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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
#209: Guest Paul Caponigri
Former Buckeye and one of our favorite guests in Paul Caponigri joined this week! We talked about the sweep of MSU. The troubles in Michigan. And of course the…
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#208: Guest Eric Schierhorn
Former Gopher goalie Eric Schierhorn joined us for the second time to give us his thoughts on the crazy goalie situation that Minnesota has found themselves in…
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#207: Guest John King (has bad Wifi)
It was fun to have John King on the podcast for the 2nd time, at least after he fixed his Wifi issues. We got in to yet another up and down by the Gophers…
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#206: Guest Chris Long
A very disappointing weekend after the Gophers split with a not very good Alaska Fairbanks team. We talk about that debacle with Chris Long from KSTP TV Sports…
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#205: Guest Jess Myers - LaFontaine leaves for NHL
What we thought would be a simple recap of Michigan State and preview Alaska with our guest Jess Myers… Turned in to a big news show when earlier this week…
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#204: Don’t be the hero. Let the hero come to you.
I came to the conclusion during the podcast that this team needs to stop having players "be the hero". Just play smart hockey and the hero will come to you…
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#203: Guest Jack Ramsey
Former Gopher Jack Ramsey joined us to close out the first half of the hockey season. Fun to have a recent Gopher on to give a bit of a different perspective…
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#202: Guest Brad Schlossman
The best journalist in college hockey and one of our favorite guests, Brad Schlossman, joined us this week. We had a great show with him previewing the big…
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#201: Another bad Friday night for the Gophers!
The Gophers once again came out on a Friday night and laid an egg! This time against Ohio State. We go over this, yet again, and tried to diagnose. We also got…
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#200: We made it to 200!
We celebrated our 200th show with with one of our favorite guests in Paul Caponigri. We also had a special appearances by Hammy, Cardinal and Frank Mazzocco to…
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#199: Guest Todd Milewski
We had Todd Milewski from the Wisconsin State Journal on to preview the big series in Madison against the BADgers.
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#198: Guest Eric Schierhorn
Former Gopher goalie Eric Schierhorn joined us for the first time on the podcast. We got a great perspective from a goalie mind on the Bulldog sweep of the…
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#197: Guest Bruce Ciskie
A very controversial ending to the Saturday night game vs St. Cloud State, we try to put it all together with the voice of UMD hockey, Bruce Ciskie. And of…
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#196: Guest Pat Micheletti
The one and only Pat Micheletti joined us again to talk all things Gopher hockey! But we also discussed the sweep of Mercyhurst and of course previewed the big…
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#195: Guest Nate Wells
After having a false start to the season last week when Alaska had to reschedule the games with Minnesota due to Covid. We HOPE the season starts this weekend…
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#194: Season Premiere
We kicked off the new season of the GPL Podcast on a somber note as we discussed the terrible tragedy of Mack Motzko's death. But things perked up quickly with…
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#193: Season Finale
A disappointing finish to the season for the Gophers. We talk about what went wrong against Minnesota State and what they could have done differently. The…
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#192: Guest Nate Wells
Our good friend, Nate Wells, joined us to recap the Big Ten Tournament title for the Gophers and helped us preview the NCAA Regional this weekend.
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#191: Guests Paul Caponigri and Todd Milewski
We had 2 big hitters on the podcast to preview the Big Ten Tournament. Both Paul Caponigri and Todd Milewski joined the podcast for a fun show and previewing…
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#190: Bring on the Wolverines!
Vegoe and Jup previewed the HUGE series with the Michigan Wolverines this weekend. Will it be another regular season title for the Gophers or will Wisconsin…
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#189: Guest John King
You know him from the State Hockey Tournament "All Hair Team" videos and the "Bevvy with Bob Motzko" videos from last season. John King joins us to talk about…
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#188: Guest Frank Mazzocco
Frank was back for the 9th time as a guest of the GPL Podcast. He was our very first guest back in Episode #2 in October of 2011. We talked about the bounce…
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#187: Beatdown by the BADgers
The Gopher get swept at Mariucci by the BADgers and it was really close in game 2 as Bucky killed the Gophers. We talk about that debacle as well as preview a…
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#186: Guest Todd Milewski
We had Todd Milewski from the Wisconsin State Journal join us once again to preview the BADger series this weekend. Big weekend with the top 2 teams in the…
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#185: Guest Paul Caponigri
Paul Caponigri from the BigTen Network joined us for the podcast this week. We talked about the 20 goals Minnesota put up against Arizona State. Previewed the…
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#184: Guest Drew Cove
Drew Cove from the Zone Coverage joins us to discuss the Notre Dame lockdown of the Gophers and subsequent sweep of our favorite team. Then we preview the…
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#183: One streak ends, another begins?
The win streak to begin the season ends at 10 as the Gophers lose the first game of the season against Wisconsin. But they got back to their winning ways for…
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#182: Guest Todd Milewski
Todd Milewski from the Wisconsin State Journal joins us again to preview the series with the BADgers. We kicked off the show with quite a bit of talk about the…
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#181: Guest Randy Johnson
We had Randy Johnson from the StarTrubune join us on this episode of the podcast. He has been covering the Gophers for the Strib for quite a few seasons. We…
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#180: Guest Wally Shaver
Long time Gopher hockey radio announcer, Wally Shaver, joined us on the podcast. We had a great discussion with Wally about this current team as well as his…
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#179: Guest Pat Micheletti
Hold on to your seats because we had Pat Micheletti on the podcast and we just let him go!
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#178: Guest Paul Caponigri
BTN’s Paul Caponigri joins us on the podcast to talk about the SWEEP of the Nittany Lions at Mariucci and preview the Mon/Tue matchup with the Ohio State…
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#177: Let’s Get This Season started!
After a very long layoff due to COVID19, the season is FINALLY starting for the Gopher Hockey team! So we preview the series with Penn State. Answer your…
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#176: Season Premiere
We kick off the 10th season of the GPL Podcast with college hockey finally starting to get some clarity for the 2020-21 season. We talk about the craziness of…
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#175: Season Finale
We looked forward to season #100 for Gopher Hockey. Talked about the likely incoming Freshman. Possible departures. Players that need to step up next season…
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#174: The NCAA season comes crashing down.
The last few days were the craziest days in all of sports history. We just saw every sport close down due to the Coronavirus. And that included all of college…
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#173: The CoronaVirus just changed everything
We dive heavily in to the affects of the CoronaVirus is going to have on the end of the College Hockey season. And the affects to Minnesota are immediate as…
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#172: Michigan, Attendance, and Fighting Irish
It was a rough close to the season for the Gophers as they only managed 1 point against Michigan and finished 4th in the B1G. We talked all about the series as…
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#171: Guests Drew Cove and Nate Wells
It was fun to have both Drew Cove and Nate Wells on the podcast! We talked about the 1 point weekend at Penn State. The terrible power play. Vegoe has some…
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#170: Notre Dame, Special Teams and Nittany Lions... Oh my!
The Gophers get 5 out of 6 points in South Bend, but now the real fun begins! A HUGE weekend at the house of horrors for Minnesota as they head to Penn State!…
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#169: Split with MSU. Heading to South Bend.
The weekend started out great for the Gophers against Michigan State with a win on Friday and a great start on Saturday. But that final period did them in and…
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#168: BADger sweep!
The Gophers went in to Madison and swept the BADgers for their second consecutive sweep! The team looks like they are coming together at the right time! Can…
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#167: Guest Todd Milewski
It’s BADger week as the Gophers head to the Kohl Center for a matchup with Wisconsin. So of course we had Todd Milewski on from the Wisconsin State Journal on…
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#166: Guest Paul Caponigri
BTN’s Paul Caponigri is back with us again to talk all things BigTen Hockey. We go over the series with Michigan State and of course preview the Ohio State…
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#165: Back from the break
We are back after the December break to talk about the successful Mariucci Classic for the Gophers! We talk about that as well as answer quite a few of your…
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#164: The Wooger 1944-2019
We celebrate the life of Doug Woog after his passing on Saturday. Frank Mazzocco joins us to talk share his stories about The "Wooger". It was a treat to be…
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#163: Guest Paul Caponigri
Former Ohio State Buckeye and BTN analyst Paul Caponigri joined us on the podcast as we talked about the terrible weekend against North Dakota and previewed…
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#162: Guest Brad Schlossman
We kick off a huge weekend of sports down at the U with one of our favorite guests! Brad Schlossman of the Grand Forks Herald joined us as we previewed the big…
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#161: Guest Todd Milewski
It was a VERY rough weekend for the Gophers against Penn State. We talk about that and all things BADgers with Wisconsin State Journal sports reporter Todd…
Gopher Puck Live PodcastQuick Shift: Mike Carman
Something new from the GPL Podcast! A Quick Shift Podcast! From time to time we will have these Quick Shift Podcasts that are different from a regular GPL…
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#160: Great weekend in Michigan and the return of Hammy!
It was nice to have Hammy back on the podcast after a few weeks off! It was also a great weekend for the Gophers earning 5 out of 6 points on the road at…
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#159: Guest Frank Mazzocco
One of our favorite guests joined us for the 7th time on the GPL Podcast! Frank Mazzocco! We got a few fun stories out of Frank, so it is always a joy to have…
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#158: Champs take it to the Gophers
The Gophers had a rough weekend with the Bulldogs. Getting beat handly Friday night 5-2, but played much better Saturday up in Duluth losing 2-0. Vegoe and…
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#157: Guest Bruce Ciskie
We had the voice of Bulldog hockey, Bruce Ciskie, join us for the podcast this week. It was fun to get his perspective on the current state of UMD hockey as…
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#156: Guest Charlie Beattie
The new play-by-play voice of Gopher Hockey on FSNorth, Charlie Beattie, joined us on the podcast! We learn a bit about how he got the job at FSN and how he…
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#155: Season Premiere
We are back for season 9 of the GPL Podcast. We cover the departures and well as all of the new guys on the roster this season. Preview the CC series as well…
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#154: Notre Dame ends the Gopher season
Not quite the ending we had hoped for huh? A few terrible calls. The one in OT was just BRUTAL. We talk about all that. The Robson departure. The possible…
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#153: Still Alive
The Gophers swept the Michigan Wolverines in their BigTen quarter final matchup. Is this team coming together at the right time? It looks like it!…
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#152: Guest Paul Caponigri
BTN's Paul Caponigri joined us to talk about the Big Ten Tournament. We also discussed the Arizona State sweep this past weekend by the Gopher's as well as…
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#151: At least they secured home ice
A split with Notre Dame as our favorite team is still very hit or miss this season. But they DID at least secure home ice for the first round of the BigTen…