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North Bay’s Colton Point up for Hobey Baker Award and you can help him win it

Local product nominated for the most valuable player award in NCAA Hockey
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Colton Point in action for the NCAA Division I Colgate Raiders. Photo courtesy Colgate University.

North Bay goaltender Colton Point continues to have a memorable sophomore season in NCAA hockey.  

His hot start with the Colgate Raiders led to an invitation to Team Canada’s World Junior team, and he has followed up winning gold with Team Canada with more solid play and now a nomination for the Hobey Baker award, which is presented annually to the top player in NCAA Division I men’s ice hockey.  

Only 74 players in all of Division I men's ice hockey were nominated for the Hobey Baker Award, putting Point among the elite players in the nation.

Fan voting for the Hobey Baker Award is open from now until March 4, when the final 10 candidates will be named. CLICK HERE

Each fan can vote once per day.

The former North Bay Trappers netminder is tied for third in the nation with a .940 save percentage and ranks fourth with a 1.87 GAA. 

The Dallas Stars prospect ranks second in ECAC Hockey in each category while he leads the league with 569 total saves. Point is also tied for second with 10 wins and three shutouts this season.

He has earned several awards so far this season, including two ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Week Awards and was the league's goaltender of the month in October.

All three of Point's shutouts in his career have come this season, including a 43-save shutout of Princeton on Nov. 3 and followed that performance up with a 37-save shutout of the Tigers on Jan. 6, less than a day after he won the gold medal with Team Canada in Buffalo. 

Point's first career shutout came on Oct. 27 when he made 20 saves in a 3-0 win over Arizona State.


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