HOBEY BAKER AWARD
On Friday, the NCAA announced Blake Geoffrion as the 2010 Hobey Baker Memorial Award recipient. Believe it or not, he is the first Badger to take home the prestigious award. Geoffrion didn't have the most points this season, 50 points on 28 goals and 22 assists, but he took his team to the tourney and played a big role in getting them to the Frozen Four. As I said in my announcement of the Hobey Hat Trick, Geoffrion being in the top three and not being one of the top point-getters, but getting far into the post-season, made him the front-runner for the award. It looks like the committee held true to form. Congratulations to Geoffrion and the University of Wisconsin on this honor.
ALL-AMERICANS
The WCHA had six of the twelve West All-Americans, including five of the six first team. Denver led all schools with three first teamers in Marc Cheverie, Patrick Wiercioch, and Rhett Rakhshani. Wisconsin followed with two in Brendan Smith and Geoffrion, and Duluth had one second teamer in Jack Connolly.
To round out the West, Northern Michigan had one first teamer and one second teamer. No other school had more than one. I should note that 2010-11 addition Bemidji State had a second teamer in Matt Read. He had an outstanding year for the Beavs last year and has one year left to play.
As for the Eastern schools, Cornell led the way with two first teamers, but New Hampshire led the way with three overall; one first team and two second team. Yale also had two second teamers. No other school had more than one.
East First Team
Ben Scrivens, sr., G, Cornell
Colby Cohen, jr., D, Boston
Brendon Nash, sr., D, Cornell
Bobby Butler, sr., F, New Hampshire
Gustav Nyquist, so., F, Maine
Chase Polacek, jr., F, Rensselaer
East Second Team
Brian Foster, sr., G, New Hampshire
Justin Braun, sr., D, Massachusetts
Blake Kessel, so., D, New Hampshire
Sean Backman, sr., F, Yale
Nick Johnson, sr., F, Sacred Heart
Broc Little, jr., F, Yale
West First Team
Marc Cheverie, jr., G, Denver
Brendan Smith, jr., D, Wisconsin
Patrick Wiercioch, so., D, Denver
Blake Geoffrion, sr., F, Wisconsin
Mark Olver, jr., F, Northern Michigan
Rhett Rakhshani, sr., F, Denver
West Second Team
Cody Reichard, so., G, Miami
Erik Gustafsson, jr., D, Northern Michigan
Jeff Petry, jr., D, Michigan State
Jack Connolly, so., F, Minnesota-Duluth
Zac Dalpe, so., F, Ohio State
Matt Read, jr., F, Bemidji State
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