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Miami UniversityYear: 2011See School Profile Page

In his Hobey Baker year, Andy Miele outpaced everyone in college hockey, piling up 71 points in just 39 games—the most points in Division I hockey in eight years. Miele overall scored 24 goals and 47 assists, becoming the first Miami RedHawk to win the Hobey Baker Award. The senior from Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan, won the CCHA conference scoring title, posting 16 goals and 40 assists for 56 points in 28 league games—an average of two points per game and the most points in conference play in 19 years. Amazingly, his 40 assists were more than the second place player had in total points—a first in league history—and his 47 assists in all games led the nation, earning him CCHA Player of the Year honors and a First Team all-star berth. He had multiple point efforts in 22 of 39 games played. An American Studies major with a coaching minor, Miele joined the U.S. National Team for the IIHF World Championship in Slovakia, then signed a pro contract with the Phoenix Coyotes as a free agent, playing seven NHL games in 2011-12 while collecting 54 points in 69 games at Portland in the American Hockey League. Last season he added 53 points in 70 games and is currently in his third season with the Phoenix organization.

The Award:

Hobey Baker was the legendary Princeton (1914) hockey player known as America’s greatest amateur athlete over one hundred years ago. He redefined how the game was played with his coast-to-coast dashes in an era when hockey was contested by seven players and no forward passes. Baker, a member of the U.S. Army’s Air Corp, died testing a repaired aircraft at the end of World War I after he had completed his military service. The Hobey Baker Award criteria includes: displaying outstanding skills in all phases of the game, strength of character on and off the ice, sportsmanship and scholastic achievements.

Player Stats

Type Season Team Name League Goals Assists Points PIM +/-
Current Season2024-2025Grizzlys WolfsburgDEL107176-2
Hobey Winning Season2010-2011Miami Univ. (Ohio)NCAA2447713522

2011 Runner Up

Cam Atkinson
Boston College
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University of North Dakota
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