ECAC Hockey Best Defensive Defenseman

ECAC Hockey Best Defensive Defenseman

Sport	Ice hockey
Awarded for	The Best Defensive Defenseman in ECAC Hockey
History
First award	1962
Most recent	Henry Thrun

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.

The 'Outstanding Defenseman' was first awarded in 1962 but discontinued following the 1967 season. After 25 years of retirement the award was rekindled as the 'Best Defensive Defenseman' in 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	David Johnston	Harvard
1963–64	Richie Green	Boston University
1964–65	Tom Ross	Boston University
1965–66	Robert 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	Raymond Giroux	Yale
1998–99	Jeff Burgoyne	Cornell
1999–00	Justin Harney	St. Lawrence
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

Year	Winner	School
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
2015–16	Rob O'Gara	Yale
2016–17	James de Haas	Clarkson
2017–18	Alec McCrea	Cornell
2018–19	Matt Nuttle	Cornell
2019–20	Alex Green	Cornell
2020–21	Pierson Brandon	Colgate
2021–22	Zach Metsa	Quinnipiac
2022–23	Henry Thrun	Harvard
2023–24	Trey Taylor	Clarkson

Winners by school

School	Winners
Cornell	8
St. Lawrence	6
Brown	5
Clarkson	5
Harvard	3
Union	3
Yale	3
Boston University	2
Quinnipiac	2
Colgate	1
Princeton	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.

External links

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