Andy Baggot Wisconsin State Journal
Before Mark Johnson can completely focus on the task at hand, he has to mount another podium, give another speech and accept another distinguished honor.
It never gets old.
Johnson will be behind the bench tonight when the third-ranked University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team begins a highly anticipated season by playing host to Wayne State at the Kohl Center.
But first Johnson had to stand before family, friends and associates and be inducted in the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Thursday night in St. Paul, Minn.