TAMPA, Fla. — Adam Fantilli has become the third Michigan player and the third freshman to win the Hobey Baker Award.
Fantilli, who led the nation in scoring in helping the Wolverines to the Frozen Four, was named the 2023 winner on Friday.
He joined 1997 winner Brendan Morrison and 2008 winner Kevin Porter as Wolverines players to win the award as the top player in Division I men’s hockey.
Paul Kariya (Maine, 1993) and Jack Eichel (Boston University, 2015) were the first two freshmen to win the honors, voted on by a 30-member selection committee after the NCAA regionals.
Fantilli had 65 points and tied Western Michigan’s Jason Polin for the lead at 30 goals with a second-period score in Michigan’s 5-2 loss to Quinnipiac on Thursday.
He beat out Minnesota’s Logan Cooley and Matthew Knies for the award.
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