2001 Winner – RYAN MILLER of Michigan State University
In his sophomore season, Miller became the second
goaltender to win the Hobey Baker Award. He led the
nation in all major goalie categories, including wins (31), goals against average (1.32), and shutouts (10), and he set an NCAA record for saves percentage (.950). His two-year total of 18 shutouts set an NCAA career shutout record. Miller’s outstanding year was capped with six CCHA post-season awards, including Player of the Year and Best Goaltender honors for the hometown hero from East Lansing, Michigan. The business major set several team and CCHA records to help guide the Spartans to the #1 national ranking heading into the NCAA Frozen Four tournament. In 2001-02, Miller was again a Hobey Baker Award top ten finalist. He garnered CCHA MVP honors for the second straight year, was named Goalie of the Year for the third straight season, and added eight more shutouts to his NCAA career shutout record of 26. In the 2010 Vancouver Olympics he backstopped the United States team to a silver medal. Now in his twelfth NHL season with the Buffalo Sabres, Ryan Miller is widely recognized as one of the NHL’s top goaltenders.
2001 RUNNER-UPS
BRIAN GIONTA
Boston College, Forward
2001 ADDITIONAL TOP 10 FINALISTS
ANDY HILBERT
DANY HEATLEY
University of Wisconsin–Madison, Forward
ERIK ANDERSON
St. Lawrence University, Forward
JEFF HAMILTON
Yale University, Forward
JEFF PANZER
University of North Dakota, Forward
JORDAN LEOPOLD
University of Minnesota, Defense
KENT HUSKINS
Clarkson University, Defense
TY CONKLIN
University of New Hampshire, Goalie