Podcasts by The GPL Podcast
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The GPL Podcast, is a roundtable type of format that talks about the University of Minnesota Men's Hockey Team, BigTen Hockey and College Hockey in general. It is a weekly podcast that happens during the college hockey season. (October - April) The host is Craig Cotner "Jupiter" who runs the GopherPuckLive.com website. He is joined by Eric Vegoe who covers the Gophers as a writer for The Athletic and GopherPuckLive. We also have special guests join the program from time to time.
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#155: Season Premiere from 2022-04-20T14:42:47.934661
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 audi...
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#159: Guest Frank Mazzocco from 2022-04-20T14:42:47.862092
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 ag...
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#163: Guest Paul Caponigri from 2022-04-20T14:42:47.843379
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.
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#165: Back from the break from 2022-04-20T14:42:47.838445
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 ...
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#168: BADger sweep! from 2022-04-20T14:42:47.696231
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 ...
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#172: Michigan, Attendance, and Fighting Irish from 2022-04-20T14:42:47.585733
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,...
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#176: Season Premiere from 2022-04-20T14:42:47.568376
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 sc...
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#179: Guest Pat Micheletti from 2022-04-20T14:42:47.561612
Hold on to your seats because we had Pat Micheletti on the podcast and we just let him go!
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#180: Guest Wally Shaver from 2022-04-20T14:42:47.551653
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!
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#182: Guest Todd Milewski from 2022-04-20T14:42:47.546970
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 t...
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#186: Guest Todd Milewski from 2022-04-20T14:42:47.531447
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!
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#190: Bring on the Wolverines! from 2022-04-20T14:42:47.486524
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?
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#195: Guest Nate Wells from 2022-04-20T14:42:47.467665
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 b...
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#199: Guest Todd Milewski from 2022-04-20T14:42:47.450329
We had Todd Milewski from the Wisconsin State Journal on to preview the big series in Madison against the BADgers.
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#203: Guest Jack Ramsey from 2022-04-20T14:42:47.436749
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 on the split with UND and the up coming...
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#204: Don't be the hero. Let the hero come to you. from 2022-04-20T14:42:47.433664
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. Hopefully that starts happening this wee...
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#208: Guest Eric Schierhorn from 2022-04-20T14:42:47.386654
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 the last month. Gophers are still spl...
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#212: Guest Pat Micheletti from 2022-04-20T14:42:47.370075
We celebrate a regular season BigTen Championship with the one and only Pat Micheletti! The Gophers blanked the BADger over the weekend with a combined score of 13-0! We cover that along with some ...
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#216: Frozen Four! from 2022-04-20T14:42:47.354198
The Gophers have advanced to the Frozen Four in Boston where they will face the Mavericks of Minnesota State. We cover ALL of that as well as the regional victories and the big Denver vs Michigan m...
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#217: Season Finale from 2022-04-14T11:00
We wrapped up the Gopher Hockey season during the show. Covered everything from who is staying and who is going. What went wrong at the Frozen Four and previewed next season!
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#215: On to the NCAA Tournament! from 2022-03-23T23:45
The Gophers lose to Michigan in the Big Ten Championship and now must forget and leave that loss behind. They now head to the NCAA Regional where they will face UMass and hopefully either Western M...
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#214: Guest Ben Holden from 2022-03-16T23:45
We had BTN's Ben Holden on the podcast this week to preview the BigTen Championship game! It should be quite the game this weekend. A sold out Mariucci will be rockin!
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#213: Guest Randy Johnson from 2022-03-10T08:30
Making his 2nd appearance on the GPL Podcast is Randy Johnson from the Star Tribune. We talked about the previous BigTen first round games and also previewed this weekends semifinal games.
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#152: Guest Paul Caponigri from 2022-03-04T15:49:52.665116
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 agai...
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#211: Guest Todd Milewski from 2022-02-24T08:30
Another big sweep and the Gophers killed some demons at Penn State. They also signed probably the biggest recruit for next season as well, so things are going well. BUT... It's BADger week and of c...
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#186: Guest Todd Milewski from 2022-02-22T08:51:29.277573
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!
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#210: Sweep of the Buckeyes! from 2022-02-17T08:00
The Gophers hit the road and got a HUGE sweep against Ohio State. We cover that great result as well as a bit of the US Team falling in the Olympics. Now the team heads to Hockey Valley and we’ll s...
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#209: Guest Paul Caponigri from 2022-02-10T09:45
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 big weekend coming up against Ohio St...
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#207: Guest John King (has bad Wifi) from 2022-01-27T08:00
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 against Michigan. Got a bit in to what we ...
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#206: Guest Chris Long from 2022-01-20T00:15
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 along with a preview the big weekend ...
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#205: Guest Jess Myers - LaFontaine leaves for NHL from 2022-01-13T00:15
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 Jack LaFontaine left the team to play wit...
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#202: Guest Brad Schlossman from 2021-11-25T00:30
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 Thanksgiving weekend series with North Da...
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#201: Another bad Friday night for the Gophers! from 2021-11-17T23:45
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 in to the jersey situation again. Of ...
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#200: We made it to 200! from 2021-11-11T00:30
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 celebrate!
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#198: Guest Eric Schierhorn from 2021-10-27T22:45
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 Gophers and the up and coming series with...
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#197: Guest Bruce Ciskie from 2021-10-20T22:45
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 course we talk about the up and coming ho...
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#196: Guest Pat Micheletti from 2021-10-13T23:45
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 S...
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#194: Season Premiere from 2021-09-29T23:45
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 pre...
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#193: Season Finale from 2021-03-31T23:45
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 LaFon...
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#192: Guest Nate Wells from 2021-03-25T23:45
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 from 2021-03-10T23:15
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.
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#189: Guest John King from 2021-02-24T23:45
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!
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#188: Guest Frank Mazzocco from 2021-02-17T23:45
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 ...
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#187: Beatdown by the BADgers from 2021-02-10T23:30
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.
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#185: Guest Paul Caponigri from 2021-01-27T23:45
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 ...
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#184: Guest Drew Cove from 2021-01-20T23:15
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 th...
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#183: One streak ends, another begins? from 2021-01-13T23:45
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 a...
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#181: Guest Randy Johnson from 2020-12-30T23:30
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 p...
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#178: Guest Paul Caponigri from 2020-11-22T22:45
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.
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#177: Let's Get This Season started! from 2020-11-18T22:45
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 jus...
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#175: Season Finale from 2020-03-18T22:30
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 chang...
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#174: The NCAA season comes crashing down. from 2020-03-14T22:15
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 C...
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#173: The CoronaVirus just changed everything from 2020-03-11T22:15
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 Pegu...
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#171: Guests Drew Cove and Nate Wells from 2020-02-26T23:00
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 Seas...
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#170: Notre Dame, Special Teams and Nittany Lions... Oh my! from 2020-02-19T22:30
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 t...
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#169: Split with MSU. Heading to South Bend. from 2020-02-13T22:30
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 t...
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#167: Guest Todd Milewski from 2020-01-29T22:45
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 covere...
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#166: Guest Paul Caponigri from 2020-01-22T22:45
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.
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#164: The Wooger 1944-2019 from 2019-12-18T23:15
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 l...
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#162: Guest Brad Schlossman from 2019-11-27T22:45
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!
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#161: Guest Todd Milewski from 2019-11-20T22:30
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!
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Quick Shift: Mike Carman from 2019-11-18T19:15
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 fo...
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#160: Great weekend in Michigan and the return of Hammy! from 2019-11-13T22:30
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 str...
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#158: Champs take it to the Gophers from 2019-10-30T22:30
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 speci...
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#157: Guest Bruce Ciskie from 2019-10-23T22:30
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 w...
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#156: Guest Charlie Beattie from 2019-10-17T22:45
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 ...
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#153: Still Alive from 2019-03-13T22:45
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 ...
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#151: At least they secured home ice from 2019-02-27T22:30
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 playin...
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#150: A sweep of the Buckeyes from 2019-02-20T22:30
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 ...
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#149: Swept by Penn State from 2019-02-13T22:30
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 j...
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#149: Swept by Penn State from 2019-02-13T22:30
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 j...
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