Brock Faber is one of several Minnesota-born players nominated for the Hobey Baker Award. Fan voting for the award is now open. Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn
St. Paul, Minn. – It's Hobey Baker time. Beginning Thursday, Jan. 19, fan balloting opened for the 2023 Hobey Baker Award.
Awarded annually to college hockey's top player, the Hobey Baker's tremendously 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 https://www.hobeybaker.com/vote
Follow the prompts to make your selection from this year's outstanding crop of over 80 college hockey players representing 43 NCAA Division I schools. Please spend some additional time to check out the detailed bios by following the links on each candidate at https://hobeybaker.com/2023-nominees/
Phase two of fan balloting will come from the list of Top Ten Hobey Baker finalists beginning March 17 and closing March 26. The fans' vote accounts for a percentage of the total ballot in each phase in selecting this year's award recipient.
Award criteria include candidates exhibiting the exceptional character traits of the award's namesake, Hobey Baker. A legendary American hero, Baker was a World War I fighter pilot and was known as America's greatest amateur athlete in his day, excelling at hockey and football at Princeton University. Award candidates must demonstrate strength of character both on and off the ice, contribute to the integrity of his team and display outstanding skills in all phases of the game. Consideration should be given to scholastic achievement and sportsmanship.
Key Hobey Baker announcement dates for 2023 include:
The 2023 Hobey Baker Award winner will be announced from a field of three Hobey Hat Trick finalists on Friday, April 7, 2023 during the NCAA Frozen Four Championship in Tampa Bay, FL. The award ceremony will be broadcast nationally on NHL Network and streamed live at hobeybaker.com. For more info on the Hobey Baker Award please visit www.hobeybaker.com. Be sure to also follow Hobey Baker on Twitter for more updates.
To access the Hobey logo and trophy photos, please visit www.hobeybaker.com/media.
Dylan Anhorn - St. Cloud State University |
Jacob Bengtsson - Lake Superior State University |
Blake Bennett - American International College |
Mike Benning - University of Denver |
Mitch Benson - Boston College |
Carl Berglund - University of Massachusetts Lowell |
Louis Boudon - Lake Superior State University |
Jacques Bouquot - University of Vermont |
Ben Brar - Merrimack College |
Matt Brown - Boston University |
Mathieu Caron - Brown University |
Gianfranco Cassaro - Rochester Institute of Technology |
Matthew Coronato - Harvard University |
Ryan Cox - Niagara University |
Max Crozier - Providence College |
Grant Cruikshank - St. Cloud State University |
Dylan St. Cyr - Michigan State University |
Jakub Dobeš - Ohio State University |
Emil Zetterquist - St. Lawrence University |
Brock Faber - University of Minnesota |
Adam Fantilli - University of Michigan |
Sean Farrell - Harvard University |
Domenick Fensore - Boston University |
Parker Ford - Providence College |
Riese Gaber - University of North Dakota |
Cutter Gauthier - Boston College |
Andre Ghantous - Northern Michigan University |
Liam Gorman - Princeton University |
Collin Graf - Quinnipiac University |
Gustavs Davis Grigals - University of Massachusetts Lowell |
Justin Hryckowian - Northeastern University |
Luke Hughes - University of Michigan |
Lane Hutson - Boston University |
Jake Livingstone - Minnesota State University, Mankato |
Dominic James - University of Minnesota Duluth |
Chris Jandric - University of North Dakota |
Trevor Janicke - University of Notre Dame |
Alex Jefferies - Merrimack College |
Wyatt Kaiser - University of Minnesota Duluth |
Jami Krannila - St. Cloud State University |
Jackson LaCombe - University of Minnesota |
Alex Laferriere - Harvard University |
Nick Leivermann - University of Notre Dame |
Devon Levi - Northeastern University |
Mason Lohrei - Ohio State University |
Cruz Lucius - University of Wisconsin–Madison |
Ryan Mahshie - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
Carter Mazur - University of Denver |
Kaidan Mbereko - Colorado College |
Ryan McAllister - Western Michigan University |
Aidan McDonough - Northeastern University |
Hunter McKown - Colorado College |
Ty Mueller - University of Nebraska Omaha |
Ethan Pearson - Princeton University |
Yaniv Perets - Quinnipiac University |
Blake Pietila - Michigan Technological University |
Jason Polin - Western Michigan University |
Eamon Powell - Boston College |
Matt Radomsky - University of Alaska Fairbanks |
Jack Randl - University of Nebraska Omaha |
Massimo Rizzo - University of Denver |
Elias Rosén - Bemidji State University |
Max Sasson - Western Michigan University |
Tommy Scarfone - Rochester Institute of Technology |
Ian Shane - Cornell University |
Neil Shea - Sacred Heart University |
David Silye - Minnesota State University, Mankato |
Liam Souliere - Pennsylvania State University |
Ben Steeves - University of Minnesota Duluth |
Robert Mastrosimone - Arizona State University |
Austen Swankler - Bowling Green State University |
TJ Semptimphelter - Arizona State University |
Ryan Tverberg - University of Connecticut |
AJ Vanderbeck - Northern Michigan University |
Chad Veltri - Niagara University |
Anthony Vincent - Long Island University |
Kevin Wall - Pennsylvania State University |
Pito Walton - Princeton University |
Carter Wilkie - Rochester Institute of Technology |
Jake Wise - Ohio State University |
Alex Young - Colgate University |
Will Zmolek - Bemidji State University |
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