This was the case with Brian Swanson (from Eagle River, Alaska).  He now plays at
Colorado College but wanted to play with the Gopher sand woog told him no.  He
would've been a nice addition to the team, that is for sure.  I don't know if he
is Paul Kariya caliber, but he is a good solid hockey player.
 
 
John Gabarra wrote:
 
> This discussion of UMinn's tradition of recruiting only in-state players got
> me to thinking....what would Woog do if an out-of-state player of, say, Paul
> Kariya's caliber approached the school with the intention of playing there?
> Could he, would he, turn that player down in the interest of a tradition that
> is harder and harder to support? Or would that player be considered a walk on,
> thereby retaining the purity of the recruiting policy??  I can't believe it
> hasn't happened yet...some kid somewhere in east podunk, tennessee must be
> dreaming of skating in Marriucci (sp?) arena...just wondering....
>
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