ECAC Hockey Best Defensive Defenseman
Annual ice hockey award
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The ECAC Hockey Best Defensive Defenseman is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the ECAC Hockey regular season to the best defensive forward in the conference as voted by the coaches of each ECAC team.[1]
SportIce hockey
Awarded forThe Best Defensive Defenseman in ECAC Hockey
First award1962
Most recentElliott Groenewold
| Sport | Ice hockey |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | The Best Defensive Defenseman in ECAC Hockey |
| History | |
| First award | 1962 |
| Most recent | Elliott Groenewold |
The 'Outstanding Defenseman' was first awarded in 1962 but discontinued following the 1967 season. After 25 years of retirement the award was rekindled as the 'Best Defensive Defenseman' in the same year that the Best Defensive Forward was inaugurated (1993). It has since been conferred each year.
Only three players, Mike Traggio, Rob O'Gara and Trey Taylor have won the award more than once. The award has been split twice in its history, 1996–97 and 2013–14 .
Award winners
Winners by school
| School | Winners |
|---|---|
| Cornell | 8 |
| Clarkson | 6 |
| St. Lawrence | 6 |
| Brown | 5 |
| Harvard | 3 |
| Quinnipiac | 3 |
| Union | 3 |
| Yale | 3 |
| Boston University | 2 |
| Colgate | 1 |
| Princeton | 1 |
| Vermont | 1 |