List of CCHA Best Defensive Forward

The CCHA Best Defensive Forward was an annual award given out at the conclusion of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) regular season to the best defensive forward in the conference as voted by the coaches of each CCHA team.
The Best Defensive Forward 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.
When the CCHA was revived in the 2021–22 season, the conference folded the Best Defensive Forward award into a new CCHA Forward of the Year award.
==Award winners==
Year 	Winner 	Position 	School
1989–90	Pete Stauber 	Left Wing 	Lake Superior State
1990–91	Jeff Napierala 	Right Wing	Lake Superior State
1991–92	Pat Ferschweiler	Right Wing	Western Michigan
1992–93	Chris Bergeron 	Center 	Miami
1993–94	Mike Stone 	Center 	Michigan
1994–95	Wayne Strachan 	Right Wing	Lake Superior State
1995–96	Bates Battaglia 	Left Wing 	Lake Superior State
1996–97	John Madden 	Center 	Michigan
1997–98	Terry Marchant 	Center 	Lake Superior State
1998–99	Mike York 	Center 	Michigan State
1999–00	Shawn Horcoff 	Center 	Michigan State
2000–01	John Nail 	Right Wing	Michigan State
Year 	Winner 	Position 	School
2001–02	Bobby Andrews 	Center 	Alaska-Fairbanks
2002–03	Jed Ortmeyer 	Right Wing	Michigan
2003–04	Dwight Helminen 	Center 	Michigan
2004–05	Eric Nystrom 	Left Wing 	Michigan
2005–06	Drew Miller 	Left Wing 	Michigan State
2006–07	Nathan Davis 	Center 	Miami
2007–08	Justin Abdelkader	Center 	Michigan State
2008–09	Tim Miller 	Left Wing 	Michigan
2009–10	Tommy Wingels 	Center 	Miami
2010–11	Carl Hagelin 	Left Wing 	Michigan
2011–12	Luke Glendening 	Right Wing	Michigan
2012–13	Dane Walters 	Right Wing	Western Michigan
===Winners by school===
School 	Winners
Michigan 	8
Lake Superior State	5
Michigan State 	5
Miami 	3
Western Michigan 	2
Alaska 	1
===Winners by position===
Position 	Winners
Center 	11
Right wing	7
Left wing 	6
==See also==
*CCHA Awards
==References==
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==External links==
*CCHA awards (incomplete)
Category:Central Collegiate Hockey Association
Category:NCAA trophies