The GPL Podcast

Gopher Puck Live

The GPL Podcast, now part of the Pulltab Sports family, 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 GopherPuckLive. We also have special guests join the program from time to time. read less

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#265: Season Finale with John King

#265: Season Finale with John King

John King, from Pulltab Sports, joined us to recap the season and preview next year! A lot of Transfer Portal talk. Pino, Strobel, Fish and Barto gone. Wood and Souliere in. Snuggerud is back. So much to talk about so many things along with the opponents for next season.

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#265: Season Finale with John King

#265: Season Finale with John King

John King, from Pulltab Sports, joined us to recap the season and preview next year! A lot of Transfer Portal talk. Pino, Strobel, Fish and Barto gone. Wood and Souliere in. Snuggerud is back. So much to talk about so many things along with the opponents for next season.

NCAA Sioux Falls Regional Semi

NCAA Sioux Falls Regional Semi

The Gopher's come back and get the 3-2 win over Omaha. We did a quick 15 minute wrap of the big win.

#264: NCAA Tournament Preview

#264: NCAA Tournament Preview

We dig in to this years NCAA Tournament and give our predictions to what we think is going to happen. But really it is just a celebration of the best 4 days of the season as the teams go from 16 to 4!

#263: Great stories with Nick Angell

#263: Great stories with Nick Angell

Former Gopher Nick Angell joined the show to share some great stories of hockey in the KHL, The Wooger, Guentzel, The Don. This is definitely an episode where watching overtime on YouTube is worth your while!

#262: Talking BigTen Tournament with Todd Milewski

#262: Talking BigTen Tournament with Todd Milewski

Todd Milewski from the Wisconsin State Journal joined us to talk about the BigTen Semi-Finals this week. We get in to how the Badgers got knocked out by Ohio State. We also got in to the Minnesota struggle with Penn State, but did advance.

#261: BigTen Preview with Cappy

#261: BigTen Preview with Cappy

BTN's Paul Caponigri joins the show to help us preview the BigTen Tournament starting this weekend. Cappy is hoping for a 3 game weekend, whereas we believe this will be a Minnesota sweep! We also get in to the bizarre 5min major call on OSU this past as well.

#260: Disingenuous

#260: Disingenuous

We have both Adam Wodon and Brad Schlossman on the podcast to talk about the NCAA Regional format. Adam did’t like Vegoe’s word of Disingenuous, so I thought it made a great title to the show. Did we come up with a solution? No. But we are keeping the conversation going! We also got in to the 2pts in South Bend against Notre Dame. Previewed the final BigTen regular season series with Michigan as well.

#259: Drew Cove

#259: Drew Cove

Writer and Podcaster Drew Cove joined us on the show this week to recap the Penn State series and preview the road games at Notre Dame. We also answered quite a few listener/viewer questions.

#258: PSU Hockey Voice Brian Tripp

#258: PSU Hockey Voice Brian Tripp

A brand new guest joined the podcast this week as Brian Tripp, the voice of Penn State hockey as well as the Frozen Four on Westwood One, joined the show! We are still trying to figure out what goalie interference is after the BADger series. We also got a bit in to the struggles Minnesota has with the shootout. We also previewed the weekend against Penn State.

#257: Todd Milewski is back to talk about a VERY resurgent Badger team

#257: Todd Milewski is back to talk about a VERY resurgent Badger team

We have Todd Milewski from the Wisconsin State Journal on to talk about a Badger team that has really turned it around this season. We get in to the real reason that the series is not on TV this weekend. We also get Todd's thoughts on the NCAA Regional format.

#256: OSU Sweep, Regionals, MSU preview

#256: OSU Sweep, Regionals, MSU preview

We recap the sweep over Ohio State. Get more in to the weeds with the NCAA Regional format and how the Maryland Heights Regional site only holds 2500 fans. Preview a HUGE weekend at Michigan State.

#255: Paul Caponigri is back!

#255: Paul Caponigri is back!

Cappy is back to help us preview the OSU series at 3M Arena at Mariucci this coming weekend. We also got quite a bit in to the NCAA Regional format that Brad Schlossman talked about in his great article this week. We also recapped the sweep of Robert Morris.

#254: Brian Deutsch is our guest

#254: Brian Deutsch is our guest

Former Minnesota & Robert Morris SID, Brian Deutsch, joined the show to give us a bit of a behind the scenes look at both programs. We also covered the CC series and previewed the games with Robert Morris.

Special Episode from Tom's Watch Bar

Special Episode from Tom's Watch Bar

Did a fun pregame show at Tom's Watch Bar in Minneapolis along with Dinkytown Athletes, Grey Duck Spirits and their Duck Duck Beer as well as Pulltab Sports! Some great help from Luke Buer of the Gopher Gridiron Podcast.

#253: Eric Schierhorn & Jack Ramsey joins the show

#253: Eric Schierhorn & Jack Ramsey joins the show

Former Gophers, Eric Schierhorn and Jack Ramsey joined us on the GPL Podcast! We covered all things from Gopher hockey to the World Junior Tournament.

#252: Paul Caponigri from BTN

#252: Paul Caponigri from BTN

Big Ten Network’s Paul Caponigri joined the show for the 12th time. We talked about the split at Penn State. What Bob is wishing for Christmas. And previewed the weekend against Ohio State.

#251: John King from Pulltab Sports

#251: John King from Pulltab Sports

Always fun to have the "Kinger" on the podcast. The show and overtime never lets us down. We recapped the Michigan State series. Previewed the Penn State series. Also got in to a few interesting topics with John as well.

#250: Pat Micheletti joins us for our 250th show

#250: Pat Micheletti joins us for our 250th show

We celebrated 250 episodes of the podcast with Gopher Hockey legend, Pat Micheletti! Talked about the split vs Notre Dame. The slow start for the team. And previewed the series with Michigan State.

#249: A Successful Trip to Yost

#249: A Successful Trip to Yost

The Gophers get 4 out of 6 points in Michigan which is always a good thing! Still struggle on the shootout. We talk about all that as well as the newly signed recruits and preview the weekend against Notre Dame.

#248: Duluth & Michigan

#248: Duluth & Michigan

We recapped the win and tied with Duluth. Talked about the new 4 year contract with UMD that eliminates the home/home. We also previewed the series at Yost this coming weekend.