Overview
- Max Plante was announced the winner Friday at Park MGM in Las Vegas during Frozen Four weekend, an award that honors college hockey’s top men’s player.
- The Minnesota Duluth sophomore posted 52 points in 40 games with 25 goals and earned NCHC Player of the Year honors.
- He said he will return to the Bulldogs for 2026–27 to play with his brothers and pursue a national title, delaying any move to the Detroit Red Wings.
- Detroit drafted Plante 47th overall in 2024, and he is the first Red Wings prospect to claim the Hobey Baker.
- The victory is Minnesota Duluth’s seventh Hobey Baker and its first since 2020.