Not a big surprise but it's still noteworthy: All-Minnesota hockey era ends <http://www.startribune.com/viewers/qview/cgi/qview.cgi?template=gophers_cac he&slug=upuk02> Grant Potulny, a native of Grand Forks, N.D., has verbally committed to become the first non-Minnesotan to play hockey for the Gophers since 1987 http://www.startribune.com/viewers/qview/cgi/qview.cgi?template=gophers_cach e&slug=upuk02 <http://www.startribune.com/viewers/qview/cgi/qview.cgi?template=gophers_cac he&slug=upuk02> HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.