Michelle Stocker Captial TimesThe candidates for the Hobey Baker Memorial Throphy were announced today and it seems that they missed a candidate. Apparently Nathan Gerbe's on the ice incidents and his suspension by Hockey East had no impact on Gerbe getting into the Hobey Hat Trick. I wonder if T.J. Hensick feels slighted after seeing the names today?
The Candidates are for the Hobey Hat Trick are:
Kevin Porter Michigan SR F 33-29-62
Nathan Gerbe Boston College JR F 30-30-60
Ryan Jones Miami SR F 31-18-49
I said before; It wouldn't matter if Oshie had 50 goals or Jean-Philippe Lamoureux had 10 shut outs the award is going to go to a player from the CCHA or Hockey East. Gee, I guess I wasn't that far off eh? This just proves that the college hockey media loves Hockey East and the CCHA. They should be happy with the results now, you got your candidates.
I think Kevin Porter from Michigan is a legitimate candidate for the Hobey Baker and I don't have a problem with Ryan Jones from Miami either but it would be interesting to see if Porter and Jones could put up the same numbers with they WCHA defenders drapped all over them. I believe that Jones and Porter would have simular numbers to T.J. Oshie.
I think that's slightly paranoid to say that there was no way it was going to a Sioux player this year or that this proves the media loves the CCHA and HE.
ReplyDeleteI mean, Oshie was voted into the Top 10 in the Hobey race even though he was like 28th in points per game. It was pretty clear he didn't have the numbers to be a serious candidate.
JPL got screwed out of a spot in the Hat Trick. Truth be told, I think he was the only guy I would've given a chance to take some votes. He'd be #2 on my ballot (and #3 wouldn't even be close). But it's not nearly as egregious an oversight as leaving Hensick (from the CCHA) off last year.
(For the record, Porter had 3-4--7 in 4 games against WCHA teams this year)
My ballot would've been:
1. Porter
2. JPL
3. Gerbe (can't ignore what he's done this year, even if he is kind of a prick--I've always really liked watching him)
gerbe is a troll in my book, but I would rather like to see my team win the NCAA title.
ReplyDeleteI do remember the season Panzer was robbed and at least the Sioux beat state before they lost to the dirty eagles.
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