2019 Hobey Baker Award Voting Opens

With the collegiate hockey season entering the home stretch, voting for this year’s Hobey Baker Memorial Award has opened with 83 players nominated for the award. The trophy is given to the top NCAA player in the country, and has an impressive line of winners over the past few years. In 2013-14, Johnny Gaudreau took home the award as a junior for Boston College, followed by Jack Eichel in his only year for Boston University in 2015-16. Jimmy Vesey, Will Butcher and 2017-18 winner Adam Gaudette don’t bring quite the same impact, but look like they’ll each have long NHL careers.

The award also has several top NHL alumni in its small fraternity, including Neal Broten, Tom Kurvers, Paul Kariya, Chris Drury, Ryan Miller and Brendan Morrison. With that group behind them, this year’s winner is certainly not someone to take lightly.

The fan vote will be added to the opinions of NCAA head coaches to come up with a 10-man finalist group, which will then have another fan vote and go through a selection committee. The nominees are as follows:

Derek Barach – Mercyhurst University
Evan Barratt – Pennsylvania State University
Morgan Barron – Cornell University
Trey Bradley – Colorado College
Adam Brubacher – Rochester Institute of Technology
Jacob Bryson – Providence College
Cal Burke – University of Notre Dame
Blake Christensen – American International College
Colt Conrad – Western Michigan University
Scott Conway – Providence College
Eric Cooley – Niagara University
David Cotton – Boston College
Lukas Craggs – Bowling Green State University
Diego Cuglietta – Lake Superior State University
Joey Daccord – Arizona State University
Jeremy Davies – Northeastern University
Noah Delmas – Niagara University
Cam Donaldson – Cornell University
Joseph Duszak – Mercyhurst University
Dante Fabbro – Boston University
Casey Fitzgerald – Boston College
Adam Fox – Harvard University
Abbott Girduckis – Rochester Institute of Technology
Jacob Hayhurst – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Christoffer Hernberg – University of Massachusetts-Lowell
Taro Hirose – Michigan State University
Quinn Hughes – University of Michigan
Eric Israel – Robert Morris University
Tanner Jago – Bentley University
Mason Jobst – Ohio State University
Yanni Kaldis – Cornell University
Wyatt Kalynuk – University of Wisconsin-Madison
Brennan Kapcheck – American International College
Justin Kendall – Niagara University
Jake Kielly – Clarkson University
Jonathan Kovacevic – Merrimack College
Brandon Kruse – Bowling Green State University
Ryan Kuffner – Princeton University
Tanner Laczynski – Ohio State University
Ryan Larkin – Miami University
Stefanos Lekkas – University of Vermont
Alex Limoges – Pennsylvania State University
Ryan Lohin – University of Massachusetts-Lowell
Jake Lucchini – Michigan Technological Institute
Jarid Lukosevicius – University of Denver
Dalton MacAfee – United States Military Academy (Army)
Corey Mackin – Ferris State University
Cole Maier – Union College
Cale Makar – University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Tommy Marchin – Brown University
Hugh McGing – Western Michigan University
Dylan McLaughlin – Canisius College
Josh Melnick – Miami University
Marc Michaelis – Minnesota State University-Mankato
Westin Michaud – Colorado College
K’Andre Miller – University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ian Mitchell – University of Denver
Mason Morelli – University of Nebraska-Omaha
Cale Morris – University of Notre Dame
Bobby Nardella – University of Notre Dame
Anthony Nellis – Lake Superior State University
Josh Norris – University of Michigan
Josh Passolt – Western Michigan University
Chase Pearson – University of Maine
Scott Perunovich – University of Minnesota-Duluth
Rem Pitlick – University of Minnesota
Cayden Primeau – Northeastern University
Chase Priskie – Quinnipiac University
Mat Robson – University of Minnesota
Jimmy Schuldt – St. Cloud State University
Tyler Sheehy – University of Minnesota
Hunter Shepard – University of Minnesota-Duluth
Joe Snively – Yale University
Nico Sturm – Clarkson University
Brett Supinski – Union College
Peter Tischke – University of Wisconsin-Madison
Atte Tolvanen – Norther Michigan University
Alex Tonge – Robert Morris University
Max Veronneau – Princeton University
Sebastian Vidmar – Union College
Johnny Walker – Arizona State University
Josh Wilkins – Providence College
Joseph Woll – Boston College