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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 October 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 news or national college hockey trends, get the perspective of the fans and media who have covered the team for over 20 years. Part of the Pulltab Sports family.

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#314: Brad Schlossman

2026/10/22

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 entire process went down. Minnesota had a very rough Friday night against UMD in a 7-1 loss, but took nice steps forward with a 2-2 tie Saturday night. But now #3 North Dakota comes to town for a pair of games against Minnesota. We get you ready for the big Thr/Fri series.

#313: Max Veech - Minnesota-Duluth

2026/10/15

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 Mooney be back for Minnesota? Got a bit in to the the ASU/Hakstol situation as well as the big #1 vs #2 matchup in Denver this weekend when Michigan visits.

#312: Women's GM Jess Scott

2026/10/08

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 Veegs & Jûpe also know her back when she played Superrink Beer League hockey against us both 15-20 years ago. She gave us some insight on this new role and how much the women's game has changed in recent years. We also had GPL's newest writer, Reid Lemker, on to give us even more insight on the women's game. Really fun to be covering this team on Gopher Puck Live now!

#311: Season Premiere

2026/10/01

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 players like transfers Austin Burnevik, Evan Murr and Tanner Henricks that will play big roles this season as well as freshman Wyatt Cullen and Axel Löftgren that will make big impacts. The duo also touched on the situation at Arizona State, new NCAA rules, the pending retirements of the Serratores and the first series of the year at Michigan Tech.

Special: Women's Media Day 2026

2026/09/25

Coach Boom May, Chloe Primerano and Belle Fanale talking to the media this afternoon to kick off the 2026-27 season.

Special: Men's Media Day 2026

2026/09/25

Brodie Ziemer, John Whipple and coach Larson speak to the media to kick off the 2026-27 season.

#310: Season Finale

2026/05/02

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 was/is crazy. Minnesota will look completely different next season and will be a top contender. On top of all of that is the new 5 for 5 NCAA eligibility that is likely coming next fall! We get in to all of it along with an interesting overtime with beverages! Another great Gopher Puck Live season is in the books!

#309: Brett Larson joins the show!

2026/04/07

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 season behind the Minnesota bench. We also learned what he'd like to see for the NCAA regional format as well. Fun to have him on the show and cannot wait to have him on again! We also recapped the regionals and preview the Frozen Four with Denver vs Michigan and Wisconsin vs North Dakota!

#308: Brett Larson is the new coach | NCAA Preview

2026/03/26

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 coming and going? So many questions need to be answered. It is NCAA Regional weekend, the best 4 days of hockey each season. We preview all 4 regions and give you our thoughts.

Special: Brett Larson introduced to the media.

2026/03/25

New Gopher Men's Hockey coach was introduced to the media this afternoon. Took questions. Mark Coyle also took questions as well.

Special: Mark Coyle on the Men's Hockey Search

2026/03/24

Audio of Minnesota Athletic Director, Mark Coyle, talking about the search to replace Bob Motzko as the Men's Hockey coach.

#307: Bob Motzko OUT at Minnesota

2026/03/19

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 out. Who will replace Bob? So far the two most prominent names are Garrett Raboin and Ben Barr. We expect a replacement to be named very quickly.

#306: Do or Die at Penn State

2026/03/10

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 the recently completely High School Hockey Tournament.

Special: Brian Bonin

2026/03/08

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. Brian is super passionate about community hockey support and how it has been a huge blessing for Minnesota Hockey.

Post Game: Michigan State (3/6)

2026/03/06

Coach Motzko, Zach Wiese and Brodie Ziemer talk about the Shootout win over Michigan State.

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4.8 out of 5

61 reviews

★★★★★

hdksoabeike 2023/10/05

Excellent

Finding an in depth look into gopher hockey is hard. This is where it’s at! Love everything you guys do!

★★★★★

Suffering Sota' sports fan 2021/10/20

The Best Gopher Hockey Podcast in the land

Craig and Vegoe bring passion and honest analysis every week, while guests such at Pat Mcheletti and Nate Wells add to the fun.

★★★★★

Dfgchb23498 2020/02/14

The Best!

These guys are the best! Look forward to their insights every week. Great guest, too.

★★★★★

Mavstink 2020/02/14

Must listen for Gopher Hockey fans

My goto Gopher Hockey podcast. Come for the great insights. Stay for the OT. Excellent guests. Jup and Vegoe bring it weekly.

★★★★★

Mike booze 2017/12/17

Had to give a 5 star

To offset that obvious South Dakota Community College Fighting Hawks troll. Have fun living in the black hills buddy!!!

★★★★★

Mant0176 2017/11/01

Great behind the scenes look

This podcast is very knowledgeable about this team and college hockey in general. Yes, it skews towards Minnesota. Did you read the name. Usually a co...

★★★★★

Themnwild24 2016/02/14

I like it

Yes, a bit homerish to non gopher hockey fans I'd imagine... But then again it IS a podcast about gopher hockey so what do you expect? They are clearl...

★☆☆☆☆

Harmontoo 2014/05/14

Ok Gophercast

What is the relationship here with ESPN 1500? Is this on their radio station? Bring back the Beer Show or give The Rook his own web only podcast, he...

★★★★★

mpkennedy3 2014/03/15

Great College Hockey Knowledge

This is a great college hockey podcast. I was so excited a few years back when this popped up because there are so few college hockey podcasts around...

★★★★★

Gopher80 2013/10/17

Gopher Hockey in depth

Great podcast with discussion of the current team, potential recruits with commentary on past and upcoming games. Worth the hour every week.

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