I don't think Coach Lucia is worried.  He mentioned at last week's Blue Line 
Club luncheon that he expected Frazee to be chosen along with Wheeler and 
Kessel.  He also expressed regret that Nate Hagemo was unavailable to either 
the Gophers or the World Junior Tournament, noting that Hagemo had been 
expected to captain Team USA.

-- Erik

John T Whelan wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Moller Edward N wrote:
> 
>> How could Don Lucia not allow a player participate in such a tournament?
>> One would think that representing his country in an event as prestigious
>> as this would be a huge objective for a young player.  Jack Parker has
>> said that every player of his who has gone to the World Juniors came
>> back a better player.  Of course, if the Gophers fail to dress two
>> goalies for a game, they are assessed a 2-minute minor at the start of
>> the game.
> 
> 
> Minnesota has a club team, right?  Cornell has from time to time
> dressed a club (or intramural!) goalie when there was no healthy
> backup.
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