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Max Plante Wins 2026 Hobey Baker Award, Returns to Bulldogs

4/11/2026

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Max Plante, a sophomore forward for the University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs, won the 2026 Hobey Baker Memorial Award as the top NCAA men's ice hockey player.
He posted 25 goals and 52 points in 40 games, earning NCHC Player of the Year.
He becomes the seventh Bulldog to win the Hobey Baker Memorial Award and will return for his junior season to play with brothers Zam and Victor.

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Max Plante, a sophomore forward for the University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs, won the 2026 Hobey Baker Memorial Award as the top NCAA men's ice hockey player.
He posted 25 goals and 52 points in 40 games, earning NCHC Player of the Year.
He becomes the seventh Bulldog to win the Hobey Baker Memorial Award and will return for his junior season to play with brothers Zam and Victor.