Tidbits

• Thomas Vanek was named National Rookie-of-the-Month for March and April by the Ice Hockey Collegiate Commissioners Association.(4-16-03)
  
  
• Thomas Vanek set two NCAA records for goals (5) and points (8) in the tournament.
  
  
• Minnesota completed its 2002-03 season with a record of 28-8-9.
  
  
• Junior defenseman Paul Martin was named a second-team All-American by the American Hockey Coaches Association.
  
  
• The Gophers scored just 13 seconds into the NCAA West Regional Championship game against Ferris State. Matt Koalska's game-opening goal was the fastest goal in NCAA regional history and the fifth fastest in any NCAA tournament game. The Gophers went on to win 7-4.(3-29-03)
  
  
• The Gophers received the No. 1 Seed In NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament. (3/23/2003)
  
  
• The Gophers won the WCHA Final Five Championship. They beat Minnesota Mankota in the semi-final game 3-2, and Colorado College 4-2 in the Championship game.(3-22-03)
  
  
• Thomas Vanek has been named the WCHA Rookie of the Year.(3-20-03)
  
  
• Thomas Vanek and Chris Harrington were both named to the WCHA All- Rookie team
  
  
• The following players were named to the All-WCHA second team: Paul Martin, Keith Ballard and Thomas Vanek.(3-20-03)
  
  
• Troy Riddle was named to the All-WCHA third team.(3-20-03)
  
  
• The Gophers clinched home-ice advantage in the first round of the WCHA Playoffs after a 3 point week-end against Denver.(3-2-03)
  
  
• Sophomore forward Mike Erickson has left the Golden Gopher Men’s Hockey Team and will play with the Des Moines Buccaneers in the United States Hockey League (USHL). (1-13-03)
  
  
• Junior forward Dan Welch has been released from the team due to academic issues. (1-3-03)
  
  
• Gino Guyer, Barry Tallackson and Thomas Vanek were selected to Compete at the World Junior Championships. Guyer and Tallackson were on the roster for the 2003 U.S. Junior National Team.Vanek competed for Austria. The tournament ran from Dec. 26, 2002 through Jan. 5, 2003.
  
  
• Former University of Minnesota Men's Hockey Coach Doug Woog was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame at the 29th annual Induction Ceremony and Dinner on Wednesday, Dec. 4.
  
  
• The Gophers have signed four student-athletes to national letters of intent to play beginning with the 2003-2004 season. They include: Danny Irmen a 6’0", 190-pound forward from Fargo, N.D, Ryan Potulny, a 6’0", 185-pound forward from Grand Forks, N.D, Jake Taylor, a 6’4", 210-pound defenseman from Byron, Minn and Mike Vannelli, a 6’2", 190-pound defenseman from Mendota Heights, Minn.(11-15-02)
  
  
• The Golden Gophers raised their 2002 NCAA Championship banner prior to the November 1 game against Alabama-Huntsville. (11-01-02)
  
  

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