Various notes from the 7/7/95 Minnesota Daily:
     HS summer hockey camp
     Woog's contract
     Olympic Festival
     Godbout Working Out again
 
Headline: U hockey coaches eye prep stars
Publish Date: 07/07/1995
 
Matthew Cross
 
For The Daily
 
The first of two summer hockey camps opened Wednesday at Mariucci
Arena, and Gophers coaches are getting a good look at some of the
hottest high school prospects in Minnesota.
 
The 216 players are the top Minnesota high school juniors and seniors
and most of them received invitations. However, some of the players
applied themselves.
 
Even though the Gophers coaches cannot say which players they are
watching, chances are Duluth East's Dave Spehar and Chris Locker, and
Bloomington Jefferson's Ben Clymer, Ryan Trebil and Chris Theis will
get a lot of attention.
 
In all, the Gophers will lose 11 players after the 1995-96 season, so
these summer camps will be an important part of the team's future.
Minnesota loses all but three defensemen and one goaltender.
 
The second 10-day camp takes place in late July. Each day includes
three sessions stretching from 9 a.m. to about 4:15 p.m.
 
The latest on Woog's contract
 
Gophers coach Doug Woog said Wednesday that he doesn't expect
anything to happen with his contract talks until University President
Nils Hasselmo returns from vacation next week.
 
Woog is reportedly asking for a long-term deal worth about $100,000
per year, making him one of the highest paid coaches in the WCHA.
 
U.S. Olympic Festival
 
Ten Gophers hockey players have been selected to play in the 1995
U.S. Olympic Festival in Denver, Colo., from July 24-30.
 
The Gophers will be split into four different teams.
 
Team North will feature incoming freshmen forwards Mike Anderson and
Wyatt Smith, and Ryan Kraft, who was named to the WCHA all-rookie
team. Senior defenseman Dan Trebil and 1995 Hobey Baker Award
finalist Brian Bonin will play for Team South.
 
Team East has forwards Casey Hankinson and Erik Rasmussen, the 1995
Minnesota Mr. Hockey recipient. WCHA Rookie of the Year Mike Crowley,
and forwards Nick Checco and Reggie Berg will play for Team West.
 
There are 80 players in the Olympic Festival, which includes 24
native Minnesotans.
 
Godbout improves
 
Gophers defenseman Jason Godbout began workouts recently after
undergoing heart surgery earlier this spring to repair a hole in his
right atrium.
 
Godbout had a minor stroke before the team's NCAA Regional game
against Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute on March 24.
 
He started lifting weights and has done some light skating.
 
Fellow defenseman Dan Trebil recently skated with Godbout and said
the sophomore is in good condition and improving every day.