DU’s leading scorer Brock Trotter is not at practice today and coach George Gwozdecky still has no announcement on his status.
“He won’t be at practice today, hasn’t been at practice all week,” Gwozdecky said Wednesday. “I really thought we would have something by Tuesday, but I’m more positive that we’ll have something by tomorrow or Friday.”
Trotter, who has 13 goals and 31 points, missed last weekend’s series at Minnesota State for undisclosed reasons. He also led the Pios in scoring last season as a redshirt freshman.
Asked if Trotter is still on the team, Gwozdecky said: “He’s still listed on our roster, so yeah, he’s still part of the team.”
He added: “I can’t give you any more than that. It’s confidential. It’s very . . . that’s all I got.”
Asked if there is a scenerio that he could play this weekend, Gwozdecky said: “Can’t tell you that. I don’t know.”
DU captain Andrew Thomas is (or was) living with Trotter. Asked if Trotter still lives at the place in Denver, Thomas deferred me to speak to the SID. In other words, he couldn’t answer the question.
Gwozdecky said DU fans should just be “patient, because we all have to be patient. It’s a day-to-day situation . . . One of the things I told you back (sic) last Friday was there’s privacy issues involved, and to respect that privacy. And that’s the best way that I can state it right now.”
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Per the UND coaches show tonight the Voice of the Sioux Tim Hennessy says that Trotter is in Lincoln trying to get on with the Stars. Tim said on the Broadcast that USHL commissioner Gino Gasparini is his source.
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ReplyDeleteIsn't Trotter going the wrong way? I didn't know that former (if that in fact is what Trotter is) NCAAers could go into the USHL.
Follow up; By going to the USHL, I suppose Trotter would keep his NCAA eligibility. Would he have to sit out next year? If so that would still make him younger than Bina in his potential Sr. season.
ReplyDeleteI think this is just a scam to keep on pulling in the college chicks. BRILLIANT!