The Hockey East Best Defensive Defenseman is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the Hockey East regular season to the best defensive defenseman in the conference as voted by the head coaches of each Hockey East team.[1]
| Sport | Ice hockey |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | To the best defensive defenseman in the conference. |
| History | |
| First award | 1999 |
| Most recent | Cade Webber |
The Best Defensive Defenseman was first bestowed in 1999 and every year thereafter.
Brian Dumoulin is the only defenseman to have won the award more than once, doing so in 2010–11 and 2011–12. The award has been shared once, in 2003–04 between Andrew Alberts of Boston College and Prestin Ryan of Maine. (As of 2022)
Award winners
editWinners by school
edit| School | Winners |
|---|---|
| Boston College | 10 |
| Northeastern | 5 |
| Boston University | 3 |
| Maine | 2 |
| New Hampshire | 2 |
| Connecticut | 1 |
| Massachusetts | 1 |
| Notre Dame | 1 |
| Providence | 1 |
| Vermont | 1 |
See also
editReferences
editGeneral
edit- "Hockey East Awards". Hockey East Online. Archived from the original on 2012-04-13. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
- "Hockey East Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
Specific
edit- ^ "UMaine's Abbott named Hockey East Player of the Year, Hobey Baker finalist". The Maine Campus. 2012-03-15. Archived from the original on 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
- ^ "Hockey East Names Men's Pro Ambitions All-Rookie Team - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
- ^ "Hockey East Names 2022-23 Pro Ambitions All-Rookie Team - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
- ^ "Best Defensive Defenseman Award - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
External links
edit- Hockey East Awards (Incomplete) Archived 2013-05-12 at the Wayback Machine