Hobey Baker Award candidates narrowed to 10 standouts for 2025 award as college hockey’s best player

The Hobey Baker Memorial Award Foundation has announced the top 10 candidates for the 2025 award honoring college hockey’s top player. Alphabetically, they are Zeev Buium, Denver; Jack Devine, Denver; Aiden Fink, Penn State; Mac Gadowsky, Army West Point; Isaac Howard, Michigan State; Ryan Leonard, Boston College; Ayrton Martino, Clarkson; Liam McLinskey, Holy Cross; Jimmy … Read more

Hobey Baker Memorial Award fan balloting now open through March 9 to help choose winner of 2025 honors

It’s Hobey Baker time. Beginning at 11 a.m. ET today, fan balloting opened for the 2025 Hobey Baker memorial Award. Awarded annually to college hockey’s top player, the Hobey Baker’s tremendously popular fan voting will run from Jan. 22 until March 9 at midnight. College hockey fans can cast their vote by going to the … Read more

North Dakota’s Blake, Boston University’s Celebrini, Boston College’s Gauthier named Hobey Hat Trick finalists for 2024 award as college hockey’s top player

The Hobey Baker Memorial Award Committee has announced the three Hobey Baker Hat Trick finalists for the 2024 award, honoring college hockey’s top player. Alphabetically, they are Jackson Blake, a sophomore forward from North Dakota; Macklin Celebrini, a freshman forward from Boston University; and Cutter Gauthier, a sophomore forward from Boston College. The three finalists … Read more

Ten players named finalists for 2024 Hobey Baker Award, including repeat candidates Graf, Hutson, as men’s college hockey’s top player

The Hobey Baker Memorial Award Foundation has announced the top 10 candidates for the 2024 award honoring college hockey’s top player. Alphabetically, they are Jackson Blake, North Dakota; Macklin Celebrini, Boston University; Jack Devine, Denver; Cutter Gauthier, Boston College; Collin Graf, Quinnipiac; Lane Hutson, Boston University; Kyle McClellan, Wisconsin; Liam McLinskey, Holy Cross; Sam Morton, … Read more

Top 10 candidates announced for 2023 Hobey Baker Memorial Award as NCAA D-I men’s hockey’s top player

The Hobey Baker Memorial Award Committee has announced the top 10 candidates for the 2023 award honoring college hockey’s top player. Alphabetically, they are Logan Cooley (Minnesota), Adam Fantilli (Michigan), Sean Farrell (Harvard), Collin Graf (Quinnipiac), Lane Hutson (Boston University), Matthew Knies (Minnesota), Devon Levi (Northeastern), Yaniv Perets (Quinnipiac), Blake Pietila (Michigan Tech), and Jason … Read more

Fan voting now open for 2023 Hobey Baker Award to help determine top men’s D-I college hockey player

It’s Hobey Baker time. Beginning at noon ET today, fan balloting opened for the 2023 Hobey Baker Award. Awarded annually to college hockey’s top player, the Hobey Baker’s popular fan voting will run from now until Sunday, March 5 at midnight. College hockey fans can cast their vote by going to the voting website. Follow … Read more

Hobey Baker foundation stands by choice of McKay as 2022 award winner, even after doping violation brought to light

Earlier this week, Minnesota State senior goalie and 2022 Hobey Baker Award winner Dryden McKay received a six-month anti-doping suspension for a banned substance found in a contaminated vitamin supplement. In a statement, the USADA said that McKay tested positive for ostarine as the result of a sample collected on January 23, 2022, at McKay’s … Read more

Denver’s Brink, Minnesota State’s McKay, Minnesota’s Meyers named 2022 Hobey Hat Trick finalists as top college hockey player

The Hobey Baker Memorial Award Committee announced Thursday the three Hobey Baker Hat Trick finalists for the 2022 award, honoring college hockey’s top player. This year’s Hobey Hat Trick consists of Denver junior forward Bobby Brink, Minnesota State senior goaltender Dryden McKay, and Minnesota junior forward Ben Meyers. Brink currently has 14 goals and 42 … Read more

Two players each from Michigan, Minnesota State part of 10 finalists named for 2022 Hobey Baker Award as college hockey’s top player

The Hobey Baker Memorial Award Committee announced Wednesday the top 10 candidates for the 2022 award honoring college hockey’s top player. Alphabetically, they are: Matty Beniers, So., F, Michigan Bobby Brink, Jr., F, Denver Brian Halonen, Sr., F, Michigan Tech Luke Hughes, Fr., D, Michigan Devon Levi, So., G, Northeastern Dryden McKay, Sr., G, Minnesota … Read more

Former North Dakota player, coach Gasparini named 2022 Hobey Baker ‘Legend of College Hockey’ recipient

The Hobey Baker Memorial Award Foundation announced Wednesday that its 2022 “Legend of College Hockey” recipient is Gino Gasparini from North Dakota. Gasparini, who coached at his alma mater from 1978 to 1994, led North Dakota to three national championships in the 1980s (1980, 1982, 1987) along with a runner-up finish in 1979 and a … Read more

New Hobey Baker college hockey book is must-have, thorough, detailed recap of first 40 award winners

Brian Shaughnessy said he had always been intrigued by the Hobey Baker Award.

So much, in fact, that the Massachusetts native recently penned a book, Hobey Baker Memorial Award: The First 40, featuring the award’s first 40 winners, starting with Minnesota’s Neal Broten in 1981 and ending with Minnesota Duluth’s Scott Perunovich in 2020.