The CCHA Best Defensive Forward was an annual award given out at the conclusion of the

Central Collegiate Hockey Association The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) is a college athletic conference that participates in the NCAA's Division I as a hockey-only conference. The current CCHA began play in the 2021–22 season; a previous incarnation, which the curre ...

(CCHA) regular season to the best defensive forward in the conference as voted by the coaches of each CCHA team. The Best Defensive Forward was first awarded in 1990 and every year thereafter until 2013 when the original CCHA was dissolved as a

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of the

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forming its men's

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. The CCHA was revived in 2020, with play resuming in the 2021–22 season, by seven schools that left the

Western Collegiate Hockey Association The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) is a college athletic conference which operates in the Midwestern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a women's ice hockey-only conference. From 1951 to 1999, it operated a ...

, with an eighth school joining before play started. The revived league folded the Best Defensive Forward award into a new CCHA Forward of the Year award.

Award winners

Winners by school

Winners by position

References

General

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Specific

External links

CCHA awards (incomplete)
{{Central Collegiate Hockey Association Central Collegiate Hockey Association College ice hockey trophies and awards in the United States