From the St. Paul Pioneer Press, 1/22/93:
 
      The Western Collegiate Hockey Association expects to make an
  announcement within a few weeks concerning proposals to hold its 1994
  playoffs in Milwaukee rather than St. Paul, a spokesman said Thursday.
     "We have to talk with the people in St. Paul" where the championship
  series has been held for five years, spokesman Doug Spencer said.  "It's
  been a very good situation for us.  We don't want to jeopardize that."
     The Milwaukee Sentinel quoted an unidentified source as saying the
  Wisconsin Badgers would be the host for next year's tournament, which
  matches the WCHA top four teams in a two-day playoff.
     The playoffs then might return to St. Paul every other year, the
  newspaper said.
 
From Sid Hartman's column in the Mpls. Star Tribune, 1/22/93:
 
     Gophers assistant coach Mark Mazzoleni has been offered the coaching
  job at the University of Massachusetts and the opportunity to start a new
  hockey program in a new $50 million arena built for hockey and basketball.
 
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Erik Biever                                                    GO GOPHERS!
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