How Jimmy Vesey Stole the Hobey
http://www.sbncollegehockey.com/ecac/2016/4/11/11397810/how-jimmy-vesey…
I wouldn't worry about a bunch of people trapped in a narrative echo chamber of they weren't so bad for the sport. Burn it all down.
April 11th, 2016 at 11:42 AM ^
I'm glad this article was written. Good on Chris Dilks for bringing this absurd situation to light. The numbers are astounding.
April 11th, 2016 at 11:46 AM ^
It's crazy how political the Hobey voting is. The Heisman and Naismith are pretty unaffected by players' professional potentials, yet you've got voters here saying they would have made a different choice if Vesey's saga with the Preds would have played out earlier. Why? Just vote on single season college production.
April 11th, 2016 at 12:08 PM ^
Completly agree. The award is about a players college performance and it has nothing to do with the NHL
April 11th, 2016 at 11:49 AM ^
Funny how things work out. Jimmy is expected to sign with either Toronto or Boston (where he's spent the last four years in college). It was a fucking joke he was even in the hat trick to begin with.
April 11th, 2016 at 11:51 AM ^
Shame on college hockey politics. Kyle Connor was the best player in college hockey this year and it wasn't close.
April 11th, 2016 at 11:57 AM ^
Wait, Conner didn't win the Hobey?
That award just lost any and all credibility.
April 11th, 2016 at 12:06 PM ^
What a bunch of bullshit.
April 11th, 2016 at 12:15 PM ^
I didn't watch a single minute of the Frozen Four or the Championship game in protest. As a matter of fact, from now on I will only care about Michigan. I've had enough of the East Coast bias in college hockey.
April 11th, 2016 at 12:18 PM ^
April 11th, 2016 at 12:27 PM ^
College hockey has been a joke for a long time, but this year was the final straw for me. I should've stopped watching after we got screwed against Miami in 2010. We score a clear game winning OT goal and the refs somehow lost sight of the puck. No Michigan in the Frozen Four in Detroit, pretty much handed the national title to Boston College.
April 11th, 2016 at 12:32 PM ^
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April 11th, 2016 at 12:28 PM ^
Vesey won it because he had a nice 'returning for senior season story' and they gave it to him as a career achivement award.
I don't know how else you conclude that Vesey should win it over a guy with 25 more points than him.
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April 11th, 2016 at 12:40 PM ^
71 points!! 71 points!! Hello!! 71 points in 38 games!! 35 goals in 38 games!! These people should lose their ability to vote.
Truth - and not just lose the right to vote in Hobey Baker balloting. Shoudn't be allowed to vote for President either.
It's all corrupt. The whole thing is corrupt!!! Burn it all.
I can't wait for the day when these "student athletes" form a players union and force the hands of the suits that make money off of them.
I don't think it does a good job explaining how Vesey stole the hobey. I do think he was no better than third behind Connor and that Caligula guy from North Dakota.