Just a little more on what Former Stevens Point Head Coach Mark Mazzolini is doing at Minnesota. Carol mentioned that he runs the power play. I'm pretty sure he's in charge of the special teams in general. My seats are close to the Gopher bench, and on the rare occasions when he does come down and coach from the bench, he's constantly yelling directions at the (WCHA-leading) penalty killers (it's quite interesting to listen to.) Someone, maybe coach Woog, mentioned his more fiery style as being a good addition to the coaching staff, too. I believe Mazz played for Woog when he was coach of the St. Paul Vulcans junior team, when Wooger was supposedly a little less reserved! While I'm at it, I'll mention the recruiting news. Brian Bonin, the state's top prospect (and he's from my hometown, so I'm more interested in this than most) visited last weekend and saw the 8-2 victory over NDU. From the reports in the Daily, he sounded very impressed and expects to announce a decision in the next week. He's a straight-A student and has also visited Harvard, Wisconsin and Maine. He's also a teammate of Gopher assistant Bill Butters' son, Ben, (maybe an "in" there) at White Bear Lake HS and is interested in the engineering school. Had a slow evening last night (for him), though: 2 assists in White Bear's 8-2 victory over North St. Paul. Pam Go Gophers!!!