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Colorado CollegeYear: 2005See School Profile Page

After becoming the second Colorado College player in three years to win the Hobey Baker Award as a junior, Marty Sertich returned for a final year with the Tigers in 2005-06. As a senior, he was again named a Hobey Baker finalist. The Roseville, Minnesota native finished his college career with 121 assists and 182 points to rank seventh and tied for 12th, respectively, on the school’s all-time charts. The 2004-05 First-Team All-American and national scoring champion (27 goals and 37 assists for 64 points in 42 games) played in 166 consecutive games for the Tigers without missing one, collecting at least one point in 108 games, including 30 of 42 in his final campaign. He was involved in 35 game-winning goals during his four years with the team, scoring 11 and helping to set up 24, and recorded 53 multiple-point games. Sertich spent his first two seasons of pro hockey with Iowa of the AHL, followed by two seasons with that league’s Lake Erie Monsters. Sertich then played two seasons in Switzerland and is now playing for Iserlohn in Germany.

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 +/-
Hobey Winning Season2004-2005Colorado CollegeNCAA27376426

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