Just a quick plug for foreign players at Minnesota... look at where the
hometowns of these players are:
 
 
Mike Welvaert wrote:
 
>      ...clipped from the WCHA website...
>
>      WCHA Players of the Week
>
>      January 25, 1998
>
>      WCHA Offensive Player of the Week
>      Jeff Panzer/C/UND
>
>      University of North Dakota center iceman Jeff Panzer, who had five
>      goals and seven scoring points in a two-game weekend sweep over
>      Minnesota, has been selected as the WCHA Offensive Player of the Week
>      for January 25.
>
>      A 5-10, 160-pound sophomore from Grand Forks, North Dakota, Panzer
>      scored four goals - including the game-winner - and set up another for
>      five points in the Fighting Sioux's 5-4 victory over the Golden
>      Gophers last Friday (Jan. 22) night.
>
>      On Saturday, Panzer again came through with the game-winning goal at
>      8:15 of the third period as well as one assist in the contest to help
>      UND to a 6-5 come-from-behind win over Minnesota.
>
>      Through 21 games this season, Panzer has 12 goals and 20 assists for
>      32 points to rank fifth overall in scoring among WCHA players.
>
>      North Dakota, the nation's #1-ranked team with a 19-2-1 record,
>      currently leads the WCHA with a 14-1-1 mark and 29 points. The Sioux
>      play at Minnesota-Duluth this Friday and Saturday.
>
>      Other nominees for the WCHA's offensive player of the week award for
>      Jan. 29 were: Brian Swanson, C, CC; Paul Comrie, C, DU; Paul Cabana,
>      RW, MTU; and Brandon Sampair, RW, SCSU.
>
>      WCHA Defensive
>      Player of the Week Brad Williamson/D/UND
>
>      Brad Williamson, a senior defenseman on the University of North
>      Dakota's No. 1-ranked hockey team, has been selected as the WCHA's
>      Defensive Player of the Week for January 25th as a result of his
>      outstanding efforts in a pair of weekend victories over visiting
>      Minnesota.
>
>      A native of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Williamson earned a +4 plus-minus
>      rating and was a key member of penalty-killing units that held the
>      Golden Gophers to two power-play goals in 11 chances.
>
>      In addition to his solid defensive play, Williamson assisted on all
>      five of his club's goals in a 5-4 triumph over Minnesota last Friday
>      (Jan. 22) night, just one assist and point shy of the school records
>      in those two categories for a defenseman.
>
>      Currently the top scoring blueliner in league games with two goals, 16
>      assists and 18 points in 16 games, Williamson also ranks 10th overall
>      in scoring among WCHA players with 2-24-26.
>
>      The Thunder Bay, Ontario product was a member of the 1998-99 WCHA
>      All-Star Team that played in the Kolin Cup tournament in Switzerland
>      this past August.
>
>      Also nominated for the league's weekly defensive honor were: Dan
>      Peters, D, CC; Ryan Hacker, D, DU; and David Weninger, G, MTU.
>
>      WCHA Rookie of the Week
>      Tyler Arnason/C/SCSU
>
>      St. Cloud State University freshman center Tyler Arnason, who played
>      an instrumental role in the Huskies' home-and-home series sweep over
>      league rival Minnesota-Duluth last weekend, has been honored as the
>      WCHA Rookie of the Week for January 25.
>
>      A 6-0, 185-pounder from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Arnason was a big factor
>      in both games, scoring two goals and setting up two others for four
>      points.
>
>      In a 6-3 win over the host Bulldogs last Friday (Jan. 22) evening,
>      Arnason tallied a shorthanded goal in the first period and then banged
>      home the eventual game-winner at 18:37 of the second. On Saturday
>      (Jan. 23) night in St. Cloud, Minn., Arnason drew assists on two of
>      the Huskies' five goals in a 5-3 victory.
>
>      A draft pick of the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks, Arnason shares the
>      scoring lead among WCHA freshmen overall with 10 goals, 13 assists and
>      23 points in 24 games.
>
>      St. Cloud State, now 12-11-1 on the season, vaulted from eighth to
>      fifth place in the league race as a result of the two win. Next up for
>      the Huskies is a Jan. 29-30 set at Alaska Anchorage.
>
>      Other nominees for the Jan. 25 WCHA Rookie of the Week award were:
>      Jeff Sanger, G, UAA; Chris Paradise, RW, DU; Paul Cabana, RW, MTU; and
>      Chad Mazurak, D, UND.
>
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