This years Hobey Hat Trick has been announced. Wisconsin's Blake Geoffrion, New Hampshire's Bobby Butler, and Maine's Gustav Nyquist make up the final three. The award will be announced on Friday, April 9th at Ford Field in Detroit, MI during the Frozen Four.
Bobby Butler is the national goal scoring leader, with 29, and is second in points (53) to Gustav Nyquist's 61 points this season. Geoffrion is currently sitting at 48 points on 27 goals and 21 assists.
The other finalists were: Northern Michigan forward Mark Olver, Rensselaer forward Chase Polacek, Denver forward Rhett Rakhshani, Wisconsin defenseman Brendan Smith, Denver goaltender Marc Cheverie, Cornell goaltender Ben Scrivens and Miami goaltender Cody Reichard.
Typically, the person who makes it the furthest into the postseason, and continues to score during it, is the winner of this award. Based purely on the numbers, I don't think Geoffrion is top-three material, but the committee saw otherwise. It's this thinking that is making me believe the Geoffrion will probably win the Hobey. Stranger things have happened though, and it could very easily go to either of the other candidates as they're very deserving.
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