Acknowledging a conflict of interest up front -- let me put in a word for Jamie Ram for Hobie Baker. I cannot imagine a player meant more to his team than Ram -- the results in the payoof round against CC and against Northern Michigan in the first period of that game deomnstate my point. Ram played through significant difficulties this year almost always at a very high level. He performed consistently despite the failure of the team to score goals for him -- 7 goals in one 8 game streak, if I remember correctly. He had to play as though the team would lose unless he got a shut-out. Then he raised his game a notch during the play-offs. He faced the most shots in the WCHA by more than 70, yet had a goals against of about 3.11 (Carey at Wisconsin beat him out with a 3.09 -- correct me if I';m off on these numbers). He had the best saves percentage. And the team as a whole lost something like 15 games by a single goal. Michigan Tech certainly had a strange year, but I hope that the lack of performance by the whole team will not overshadow Jamie's individual effort. His selection as the first team WCHA goalie is a measure that the players he faced recognized his ability.