Hockey East Best Defensive Forward

The Hockey East Best Defensive Forward is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the Hockey East regular season to the best defensive forward in the conference as voted by the head coaches of each Hockey East team. It was shared for the first time in the 2013–14 season, between Bill Arnold of Boston College and Ross Mauermann of Providence.
The Best Defensive Forward was first bestowed in 1997 and every year thereafter.
==Award winners==
Year 	Winner 	Position 	School
1996–97	Travis Dillabough	Left Wing	Providence
1997–98	Chris Drury 	Left Wing	Boston University
1998–99	Doug Nolan 	Forward 	UMass Lowell
1999–00	John Sadowski 	Forward 	New Hampshire
2000–01	Mike Lephart 	Left Wing	Boston College
2001–02	Mike Pandolfo 	Left Wing	Boston University
2002–03	Mark Mullen 	Forward 	Boston University
2003–04	Todd Jackson 	Left Wing	Maine
2004–05	Preston Callander	Forward 	New Hampshire
2005–06	Brad Zancanaro 	Left Wing	Boston University
2006–07	Joe Rooney 	Forward 	Boston College
2007–08	Matt Greene 	Forward 	Boston College
2008–09	Joe Vitale 	Center 	Northeastern
Year 	Winner 	Position 	School
2009–10	Ben Holmstrom 	Center 	UMass Lowell
2010–11	Tanner House 	Center 	Maine
2011–12	Chris Connolly 	Left Wing	Boston University
2012–13	Tim Schaller 	Left Wing	Providence
2013–14	Bill Arnold 	Center 	Boston College
2013–14	Ross Mauermann 	Forward 	Providence
2014–15	Noel Acciari 	Center 	Providence
2015–16	Sam Herr 	Forward 	Notre Dame
2016–17	Austin Cangelosi	Forward 	Boston College
2017–18	Brian Pinho 	Forward 	Providence
2018–19	Chase Pearson 	Forward 	Maine
2019–20	Patrick Curry 	Forward 	Boston University
2020–21	Marc McLaughlin 	Forward 	Boston College
===Winners by school===
School 	Winners
Boston College 	6
Boston University	6
Providence 	5
Maine 	3
UMass Lowell 	2
New Hampshire 	2
Northeastern 	1
Notre Dame 	1
===Winners by position===
Position 	Winners
Center 	5
Right Wing	0
Left Wing 	8
Forward 	13
==See also==
*Hockey East Awards
== References ==
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==External links==
*Hockey East Awards (Incomplete)
Category:Hockey East
Category:Ice hockey trophies and awards
Category:Established in 1997