NCHC Offensive Defenseman of the Year

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]

NCHC Offensive Defenseman of the Year

Sport	Ice hockey
Awarded for	The Best Offensive Defenseman in the NCHC
History
First award	2014
Most recent	Zeev Buium

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
2023–24	Zeev Buium	Denver
2024–25	Zeev Buium	Denver

Winners by school

School	Winners
Denver	6
Minnesota–Duluth	3
Western Michigan	2
St. Cloud State	1

See also

• NCHC Awards
• CCHA Best Defensive Defenseman