US EditionBulldogs' Max Plante Named Top-10 Finalist for Hobey Baker
Max Plante leads the NCHC in points with 48 and goals with 23, earning multiple conference honors and joining only one other father-son duo as Hobey finalists.
- On Wednesday, Max Plante, a Minnesota Duluth sophomore wing and assistant captain, was named a Top-10 finalist for the 2026 Hobey Baker Memorial Award.
- Plante's season totals — 23 goals and 48 points through 37 games — explain the nomination, as he earned 2026 NCHC Forward of the Year, All-NCHC first-team, and NCHC Player of the Year finalist honors.
- UMD's power play and multi-point games underline Max Plante's impact, with six game-winning goals, eight power-play goals, two shorthanded goals, 14 multi-point games, and a 29.3 percent success rate.
- Adding Plante extends a family and program legacy, as he and his father Derek Plante form only the second father-son finalist duo and UMD leads with six Hobey winners.
- The next Hobey milestones come quickly: the top three are set for April 2 and the overall winner will be unveiled on Friday, April 10, 2026, at the NCAA Men's Frozen Four in Las Vegas.
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Bulldogs' Max Plante named top-10 finalist for Hobey Baker
DULUTH — The University of Minnesota Duluth has more Hobey Baker Memorial Award winners than any other school in college hockey, with Hibbing’s Scott Perunovich becoming the sixth to win the award in 2020. Could Hermantown’s Max Plante be lucky No. 7 this April in Las Vegas? Max Plante is among the top 10 finalists for the 2026 Hobey Baker, announced Wednesday. The Bulldogs' sophomore wing and assistant captain has been among the NCAA’s top five…
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