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Dan Welch won’t return to school at Minnesota for the start of the 2001-2002 season, but Gophers coach Don Lucia is holding a spot for him — for a while.<\/p>\n

Welch, expected to join the Gophers after a year hiatus when he was academically ineligible, has not met the requirements to be reinstated in school and will not be eligible to play in the first semester.<\/p>\n

“I signed a contract that I would get certain grades, and it didn’t happen,” Welch told Rachel Blount of the Star Tribune<\/i> of Minneapolis.<\/p>\n

After scoring six goals and eight assists in his freshman season with the Gophers, 1999-2000, Welch played for Omaha of the United States Hockey League last season after learning he was ineligible for college play.<\/p>\n

With Omaha, he scored 30 goals and added 27 assists while attending a community college in an attempt to get his grades up.<\/p>\n

Welch will attend a community college while living at home in Hastings, Minn., and will work out with the Hastings High School team, of which his father is head coach.<\/p>\n

“They told me if I get a 3.0 at community college and have a plan to become a better student, there’s a good chance they will accept me back in the spring,” Welch said. “I’m going to keep working.”<\/p>\n

Lucia said he won’t fill Welch’s spot on the roster. But if Welch can’t be readmitted for the spring semester, Lucia will look elsewhere.<\/p>\n

“If it doesn’t happen in January, it will never happen,” Lucia told Gregg Wong of the St. Paul Pioneer Press<\/i>. “It will be time for both of us to move on.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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