List of CCHA Best Offensive Defenseman

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CCHA Best Offensive Defenseman
Sport Ice hockey
Given for Best Offensive Defenseman in the CCHA
History
First award 1990
Final award 2013
Most recent Jacob Trouba

The CCHA Best Offensive Defenseman was an annual award given out at the conclusion of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) regular season to the best offensive defenseman in the conference as voted by the coaches of each CCHA team. [1]

Central Collegiate Hockey Association

The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) was a college athletic conference that participated in the NCAA's Division I as a hockey-only conference. The majority of its members were located in the states of Michigan and Ohio, although it also had teams located in Alaska, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, and Nebraska over the course of its existence.

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

Big Ten Conference American collegiate athletics conference

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Ice hockey team sport played on ice using sticks, skates, and a puck

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An athletic conference is a collection of sports teams, playing competitively against each other at the professional, collegiate, or high school level. In many cases conferences are subdivided into smaller divisions, with the best teams competing at successively higher levels. Conferences often, but not always, include teams from a common geographic region.

Four players have received the award two separate times, each doing so in consecutive years. Additionally, Andy Greene is the only defenseman to win both the 'Best Offensive' and 'Best Defensive' Defenseman in the same year (2005–06).

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2005–06 NCAA Division I mens ice hockey season

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Award winners

Winners by school

School Winners
Michigan State 6
Miami 4
Bowling Green 3
Michigan 3
Ferris State 2
Lake Superior State 2
Northern Michigan 2
Alaska 1
Nebraska-Omaha 1

See also

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References

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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.