{"id":134778,"date":"2022-04-08T19:12:20","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T00:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/?p=134778"},"modified":"2022-04-08T19:12:20","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T00:12:20","slug":"minnesota-states-dryden-mckay-is-first-goalie-to-win-hobey-baker-award-since-2001","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2022\/04\/08\/minnesota-states-dryden-mckay-is-first-goalie-to-win-hobey-baker-award-since-2001\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota State’s Dryden McKay is first goalie to win Hobey Baker Award since 2001"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Minnesota State’s Dryden McKay holds the Hobey Baker Award on Friday in Boston (photo: Jim Rosvold).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

BOSTON — Minnesota State’s groundbreaking season continued on Friday when goaltender Dryden McKay won the 42nd Hobey Baker Award, given annually to the best player in Division I men’s hockey.<\/p>\n

He became the first Mavericks player to win the award and the first goaltender since Michigan State’s Ryan Miller in 2001 to earn college hockey’s top individual prize.<\/p>\n

McKay, a finalist in 2021, is the first player since Harvard’s Jimmy Vesey to win the award in his second season as a Hobey Hat Trick finalist. It was the third consecutive season that a goalie also appeared among the top three vote recipients, the second time that occurred since the Hobey Baker Award introduced the “top three” initiative in 2001.<\/p>\n

“I’m just super honored,” McKay said. “It’s very humbling, and I don’t really think it’s sunk in yet, to be honest. I’m just super excited.”<\/p>\n

“This is fantastic for him and his family with his mom and dad here,” Minnesota State head coach Mike Hastings said. “I’m a big believer that the apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree, and to see him experience this with them being here is incredibly important. That’s a trophy and an honor that’s forever. His name is going to be on it, and then so is our program.”<\/p>\n

McKay’s career path has been one of the more unique stories in college hockey. He rewrote the men’s college hockey record books by becoming the first men’s goalie to post 30 shutouts in a career and enters Saturday’s national championship with a shutout in just under a quarter of his appearances.<\/p>\n