Notre Dame
Sr. | F | Venetia, Pa.

His Statistics: 2 GP, 4-2—6, 2 PPG, +3

His Impact: The leading scorer for the nation’s second-highest scoring team, Hanson has 14 points in 13 games this season. Not bad for a guy who entered his senior year having scored 33 points in 103 games spanning three seasons. A giant center at 6-foot-4, 225 pounds, Hanson led the sizzling Fighting Irish (7-0-1 in their last eight games) to consecutive routs of Bowling Green this past weekend, two goals and an assist in both ends of the home-and-home series.

Hanson has terrorized CCHA foes. Of his 14 points this season, all but two — both goals — have been scored in Notre Dame’s eight league games. That’s good news for the Irish, whose conference opponents in six games prior to the Christmas break (Western Michigan, Ferris State, and Bowling Green) currently have a combined record of 12-20-8 and all rank 32nd or worse in the country in scoring defense.

His Runners-Up: Paul Crowder, Alaska Anchorage; Greg Flynn, Air Force; Rylan Galiardi, Minnesota State; David Marshall, Quinnipiac; Viktor Stålberg, Vermont; Cameron Talbot, Alabama-Huntsville.

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