The ECAC Hockey Best Defensive Defenseman is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the
ECAC Hockey
ECAC Hockey is one of the six conferences that compete in NCAA Division I college ice hockey, ice hockey. The conference used to be affiliated with the Eastern College Athletic Conference, a consortium of over 300 colleges in the eastern United ...
regular season to the best defensive forward in the conference as voted by the coaches of each ECAC team.
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 one player (
Mike Traggio) has 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
See also
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ECAC Hockey Awards
References
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Specific
External links
ECAC Hockey Awards (Incomplete)
{{ECAC Hockey League
College ice hockey trophies and awards in the United States