Elliot Olshansky

Matt Gilroy. You’ll note by the way, that I didn’t say, “And the winner is…” Brad Thiessen and Colin Wilson are certainly winners, too, in their own right – thanks, Oscar – but this is certainly one of the special stories I’ve had the privlege of covering in my time as part of the college hockey community, and listening … Read more

Well, Colin Wilson finally got a couple of those goals I kept saying he needed. Too bad the Hobey vote was last week. In all seriousness, Colin Wilson certainly had the look of a Hobey Baker winner on Thursday night, scoring two goals and adding an assist in BU’s 5-4 win over Vermont to advance … Read more

So, we have our Hobey Hat Trick, and I successfully named two out of three members of the 2009 group. But come on…I got all three last year. This is a step backwards for your humble correspondent. In my defense, I will say that I didn’t see nearly as much college hockey this season as … Read more

OK, folks, this is it. We’re two days away from finding out which three players will be at the Verizon Center on Friday night for the presentation of the 2009 Hobey Baker Award. This would roughly be the part where I take my shot at who those three players will be. Where we last left … Read more

The “Jacques Lamoureux for Hobey” campaign took another step forward on Friday in Bridgeport. For starters, as I expected, Air Force’s promotional flyers had made their way onto the media tables on Friday, joining the flyers and DVDs for Vermont’s Viktor Stålberg. I mention that because the flyer for Lamoureux is about as effective as … Read more

Hello from Bridgeport, where I’ll be covering my seventh NCAA regional this weekend, and I certainly feel like seven is a lucky number for me in my capacity as your Hobey Watch blogger. Of the four regionals, the one with the most Hobey Baker finalists happens to be the one I’m at, as Air Force’s … Read more

I got an e-mail early this morning congratulating me on correctly picking seven of the 10 Hobey Baker finalists, more than any other media commentator. While I’m grateful for the attention and kind words, it’s still a bit odd to be congratulated for that sort of thing. I can tell you that when I brought home a quiz on … Read more

So, here we are, a little more than a day away from knowing who the 10 finalists are for the Hobey Baker Award. To me, this is the fun part. After all, picking the Hobey winner can be very easy sometimes, as it was last year, when Kevin Porter had it locked up early. Picking … Read more

I realized something earlier in the week, as I was doing my weekly call-in segment on Hockey On Campus on ESPN 890 in Boston with Bernie Corbett and Paul McNamara. As wide open as this Hobey race is, it seems like we’ve been discussing a lot of candidates from the eastern conferences, particularly the guys from … Read more

I’ve got to admit, I didn’t pay all that much attention to the Oscars on Sunday night – for one thing, I was watching the Rangers’ last game under Tom Renney, featuring a three-assist performance by Dartmouth’s own Lee Stempniak for the Maple Leafs – but one thing you tend to hear around Oscar time is that … Read more