In an interview earlier this season, Doug Woog was lamenting the lack of
healthy players (this was way back when he could at least suit up 18
skaters - the last few games he has had only 15 or 16).  The inverviewer
asked that there must be somebody on campus who can fill out a uniform.
Woog responded that he would love to have Gopher football player Sean
Hoffman (an all-state hockey player from North Dakota) try out for the
team.  However, since Hoffman has a football scholarship, his scholarship
would also have to be charged against the hockey team's scholarship limit.
Since all hockey scholarships had already been awarded, Hoffman could not
then play hockey.
 
Can somebody please explain why?  (And don't say "because Minnesota can
only play Minnesota kids")
 
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