University of North Dakota Athletics

HOBEY BAKER, ALL-AMERICA CANDIDATE
2002-03: Named to All-WCHA Second Team ... Co-winner of UND’s Jeff Anderson Hockey Scholarship as team MVP ... Tied for second in nation in goals (35) and was third in goals per game (0.81) ... His 35 goals were the most by a Sioux player since Russ Romaniuk notched 40 in 1990-91 ... Has 52 goals in his first two seasons, sixth-most in school history ... Led team in scoring with 62 points ... Tied for eighth in nation in game-winning goals and 10th in nation with 11 power-play goals ... Finished 11th in NCAA scoring race (1.44 points per game) ... Led team in power-play goals (11) and game-winning goals (five) ... Finished sixth in WCHA in overall points ... Recorded three hat tricks last season, including a pair of four-goal games ... Sniped four times at Princeton (Nov. 1) and against Brown (Dec. 27) ... Also notched a hat trick against Niagara (Oct. 25) ... 17 multi-point games and six multi-goal games ... Two-time WCHA Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 4 and Jan. 1) ... Rattled off a team-best eight-game goal scoring streak from Nov. 29 to Dec. 28 ... Also enjoyed a team-best 17-game point-scoring streak from Nov. 22 to Jan. 31 ... Named MVP of the Subway Holiday Classic after scoring six goals in two games ... Earned second letter.

2001-02: Named WCHA Rookie of the Year ... Selected to the All-WCHA Rookie Team ... Named UND's Rookie of the Year ... Led all WCHA rookies in conference points (29), points per game (1.07) and goals (16) ... Tied for WCHA freshman lead in overall goals with 17 ... Led all WCHA freshmen in overall points per game (0.89) ... Tied for second in overall freshman scoring ... Tied for third and led all freshmen with five game-winning goals ... Tied for second in GWG in conference play with four ... Led the nation in game-winning goals by a freshman ... Tied for fifth overall ... Ranked sixth in the nation among rookies with 0.89 points per game ... Finished third on UND in points and goals ... Led team in game-winning goals ... Tied for second on team in power play goals ... His five GWG are the second most by a first-year Fighting Sioux in school history ... Tallied first collegiate assist Oct. 12 against Colorado College ... Scored first two collegiate goals Oct. 27 against Wisconsin ... Added an assist in same game for first three-point game ... Enjoyed nine multi-point games ... Scored two goals and two assists for career-best four points Jan. 18 at Colorado College ... Picked up first career hat trick Feb. 23 at Minnesota-Duluth ... Notched two goals in a game four times ... Earned first letter.

Before UND: Drafted by the Ottawa Senators in the seventh round (223rd overall) in 2001 ... Spent the 2000-01 season with the Lincoln Stars of the USHL ... Played 55 games, scoring 47 goals and adding 33 assists for 80 points ... Was named the Rookie of the Year of the USHL, along with leading in goals and being second in total points ... Selected to the USHL First Team and played in the All-Star game ... At Blaine was a three-year letterwinner in hockey and a member of the 2000 Minnesota State High School champion hockey team  ... Scored 32 goals and added 30 assists in senior season (28 games) ... Named to the All-State, All-Conference, All-State Tourney, All-Tourney (Centennial Winter Classic) teams ... Lettered once in football and was named All-Conference.

Personal: A 2000 graduate of Blaine High School ... Enrolled in pre-business ... Son of Deborah Bochenski and Louis Bochenski.