Doug Woog

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Douglas Woog (born January 28, 1944) is a former American ice hockey coach and current broadcaster. He is a member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame, inducted in 2002. Woog was coach of the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers 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 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.

Awards and honours

Award Year
All-WCHA First Team 1964–65

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