List of NCHC Defensive Forward of the Year

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NCHC Defensive Forward of the Year
Sport Ice hockey
Given forThe Best Forward in the NCHC
History
First award2014
Most recent Justin Richards

The NCHC Defensive Forward of the Year is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference regular season to the best defensive forward in the conference as voted by the coaches of each NCHC team. [1]

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The Defensive Forward of the Year was first awarded in 2014 and is a successor to the Best Defensive Forward which was discontinued after the conference dissolved due to the 2013–14 NCAA conference realignment. [2] [3] [4]

Award winners

YearWinnerSchool
2013–14 Nic Dowd St. Cloud State
2014–15 Mark MacMillan North Dakota
2015–16 Sean Kuraly Miami
2016–17 Dominic Toninato Minnesota–Duluth
2017–18 Rhett Gardner North Dakota
2018–19 Justin Richards Minnesota–Duluth
2019–20 Justin Richards Minnesota–Duluth

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References

  1. ↑ "Archibald, Dowd, LaLeggia Headline NCHC Award Winners". NCHC Hockey. 2014-03-20. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  2. ↑ "The CCHA is going away, but its history will have a final resting place". USCHO.com. 2013-03-06. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
  3. ↑ "NCHC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. March 6, 2013. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
  4. ↑ http://www.nchchockey.com/news_article/show/626784?referrer_id=878553-news
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