A look at the top contenders for the Hobey Baker Award
The 2026 Hobey Baker Memorial Award will go to one of three men — Denver defenseman Eric Pohlkamp, Minnesota Duluth forward Max Plante or Michigan forward T.J. Hughes. The finalists — known as the “Hobey Hat Trick” were announced Thursday. Pohlkamp is looking to become the third Denver player to win the award, joining Matt … Read more
The 10 finalists for the 2026 Hobey Baker Award, representing five different conferences and nine programs, were announced Wednesday. The finalists include three seniors, two juniors, three sophomores, and two freshmen. The list is headlined by high-scoring forwards Ethan Wyttenbach (Quinnipiac), the nation’s current points leader, and Hayden Stavroff (Dartmouth), who leads the country in … Read more
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
Michigan’s Kyle Connor stays at the top of the table.
This latest edition of Hobey Watch covers the latest straw poll of our writers, taken after the conference championships and before the NCAA regionals.
The 10 include the top five that have been in earlier versions of our writers straw poll.
Michigan’s Kyle Connor added three assists to his national-best point total last weekend.
Michigan’s Kyle Connor is in the lead in the race for the Hobey Baker Award, according to a panel of USCHO writers.
Candace Horgan and Chris Lerch make their picks for the players they think will be on the list of 10 finalists for the Hobey Baker Award.
Chris Lerch and Candace Horgan run through the list of players that have distinguished themselves this season, including Boston University’s Jack Eichel and Michigan’s Zach Hyman.
Happy Hobey Day, everyone! That’s right, the Hobey Baker Award will be presented Friday in its namesake’s hometown of Philadelphia, and that brings us to the final edition for 2014 of the USCHO Hobey Watch.
One player is a given, one player seems likely and two more compete for the last spot in Elliot Olshansky’s picks.
Elliot Olshansky correctly picked six of the 10 Hobey Baker Award finalists, and he has some thoughts on where he went wrong.
Elliot Olshansky takes a guess at the list that will be unveiled Thursday.
The coaches pick the 10 finalists for the Hobey Baker Award after this weekend’s action.
The Boston College junior’s 1.88 points-per-game average is almost a third of a point ahead of his closest competitor, Greg Carey of St. Lawrence.
Is it possible that we could see as many as five netminders among the Hobey top 10? Elliot Olshansky says yes, but given the crop of talented skaters who are also in contention for the award, he wouldn’t expect it.
Fourteen players from the East join 11 players from the West on Elliot Olshansky’s watch list.
Coaches pick the list of 10 finalists, so there’s a good chance each conference will be represented.
Denver’s Sam Brittain and Northeastern’s Clay Witt join Minnesota’s Adam Wilcox among the top level of goaltenders up for the Hobey Baker Award.