Breaking down the seasons of the Hobey Baker and Patty Kazmaier award winners

Every year, the best players in Men Hockey and Female Hockey are recognized by the two most prestigious prizes in hockey at university, Hobey Baker Memorial Award and Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. Let’s discuss the seasons of this year’s winners:

Casey O’Brien, University of Wisconsin

The excellent college career of Casey O’Brien ended at the end and won the third national championship in Wisconsin and the Patty Kazmaier Award from 2025 as the most important player in the women’s hockey.

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O’Brien becomes the sixth winner of Patty Kaz from the University of Wisconsin. Her Wisconsin teammates Caroline Harvey and Laila Edwards were two other finalists this year, which was only for the second time in history that all three finalists were from the same team.

O’Brien led the nation in points with 88, which builds it tied up on the seventh most of the most season in the history of NCAA and its 62 assists was inserted by its third most in the history of NCAA.

As if it wasn’t enough, O’Brien broke a lot of Wisconsin program records this season. Her 62 assists violated her previous school record (50), which set out in 2023-24. It also set a new Wisconsin record for points in one season with the aim of the national semifinals against Minnesota.

O’Brien set Wisconsin Records for Career Points (274) and Career Assisted (177) and she went through Mike Eaves as a player with the highest score in hockey history in Wisconsin, men or women. She said for PWHL draft in the instagram post 11 April 2025 and thanked Wisconsin fans for their support in her five seasons at school.

Another award this season:

• WCHA PLAYER OF THE YEAR
• WCHA forward
• The first all-wcha team
• The first team all-American

🏆 Champions: Wisconsin won 2025 NC Women’s Ice Hockey Championship

Isaac Howard, Michigan State University

Isaac Howard becomes the first Michigan State player to win the Hobey Baker Memorial Award for 24 years and the third Spartan, who won it All-Time, joined Great Kip Miller (1999) and Ryan Miller (2001). Howard defeated two of his teammates from the American hockey 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship Gold-Medal Team: Standout Denver defender Zeev Bium and leading national goal, Boston College Ryan Leonard.

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This season, Howard was a force for Spartans and became the best career goals (26) and points (52) in 37 games. He led the nation in points to the game (1,41) and the third in the goals and fifth in points. His biggest moment this season came when he scored two goals, including the goal of the winning game in double overtime against Ohio No. 9 in Big Ten Championship.

Who other than Isaac Howard ‼‼‼@Msu_hockey It is back to each other #B1GHOCKYY Tournament champions 🏆 pic.twitter.com/pnraettguu

– Big Ten Network (@bigtennetwork) 23 March 2025

Howard dealt with every goal of MSU at the Big Ten tournament, ended up with three goals and two assists on the way to winning the second consecutive Big Ten Spartans championship. The Spartans came shortly in 2025 NCAA di Men’s Ice Hockey Championship and lost in the dying seconds with Cornell in the regional semifinals. Nevertheless, Howard’s excellent game spread to the tournament when the season ended 13 points in the last 10 games.

Howard’s 52 points indicates the first 50-point season by MSU because Taro Hirose scored 50 in 2018-19. His 26 goals are associated with Adam Hall (1999-00) most MSU player because Sean Berens scored 36 in 1997-98.

Another award this season:

• The first team All-Big Ten
• Big that scoring champion
• Big that player of the year
• BIG TEN ALL-TRAPINEMENT
• BIG TEMPER TEMPER
• BIG TEN TOURAJ MVP
• AHCA West First Team All-American