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 The
Hobey Baker Award came to be in 1981, through the efforts of
Minnesota’s Decathlon Club, the original sponsors of
the award, and the Hobey Baker Committee. The Hobey Baker
Award now resides at the XCel Energy Center in St. Paul,
Minn., home of the NHL's Minnesota Wild. The Award is
controlled by a non-profit group known as the Hobey Baker
Foundation.
There could not have been a greater hero to name the award
after than Baker, who rose to prominence at Princeton
University in the 1910s. He captained Princeton's hockey and
football teams and became a Tiger Hall of Famer in both
sports. He was also a charter member of the United States
Hockey Hall of Fame and one of a handful of Americans to be
inducted into Canada's Hockey Hall of Fame.
He enlisted as a pilot in World War I and shot down three
German planes in dogfights so gloriously depicted in the
movies "Hells Angels" and "Dawn Patrol." After surviving the
war and preparing to return to the States for a hero’s
welcome, Baker was killed while testing a repaired aircraft.
He was only 26.
The idea for the Hobey Baker Award originated from an idea
by Chuck Bard, then CEO and General Manager of the Decathlon
Club. With the help of the membership, as well as the
business and hockey community in Bloomington, the Decathlon
Club was able to unveil the first Hobey Baker Award in 1981,
when it was awarded to Minnesota Golden Gopher standout,
Neal Broten.
Since its inception, the award has become recognized as
college hockey's premier individual honor. Candidates must
exhibit strength of character both on and off the ice;
contribute to the integrity of the team and display
outstanding skills in all phases of the game; should be
given to scholastic achievement and sportmanship; and comply
with all NCAA rules, be full time students in an accredited
NCAA or NAIA college or university, and complete 50 percent
or more of the season.
HOBEY BAKER AWARD
WINNERS
FROM THE IVY LEAGUE
Mark Fusco, Harvard, 1983
Scott Fusco, Harvard, 1986
Lane MacDonald, Harvard, 1989
HOBEY BAKER AWARD
FINALISTS
FROM THE IVY LEAGUE
Allen Bourbeau, Harvard,
1989
Bob Brooke, Yale, 1983
Peter Ciavaglia, Harvard, 1991
Yann Danis, Brown, 2004
Ted Drury, Harvard, 1993
Mark Fusco, Harvard, 1983
Scott Fusco, Harvard, 1985, 1986
Ray Giroux, Yale, 1998
Jeff Hamilton, Yale, 1999, 2001
Chris Higgins, Yale, 2003
David Jones, Dartmouth, 2007
Lee Jubinville, Princeton, 2008
Zane Kalemba, Princeton, 2009
Mark Kaufmann, Yale, 1993
David LeNeveu, Cornell, 2003
Lane MacDonald, Harvard, 1987, 1989
Sean McCann, Harvard, 1994
David McKee, Cornell, 2005
Doug Murray, Cornell, 2002
Joe Nieuwendyk, Cornell, 1987
HOBEY BAKER AWARD
FINALISTS
BY IVY SCHOOL
Brown
Yann Danis, 2004
Cornell
David LeNeveu, 2003
David McKee, 2005
Doug Murray, 2002
Joe Nieuwendyk, 1987
Dartmouth
David Jones, 2007
Harvard
Allen Bourbeau, 1989
Peter Ciavaglia, 1991
Ted Drury, 1993
Mark Fusco, 1983
Scott Fusco, 1985, 1986
Lane MacDonald, 1987, 1989
Sean McCann, 1994
Princeton
Lee Jubinville, 2008
Zane Kalemba, 2009
Yale
Bob Brooke, 1983
Ray Giroux, 1998
Jeff Hamilton, 1999, 2001
Chris Higgins, 2003
Mark Kaufmann, 1993
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