Atlantic Hockey America Best Defensive Forward

Atlantic Hockey America Best Defensive Forward

Sport	Ice hockey
Awarded for	The Best Defensive Forward in Atlantic Hockey America
History
First award	2025
Most recent	Austin Schwartz Ethan Leyh

The Atlantic Hockey America Best Defensive Forward is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the Atlantic Hockey America regular season to the best defensive forward in the conference.

The Best Defensive Forward was first awarded in 2025, and is a successor to the Atlantic Hockey Best Defensive Forward, which was discontinued after the conference merged with the women-only College Hockey America. ^{[1] [2]}

Award winners

Year Winner Position School Ref 2024–25 Austin Schwartz Forward Air Force [3] Ethan Leyh Forward Bentley

Winners by school School Winners Air Force 1 Bentley 1

Winners by position Position Winners Forward 2

See also

• Atlantic Hockey Best Defensive Forward

References

1. "Atlantic Hockey Association and College Hockey America to Merge Operations in 2024". Atlantic Hockey Association. June 6, 2023. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
2. "Atlantic Hockey, CHA women will combine as Atlantic Hockey America for 2024-25 season". USCHO.com. April 30, 2024. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
3. "Atlantic Hockey America Announces 2024-25 Men's Individual Awards". Atlantic Hockey America . March 18, 2025. Retrieved March 21, 2025.