The people have spoken and this year's best-loved Bulldog is Dominic Toninato.

The Duluth Hockey Company Bulldog Fan Favorite recently wrapped up its 11th season of competition after nearly 10,000 votes were cast exclusively online through umdbulldogs.com over the past two months. During the first intermission of the University of Minnesota Duluth's National Collegiate Hockey Conference series opener with Miami University on Friday night, Toninato was presented with the 2016-17 award.

Toninato, a senior center out of Duluth, Minn.,  joins past recipients Austin Farley (2015-16), Alex Iafallo (2014-15), Kyle Osterberg (2013-14), Mike Seidel (2012-13), Kenny Reiter (2011-12), Kyle Schmidt (2010-11), Jack Connolly (2009-10), Alex Stalock (2008-09), Jason Garrison (2007-08) and Mason Raymond (2006-07).