Suess one of 10 Hobey Baker finalists

Minnesota State senior forward C.J. Suess was named a top-10 finalist for the Hobey Baker Award, which goes to college hockey's player of the year.

Suess was named WCHA Offensive Player of the Year on Tuesday and is a candidate for the conference's Player of the Year. He leads Minnesota State with 43 points, including 22 goals. Those totals rank 12th and 10th in the country, respectively. Suess is also second in the country with 509 faceoff wins.

The other Hobey Baker finalists are: Henrik Borgström (Denver), Ryan Donato (Harvard), Matthew Galajda (Cornell), Adam Gaudette (Northeastern), Dylan McLaughlin (Canisius), Cale Morris (Notre Dame), Colton Point (Colgate), Jimmy Schuldt (St. Cloud State) and Dylan Sikura (Northeastern).

The finalists were selected by voting from all 60 Division I head coaches and by online fan balloting. A 27-member selection committee and an additional round of fan balloting (at www.hobeybaker.com March 14-25) will determine the winner, which will be announced April 6.

Minnesota State has had one other finalist for the award, goaltender Steve Carroll in 1981, the inaugural year of the award in 1981. There once was also a small-college recipient, and MSU goaltender Ken Hilgert was the NCAA DII-III Western recipient in 1988.