Terrence G. writes: >>Tomorrow the ten finalist for the Hobey Baker award will be announced. >>Chris Imes should be one of the leading candidates for the Hobey. For >>those of us who have watched him lead the Maine hockey team this year, >>it's difficult to imagine where Maine would have finished without Imes. >>His presence has been huge all season. There is no other individual in >>college hockey that I would prefer to have on my team. > >>Chris Imes for the Hobey! > >As for the Hobey Baker, it would be great to see Imes get it, however >I'd be floored if this happens. How often has a defenceman been >awarded the Hobey? I've got a feeling big numbers count more with >the voters. Perhaps, but defensemen have won the Hobey twice in the award's fifteen- year history. Harvard's Mark Fusco won it in 1983, and Minnesota-Duluth's Tom Kurvers won it the following year. I have no idea what the scoring numbers were for these two; I suspect Fusco's were rather high for a de- fenseman, but I have no idea about Kurvers' . Also, goaltender Robb Stauber (Minnesota) won it in 1988 -- he had some pretty impressive numbers, as I recall. (This info available in the HOBEY WINNERS file in the HOCKEY-L archives) -- Disclaimer -- Unless otherwise noted, all opinions expressed above are strictly those of: Bill Fenwick | Send your HOCKEY-L poll responses to: Cornell '86 and '94.5 | [log in to unmask] LET'S GO RED!! DJF 5/27/94 "Come to think of it, there are already a million monkeys on a million type- writers, and Usenet is NOTHING like Shakespeare." -- Blair Houghton