Doug Woog

Doug Woog
Date of birth	January 26, 1944
place of birth	South St. Paul , Minnesota , USA
date of death	December 14, 2019
Nickname	The Wooger
size	170 cm
Weight	77 kg
position	center
number	# 3
Career stations
1964-1966	University of Minnesota
1966-1967	USA hockey
1967-1968	Minnesota Nationals

Douglas William "Doug" Woog (born January 26, 1944 in South St. Paul , Minnesota - † December 14, 2019 ) was an American ice hockey player and coach . He coached the University of Minnesota college team from 1985 to 1999 and was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2002.

Career as a player

Woog grew up in South St. Paul and played ice hockey and football in his youth . He was one of the best players on his hockey team at South St. Paul High School . He was elected to the all-state team three years in a row. By the time he graduated in 1962, he took his team in four Minnesota State High School Hockey Tournaments . He then began studying at the University of Minnesota and played on the Golden Gophers' ice hockey team. In his first season he collected the most points on his team and became an All-American player. In his sophomore year, he led the Golden Gophers as a team captain to second place in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association . For the Golden Gophers he scored 48 goals and gave 53 assists in 80 games. In 1967 he achieved his bachelor's degree with distinction. This was followed by a master's degree at the College of St. Thomas .

In 1967 he was appointed to the US national team and took part in the 1967 World Cup in Vienna . He later ended his career as a player and worked as a teacher and coach at various high schools.

Career as a coach

In 1971 Woog was coached in the Midwest Junior Hockey League with the St. Paul Vulcans and the Minnesota Junior Stars, with whom he won two titles. In 1977 he returned to South St. Paul High School as ice hockey head coach. In between he took on various tasks for the US ice hockey association . He was the assistant coach of Team USA at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo . In 1985 he became the trainer of the Golden Gophers. Under his leadership, they were among the top teams in the United States. In the 14 seasons as coach, the Gophers won the WCHA championship three times and took part in the NCAA tournaments twelve times . They were six times in the NCAA Final Four. As a coach, Woog had a record of 389 wins with 187 defeats and 40 draws after his resignation in 1999. He then took up another job at the university and later began working as a television commentator for Fox Sports North .

Woog was inducted into the University of Minnesota's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2000 and the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2002. In 2008 he received the John MacInnes Award. He was married and had three children.

literature

• Ross Bernstein: More… Frozen Memories: Celebrating a Century of Minnesota Hockey . Nodin Pr, 2007, ISBN 1-932472-49-5 .

Web links

• Doug Woog. In: Vintage Minnesota Hockey - History. (English). 
• Doug Woog. In: US Hockey Hall of Fame Museum. (English). 
• Doug Woog at hockeydb.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Player Details Douglas W. Woog. In: Gopher Hockey History. Retrieved December 16, 2019 .