CCHA Best Offensive Defenseman

CCHA Best Offensive Defenseman
SportIce hockey
Awarded forBest Offensive Defenseman in the CCHA
History
First award1990
Final award2013
Most recentJacob Trouba

The CCHA Best Offensive Defenseman was an annual award given out at the conclusion of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) regular season to the best offensive defenseman in the conference as voted by the coaches of each CCHA team.[1]

The Best Offensive Defenseman was first awarded in 1990 and every year thereafter until 2013 when the original CCHA was dissolved as a consequence of the Big Ten Conference forming its men's ice hockey conference.[2]

The CCHA was revived in 2020, with play resuming in the 2021–22 season, by seven schools that left the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, with an eighth school joining before play started. The revived league chose to fold its previous awards for Best Offensive and Best Defensive Defenseman into a single CCHA Defenseman of the Year award.

Four players received the award two separate times, each doing so in consecutive years. Additionally, Andy Greene is the only defenseman to win both the 'Best Offensive' and 'Best Defensive' Defenseman in the same year (2005–06).

Award winners

Year Winner School
1989–90 Rob Blake Bowling Green
1990–91 Jason Woolley Michigan State
1991–92 Mark Astley Lake Superior State
1992–93 Joe Cook Miami
1993–94 John Gruden Ferris State
1994–95 Kelly Perrault Bowling Green
1995–96 Keith Aldridge Lake Superior State
1996–97 Andy Roach Ferris State
1997–98 Dan Boyle Miami
1998–99 Mike Jones Bowling Green
1999–00 Jeff Jillson Michigan
2000–01 Greg Zanon Nebraska-Omaha
Year Winner School
2001–02 John-Michael Liles Michigan State
2002–03 John-Michael Liles Michigan State
2003–04 A. J. Thelen Michigan State
2004–05 Andy Greene Miami
2005–06 Andy Greene Miami
2006–07 Jack Johnson Michigan
2007–08 Tyler Eckford Alaska
2008–09 Erik Gustafsson Northern Michigan
2009–10 Erik Gustafsson Northern Michigan
2010–11 Torey Krug Michigan State
2011–12 Torey Krug Michigan State
2012–13 Jacob Trouba Michigan

Winners by school

School Winners
Michigan State 6
Miami 4
Bowling Green 3
Michigan 3
Ferris State 2
Lake Superior State 2
Northern Michigan 2
Alaska 1
Nebraska-Omaha 1

See also

References

General

  • "CCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-24.
  • "NCAA (CCHA) Best Defensive Defenseman". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2013-07-24.

Specific

  1. ^ "Henderson and Odegard Recipients of CCHA Major Awards". Alaska Nanooks. 2013-03-22. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
  2. ^ "The CCHA is going away, but its history will have a final resting place". USCHO.com. 2013-03-06. Retrieved 2013-07-23.

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