Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Defensive Player of the Year explained

Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year
Sport:	Ice hockey
Givenfor:	The Defensive Player of the Year in the Big Ten
First:	2014
Mostrecent:	Artyom Levshunov

The Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the Big Ten regular season to the best defensive player in the conference as voted by a media panel and the head coaches of each team who is not a goaltender.^[1]

The Defensive Player of the Year was first awarded in 2014.

Award winners

Year	Winner	Position	School
			Minnesota
			Minnesota
			Michigan
			Minnesota
			Penn State
			Ohio State
			Penn State
			Michigan
			Minnesota
			Minnesota
			Michigan State

Winners by school

School	Winners
	5
	2
	1
	2
	1

Winners by position

Position	Winners
	0
	0
	0
	0
	11

Notes and References

1. News: All-Big Ten hockey team announced. Big Ten Network. 2014-03-17. 2014-04-20.