Bob Strong writes:
>I recently heard that a Canadian has never won the Hobey Baker award.
>Can this possibly be true?
 
No.  Tony Hrkac of North Dakota won the Award in 1987.  He was born in Thunder
Bay, Ontario.  Hrkac still holds the DivI record for most points scored in
a season, 116.
 
A majority of the winners have been American, though: Neal Broten, Mark Fusco,
Tom Kurvers, Scott Fusco, Robb Stauber, Lane MacDonald, Kip Miller, David
Emma.  I only know of one Canadian winner, Hrkac.  I do not know for sure
the nationalities of the other two winners, George McPhee (BGSU, 1982) and
Bill Watson (UMD, 1985).
 
I will add that it would not surprise me if a number of voters are biased
against non-Americans in the voting, but at the same time it's hard to argue
against any of the American winners.
 
Here's another interesting stat: 100-point men in DivI.
                                       GP   G  A  Pts
1960-61 Phil Latreille, Middlebury     21  80-28--108
1961-62 Ron Ryan, Colby                27  48-56--104
1968-69 Dave Merhar, Army              27  55-50--105
1975-76 Tom Ross, Michigan State       41  51-54--105
        Mike Zuke, Michigan Tech       43  47-57--104
1976-77 Dave Taylor, Clarkson          34  41-67--108
1980-81 Aaron Broten, Minnesota        45  47-59--106
1984-85 Bill Watson, Minnesota-Duluth  46  49-60--109
        Steve Moria, Alaska-Fairbanks  34  43-66--109
1985-86 Dan Dorion, Western Michigan   42  42-62--104
1986-87 Tony Hrkac, North Dakota       48  46-70--116
1989-90 Kip Miller, Michigan State     45  48-53--101
 
And here are your DivI 50-goal scorers.  Stats go back to 1946-47.
                                         GP   G  A  Pts
1949-50 Jack Garrity, Boston University  23? 51-33--84
1951-52 Frank Chiarelli, RPI             19  55-26--81
1958-59 Phil Latreille, Middlebury       20  57-33--90
1959-60 Phil Latreille, Middlebury       23  77-19--96
1960-61 Phil Latreille, Middlebury       21  80-28--108
        Jerry Walker, Denver             32  56-29--85
1961-62 Dates Fryberger, Middlebury      22  56-13--69
1968-69 Dave Merhar, Army                27  55-50--105
1975-76 Tom Ross, Michigan State         41  51-54--105
1979-80 Tim Harrer, Minnesota            41  53-29--82
1981-82 Ed Beers, Denver                 42  50-34--84
1985-86 Mike Donnelly, Michigan State    47  59-38--97
        Brett Hull, Minnesota-Duluth     42  52-32--84
1986-87 Bob Joyce, North Dakota          48  52-37--89
 
The official records are considered to be:
 GOALS: Mike Donnelly, MSU, 59 (1985-86)
 ASSISTS: Wayne Gagne, WMU, 76 (1986-87)
 POINTS: Tony Hrkac, North Dakota, 116 (1986-87)
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