Bowling Green State University Athletics
Vote Your Favorite Falcons for the Hobey Baker Award!
January 17, 2011 | Ice Hockey
Three Falcon icers have been nominated for the Hobey Baker Award. Vote for them in the Fan Voting phase.
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – Three Bowling Green State University Falcon hockey players are among the 68 student-athletes that have been nominated college hockey's most prestigious honors, the Hobey Baker Award. The first phase of naming the most deserving player for the honor is the fan vote, which is now open online to all. Meaning, it is time to vote for your favorite Falcon nominee for the Hobey Baker Award. This year's BGSU nominees include David Solway, Jordan Samuels-Thomas and Marc Rodriguez.
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Solway (Sr., Green Bay, Wisc.) through 26 games has already matched his goal total from his junior season (5) and is four points away from equaling his points total (18) from 2009-10. To date, the captain has nine assists on the year, four short of a career-high in a single season. He ranks third on the team in total overall points (14) and a share of the lead in points against CCHA opponents (10) with teammate Jordan Samuels-Thomas. Solway's five goals is good for a tie for second-most on the team.
Samuels-Thomas (South Windsor, Conn.) began the season on pace with his last year's performance when he opened the campaign with goals in back-to-back games and a three-point weekend against nationally ranked Michigan. The sophomore now has a share for the team lead in goals scored (6) and leads the team in assists (10) and points (16). To date, he has improved his on-ice rating by four, getting back into the positive with a plus-one rating this season.
Rodriguez is in the midst of a career year despite only being a sophomore. The Aurora, Ill. Native has already surpassed career highs in goals (6), assists (9) and points (15) en route to becoming the team's second-leading point getter this year. He has recorded BGSU's first goal in a game a team-high five times and has notched two game winners this season. Rodriguez has had three different three-game point streaks this season and had his most productive series against nationally ranked Notre Dame (Nov. 5-6) when he had a goal and three assist in the midst of his second such point streak.
The first phase of fan voting is now open and can be accessed by going to hobeybakeraward.com. Fans will see the voting located on the right-hand side of the main page and can vote an unlimited number of times. Voting will be open until March 6 before the first phase of the Hobey Baker Award selection process is closed.
Phase two of the voting will March 18 and will include the Top Ten Hobey Baker finalists. Fan voting will account for a full one percent of the total ballot in each phase of this year's selection process. The announcement for the Hobey Baker Award winner will be made on April 8, 2011 during the NCAA Frozen Four Championships (St. Paul, Minn.) For more information on Hobey Baker and the award, visit hobeybakeraward.com.
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