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Gopher Puck Live Podcast
The Gopher Puck Live Podcast is the definitive weekly deep-dive into University of Minnesota Men’s Hockey and the Big Ten. Join GopherPuckLive.com founder Craig Cotner (“Jupiter”) and lead writer Eric Vegoe for roundtable analysis, expert guests, and comprehensive coverage of the college hockey landscape.
From late September through the Frozen Four in April, we bring you inside the boards with bonus media availability, including post-game comments from coaches and players. Whether it’s Gopher…
Episodes
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#316: BADger week with Todd Milewski
Todd Milewski from the Wisconsin State Journal joined the podcast to preview the #1 Badgers coming to town this weekend to face the Gophers. Minnesota gets 3…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#315: Eric Schierhorn
Former Gopher goalie Eric Schierhorn helps us celebrate the big sweep of North Dakota. It appears that the Gopher players have really started to buy in to what…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#314: Brad Schlossman
Grand Forks Herald writer, Brad Schlossman, joined the podcast for the 9th time as a guest. Great to get his insight on the Hakstol hire at ASU and how that…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#313: Max Veech - Minnesota-Duluth
We had Max Veech on to get us ready for the weekend at Amsoil Arena as the Gophers take on the UMD Bulldogs. Max Plante is out for the weekend for UMD, will…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#312: Women's GM Jess Scott
Fun to have Jess Scott on from the Gopher Women's Hockey team. She is the first person in women's college hockey to have the title of "General Manager". Both…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#311: Season Premiere
Jûpe and Veegs kicked off the 2026-27 GPL Podcast season talking Gopher Men’s Hockey under the new leadership of Brett Larson. Minnesota has lots of new…
Gopher Puck Live PodcastSpecial: Women's Media Day 2026
Coach Boom May, Chloe Primerano and Belle Fanale talking to the media this afternoon to kick off the 2026-27 season.
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Special: Men's Media Day 2026
Brodie Ziemer, John Whipple and coach Larson speak to the media to kick off the 2026-27 season.
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#310: Season Finale
We closed out season 15 of the Gopher Puck Live podcast with quite a bit of chaos happening in college hockey. Denver is the Champ again. The Transfer Portal…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#309: Brett Larson joins the show!
We had brand new Gopher Hockey Coach Brett Larson on the show. We spent about 20 minutes getting to know Brett and what some of his goals are for his first…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#308: Brett Larson is the new coach | NCAA Preview
Brett Larson has been hired away from St. Cloud and is your NEW Gopher Men's Hockey coach! How did this all come together? How does affect the roster? Who is…
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Special: Brett Larson introduced to the media.
New Gopher Men's Hockey coach was introduced to the media this afternoon. Took questions. Mark Coyle also took questions as well.
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Special: Mark Coyle on the Men's Hockey Search
Audio of Minnesota Athletic Director, Mark Coyle, talking about the search to replace Bob Motzko as the Men's Hockey coach.
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#307: Bob Motzko OUT at Minnesota
Minnesota and coach Bob Motzko have "mutually agreed to part ways." Some expected this and some did not, but we had Paul Caponigri on to help us figure it all…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#306: Do or Die at Penn State
The Gophers head to Penn State to keep their season going in a single game winner take all in the BigTen Tournament quarterfinals. We get in to that as well as…
Gopher Puck Live PodcastSpecial: Brian Bonin
A special episode at the Pulltab Sports booth from Let's Play Hockey Expo. Former Gopher Brian Bonin joined us to talk all things youth and college hockey…
Gopher Puck Live PodcastPost Game: Michigan State (3/6)
Coach Motzko, Zach Wiese and Brodie Ziemer talk about the Shootout win over Michigan State.
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Post Game: Michigan State (3/5)
Coach Motzko talks about the 7-1 loss to Michigan State.
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#305: Connor Earegood
We had Connor Eargood join the podcast from the Detroit News to catch up on Michigan State as Minnesota faces the Spartans for the final regular season series…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#304: USA! USA! USA!
We celebrated double Gold medals for the US Hockey Teams at the Olympics with BTN's Ben Holden. 46 years in the making for the men's team and boy did it feel…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#303: USCHO’s Tim Brule
USCHO.com’s Creator and President Tim Brule joined us on the podcast to talk about a season that has not gone well at all this year for Minnesota. We get in to…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#302: Big Sweep of UW with Cappy
BTN's Paul Caponigri joined the show as our guest as Minnesota gets a very encouraging sweep of Wisconsin. The power play is now the 2nd best in the country…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#301: Milewski and the Badgers
Wisconsin State Journal's Todd Milewski made his 20th podcast appearance as we get ready for the Wisconsin Badgers this weekend. While Minnesota is on a 7 game…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#300: A milestone show with Pat
Though the Gophers are not having a good season, especially here in January. We had fun celebrating our 300th podcast with Gopher Legend Pat Micheletti! But it…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#299: We need an Angell
Not a great start for Minnesota in 2026 as they get swept by Penn State. We had former Gopher Nick Angell to survey the situation. Nick went in to detail on…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#298: Back from the break
After the long December break, we are back at full strength and ready for the 2nd half of the season! We recapped the OSU series in early December and got…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#297: Dan Woog Reminiscing
Dan Woog, the son of former coach Doug Woog, joined the GPL podcast to reminice about his Dad. Great stories about "Wooger" from "Boomer". We also got in to…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#296: Turkey fit for a Kinger?
John King is back on the show and he is a bit concerned with this years team. Last week did look a lot better with the split of Penn State. This week they head…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#295: Riding the rollercoaster with Cappy
This Gopher team has been nothing but ups and downs so far this season. We have BTN's Paul Caponigri on to discuss what has been a down season so far for the…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#294: Fighting Irish Sweep with Rossini
We have former Gopher Sam Rossini on the show to recap the bounce back sweep of Notre Dame. No suspensions from the Wisconsin/Michigan series? How can that be?…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#293: Therapy Session
Swept by the Badgers in Madison makes it 4 losses in a row for Minnesota. They have not done this since the end of the Don Lucia era in 2018. So we needed a…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#292: BADger week with Milewski
The Wisconsin State Journal's Todd Milewski joins the show as we preview the upcoming series against the Badgers in Madison. But first we get in to the debacle…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#291: UND, UMD and Schierhorn
Former Gopher goaltender, Eric Schierhorn, joined the show as we talked about the split at North Dakota. Still a lot of up and down with this young team so far…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#290: UND Week With Schlossman
The amazing shootout streak is OVER! We had Brad Schlossman from the Grand Forks Herald on to talk about that big streak and also talk about the series this…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#289: Jack Ramsey is back!
Former Gopher and current part time radio analyst, Jack Ramsey, is back on the GPL Podcast. We spoke about the very inconsistent play by the Gophers in the…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#288: Season 15 Premiere
We kicked off Season #15 of the GPL Podcast with a special guest as Frank Mazzocco joined the show! He will be calling the games on TV for the first time since…
Gopher Puck Live PodcastSummer 2025
Former Gopher Nick Angell along with lawyer and 20+ year GPL'er Eric Brever joined the show to talk about NIL and their new collective, Golden Helmet…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#287: Season Finale
The Gopher season ended with a big THUD as they were eliminated in the 1st game of the NCAA Tournament. What went wrong? Blame the refs? It is not that simple…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#286: It’s Tourney Time with Carman!
Former Gopher Mike Carman joined the show as we previewed the NCAA Tournament regionals coming up this weekend. The big guns need to show up if the Gophers are…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#285: Venting frustration with Micheletti
The Gophers not only get knocked out of the Big Ten playoffs by Notre Dame. They lose Senior Aaron Huglen for the season to a broken leg in the process. We…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#284: The B1G Tournament begins, with Jack Ramsey
The Gophers earn a share of the Big Ten Title, but also will not have to sit idol this week and will face Notre Dame at 3M Arena at Mariucci this weekend. We…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#283: Back in the driver seat with an OSU sweep
A big sweep at home over Ohio State sets up and even bigger weekend at Penn State with a small 2pt lead over Michigan State for the Big Ten Title!
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#282: Chilling from a Fish House with Cappy
We did this show from a fish house on Fish Lake in Maple Grove for the Fiber to the Fish House event by Gateway Fiber and Pulltab Sports! BTN's Paul Caponigri…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#281: It’s good to be the Kinger
We are back from the bye week and ready for the stretch run! We thought it was a great chance to get John King from Pulltab Sports on for his yearly appearance…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#280: BADger week with Milewski
It's BADger week, so of course we are going to have Todd Milewski on from the Wisconsin State Journal! We covered the terrible weekend in East Lancing against…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#279: Micheletti Musings
A big series with Michigan State also means we need a big guest to cover all of it. So former Gopher and current TV & Radio analyst Pat Micheletti is on the…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#278: Hanging out with Jack Ramsey
Former Gopher Jack Ramsey was back with us for the first time in a year! He helped us recap the OSU weekend and preview the home series with Notre Dame. He may…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#277: Back from the break with Cappy
We are back from our winter break to kick off the 2nd half of the season with BTN analyst and former Buckeye Paul Caponigri! We covered the MSU series from…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#276: Eric Schierhorn helps us celebrate a double shutout SWEEP of Michigan.
Former Gopher goalie Eric Schierhorn is back on the show at the perfect time! Right after Minnesota pulls a double shutout SWEEP of the Wolverines of Michigan…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#275: Sam Rossini joins the show for the first time!
This season former Gopher Sam Rossini is helping out as an analyst on the Gopher Radio broadcast. So we thought it would be fun to get him on the show! We…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#274: Jordan Leopold & Nick Angell
Former Gophers Jordan Leopold and Nick Angell joined us for a special Thanksgiving episode of the podcast. Both Nick & Leo think they would not be good enough…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#273: Mike Carman and his new podcast
Former Gopher Mike Carman is on the show to talk about his new podcast that talks about life after the game. It's called "When The Game Ends" podcast. We get…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#272: Sweep in Madison!
The Gophers get two 3-2 weekend wins in Madtown to extend their winning streak to 8 games! Jimmy Snuggerud was big on the weekend earning the BigTen 1st Star…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#271: Milewski and the Badgers
Todd Milewski from the Madison State Journal is back for a record 16th appearance on the GPL Podcast. He gives us the scoop on what appears to be a down year…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#270: Paul Caponigri helps us preview the Big Ten Season.
Cappy is back on the GPL Podcast to give us his thought on the upcoming Big Ten season as well as this weekend against Penn State. He thinks Minnesota is the…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#269: Tommie PxP guy Sam Ekstrom is our guest
Former Gopher hockey TV announcer and current St. Thomas play by play guy Sam Ekstrom is on our show! He goes in to what happened when he was replaced by Fox9…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#268: U.N.Oh no
The Gophers started strong at the Ice Breaker Tournament in Vegas, but didn't finish well. We talk about the 54 shot, 2-1 loss against UNO as well as the win…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#267: Pat Micheletti is our guest.
Pat Micheletti is back on the GPL Podcast as the team heads to Vegas for the Ice Breaker Tournament. We covered that along with the new rules for this season…
Gopher Puck Live Podcast#266: Season Premiere
We are back for season number 14 of the GPL Podcast! A lot has happened. Pitlick to Minnesota State. Guys leaving. New guys from the transfer portal. 6 players…
Gopher Puck Live PodcastSummer 2024
A special summer GPL Podcast as we test new streaming software that we will start using next season. We talk about Snuggerud's return, Matthew Wood coming over…