University of Minnesota Athletics
GOPHERS SIGN TWO HOCKEY RECRUITS TO SPRING TENDERS
4/12/2000 12:00:00 AM | Athletics
Grant Potulny is a 6'2", 190-pound forward who has played the last two seasons with the Lincoln Stars of the United States Hockey League. Potulny, a native of Grand Forks, N.D., scored 25 goals and assisted on 30 others for a total of 55 points in 56 regular-season games for the Stars this season. Included in his 25 goals were 15 markers on the power play, and two of his goals were game winners. The 20-year old was named the Stars' most improved player in 1998 when he had totals of 7-11-18 in 46 contests.
Joey Martin is a 6'3", 200-pound defenseman who spent the past season with the Omaha Lancers of the United States Hockey League. Martin, a native of Rogers, Minn., and graduate of Buffalo High School, was team captain, most valuable player, and named to the all-conference team as a prep senior during the 1998-99 campaign. Martin, who will turn 19 on July 17, had a goal and four assists in 56 games played this season for the Lancers after totals of 10-9-19 as a senior at Buffalo last season.
"We are extremely pleased with not only the talent on the ice but also the quality of student-athletes that these two young men represent," said Golden Gopher Head Coach Don Lucia. "Both of these recruits are solid students, and that represents something that I feel is extremely important in recruiting kids into your program. And certainly not to be overlooked is the fact that they are also motivated to returning our program to one of the elite in the WCHA and the nation."
