List of Hockey East Best Defensive Defenseman

Hockey East Best Defensive Defenseman
Sport Ice hockey
Given for To the best defensive defenseman in the conference.
History
First award 1999
Most recent Casey Fitzgerald

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]

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 vote for the honor has been split once, in 2003–04. (As of 2013)

Award winners

YearWinnerSchool
1998–99Steve O'BrienNew Hampshire
1999–00Mike MottauBoston College
2000–01Bobby AllenBoston College
2001–02Chris DymentBoston University
2002–03Cliff LoyaMaine
2003–04Andrew AlbertsBoston College
Prestin RyanMaine
2004–05Tim JudyNortheastern
2005–06Peter HarroldBoston College
2006–07Sean SullivanBoston University
2007–08Joe CharleboisNew Hampshire
2008–09Louis LiottiNortheastern
2009–10Justin BraunMassachusetts
2010–11Brian DumoulinBoston College
2011–12Brian DumoulinBoston College
2012–13Patrick WeyBoston College
2013–14Josh MansonNortheastern
2014–15Mike PaliottaVermont
2015–16Steve SantiniBoston College
2016–17Dennis GilbertNotre Dame
2017–18Casey FitzgeraldBoston College

Winners by school

SchoolWinners
Boston College9
Northeastern3
Boston University2
Maine2
New Hampshire2
Massachusetts1
Notre Dame1
Vermont1

See also

References

General

  • "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.
  • "Hockey East Best Defensive Defenseman". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2013-08-18.

Specific

  1. ↑ "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.
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