Denver junior defenseman Garrett Brown has been named the NCHC Defenseman of the Month for April.

Brown played a huge role in helping Denver win both the NCHC Frozen Faceoff and NCAA national championship.

In five postseason games, the Winnipeg Jets draft pick and San Jose native handed out five assists to average a point per game, while also blocking 11 shots and firing 12 shots on goal. His plus-10 plus/minus in March and April tied for the NCAA lead with teammate Cale Ashcroft, while he did not commit a penalty all postseason. Brown entered the postseason with only nine points on the year, but recorded a pair of multi-assist outings in two championship games.

After missing the NCHC quarterfinals and Frozen Faceoff semifinals with an upper-body injury, Brown returned to the Denver lineup for the Frozen Faceoff championship game on March 21 and handed out two helpers, including on the double-overtime game-winning goal to defeat Minnesota Duluth and win the National Cup.

In the NCAA Frozen Four on April 9, he had the primary assist on the late, game-tying goal in an eventual double-overtime win over Michigan. Brown then saved his best for last, setting up both Denver goals in the national championship. He tallied the primary assist on the game-tying goal in the third period and another helper on the game-winner as DU won its 11th national title with a 2-1 win over Wisconsin on April 11 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Brown, a San Jose Jr. Sharks graduate, finished the season with a career-high 14 points on two goals and 12 assists in 34 games. He also totaled 30 blocked shots, more than a third of which came in the postseason, and posted a plus-12 plus/minus on the year.

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— NCHC Staff

(April 16, 2026)