ECAC Hockey Best Defensive Forward

ECAC Hockey Best Defensive Forward
Sport	Ice hockey
Awarded for	The Best Defensive Forward in ECAC Hockey
History
First award	1993
Most recent	Jonathan Castagna

The ECAC Hockey Best Defensive Forward 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]

The Best Defensive Forward was first awarded in 1993 (the same year that the Best Defensive Defenseman award was revived) and every year thereafter. Four players (Ian Sharp, Stephen Baby, Nico Sturm, and Zach Tsekos) have received the award two separate times, all four doing so in consecutive years.

Award winners

Year	Winner	Position	School
1992–93	Greg Carvel	Forward	St. Lawrence
1993–94	Ian Sharp	Forward	Princeton
1994–95	Ian Sharp	Forward	Princeton
1995–96	Brad Chartrand	Right wing	Cornell
1996–97	Joel Prpic	Center	St. Lawrence
1997–98	Buddy Wallace	Center	Clarkson
1998–99	Syl Apps III	Center	Princeton
1999–00	Doug Stienstra	Left wing	Cornell
2000–01	Mike Gellard	Right wing	St. Lawrence
2001–02	Stephen Baby	Right wing	Cornell
2002–03	Stephen Baby	Right wing	Cornell
2003–04	Jon Smyth	Left wing	Colgate
2004–05	Tom Cavanagh	Center	Harvard
2005–06	Mike Ouellette	Center	Dartmouth
2006–07	Kyle Rank	Right wing	St. Lawrence
2007–08	Nick Dodge	Right wing	Clarkson
2008–09	Tyler Mugford	Left wing	Cornell

Year	Winner	Position	School
2009–10	Travis Vermeulen	Forward	St. Lawrence
2010–11	Adam Presiznuik	Center	Union
2011–12	Kelly Zajac	Center	Union
2012–13	Greg Miller	Center	Cornell
2013–14	Jesse Root	Center	Yale
2014–15	Cole Bardreau	Forward	Cornell
2015–16	Carson Cooper	Forward	Yale
2016–17	Jake Weidner	Forward	Cornell
2017–18	Nico Sturm	Center	Clarkson
2018–19	Nico Sturm	Center	Clarkson
2019–20	Josh Dunne	Forward	Clarkson
2020–21	Zach Tsekos	Center	Clarkson
2021–22	Zach Tsekos	Center	Clarkson
2022–23	Skyler Brind’Amour	Center	Quinnipiac
2023–24	Jacob Quillan	Center	Quinnipiac
2024–25	Jack Ricketts	Center	Quinnipiac
2025–26	Jonathan Castagna	Center	Cornell

Winners by school

School	Winners
Cornell	9
Clarkson	7
St. Lawrence	5
Princeton	3
Quinnipiac	3
Union	2
Yale	2
Colgate	1
Dartmouth	1
Harvard	1

Winners by position

Position	Winners
Center	16
Right wing	6
Left wing	3
Forward	9

References

General

"ECAC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
"ECAC Awards and Honors" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
"NCAA (ECAC) Best Defensive Forward". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2013-08-02.

Specific

^ "Gostisbehere, Bodie, Carr earn spots on ECAC Hockey All-League Teams". Union Athletics. 2013-03-21. Retrieved 2013-08-01.

External links

ECAC Hockey Awards (Incomplete) Archived 2013-05-12 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "Gostisbehere, Bodie, Carr earn spots on ECAC Hockey All-League Teams". Union Athletics. 2013-03-21. Retrieved 2013-08-01.

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ECAC Hockey
Teams	Brown Bears men women Clarkson Golden Knights men women Colgate Raiders men women Cornell Big Red men women Dartmouth Big Green men women Harvard Crimson men women Princeton Tigers men women Quinnipiac Bobcats men women Rensselaer Engineers men women St. Lawrence Saints men women Union Garnet Chargers men women Yale Bulldogs men women
Venues	Meehan Auditorium (Brown) Cheel Arena (Clarkson) Class of 1965 Arena (Colgate) Lynah Rink (Cornell) Thompson Arena (Dartmouth) Bright Hockey Center (Harvard) Hobey Baker Memorial Rink (Princeton) M&T Bank Arena (Quinnipiac) Houston Field House (Rensselaer) Appleton Arena (St. Lawrence) M&T Bank Center (Union) Ingalls Rink (Yale) Herb Brooks Arena (Men's tournament)
Men's awards	All-ECAC Hockey Team Player of the Year Rookie of the Year Tim Taylor Award (Coach of the Year) Best Defensive Defenseman Best Defensive Forward Ken Dryden Award (Best Goaltender) Student-Athlete of the Year Wayne Dean Sportsmanship Award Most Outstanding Player in Tournament All-Tournament Team
Women's awards	Women's champions
Men's seasons	1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26