I think the Hobey Baker Trophy will go to Casson Masters or Matt Brush ... O.K., so the Trophy is for Princeton rookie of the year. Who would I nominate from the ECAC for the Hobey Baker Award? Eric Perrin and Martin St. Louis, (f) Vermont; clearly the two most explosive forwards in the league this year (although I'll wager that Steve Martins would put up more points for Harvard if he had a clone to skate alongside as these fellows do). Marko Tuomainen, (f) Clarkson: My choice as a forward from the Golden Knights because he had more preseason build up than Claude Morin; hence, voters will be more likely to single him out. Brian Mueller,(d) Clarkson: Clearly the best defenseman in the ECAC and a sure All-American. I would probably vote for Mueller ahead of the other ECAC candidates already mentioned. Todd Sullivan, (g) Yale: Sullivan won't be nominated, I suspect, because his goals-against average is a little high to catch the eye of non-ECAC voters. I still think he is worthy of a nomination. He's probably the league's most valuable player, in the sense of meaning most to his team. Hobey Baker trivia: What position did Hobey play? What was Hobey's specialty in football? What were Hobey's middle names? Where did Hobey play high school hockey? I'll post answers in a couple of days.