List of ECAC Hockey Best Defensive Defenseman

ECAC Hockey Best Defensive Defenseman

Award details
Sport	Ice hockey
Given for	The Best Defensive Defenseman in ECAC Hockey
History
First award	1962
Most recent	Rob O'Gara

The ECAC Hockey Best Defensive Defenseman is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the ECAC Hockey regular season to the best defensive forward in the conference as voted by the coaches of each ECAC team.^[1]

The Best Defensive Forward was first awarded in 1962 but discontinued following the 1967 season. After 25 years of retirement, however, the award was rekindled the same year that the Best Defensive Forward was inaugurated (1993). It has since been conferred each year.

Only one player (Mike Traggio) has won the award more than once. The award has been split twice in its history, 1996–97 and 2013–14 .

Award winners

Year Winner School 1961–62 Arlie Parker St. Lawrence 1962–63 Dave Johnston Harvard 1963–64 Richie Green Boston University 1964–65 Tom Ross Boston University 1965–66 Bob Gaudreau Brown 1966–67 Harry Orr Cornell 1992–93 Martin d'Orsonnens Clarkson 1993–94 Mike Traggio Brown 1994–95 Mike Traggio Brown 1995–96 Jeff Kungle St. Lawrence 1996–97 Matt Pagnutti Clarkson Andrew Will Union 1997–98 Ray Giroux Yale 1998–99 Jeff Burgoyne Cornell 1999–00 Justin Harney St. Lawrence

Year Winner School 2000–01 Kent Huskins Clarkson 2001–02 Brian McMeekin Cornell 2002–03 Douglas Murray Cornell 2003–04 Scott Ford Brown 2004–05 Jaime Sifers Vermont 2005–06 Mike Madill St. Lawrence 2006–07 Drew Bagnall St. Lawrence 2007–08 Mike Moore Princeton 2008–09 Matt Generous St. Lawrence 2009–10 Justin Krueger Cornell 2010–11 Brock Matheson Union 2011–12 Danny Biega Harvard 2012–13 Zach Davies Quinnipiac 2013–14 Shayne Gostisbehere Union Dennis Robertson Brown 2014–15 Rob O'Gara Yale

Winners by school

School	Winners
St. Lawrence	6
Brown	5
Cornell	5
Clarkson	3
Union	3
Boston University	2
Harvard	2
Yale	2
Princeton	1
Quinnipiac	1
Vermont	1

See also

• ECAC Hockey Awards

References

General

• "ECAC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
• "ECAC Awards and Honors" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
• "NCAA (ECAC) Best Defensive Defenseman". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2013-08-02.

Specific

1. "Gostisbehere, Bodie, Carr earn spots on ECAC Hockey All-League Teams". Union Athletics. 2013-03-21. Retrieved 2013-08-01.

External links

• ECAC Hockey Awards (Incomplete)