Hockey East Best Defensive Forward Award Presented By Gladiator

Annually voted on by the league’s 11 head coaches at the conclusion of the regular season, the Gladiator Custom Mouthguards Best Defensive Forward Award has been announced by Hockey East for the 2017-2018 season!

This year’s winner, Brian Pinho, helped the Friars to a Hockey East championship game appearance and NCAA tournament selection. The senior captain from North Andover, Mass. finished second on Providence in scoring with 12 goals and 19 assists for 31 points. Brian finished the season posting a plus-minus of +14 and is the fourth Friar in the last seven seasons to earn this award. All while helping the Providence defense to allowing only 2.18 goals per game.

Gladiator congratulates Brian and all of the student-athletes winning awards this year and is proud to be associated with Hockey East and their student-athletes.

Gladiator has been a proud sponsor of Hockey East since 2009 and annually presents the Best Defensive Forward Award.

A full press release can be found here.

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Author Bio

Travis Armideo, marketing manager at Gladiator Custom Mouthguards, is a lifelong ice hockey player. He began playing for various clubs at a young age and continued onto junior teams, while also playing lacrosse at the collegiate level. Travis is still heavily involved in athletics, coaching high school and youth ice hockey athletes, as well as playing men’s league ice hockey on a regular basis.