CCHA Best Defensive Forward

The CCHA Best Defensive Forward is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) regular season to the best defensive forward in the conference as voted by the coaches of each CCHA team.[1]

CCHA Best Defensive Forward
SportIce hockey
Awarded forBest Defensive Forward in the CCHA
History
First award1990
Most recentJackson Jutting
Connor Milburn

The Best Defensive Forward was first awarded in 1990 and every year thereafter until 2013 when the original CCHA was dissolved as a consequence of the Big Ten Conference forming its men's ice hockey conference.[2]

The CCHA was revived in 2020, with play resuming in the 2021–22 season, by seven schools that left the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, with an eighth school joining before play started. The revived league folded the Best Defensive Forward award into a new CCHA Forward of the Year award.[3] The award was revived in 2024.[4]

Award winners

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See also

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References

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General

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  • "CCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
  • "NCAA (CCHA) Best Defensive Forward". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2013-07-23.

Specific

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  1. ^ "Henderson and Odegard Recipients of CCHA Major Awards". Alaska Nanooks. 2013-03-22. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
  2. ^ "The CCHA is going away, but its history will have a final resting place". USCHO.com. 2013-03-06. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
  3. ^ "CCHA to announce annual awards this week" (Press release). Central Collegiate Hockey Association. March 13, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
  4. ^ "Forwards Jutting and Milburn Share Defensive Honor". CCHA. March 12, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
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