CCHA Forward of the Year

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CCHA Forward of the Year
Sport Ice hockey
Awarded forThe Forward of the Year in the CCHA
History
First award2022
Editions3
First winner Nathan Smith
Most recent Sam Morton

The CCHA Forward of the Year is an annual award given out after the conclusion of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association regular season to the best forward in the conference as voted by the coaches of each CCHA team. [1] The award was a new creation by the conference in its return to play.

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Award winners

YearWinnerPositionSchool
2021–22 Nathan Smith Center Minnesota State
2022–23 David Silye Center Minnesota State
2023–24 Sam Morton Forward Minnesota State

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  1. "CCHA to announce annual awards this week". CCHA. March 13, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2022.