NCHC Defensive Defenseman of the Year

The NCHC Defensive Defenseman of the Year is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference regular season to the best defenseman in the conference as voted by the coaches of each NCHC team.^[1]

NCHC Defensive Defenseman of the Year

Sport	Ice hockey
Awarded for	The Best Defensive Defenseman in the NCHC
History
First award	2014 (Defenseman of the Year) 2017 (Defensive Defenseman of the Year)
Most recent	Ty Murchison

The Defenseman of the Year was first awarded in 2014 and is a successor to the CCHA Best Defensive Defenseman which was discontinued after the conference dissolved due to the 2013–14 NCAA conference realignment.^[2][3][4]

Prior to the 2016–17 season the Defensive Defenseman of the Year was known as the NCHC Defenseman of the Year.^[5]

Defenseman of the Year Award winners

Year	Winner	School
2013–14	Joey LaLeggia	Denver
2014–15	Joey LaLeggia	Denver
2015–16	Ethan Prow	St. Cloud State

Winners by school

School	Winners
Denver	2
St. Cloud State	1

Defensive Defenseman of the Year Award Winners

Year	Winner	School
2016–17	Tucker Poolman	North Dakota
2017–18	Will Borgen	St. Cloud State
2018–19	Jimmy Schuldt	St. Cloud State
2019–20	Colton Poolman	North Dakota
2020–21	Jacob Bernard-Docker	North Dakota
2021–22	Ethan Frisch	North Dakota
2022–23	Justin Lee	Denver
2023–24	Sean Behrens	Denver
2024–25	Ty Murchison	Arizona State

Winners by school

School	Winners
North Dakota	4
St. Cloud State	2
Denver	2
Arizona State	1

See also

• NCHC Awards
• CCHA Best Defensive Defenseman