2009 Winner – MATT GILROY of Boston University
Foregoing pro career offers after his junior year, Matt
Gilroy elected to complete his education and captain the
BU Terriers, where he wore number 97 to honor his deceased brother, Timmy. That season he helped power BU to a national championship and became the school’s second Hobey Baker Award winner. He produced 37 points in 45 games on 8 goals and 29 assists, tying for second nationally among defensemen. The first defenseman in Hockey East history to earn First Team all-star honors three times, Gilroy also received the Walter Brown Award as best American-born college player in New England and ended his college career having played 145 consecutive games. Off the ice, the Long Island native helped with his family’s summer basketball league and volunteered with the Autism Speaks program. Signed as a free agent with the New York Rangers, he spent two seasons there, then signed with the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2011, and was traded mid-season to the Ottawa Senators. In 2012-13, Gilroy returned to the Rangers, where he split time with the NHL and AHL farm club in Connecticut. In the summer of 2013, Gilroy signed with the Florida Panthers.
2009 RUNNER-UPS
BRAD THIESSEN
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Goalie
COLIN WILSON
Boston University, Forward
2009 ADDITIONAL TOP 10 FINALISTS
CHAD JOHNSON
Northeastern University, Goalie
DAVID MCINTYRE
Colgate University, Forward
JACQUES LAMOUREUX
United States Air Force Academy (Air Force), Forward
JAMIE MCBAIN
University of Wisconsin–Madison, Defense
LOUIE CAPORUSSO
University of Michigan, Forward
VIKTOR STALBERG
University of Vermont, Forward
ZANE KALEMBA