NCHC Offensive Defenseman of the Year
SportIce hockey
Awarded forThe Best Offensive Defenseman in the NCHC
History
First award2014
Most recentMichael Benning

The NCHC Offensive Defenseman of the Year is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference regular season to the best defenseman in the conference as voted by the coaches of each NCHC team.[1]

The Offensive Defenseman of the Year was first awarded in 2014 and is a successor to the CCHA Best Defensive Defenseman which was discontinued after the conference dissolved due to the 2013–14 NCAA conference realignment.[2][3][4]

Award winners

Year Winner School
2013–14 Joey LaLeggia Denver
2014–15 Joey LaLeggia Denver
2015–16 Ethan Prow St. Cloud State
2016–17 Will Butcher Denver
2017–18 Scott Perunovich Minnesota–Duluth
2018–19 Scott Perunovich Minnesota–Duluth
2019–20 Scott Perunovich Minnesota–Duluth
2020–21 Ronnie Attard Western Michigan
2021–22 Ronnie Attard Western Michigan
2022–23 Michael Benning Denver

Winners by school

School Winners
Denver 4
Minnesota–Duluth 3
Western Michigan 2
St. Cloud State 1

See also

References

  1. ^ "Archibald, Dowd, LaLeggia Headline NCHC Award Winners". NCHC Hockey. March 20, 2014. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
  2. ^ "The CCHA is going away, but its history will have a final resting place". USCHO.com. March 6, 2013. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
  3. ^ "NCHC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. March 6, 2013. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
  4. ^ "Prow, Berry Capture NCHC's Top Honors at Awards Celebration". 17 March 2016.

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