Union College senior forward, Mario Valery-Trabucco has topped the first phase of fan balloting to help determine the winner of this year’s Hobey Baker Award.  Presented annually to college hockey’s top player, the 2010 Hobey recipient will be announced April 9 during the Frozen Four in Detroit, MI. 

St. Paul, Minn. – U.S. men’s college hockey is quickly heading toward playoff time and the same can be said about the fan balloting for the Hobey Baker Award.

Awarded annually to college hockey’s top player, the Hobey will be awarded for the 30th time this year during the Frozen Four in Detroit, Mich.  The first phase of the Hobey Baker highly popular fan-voting phase concludes March 7, 2010. 

Although he never had an opportunity to represent his country at the Winter Olympics, Hobey Baker’s presence will be felt at the 2010 games starting next week in Vancouver.  This comes 100 years after Hobey Baker started for Princeton University.  The trophy that now bears his name is awarded annually to college hockey’s top player.

Links to various Hobey Baker articles from around the country.
Last updated:  March 8, 2010

In order to give college hockey fans a better sense of events leading up to the presentation of the Hobey Baker Award, a committee member is writing a running blog from our nation’s capital during the Frozen Four weekend.

Miller became the first Hobey-winning goalie to start in an NHL All-Star Game earlier this year.