Doug Woog

Doug Woog
Biographical details
Born	January 28, 1944; Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Died	December 14, 2019 (aged 75); Lakeville, Minnesota, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Minnesota
Playing career
1963–1966	Minnesota
1966–1967	U.S. Nationals
1967–1968	Minnesota Nationals
1968	US National Team
Position(s)	Center
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1971–1972	Minnesota Junior Stars
1973–1977	St. Paul Vulcans
1982	US World Junior Team (assistant)
1984	US Olympic Team (assistant)
1985	US World Junior Team
1985–1999	Minnesota
Head coaching record
Overall	388–187–40 (.663)
Tournaments	21–17 (.553)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	1988 WCHA Regular Season Champion; 1989 WCHA regular season champion; 1992 WCHA regular season champion; 1993 WCHA Tournament champion; 1994 WCHA tournament champion; 1995 WCHA regular season champion; 1996 WCHA tournament champion; 1997 WCHA regular season champion
Awards
	1990 WCHA Coach of the Year; 2002 US Hockey Hall of Fame; 2008 John MacInnes Award

Douglas William Woog (January 28, 1944 – December 14, 2019) was an American ice hockey coach and broadcaster. He was 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 to 2010 season. In 2008, he was awarded the John MacInnes Award for his work in amateur hockey in the United States. Woog died December 14, 2019.^[1]

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. Woog was the Athletes and Activity Honoree of South St. Paul high school in 1962. 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 to 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.

Coaching

After finishing his playing career Woog began coaching in Minnesota, first, for the 1968–69 season as coach for the Hopkins West Jr. High School hockey team located in Minnetonka, Minnesota where he was a Social Studies teacher. Then as an assistant with the Minnesota Junior Stars under former teammate and fellow Minnesota alumnus Herb Brooks. in 1973 Woog became the head coach for the St. Paul Vulcans and was the only bench boss the team had in the four years it spent in the MWJHL. In the early 1980s Woog served in many capacities for the United States men's national ice hockey team, including as an assistant at the 1984 Winter Olympics, before being named as the head coach for Minnesota. In his first twelve seasons the Golden Gophers reached the NCAA tournament each year (a record for the start of a career) posting six 30+ win seasons, winning five WCHA titles, three conference tournament titles and made the 1989 NCAA Tournament Final. While the ultimate prize eluded him Woog was one of the most successful coaches in the history of the NCAA when he retired in 1999. In 2015, in his honor they named formerly known, Wakota Arena, to Doug Woog Arena in his home town of South St. Paul.

Head coaching record

College

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Minnesota Golden Gophers (WCHA) (1985–1999)
1985–86	Minnesota	35–13–0	24–10–0	2nd	NCAA third-place game (win)
1986–87	Minnesota	34–14–1	25–9–1	2nd	NCAA third-place game (win)
1987–88	Minnesota	34–10–0	28–7–0	1st	NCAA third-place game (loss)
1988–89	Minnesota	34–11–3	27–6–2	1st	NCAA runner-up
1989–90	Minnesota	28–16–2	17–9–2	2nd	NCAA Quarterfinals
1990–91	Minnesota	30–10–5	22–5–5	2nd	NCAA Quarterfinals
1991–92	Minnesota	33–11–0	26–6–0	1st	NCAA West regional semifinals
1992–93	Minnesota	22–12–8	16–9–7	t-2nd	NCAA East regional semifinals
1993–94	Minnesota	25–13–4	18–10–4	2nd	NCAA Frozen Four
1994–95	Minnesota	25–14–5	16–11–5	4th	NCAA Frozen Four
1995–96	Minnesota	29–10–2†	21–9–2†	2nd	NCAA West regional semifinals
1996–97	Minnesota	27–12–1†	20–9–1†	t-1st	NCAA West regional semifinals
1997–98	Minnesota	17–22–0	12–16–0	6th	WCHA first round
1998–99	Minnesota	15–19–9	10–12–6	5th	WCHA third-place game (loss)
Minnesota:		388–187–40	282–128–35
Total:		388–187–40
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

†Mike Guentzel served as interim coach for three games while Woog was suspended on two occasions

Awards and honors

Award	Year
All-WCHA First Team	1964–65
AHCA West All-American	1964–65

Woog has also had the honor of having Wakota arena in South St. Paul, Minnesota renamed to Doug Woog arena. Along with that, South St Paul Secondary School and the Hockey Program retired Woog's number 7.

References

^ "Longtime Gopher Hockey Coach Doug Woog Dies at 75". December 14, 2019. Archived from the original on December 15, 2019. Retrieved December 14, 2019.

External links

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Rick Comley	WCHA Coach of the Year 1989–90	Succeeded by Rick Comley

[1] "Longtime Gopher Hockey Coach Doug Woog Dies at 75". December 14, 2019. Archived from the original on December 15, 2019. Retrieved December 14, 2019.

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v t e Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey
Playing venues	St. Paul Hippodrome (1923–1934) St. Paul Auditorium (1932–1950) (occasionally) Minneapolis Arena (1925–1950) (primary arena) Williams Arena (1950–93) 3M Arena at Mariucci (1993–present)
Head coaches	I. D. MacDonald (1921–23) Emil Iverson (1923–30) Frank Pond (1930–35) Larry Armstrong (1935–47) Doc Romnes (1947–52) John Mariucci (1952–55, 1956–66) Marsh Ryman (1955–56) Glen Sonmor (1966–71) Ken Yackel (1971–72) Herb Brooks (1972–79) Brad Buetow (1979–85) Doug Woog (1985–99) Mike Guentzel (1996) Don Lucia (1999–2018) Bob Motzko (2018–present)
Seasons	1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Conference affiliations	WCHA (1951–1958, 1959–2013) Big Ten (1958–1981, 2013–present)
Rivalries and trophy games	Minnesota Duluth North Dakota St. Cloud State Wisconsin Mariucci-Bessone Trophy with Michigan State Mariucci-Renfrew Trophy with Michigan
Culture & lore	Mariucci Classic North Star College Cup
All-time leaders	Statistical leaders John Mayasich (298 Points) John Mayasich (144 Goals) Kellen Briggs (84 Wins)
National championships	1974 1976 1979 2002 2003
Runner-Up Finishes	1953 1954 1971 1975 1981 1989 2014
Frozen Four appearances	1953 1954 1961 1971 1974 1975 1976 1979 1981 1983 1986 1987 1988 1989 1994 1995 2002 2003 2005 2012 2014 2022 2023
NCAA Tournament appearances	1953 1954 1961 1971 1974 1975 1976 1979 1980 1981 1983 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2012 2013 2014 2015 2017 2021 2022 2023 2024
Conference Tournament titles	WCHA 1961 1971 1974 1975 1976 1979 1980 1981 1993 1994 1996 2003 2004 2007
Notable players	Aaron Broten Neal Broten Kellen Briggs Mike Crowley Tim Harrer Jordan Leopold John Mayasich Pat Micheletti Todd Richards Robb Stauber
Hobey Baker Award winners	Neal Broten (1981) Robb Stauber (1988) Brian Bonin (1996) Jordan Leopold (2002)
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