For the first time ever a member of the Wisconsin men's hockey team is officially the best in college hockey. Despite six national championships, and the many great players that played for Wisconsin, Blake Geoffrion is the first Badger to win the Hobey Baker Award.
The highlight of the presentation was not Geoffrion though; it was his mother. After winning the award Geoffrion's mother told a story about how he wanted to be a cowboy when he grew up. He even road around on a stick horse when he was young.
But besides all of that it was history for the Wisconsin program. With all of the great players that have played in Madison, Geoffrion is now the only player to win the Hobey Baker. An accomplishment that has surpassed many badgers in the past.
Geoffrion's season is definitly one that deserved the Hobey Baker. Coming in second nationally in goals, and first in power play goals, but leadership was most likely his greatest asset.
One of the team's three captains this year Geoffrion was a team leader on the ice and off of it. On the ice Geoffrion was Wisconsin's MVP this season. Leading the team in goals this season, Geoffrion averaged over a point per game.
To say Geoffrion was the best to ever play at Wisconsin may be a stretch right now. With alumni all over hockey, and the NHL, Wisconsin has had a hockey tradition that rivals the best in college hockey. But for just one year, Blake Geoffrion is the best, and the one holding hockey's Heisman.
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