EVELETH, Minn., Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Hobey Baker Award-winning brothers Mark and Scott Fusco, former University of Minnesota coach Doug Woog and former Dartmouth star Joe Riley on Monday were elected to the United States Hockey Hall of Fame.
Mark Fusco in 1983 became the first defenseman to win the Hobey Baker Award as college hockey's top player. He still holds several scoring records at Harvard, including career goals (44) and points (135) and single-season points (46 in 1982-83).
A three-time First Team All-American, he was Ivy League Player of the Year in 1983 and twice led Harvard to the NCAA Tournament.
Scott Fusco won the Hobey Baker Award in 1986 and is the only two-time ECAC Player of the Year. A two-time Olympian, he twice led the Crimson to the NCAA championship game and remains the leading scorer in school history with 107 goals and 133 assists in 123 games.
The younger Fusco compiled a 29-game points streak during the 1984-85 season, finishing with 81 points in just 32 contests for the second most prolific total in school history.
Woog coached Minnesota from 1985-99, averaging nearly 28 wins per season and capturing four regular-season and three WCHA tournament championships. He guided the Golden Gophers to six appearances in the NCAA Frozen Four and compiled a 389-178-40 record.
A former All-American and team captain at Minnesota, Woog resigned as coach in 1999 to accept a post as assistant athletic director.
Riley played freshman hockey at the University of Illinois before transferring to Dartmouth, where he spent two seasons from 1947-49. As a senior, he set a single-season goal-scoring record that still stands.
Riley played for the U.S. at the 1948 Olympics, won All-America honors the following year and took Dartmouth to back-to-back NCAA championship games. The Big Green have not been back since. Riley died in 1976 at the age of 52.
Induction ceremonies will be held Dec. 4 in St. Paul, Minn., where former Detroit Red Wings coach Scotty Bowman will be presented with the Wayne Gretzky International Award.
The honor is given annually to someone who has made a major contribution to the growth and advancement of American hockey.
