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.

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

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

See also ECAC Hockey Awards

References

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External links ECAC Hockey Awards (Incomplete)