ESPN on UND's two Hobey Baker candidates

Here is a nice read on the The UND Fighting Sioux's Hobey Baker Candidates. First off; Phil Lamoureux and T.J. Oshie are legitimate Hobey Baker Memorial Award nominees and no matter how the votes turn out these players are deserving of this award.

Senior goalie Lamoureux has lost only one game in the past 20, while allowing opponents one goal or less in 15 of those outings. He sports the nation's best goals-against average at 1.63, along with the second- best save percentage at .934.

There is no doubt that if Oshie had decided to sign with St. Louis the Fighting Sioux would have been a little thin on offense and probably would have been displaying the trap every night. I am just glad as a Sioux fan we have a few more games before Oshie is off to the NHL.

North Dakota's Oshie boasts five game winners this season and a career total of 16 clinchers, placing him second all-time in Fighting Sioux history. Named to the WCHA First Team, Oshie finished fifth in WCHA scoring, producing a team-high 39 points in 37 games. Michigan senior forward Porter is the nation's leading scorer, producing points in all but six of the 38 games he's played. Porter helped guide his team to the CCHA regular season title and is a finalist for the league's player of the year award and best defensive forward award.

Jean-Philippe Lamoureux 4 the Hobey Baker.

Here are some of links for Phil Lamoureux's Hobey Baker Campaign. If you take a serious look at the numbers there is no reason Jean-Philippe Lamoureux isn't a legitmate Hobey Baker candidate. Jean-PhilippeLamoureux has not stacked his stats playing a mediocre schedule, he has done this playing the toughest strenght of schedule in college hockey this season to date.

Here are some of Phils accomplishments (per Grand Forks Herald)

-- Posted four shutouts in the first five games, becoming the first Western Collegiate Hockey Association player to achieve the feat.

-- Allowed just one goal in seven of the last eight games.

-- A save percentage that would rank as the best single-season mark in Sioux history, breaking Jordan Parise's .929 from two seasons ago.

-- A goals-against average that would be second-best in school history, trailing only Bob Peters' mark from the 1950s.

And don't forget, he's accomplished all of this against the most difficult schedule in college hockey according to both the KRACH and PairWise ratings.

Links

Grand Forks Herald

AZ Sioux's Phil 4 Hobey

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