Douglas Woog is a former American

United States

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 ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 coach and current broadcaster. He is a member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame

United States Hockey Hall of Fame

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, inducted in 2002. Woog was coach of the University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...

 Golden Gophers

Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey

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 ice hockey team from 1985 to 1999. He was assistant coach of the 1984 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team.
He was a broadcaster for Gopher hockey games for FSN North

FSN North

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 through the 2009-2010 season. In 2008, he was awarded the John MacInnes Award for his work in amateur hockey in the United States.

Playing career

Woog played high school hockey for the South St. Paul Packers. Woog was a Minnesota first team all-state player three of his four years at South St. Paul, leading the Packers to four state tournament berths. He was named to the Minnesota state all-tournament team three of four years and was the tournament's leading scorer in 1962. Woog's No. 7 South St. Paul High School Packer jersey was retired on February 6, 2010. Woog played for the University of Minnesota from 1963-1966. In his three years (freshmen were not allowed to play) with Minnesota, Woog was selected as a first team All-American, named team captain and named MVP in his senior year. Woog was a member of the U.S. national team in 1967.

External links

• MacInnes Award