University of Maine senior center Harrison Scott and sophomore goalie Albin Boija have been nominated for the 2025 Hobey Baker Memorial Award, which is given to the top player in Division I men’s hockey.
Scott is tied for third in the country in goals with 15, and his .65 goals per game is fourth among players from the 64 Division I schools. His 12 assists through 23 games make him tied for 13th in points with 27.
His goal and assist totals already match last season’s career-high final stats.
Scott, who transferred from Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts, is tied for seventh with six power play goals, is 14th in faceoff wins with 247 and is tied for 16th in points per game with 1.17. His faceoff winning percentage of 56.9 is sixth among players with at least 245 faceoff wins.
The 6-foot, 190-pound San Jose, California, native has scored nine goals over his last 11 games and is the team’s alternate captain.
Boija has the nation’s second-lowest goals-against average of 1.63. His .928 save percentage is 14th but is third among goalies who have played in at least 20 games.
He was named to the Mike Richter Award Watch List last week, an award that goes to the nation’s top Division I goaltender.
The 6-foot-1, 195-pound native of Sundsvall, Sweden, is just the third Hockey East goalie over the past 10 seasons to register a GAA of 1.65 or lower through their first 22 games played and the ninth nationwide to do so over the last five seasons.
Boija is tied for third in the country in shutouts with three and is fourth in wins with 14. He is 14-5-3, and his 70.5 winning percentage is 12th best.
He has held opponents to two goals or less 18 times and to one or fewer goals on 10 occasions.
The Hobey Baker Award Foundation announced the nominees earlier this week.
Fan voting will be held until March 9, and each fan is allowed one vote per day during this phase.
A list of top-10 finalists will be chosen by a 29-member Hobey Baker Award selection committee composed of college coaches, media members, officials and NHL scouts and announced on March 19.
A second fan voting phase will then begin and run through March 30.
The list will be whittled down to three Hobey Hat Trick finalists on April 3 by the selection committee, and the winner will be announced at the Frozen Four in St. Louis on April 12.
UMaine has had two Hobey Baker Award winners.
Wingers Scott Pellerin and Paul Kariya won it in back-to-back years. Pellerin captured the school’s first Hobey in the 1991-92 season and Kariya the following year in leading UMaine to its first NCAA championship.
Goalie Jeremy Swayman was a Hobey Hat Trick finalist in 2019-20 when he won the Richter Award.
