Carle Wins Hobey Baker Award

Denver's Matt Carle won the Hobey Baker award last night in Milwaukee. The former Denver defenseman was the first player to be named Western Collegiate Hockey Association's player of the year and defensive player of the year, both in the same year.

The Hobey Baker award winner flew to Milwaukee from San Jose and then will be returning to join the San Jose Sharks to play Dallas on Sunday. Carle joined the Sharks after the Pioneers' season ended.

Carle was a member of the Pioneer championship teams of 2004 and 2005. This past season, he led the nation in assists (42) and led defenseman with 53 points.

Carle beat out an impressive list of Hobey Baker finalists to win the trophy.

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