Kirk Daubenspeck, a second-team All-America goaltender in 1997, suffered a severe brain injury Feb. 16 when his car collided with a semi in heavy fog near Dodgeville. Daubenspeck is in critical but stable condition at UW Hospital. He?s in a medically induced coma and on a ventilator. Jamie Spencer and Mark Strobel were senior co-captains for UW when Daubenspeck was a sophomore in 1994-95. Tim Krug was a co-captain with Daubenspeck when the two were seniors in 1996-97. The three close friends ? all from the Twin Cities area ? have taken turns in a prayerful, round-the-clock vigil at Daubenspeck?s bedside. They have comforted his wife Peggy and the couple?s young son Axel.
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