Hockey East Best Defensive Forward

The Hockey East Best Defensive Forward is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the Hockey East regular season to the best defensive forward in the conference as voted by the head coaches of each Hockey East team.^[1] It was shared for the first time in the 2013–14 season, between Bill Arnold of Boston College and Ross Mauermann of Providence.

Hockey East Best Defensive Forward

Sport	Ice hockey
Awarded for	To the best defensive forward in the conference.
History
First award	1997
Most recent	Justin Hryckowian (Northeastern)

The Best Defensive Forward was first bestowed in 1997 and every year thereafter. Justin Hryckowian is the only person to win the award twice (as of 2024).

Award winners

Year Winner Position School Ref 1996–97 Travis Dillabough Left Wing Providence 1997–98 Chris Drury Left Wing Boston University 1998–99 Doug Nolan Forward UMass Lowell 1999–00 John Sadowski Forward New Hampshire 2000–01 Mike Lephart Left Wing Boston College 2001–02 Mike Pandolfo Left Wing Boston University 2002–03 Mark Mullen Forward Boston University 2003–04 Todd Jackson Left Wing Maine 2004–05 Preston Callander Forward New Hampshire 2005–06 Brad Zancanaro Left Wing Boston University 2006–07 Joe Rooney Forward Boston College 2007–08 Matt Greene Forward Boston College 2008–09 Joe Vitale Center Northeastern 2009–10 Ben Holmstrom Center UMass Lowell 2010–11 Tanner House Center Maine

Year Winner Position School Ref 2011–12 Chris Connolly Left Wing Boston University 2012–13 Tim Schaller Left Wing Providence 2013–14 Bill Arnold Center Boston College Ross Mauermann Forward Providence 2014–15 Noel Acciari Center Providence 2015–16 Sam Herr Forward Notre Dame 2016–17 Austin Cangelosi Forward Boston College 2017–18 Brian Pinho Forward Providence 2018–19 Chase Pearson Forward Maine 2019–20 Patrick Curry Forward Boston University 2020–21 Marc McLaughlin Forward Boston College 2021–22 Jáchym Kondelík Forward Connecticut [2] 2022–23 Justin Hryckowian Forward Northeastern [3] 2023–24 Justin Hryckowian Forward Northeastern

Winners by school School Winners Boston College 6 Boston University 6 Providence 5 Maine 3 Northeastern 3 UMass Lowell 2 New Hampshire 2 Connecticut 1 Notre Dame 1

Winners by position Position Winners Center 5 Right Wing 0 Left Wing 8 Forward 16

See also

• Hockey East Awards

References

^[4]

General

• "Hockey East Awards". Hockey East Online. Archived from the original on 2012-04-13. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
• "Hockey East Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
• "Hockey East Best Defensive Forward". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2013-08-17.

Specific

1. "UMaine's Abbott named Hockey East Player of the Year, Hobey Baker finalist". The Maine Campus. 2012-03-15. Archived from the original on 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
2. "Hockey East Names Men's Pro Ambitions All-Rookie Team - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
3. "Hockey East Names 2022-23 Pro Ambitions All-Rookie Team - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
4. "Gladiator Custom Mouthguards Best Defensive Forward Award - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com. Retrieved 2023-03-12.

External links

• Hockey East Awards (Incomplete) Archived 2013-05-12 at the Wayback Machine