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.
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.
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 WinnersMichigan State 6Miami 4Bowling Green 3Michigan 3Ferris State 2Lake Superior State 2Northern Michigan 2Alaska 1Nebraska-Omaha 1
See also CCHA Awards CCHA Best Defensive Defenseman
References
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External links CCHA Awards (Incomplete)