Minnesota Duluth’s Max Plante Wins 2026 Hobey Baker Award
Max Plante, a sophomore forward from Minnesota Duluth, has been named the winner of the 2026 Hobey Baker Award as the top player in men’s NCAA Division I college hockey.Plante beat out fellow finalists T.J. Hughes, a senior forward from Michigan, and Eric Pohlkamp, a junior defenseman from Denver.In his second season with the Bulldogs, Plante recorded 25 goals and 52 points in 40 games. The Detroit Red Wings’ 2024 second-round draft pick finished third in the nation in scoring, behind only Quinnipiac’s Ethan Wyttenbach (59 points) and Michigan’s T.J. Hughes (57 points).
He becomes the first Minnesota Duluth player to win the Hobey Baker Award since Scott Perunovich in 2020 and the seventh Bulldog overall to claim the honor. His father, former NHL player Derek Plante, also starred at Minnesota Duluth and was a Hobey Baker top-10 finalist in 1993.
Additional Award
During the same ceremony on Friday, April 10, Michigan State goaltender Trey Augustine was named the nation’s top goaltender. Augustine posted a 24-9-1 record with a 2.11 goals-against average and a .929 save percentage for the Spartans.
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