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January
28, 2003
Go-To Guys: The Hobey Baker Award
Every other
week in Go-To Guys – Inside College Hockey's look at award
candidates in the sport – we examine the biggest individual
honor of them all: The Hobey Baker Memorial Award.
Inside College
Hockey editors and staff, in consultation with coaches and media
from around the country, compiled this list of how we would vote
today – not necessarily how we think the race will turn out.
And stay tuned, because a lot can change each weekend.
| THE
HOBEY BAKER AWARD –
Jan. 28, 2003 |
1.
Peter Sejna
Colorado College |
Better
see him now; you'll have to pay NHL ticket prices to catch his
act next year.
26
GP, 27-26—53 |
2.
Zach Parise
North Dakota |
Relatively
quiet since performance at WJC. But when 5-4—9 in 4 GP
qualifies as "relatively quiet," you must be pretty
good.
22
GP, 18-29—47 |
3.
Ben Eaves
Boston College |
Carrying
the load since brother, Patrick, was shelved with a fractured
vertebrae. Ben is the best – right now – out of
a trio of strong Hockey East candidates.
21
GP, 13-20—33 |
4.
Dave LeNeveu
Cornell |
Can
help his cause tremendously by running the table in the ECAC.
It's not out of the question.
14-1-0,
1.13 GAA, .942 save pct. |
5.
Chris Kunitz
Ferris State |
This weekend's
series vs. Michigan will make or break his candidacy.
26
GP, 20-28—48 |
| Poised
to change on the fly |
Martin
Kariya (Maine), Lanny Gare (New Hampshire) |
| D-men
with a shot |
Tom Preissing
(Colorado College), Paul Martin (Minnesota), Doug Murray (Cornell),
Francis Nault (Maine) |
| Forwards,
if they finish with a flourish |
R.J. Umberger
(Ohio State), Dominic Moore (Harvard), Brandon Bochenski (North
Dakota), Ryan Malone (St. Cloud State), Shane Joseph (Minnesota
State, Mankato), Chris Higgins (Yale) |
Feedback
Chris Kunitz
leads a team picked to finish 9th in their conference. He leads
the CCHA in scoring and is some where in the nation's top three
(I didn't check current stats but I think I'm damn close). FSU is
still in first place at the end of January. No matter where they
finish, its been an unbelieveable year for the Bulldogs. Kunitz
is surrounded by the "weakest" supporting cast of any
of the others you mentioned. Of course he's the best individual
player in college hockey. Peter Sejna? Give me a break!
—
Mike Woronko
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