The NCHC Defensive Forward of the Year is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference regular season to the best defensive forward in the conference as voted by the coaches of each NCHC team.[1]
Sport | Ice hockey |
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Awarded for | The Best Forward in the NCHC |
History | |
First award | 2014 |
Most recent | Noah Laba |
The Defensive Forward of the Year was first awarded in 2014 and is a successor to the Best Defensive Forward which was discontinued after the conference dissolved due to the 2013–14 NCAA conference realignment.[2][3][4]
Year | Winner | School |
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2013–14 | Nic Dowd | St. Cloud State |
2014–15 | Mark MacMillan | North Dakota |
2015–16 | Sean Kuraly | Miami |
2016–17 | Dominic Toninato | Minnesota–Duluth |
2017–18 | Rhett Gardner | North Dakota |
2018–19 | Justin Richards | Minnesota Duluth |
2019–20 | Justin Richards | Minnesota Duluth |
2020–21 | Shane Pinto | North Dakota |
2021–22 | Connor Ford | North Dakota |
2022–23 | Jami Krannila | St. Cloud State |
2023–24 | Noah Laba | Colorado College |
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