing 6
Forward 2

See also

References

General

  • "CCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
  • "NCAA (CCHA) Best Defensive Forward". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2013-07-23.

Specific

  1. ^ "Henderson and Odegard Recipients of CCHA Major Awards". Alaska Nanooks. 2013-03-22. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
  2. ^ "The CCHA is going away, but its history will have a final resting place". USCHO.com. 2013-03-06. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
  3. ^ "CCHA to announce annual awards this week" (Press release). Central Collegiate Hockey Association. March 13, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
  4. ^ "Forwards Jutting and Milburn Share Defensive Honor". CCHA. March 12, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.

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