The Atlantic Hockey America Best Defensive Forward is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the Atlantic Hockey America regular season to the best defensive forward in the conference.

The Best Defensive Forward was first awarded in 2025, and is a successor to the Atlantic Hockey Best Defensive Forward, which was discontinued after the conference merged with the women-only College Hockey America.

Award winners

2024–25 Austin Schwartz Forward Air Force Ethan Leyh Forward Bentley 2025–26 Kellan Hjartarson Forward Bentley

Winners by school 2 1

Winners by position Forward 3

See also Atlantic Hockey Best Defensive Forward

References