Max Plante Wins 2026 Hobey Baker Award as NCAA's Top Hockey Player
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Updated · NHL.com · Apr 11
Max Plante Wins 2026 Hobey Baker Award as NCAA's Top Hockey Player
52 articles · Updated · NHL.com · Apr 11
Max Plante, a Minnesota Duluth sophomore and Detroit Red Wings prospect, has won the 2026 Hobey Baker Memorial Award as the top NCAA men’s hockey player.
Plante scored 25 goals and 52 points in 40 games, leading his team back to the national tournament and earning multiple individual honors.
He is the seventh Minnesota Duluth player to win the award, and plans to return next season to play alongside his brothers and pursue a national title.
Why did Max Plante win college hockey's top award despite having fewer points than a finalist?
What makes Minnesota-Duluth the most successful program at producing college hockey's top player?
With three Plante brothers on the roster, are the Bulldogs now the team to beat for the national title?
Is this the start of a Red Wings dynasty built through the American college hockey system?
Could returning to college be a risky career gamble for Hobey Baker winner Max Plante?
What does it say about Detroit's strategy that its top prospects are taking opposite paths to the NHL?