Islanders Alex Jefferies nominated for 2021 Hobey Baker

TAMPA, FL - APRIL 8: Jimmy Vesey #19 of the Harvard Crimson wins the 2016 Hobey Baker Memorial Award ceremony at the Tampa Theatre on April 8, 2016 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Richard T Gagnon/Getty Images)

At the 2020 draft, the New York Islanders selected prep school product Alex Jefferies in the fourth round. The young forward had excellent numbers with 33 goals and 79 points in 32 games for the Frederick Gunn School, also known as the Gunnery.

Jefferies made his collegiate debut this season with Merrimack College where he’s immediately made an impact. In eleven games the true-freshman has four goals and ten points. When I spoke to his coach just before the new year he called Alex one of…