Hobey Baker Award

Not to be confused with Hobey Baker Legends of College Hockey Award.
Hobey Baker Award
The Hobey Baker Award trophy
SportIce hockey
Awarded forNCAA player who best "exhibits strength of character both on and off the ice" and "contributes to the integrity of the team and displays outstanding skills in all phases of the game".[1]
History
First award1981
First winnerNeal Broten (Minnesota)
Most recentMacklin Celebrini (Boston University)

The Hobey Baker Award is an annual award given to the top National Collegiate Athletic Association men's ice hockey player. It has been awarded 44 times. It is named for Hall of Famer Hobey Baker, who played college hockey at Princeton University and died shortly after World War I.

The original statue for the award was commissioned and awarded by the Decathlon Athletic Club (now defunct) in Bloomington, Minnesota. The model for the award trophy was Steve Christoff, who played for the University of Minnesota and in the National Hockey League.[2]

  1. ^ "Criteria / Selection – Hobey Baker Memorial Award". hobeybaker.com. Archived from the original on January 20, 2023. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  2. ^ Vintage Minnesota Hockey.com. "Hobey Baker Award". Retrieved 2 January 2013.