Hockey East Best Defensive Defenseman

Hockey East Best Defensive Defenseman
History
Sport	Ice hockey
Awarded for	To the best defensive defenseman in the conference.
First award	1999
Most recent	Cade Webber

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 award has been shared once, in 2003–04 between Andrew Alberts of Boston College and Prestin Ryan of Maine. (As of 2022)

Award winners

Year	Winner	School
1998–99	Steve O'Brien	New Hampshire
1999–00	Mike Mottau	Boston College
2000–01	Bobby Allen	Boston College
2001–02	Chris Dyment	Boston University
2002–03	Cliff Loya	Maine
2003–04	Andrew Alberts	Boston College
2003–04	Prestin Ryan	Maine
2004–05	Tim Judy	Northeastern
2005–06	Peter Harrold	Boston College
2006–07	Sean Sullivan	Boston University
2007–08	Joe Charlebois	New Hampshire
2008–09	Louis Liotti	Northeastern
2009–10	Justin Braun	Massachusetts
2010–11	Brian Dumoulin	Boston College

Year	Winner	School	Ref
2011–12	Brian Dumoulin	Boston College
2012–13	Patrick Wey	Boston College
2013–14	Josh Manson	Northeastern
2014–15	Mike Paliotta	Vermont
2015–16	Steve Santini	Boston College
2016–17	Dennis Gilbert	Notre Dame
2017–18	Casey Fitzgerald	Boston College
2018–19	Vincent Desharnais	Providence
2019–20	Wyatt Newpower	Connecticut
2020–21	Drew Helleson	Boston College
2021–22	Jordan Harris	Northeastern	^[2]
2022–23	Hunter McDonald	Northeastern	^[3]
2023–24	Cade Webber	Boston University

Winners by school

School	Winners
Boston College	10
Northeastern	5
Boston University	3
Maine	2
New Hampshire	2
Connecticut	1
Massachusetts	1
Notre Dame	1
Providence	1
Vermont	1

References

^[4]

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.

Specific

^ "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.
^ "Hockey East Names Men's Pro Ambitions All-Rookie Team - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
^ "Hockey East Names 2022-23 Pro Ambitions All-Rookie Team - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
^ "Best Defensive Defenseman Award - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com. Retrieved 2023-03-12.