List of ECAC Hockey Best Defensive Defenseman

The ECAC Hockey Best Defensive Defenseman 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 'Outstanding Defenseman' was first awarded in 1962 but discontinued following the 1967 season. After 25 years of retirement the award was rekindled as the 'Best Defensive Defenseman' in the same year that the Best Defensive Forward was inaugurated (1993). It has since been conferred each year.
Only one player (Mike Traggio) has won the award more than once. The award has been split twice in its history, 1996–97 and 2013–14 .
==Award winners==
Year 	Winner 	School
1961–62	Arlie Parker 	St. Lawrence
1962–63	David Johnston 	Harvard
1963–64	Richie Green 	Boston University
1964–65	Tom Ross 	Boston University
1965–66	Robert Gaudreau 	Brown
1966–67	Harry Orr 	Cornell
1992–93	Martin d'Orsonnens	Clarkson
1993–94	Mike Traggio 	Brown
1994–95	Mike Traggio 	Brown
1995–96	Jeff Kungle 	St. Lawrence
1996–97	Matt Pagnutti 	Clarkson
1996–97	Andrew Will 	Union
1997–98	Raymond Giroux 	Yale
1998–99	Jeff Burgoyne 	Cornell
1999–00	Justin Harney 	St. Lawrence
2000–01	Kent Huskins 	Clarkson
2001–02	Brian McMeekin 	Cornell
2002–03	Douglas Murray 	Cornell
2003–04	Scott Ford 	Brown
Year 	Winner 	School
2004–05	Jaime Sifers 	Vermont
2005–06	Mike Madill 	St. Lawrence
2006–07	Drew Bagnall 	St. Lawrence
2007–08	Mike Moore 	Princeton
2008–09	Matt Generous 	St. Lawrence
2009–10	Justin Krueger 	Cornell
2010–11	Brock Matheson 	Union
2011–12	Danny Biega 	Harvard
2012–13	Zach Davies 	Quinnipiac
2013–14	Shayne Gostisbehere	Union
2013–14	Dennis Robertson 	Brown
2014–15	Rob O'Gara 	Yale
2015–16	Rob O'Gara 	Yale
2016–17	James de Haas 	Clarkson
2017–18	Alec McCrea 	Cornell
2018–19	Matt Nuttle 	Cornell
2019–20	Alex Green 	Cornell
2020–21	Pierson Brandon 	Colgate
===Winners by school===
School 	Winners
Cornell 	8
St. Lawrence 	6
Brown 	5
Clarkson 	4
Union 	3
Yale 	3
Boston University	2
Harvard 	2
Colgate 	1
Princeton 	1
Quinnipiac 	1
Vermont 	1
==See also==
*ECAC Hockey Awards
== References ==
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==External links==
*ECAC Hockey Awards (Incomplete)
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