For those already looking ahead to next year, I thought I would forward
this to the list.  A little background, I grew up in the cities and
cheered for the Gophers for 18 years, so I can go and cheer for them now ;)
 
 
On Mon, 27 Mar 1995, Erik Biever wrote:
> Tony-
>
> Tony Frolik wrote:
>
> >Well, since I can't cheer for my Dogs, I figured I better cheer for the
> >Gophers, and I am glad I did.  From what I heard, the Gophs thoroughly
> >outplayed both RPI and CC.  Congratulations, and have fun in Providence!
> >Cheer for me, too, O.K.?
>
> OK, we will.  I expect that within the next year or two we will also get a
> chance to cheer for the 'Dogs in the Phinal Phour.
>
> -- Erik
>
> GO GOPHERS!
> SKI-U-MAH!
>
>
 
Well, I don't know about Final Four, but...
 
Seniors leaving:
Rod Aldoff              D       Great defenseman
Rusty Fitzgerald        W       Above average this year, but not that great.
Joe Tamminen            W       Not a great scorer, but worked hard
Brett Larson            D       Another great defenseman
Chris Sittlow           C       Thank God he's gone
Niklas Axelsson         G       4 career games
Jason Watt              D       Didn't play much after transfer from Kent
Jerome Butler           G       Left team, no games played in 94-95
 
Key players returning:
Rick Mrozik             D       Gophers knocked him out in first weekend,
                                has 3 years left, and will be another
                                very good defenseman.
Mike Peluso             C       Got scoring towards end of year, 3 years left
Sergei Petrov           W       Getting scoring touch, 2 years left
Laird Lidster           D       Very hard worker, 3 years left
Brian Bolf              C       3 years left
Joe Ciccarello          W       Played with Hobey winner and finalist for
                                2 years, picked up a lot of stuff and
                                seems to be a good leader, what this
                                team needs.
Joe Rybar               W       Could be a great scorer, 3 years left
Brad Federenko          W       Already a scorer (30G this season), 2
                                years left.
Ken Dzikowski           W       Another scoring threat, 3 years left
Taras Lendzyk           G       Leading goalie scorer in UMD history,
                                needs to be more consistent and a leader
                                in his senior year.
Tony Gasparini          G       Needs to pick up a lot in 95-96, probable
                                starter for two years following,
                                considering there aren't any other
                                goalies (yet).  Hope Gino taught him well!
 
It should be a good year or two coming up!
 
Tony
 
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Anthony J. Frolik                            University of Minnesota Duluth
Go Bulldogs! (Go Gophers, NCAA Final Four!)   13-15-4 WCHA, 16-18-4 Overall
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