Reusse: Bob Motzko will bring informal style and success as Gophers' new hockey coach

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What will be interesting is if Motzko can maintain a Huskies-style program, which he described as “very informal.’’ There will now be more media, more seats to fill, more pressure, but informality would be sure to put a smile on the faces of those who remember Gophers hockey as a cult and not an avenue for profit mongering.

What Motzko can’t change on his own is the onerous pricing that has driven away many ticket holders. It is up to Mark Coyle, the athletic director, to create more options for reasonably priced tickets.

Certainly, the presence of the Gophers in the Big Ten hockey conference is now a chintzy excuse for people to stay away, what with the league having three teams in the Frozen Four next week in St. Paul.

Motzko came out of Austin, a late-blooming hockey location in southeast Minnesota, and first went to the U. He was cut twice in tryouts by Gophers coach Brad Buetow, and then transferred to St. Cloud State and played there.

Now, that has been reverse engineered: first the Huskies as a college head coach, now the Gophers.

http://www.startribune.com/bob-motz...uccess-as-gophers-new-hockey-coach/478121973/

Go Gophers!!
 

Wasn't aware of much of the history of Motzko. Thanks Bleed.
 




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