There has been some interest in more information about the book I excerpted
quotes from.  It's a great book for anyone interested in Minnesota hockey.
There's plenty of material left for more history lessons, digressions or
diversions.  The last forty pages is a history of Gopher hockey written by Don
Clark.  It starts in the 1890s and provides insight into the startup of hockey
in North America as a whole.
 
In the course of compiling the quotes and history for the book, Ross talked to:
  63 former Gopher players and coaches
  15 media personalities
  31 significant others
 
Here's the specifics:
Gopher Hockey by the Hockey Gopher
copyright 1992
by Ross Bernstein
edited by John Gilbert (Minneapolis Star & Tribune)
printed by The Publishing Group, Minneapolis, Minnesota
ISBN 0-9634871-0-8
cost $13.95
 
This was a locally published book.  The first, small run was sold out before
Christmas of 1992.  A second, larger run was printed.  I noticed copies in a
Minneapolis B. Dalton bookstore when I was there a week ago.  I don't know if
you can order through a bookstore, but if you're in the Twin Cities for the
NCAA's you can always make a point to look around.
 
 
Doug P.
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