The CCHA Player of the Year during the 1994-95 season, Holzinger led the Falcons offensively as a senior with 35 goals and 34 assists for 69 total points. He became only the third player in league history to be named a unanimous All-CCHA First Team selection and a unanimous CCHA All-Academic team selection in the same year. He was a three-time member of the CCHA’s All-Academic team, and his jersey became only the second hockey sweater retired by BGSU, after that of 1982 Hobey Baker Award winner George McPhee. Growing up in Parma, Ohio, Holzinger was a Dean’s List student majoring in business, he achieved a 3.29 GPA. Holzinger was selected by the Buffalo Sabres in the sixth round of the 1991 NHL Entry Draft and spent 10 years as a professional player: five with Buffalo, three with Tampa Bay, one and a half with Pittsburgh, and a half season with Columbus. Holzinger is retired from hockey.
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Player Stats
| Type | Season | Team Name | League | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobey Winning Season | 1994-1995 | Bowling Green State Univ. | NCAA | 32 | 34 | 66 | 42 |
1995 Runner Up
Imes played for the University of Maine Black Bears from 1990 to 1995. During his freshman and sophomore year at the University of Maine, Imes won the Shawn Walsh Defensive Player Award twice and helped guide Maine to their first NCAA Championship in 1992–93. In his senior year, Imes was a runner up for the Hobey Baker Award and was named the Hockey East Player of the Year in 1995. He was inducted into the University of Maine Sports Hall of Fame in 2003.