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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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#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! Watch on YouTube

#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. Watch on YouTube

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. Video on YouTube Post on Gopher Puck Live

#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. YouTube Link GPL Link

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.

Post Game: Michigan State (3/5)

2026/03/06

Coach Motzko talks about the 7-1 loss to Michigan State.

#305: Connor Earegood

2026/03/05

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 this weekend.

#304: USA! USA! USA!

2026/02/26

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 good! We also got in to what happened at Notre Dame a few weeks ago by the Gophers. Can they turn it around the next 2 weeks against the best 2 teams in the country?

#303: USCHO’s Tim Brule

2026/02/12

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 that Ohio State sweep of the Gophers and preview this coming weekend with Notre Dame. But USCHO has been THE source for College Hockey in the internet for 30 years now due to the work Tim has put in over the years. We also get heavy in to the new NPI rankings as well.

#302: Big Sweep of UW with Cappy

2026/02/05

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, are things finally coming together? What is happening with Gavin McKenna? Penn State or State Penn? We get in to all of that along with a preview of the Ohio State series this weekend.

#301: Milewski and the Badgers

2026/01/29

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 losing streak, the Badgers are on a 4 game losing streak themselves. So it will make for an interesting weekend as the two teams will face each other for the first time in history with both teams having lost 4 or more games in a row.

#300: A milestone show with Pat

2026/01/22

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 did turn in to a what felt like a therapy session has the Gophers grabbed only a single point against the Wolverines. I HIGHLY recommend checking out the full show on YouTube. We had a 2 hour overtime that included Nate Well, Drew Cove, Eric Schierhorn, Craig Flor, Brian Deutsch and Ben Holden.

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4.8 out of 5

62 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...

★★★★★

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...

★☆☆☆☆

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...

★★★★★

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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