{"id":1767,"date":"2016-03-24T19:24:30","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T00:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/hobeywatch\/?p=1767"},"modified":"2020-08-24T17:24:56","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T22:24:56","slug":"connors-big-weekend-helps-solidify-spot-atop-hobey-watch-straw-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2016\/03\/24\/connors-big-weekend-helps-solidify-spot-atop-hobey-watch-straw-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Connor&#8217;s big weekend helps solidify spot atop Hobey Watch straw poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"ps_captionIns\" aria-describedby=\"caption-ps-captionIns\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016031919-52-545243-1.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-ps-captionIns\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michigan rookie Kyle Connor scored five goals and assisted on three more in two games last weekend (photo: Jim Rosvold).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This latest edition of Hobey Watch covers the latest straw poll of our writers, taken after the conference championships and before the NCAA regionals.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll be making one more prediction before the Hobey Hat Trick is announced on March 31.<\/p>\n<p>To recap, these are the 10 finalists as announced by the committee on March 16:<\/p>\n<p>JT Compher, Michigan<br \/>\nKyle Connor, Michigan<br \/>\nThatcher Demko, Boston College<br \/>\nZac Lynch, Robert Morris<br \/>\nAlex Lyon, Yale<br \/>\nTyler Motte, Michigan<br \/>\nAlex Petan, Michigan Tech<br \/>\nAndrew Poturalski, New Hampshire<br \/>\nEthan Prow, St. Cloud State<br \/>\nJimmy Vesey, Harvard<\/p>\n<p>And here are the results from our writers&#8217; votes for the top five candidates, based on performance through March 19:<\/p>\n<h4>1. Kyle Connor, Michigan<\/h4>\n<p>The freshman had a huge weekend in the Big Ten tournament with five goals and three assists to lead the Wolverines to the B1G title. Connor has 69 points, tops in the nation.<\/p>\n<h4>2. Jimmy Vesey, Harvard<\/h4>\n<p>The Crimson came up short against Quinnipiac in the ECAC Hockey title game, with Vesey factoring in both goals in a 2-1 overtime win over St. Lawrence in the semifinals. Harvard will face Boston College in the NCAA Northeast Regional on Friday.<\/p>\n<h4>3. Tyler Motte, Michigan<\/h4>\n<p>The second of three Wolverines forwards on the list of 10 Hobey finalists, Motte had a pair of goals and a pair of assists last weekend. He and the Wolverines are in action Friday, taking on Notre Dame in the Midwest Regional.<\/p>\n<h4>4. Ethan Prow, St. Cloud State<\/h4>\n<p>Prow, the only defenseman among the 10 finalists, had two assists in helping the Huskies to the NCHC title last weekend. He continues to lead all defensemen in Division I with 37 points. Next up for Prow and his teammates: Ferris State on Saturday in the NCAA West Regional.<\/p>\n<h4>5. Thatcher Demko, Boston College<\/h4>\n<p>Demko had an off game in the Hockey East semifinals, allowing five goals on 32 shots in a 5-4 loss to Northeastern. The Eagles square off against Vesey and Harvard in the Northeast Regional on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><b>Others receiving votes:<\/b> Alex Lyon, Yale; JT Compher, Michigan; Andrew Poturalski, New Hampshire<\/p>\n<p>Lyon and Compher can make some more noise in the NCAA tournament, while Poturalski&#8217;s college career is over as the sophomore signed a entry-level contract with Carolina on March 8.<\/p>\n<p>The other two Hobey finalists, seniors Lynch (Robert Morris) and Petan (Michigan Tech) signed amateur tryout deals with Portland (AHL) and Minnesota (NHL), respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Coming off a dominating performance in the Big Ten tournament, it looks like Connor has solidified his place as the front-runner, as least as far as our writers are concerned.<\/p>\n<p>The 27 members of the Hobey Baker Award committee will submit their ballots on March 28 and 29, with the Hobey Hat Trick announced on March 31.<\/p>\n<p>The winner will be announced on April 8 at a ceremony at the Tampa Theatre during the Frozen Four.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This latest edition of Hobey Watch covers the latest straw poll of our writers, taken after the conference championships and before the NCAA regionals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":94842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1380],"tags":[761,764,763,762],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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