>> Saturday night. Two unexpected heros for the Gophers! Dan Woog is not just the
>> coach's son, despite the comments of many people including some of the local
>> media. They know nothing about which they are talking about! Danny gives 120%
>> every time he steps on the ice. He quietly goes about his job on the ice and
>> always plays "smart hockey".
>        Yeah but it doesn't hurt being the Coaches son some of the
>players that sit from game to game would be in the line up instead of
>Danny if Doug was not the Coach, I don't think that WOOG would sit
>his own son, or at ,least he hasn't show any evidence of this......
>This is a deep team one of the Deepest Gopher teams in years and I
>question why DOUG keeps his son in the line up game after game when
>other around him are playing better, True he (DAN) is a hard  worker(this I
>will not debate however, how many goals has he scored in the last four years)
>but he does lack a lot in talent department, he one asset is that
>he give 100 percent.
 
Dan offers a whole lot more than just his work ethic.  If the team is
a little flat, just watch who is out there making a hard hit trying to
fire up the team.  Check out who is in front of the net mucking it up,
causing confusion for the opposing defense.  Who is in the corner
digging out the puck for the scorers that are floating in the slot?
Danny may not add a lot in the scoring column for this team, but he
does make the team better by what he does.
 
I think that Doug being the coach gave him a small advantage getting
on the team; he wasn't terribly sought after for Div I programs.  But
now that everyone has seen the way that he plays I don't know of a lot
of coaches that wouldn't give him the same amount of ice time that
Doug does.  Every team needs these players.  Much could be said about
Zwackman.  I don't have the points in front of me, but I would guess
that he was in the same range as Dan.  But again, he plays his role on
the team and the team is better because of it.  His job is not to
score points.
 
It would be nice if everyone could do everything out on the ice.  Dig
in the corners and then score goals.  But these players are very
special and don't come along very often.  Before this year Bonin had
weaknesses in his game.  He was never very physical before this year
and wouldn't come away from the boards with the puck.  This creates
the need for players like Woog.  Everyone needs 'em.  Especially the
guys that pump the puck in the net.
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