Dunne Named ECAC Hockey Best Defensive Forward

3/18/2020 3:45:00 PM

For the third straight year a Clarkson Hockey player was named ECAC Hockey's Best Defensive Forward as Josh Dunne was selected for the highly-regarded award this season.

ECAC Hockey release

A sophomore center, Dunne was also named a conference Third-Team All-Star earlier in the week. The O'Fallon, Missouri native was solid at both ends of the ice.

The 6-4, 210-pound forward was the Green and Gold's third-leading scorer, recording 13 (8-5) of his 27 points (13-14) in ECAC play. Five of his team-high eight power-play goals came against conference foes. He also scored a shorthanded marker in the 3-1 win over Yale on January 31. An assistant captain, Dunne was first among Golden Knight forwards in blocked shots (37), and tied for second on the team in plus-minus rating (+9). He was voted ECAC Player of the Month for October

Dunne led the Knights at the faceoff circle, winning 51.4% (307-290) of his draws and recorded 37 blocked shots.

Centering Clarkson's top line, Dunne helped to lead the Green and Gold to their third consecutive 20-win campaign, and a second-place 16-5-1 ECAC mark. The Knights finished with a 23-8-3 overall record and were ninth in the final NCAA pairwise rankings.

Clarkson's Nico Sturm won the conference's Best Defensive Forward Award as both a sophomore (2018) and junior (2019). Buddy Wallace '98 and Nick Dodge '08 have also won the award for Clarkson.

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