NCHC Defensive Forward of the Year

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]

NCHC Defensive Forward of the Year

Sport	Ice hockey
Awarded for	The Best Forward in the NCHC
History
First award	2014
Most recent	Tim Washe

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]

Award winners

Year	Winner	School
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
2024–25	Tim Washe	Western Michigan

Winners by school School Winners North Dakota 4 Minnesota Duluth 3 St. Cloud State 2 Colorado College 1 Miami 1 Western Michigan 1

See also

• NCHC Awards
• Best Defensive Forward