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DON LUCIA

Don Lucia is back in college hockey, albeit with a different job title.
When play begins in the new Central Collegiate Hockey Association in the fall of 2021, the conference will have two teams and a commissioner from Minnesota. And there have been changes atop the hockey structure in the Big Ten.
A decade ago, former Minnesota Gophers defenseman Stu Bickel was dropping his gloves for a living as a pro hockey player. Today, with his degree recently earned and a two-year stint as a Gophers assistant coach completed, he is ready for his first real coaching experience.
Post-hockey plans are up in the air for former Minnesota Gophers defenseman Steve Johnson, which is a solid career goal. While playing pro hockey, two years removed from the U of M, Johnson is also immersed in flight school, earning his pilot's license and aiming to follow his father into commercial aviation someday.

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ST. PAUL - Nick Seeler is one of many players that longtime Gophers men's hockey coach Don Lucia helped reach the next level before stepping down on Tuesday, March 20.The 24-year-old defenseman is the only person in the Wild locker room who playe...
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GRAND FORKS-Don Lucia has stepped down after 19 years as the head men's hockey coach at the University of Minnesota.The announcement comes two days after the Gophers missed the NCAA tournament for the fifth time in the last 10 years.Lucia came to...
Don Lucia has stepped down after 19 years as the head men's hockey coach at the University of Minnesota.
MINNEAPOLIS -- It didn't take long for Gophers hockey coach Don Lucia to realize the talent as he watched Casey Mittelstadt skating around on his ice.

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