With all the departures and bad news there is some good news. The Gopher team has announced that Ryan Stoa, a junior, has been selected by his teamates to be the captin of the 2008-09 hockey season. Stoa suffered a knee injury in the first weekend of the 07-08 season against michigan. Stoa will likely recieve a redshirt and be considered a junior next year.
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE U OF M:
Minnesota junior forward Ryan Stoa, who missed nearly the entire 2007-08 men’s hockey season with a knee injury, has been selected by his teammates as the Gophers’ team captain for the 2008-09 campaign.
Stoa scored the team’s first goal of last season to spark a comeback from a three-goal deficit against Rensselaer, but then suffered a knee injury in the first period of a win over Michigan the following night. He underwent surgery on Nov. 13 and rehabilitated the knee the rest of the season. Stoa returned to the ice for individual workouts late in the season, but never returned to game action and will likely be granted a medical redshirt.
The Bloomington, Minn. native was selected as an assistant captain in 2007-08 after ranking seventh on the team with 12 goals and 12 assists for 24 points during 2006-07.
Stoa played in all 41 games as a freshman and appeared in 41 of 44 games as a sophomore. He has 23 goals and 28 assists for 51 career points. Stoa was a second-round draft choice of the Colorado Avalanche and the 34th player taken overall in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. He played with the U.S. National Development team before joining the Gophers.
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