Gopher Puck Live Podcast

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 interesting insight with the 2020-21 Season Ticket prices. And we of course preview the series with Michigan.

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! We cover all that along with special teams, the CCHA and the rest of the BigTen!

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 they settled for a split. We go over the entire weekend. Get in to how LaCombe, Johnson and Burke have been doing. Then we preview the series with Notre Dame.

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 they continue that success this weekend against Michigan State? We discuss that as well as the big wins over Wisconsin.

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 to preview that series. We also covered that wonderful sweep over Ohio State as well!

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 series. Some fun stories from Paul as well.

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 questions. Then we preview the big road series with Michigan State.

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 able to have someone who will alway be linked to Doug on the show. Maybe my all time favorite podcast.

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 the weekend against Ohio State.

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 series with North Dakota!

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 Milewski!

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 Podcast. They will be more of a single focus and allow us to have guests that would not normally be on a regular GPL Podcast. I had the opportunity to have former Gopher, Mike Carman on this new format for GPL. We talked about his recent frustra...

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 Michigan. But, the offense continues to struggle and the power play must get better as Penn State comes to town this weekend. We cover all of that!

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 him on! We also covered the weekend against Notre Dame and previewed the Michigan series.

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 Jupiter go over that along with the special visitor at the rink this week. Notre Dame comes to town this weekend, so it does not get any easier.

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 they try to get the “Three Peat” after winning back to back NCAA titles. So a lot of Gopher/Bulldog talk this week as we prep for the home and home series between the two long time rivals.

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 also plays hockey himself! Of course we go over the road split with Colorado College and preview the Niagara series at Mariucci this weekend as well.

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. Post show there is coach Motzko's audio from the weekly media briefing.

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 departure of Pitlick. What's the plan for next season? All that and more!

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! Unfortunately, the fans were not there to support them this weekend. There were record low crowds for a Gopher home series. We get heavily into the reason why the U may be in panic mode. We then get into the weekend BigTen semi-final games.

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 what what lost due to how ASU played against Minnesota. (Dirty play) We also preview the big playoff series with Michigan.

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 Playoffs. Now who they will end up playing is anyone's guess with how messed up the B1G standings are with 1 week to go. But this week Minnesota has a non-conference game against Arizona State. We discuss all of this on the podcast this week.

We celebrate the 150th episode of the GPL Podcast with a big road sweep of the Buckeyes! This team is hard to figure out, but we attempt to do it. We also jumped in to the Robson situation and how he is likely gone after this season and who is coming in to replace him, and Schierhorn. Then we get in to the big weekend against Notre Dame. Bonus audio from coach Motzko.

It was an UGLY weekend in "Hockey Valley" for the Gophers as they lose for the 6th straight time at Penn State over the last 2 season. We talk about that as well as the 2020-22 regional bids that just closed this past week. Then we preview the series at Ohio State.

We had a blast from the past as one of the original co-hosts, Ryan Cardinal, filled in for Hammy for the Podcast this week. We discuss yet another home split this season, this time against Michigan. The state of the attendance problems and what the U is doing to fix it. We also preview the weekend with Penn State.