STrib: Former Gophers infiltrate the Wild roster

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per the STrib:

Zach Parise doesn’t want to say the locker-room walls are closing in on him, but everywhere he looks, the former University of Dakota star sees a Gopher.

“I’m outnumbered. Grossly outnumbered,” the Wild first-liner said, kiddingly.

One person who probably doesn’t mind is Don Lucia, the longtime coach at the University of Minnesota. He drove to St. Paul to watch the first two days of Wild training camp and was proud to see five ex-Gophers — three roster shoo-ins (Thomas Vanek, Keith Ballard and Erik Haula) and two vying for jobs (Stu Bickel and Jordan Schroeder).

“It seems they’re more open to college guys than maybe they were years ago,” Lucia said. “You know, different philosophies for different regimes. It’s nice to see our former players, but it’s nice to see so many former college guys out there, too.”

http://www.startribune.com/sports/wild/275906221.html

Go Gophers!!
 

I love that we have so many Gophers now on the Wild. It certainly can't hurt recruiting either.
 




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