The ECAC Hockey Best Defensive Forward is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the

ECAC Hockey ECAC Hockey is one of the six conferences that compete in NCAA Division I ice hockey. The conference used to be affiliated with the Eastern College Athletic Conference, a consortium of over 300 colleges in the eastern United States. This relati ...

regular season to the best defensive forward in the conference as voted by the coaches of each ECAC team. The Best Defensive Forward was first awarded in 1993 (the same year that the Best Defensive Defenseman award was revived) and every year thereafter. Three players (

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and

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) have received the award two separate times, all three doing so in consecutive years.

Award winners

Winners by school

Winners by position

References

General

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Specific

External links

ECAC Hockey Awards (Incomplete)
{{ECAC Hockey League College ice hockey trophies and awards in the United States