>Early in December there was a feature story in the Minneapolis paper on
>the Minnesota Gopher's Tommy Nevers, a local high school star who is
>also currently playing professional baseball in the minor leagues and
>now has enrolled at Minnesota to try hockey once again.  The article
>went on to quote Coach Doug Woog as saying that Tommy was one of his
>best kept secrets.
>
>I am out in California now for school and have not heard much news about
>how the "oldie gopher" has performed.  Would enjoy your thoughts on
>having 24 year old freshman playing in the college hockey ranks as well
>as any statisics on Tommy and other hockey scouting reports on him
 
As I recall, Tommy Nevers led Edina H.S in scoring as a ninth grader, or
was at least in the top three.  He then led the team in scoring for three
years.  He certainly looked as if he was a can't miss prospect. Because of
age he has only two years left of eligibility. Regardless of how little he
has played this year, he will only have one year left.  Doug Woog has
enough problems convincing Freshmen to stay on, so there is little benefit
to putting Nevers in the lineup.
 
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