Hurricanes prospect Jamie McBain has been named one of the 10 finalists for the 2009 Hobey Baker Award given to the nation's top college hockey player.
A junior defenseman at Wisconsin, McBain was named WCHA player of year. He has 36 points in 38 games (7 goals, 29 assists) — second in the nation in points by a defenseman. McBain has 24 of power-play points, fourth-best in the country.
The three finalists will be named April 2 and the Hobey Baker Award winner April 10 during the NCAA Frozen Four.
A Raleigh native, Chip has worked at the N&O since 1979 and is the Canes beat writer. He can be reached at
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Tripp
Fri, 03/20/2009 - 17:16 — larikatHey, I like Tripp. He's kind of endearing.
his numbers
Fri, 03/20/2009 - 13:34 — esteban1949do speak really well for him...I hope he has a good,healthy & long career playing in the NHL...after all 1 tripp tracy is enough...right ? :-O
Go Canes !!