Gopher Puck Live Podcast

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 home and home series with St. Cloud State. Great insight from Pat this episode!

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 when Mercyhurst comes to town. So we brought our old friend, Nate Wells, to talk about that series and give us a bit of national perspective

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 the return of Jack LaFontaine! We previewed a few of the freshman and also talked about a few returning players that need to step up their game. This team should be really good this year, can't wait for the season to start!

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 craziness of the transfer portal. Is LaFontaine coming back? So many things we covered in the season 10 finale.

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.

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 this coming weekend.

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 take it?

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 all that and more!

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 back against Notre Dame. Answered a few of your questions and previewed the MSU series.

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 big series with Notre Dame.

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 BigTen. Should be a fun weekend!

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 series at Ohio State and talked about quite a few other topics.

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 non-conference games with Arizona State this weekend.

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 game two against the BADgers. We talk about all that and preview the series with Notre Dame.

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 Gold Medal won by Team USA. We also talked a bit about the regional sports network issues. And of course we talked Gophers/BADgers!

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 talked about the sweep of Michigan and previewed the Arizona State series.

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 problems getting out of the U parking lot!

Hold on to your seats because we had Pat Micheletti on the podcast and we just let him go!

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 Buckeyes.

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 Twitter and YouTube Chat questions. And just get you ready for the first block of the season!

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 the last 6+ months. The league only schedule with Arizona State mixed in. The NHL draft and the chances of Minnesota playing at Ridder Arena this season.

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. We also speculated on some of the changes we may see in special teams. It was a fun year on the podcast, can't wait for next season!

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 hockey. There will be no NCAA Hockey Champion for the 2019-2020 season. That pretty much says it all.

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 they will play in front of an empty Pegula Arena this weekend when they face Penn State. We cover all that as well as how the Gophers took out Notre Dame in order to get to play PSU. Also, just before we went on air, Bob Motzko signed a recrui...

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 well as the new season ticket prices, anticipated attendance this weekend, recruiting and flight risks. Then we get in to the do or die weekend against Notre Dame. It was a full show!