Hobey Baker Memorial Award Foundation

University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs

Holds the Bulldog career record for most goals by a defenseman with 43 from 1980-84 … named UMD’s Rookie of the Year in 1981 … named the WCHA’s Most Valuable Player, WCHA All-Academic and all-WCHA first team in 1984, when he helped lead the Bulldogs to their first WCHA regular season title and a second-place finish in the NCAA championship … was a charter member of the UMD Athletic Hall of Fame (1991) … selected by Montreal in the 1981 NHL entry draft, Kurvers played for the Canadiens, Buffalo Sabres, New Jersey Devils, Toronto Maple Leafs, Vancouver Canucks, New York Islanders and Anaheim Mighty Ducks in a 11-year NHL career … retired after a stint in the Japanese professional league … Tom currently is the assistant general manager for the Tampa Bay Lightning.