For the complete list of awards:
http://www.usahockey.com/releases/06-10-97.htm
 
   USA Hockey Women's Player of the Year
 
   Presented by KOHO
 
   Laurie Baker
 
   Concord, Massachusetts
 
   1997 United States Women's National Team, Providence College
 
   A sophomore forward from Providence College, Laurie Baker tallied 68
   points on 41 goals and 27 assists in 29 regular-season games to finish
   the 1996-97 season second in Eastern College Athletic Conference
   scoring. She helped lead the Friars to the ECAC semifinals and was
   named to the ECAC All-Star Team. A native of Concord, Mass., Baker
   also played for the 1997 United States Women's National Team, which
   captured the silver medal at the 1997 International Ice Hockey
   Federation Women's World Championship, held March 31-April 6 in
   Kitchener, Ontario. Baker was the second-leading scorer on the team
   with two goals and four assists in five games.
 
   USA Hockey annually salutes the accomplishments of an outstanding
   American-born women's ice hockey player with the USA Hockey Women's
   Player of the Year Award. A committee that includes many of America's
   leading women's ice hockey coaches and administrators selects the
   recipient. The USA Hockey Women's Player of the Year Award is
   presented by KOHO.
 
   Past winners:
 
   1996 - Cammi Granato (U.S. Women's National Team, PC)
 
   1995 - Karyn Bye (U.S. Women's National Team, UNH)
 
   1994 - Erin Whitten (U.S. Women's National Team, UNH)
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Baker played extremely well in Kitchener at WWC97.  Baker, Shelley
Looney (NU) or Alana Blahowski (PC) would have all been excellent picks.
 
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