McKee

[Hobey Baker]

I would like to announce that I have chosen Dave McKee as the 2005 winner of my award.

[Will]

Good to know.

[Brian]

McKee finish 9th in the fan voting, wow! ::screwy::

[KeithK]

When are the Hat Trick Finalists announced?

[atb9]

[Q]KeithK Wrote:

 When are the Hat Trick Finalists announced?[/q]

It was March 31 last year (Awarded on April 9, 2004) so I'm guessing in the next few days but I couldn't find a published date.

[Pace]

I will be very surprised and disappointed if McKee doesn't make it into the Three Finalists.

[Lauren '06]

[Q]Pace Wrote:

 I will be very surprised and disappointed if McKee doesn't make it into the Three Finalists.[/q]
The past two years they've had a token goaltender in the three finalists.  Wouldn't be surprised if McKee is one... but I highly doubt he'll be The One.

[msphi81]

How does the process work?  Will the three finalists be in Columbus next Friday for the Hobey award?  If so, and if McKee is one of the three finalists it will at least give some of us something to cheer for next weekend.  

[Will]

Assuming this year once again has a "token goaltender" in the Hat Trick, McKee has a few things going against him in being that guy:
(1)He is one of four goaltenders in the finalists.
(2)The other three goaltenders are all seniors, so voters might think McKee will have two more chances to be nominated and win the Hobey.
(3)Jordan Sigalet has that whole MS thing going for him (as terrible as that sounds, it's definitely a consideration).
(4)Voters may think his lead in the major goaltending statistics are caused/inflated by playing in front of a supreme defense (which is partially true, but we all know that McKee would still be a great goaltender despite the defense in front of him).
(5)He plays in the "EZAC", and of course no good player ever comes out of the "EZAC".::rolleyes::

[Al DeFlorio]

[Q]msphi81 Wrote:

 How does the process work?  Will the three finalists be in Columbus next Friday for the Hobey award?  If so, and if McKee is one of the three finalists it will at least give some of us something to cheer for next weekend.  [/q]
The three finalists will be there, but the winner will likely know in advance--so his entourage can arrange to be there.  At least that was the case when Paolini won the Humanitarian in 2003.

[Will]

[Q]Al DeFlorio Wrote:

The three finalists will be there, but the winner will likely know in advance--so his entourage can arrange to be there.  At least that was the case when Paolini won the Humanitarian in 2003.[/q]

None of the other Humanitarian nominees brought an entourage?  (It's also possible that Paolini happened to have an entourage there simply because he was also playing in the Frozen Four that same weekend.)

[Josh '99]

[Q]Al DeFlorio Wrote:
The three finalists will be there, but the winner will likely know in advance--so his entourage can arrange to be there.  At least that was the case when Paolini won the Humanitarian in 2003.[/q]I kinda figured the whole team was there because they were in Buffalo anyway and because Lenny and Sam were both up for awards.

[Jerseygirl]

Sam (and Cornell Athletics) knew in advance that he was the winner of the Humanitarian Award, although it's safe to say the "entourage" probably would have been there regardless. The Hobey winner does not know in advance.

[atb9]

[Q]Will Wrote:

(3)Jordan Sigalet has that whole MS thing going for him (as terrible as that sounds, it's definitely a consideration).
[/q]

Completely agree.  Sigalet would be the perfect choice for token goalie...no expectations for a win, lots of press for including him.

[KeithK]

[q]Completely agree. Sigalet would be the perfect choice for token goalie...no expectations for a win, lots of press for including him.[/q]Keep in mind though how the process works.  The voters choose from the ten finalists.  The top three vote getters from this process are annointed "Hobey Hat Trick Finalists", but there isn't another vote.  The top vote getter from the ten man vote wins the award.  My point is that they don't choose a token goalie, except insofar as the voters as a whole decide to give lots of second and third place votes to a goalie.