Show overview
Gopher Puck Live Podcast has been publishing since 2011, and across the 15 years since has built a catalogue of 322 episodes, alongside 5 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 300 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence, with the show now in its 315th season.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 48 min and 1h 4m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Sports show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 weeks ago, with 18 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Gopher Puck Live.
From the publisher
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.
Latest Episodes
View all 322 episodes#310: Season Finale
#309: Brett Larson joins the show!
S315 Ep 21#308: Brett Larson is the new coach | NCAA Preview
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.
bonusNew 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
bonusAudio of Minnesota Athletic Director, Mark Coyle, talking about the search to replace Bob Motzko as the Men's Hockey coach.
S15 Ep 20#307: Bob Motzko OUT at Minnesota
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
S15 Ep 19#306: Do or Die at Penn State
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
S15 Ep 1Special: Brian Bonin
bonusA 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)
bonusCoach Motzko, Zach Wiese and Brodie Ziemer talk about the Shootout win over Michigan State.
Post Game: Michigan State (3/5)
bonusCoach Motzko talks about the 7-1 loss to Michigan State.
S15 Ep 18#305: Connor Earegood
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.
S15 Ep 17#304: USA! USA! USA!
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?
S15 Ep 16#303: USCHO’s Tim Brule
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.
S15 Ep 15#302: Big Sweep of UW with Cappy
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.
S15 Ep 14#301: Milewski and the Badgers
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.
S15 Ep 13#300: A milestone show with Pat
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.
S15 Ep 12#299: We need an Angell
Not a great start for Minnesota in 2026 as they get swept by Penn State. We had former Gopher Nick Angell to survey the situation. Nick went in to detail on what it takes to turn a team around and he shared a lot of it with us on the show. We also got an update on the Golden Helmet Collective initiative from Nick. Oh... Number 1 Michigan is also in town this weekend as January looks to be a super tough road ahead for Minnesota.
S15 Ep 11#298: Back from the break
After the long December break, we are back at full strength and ready for the 2nd half of the season! We recapped the OSU series in early December and got heavily in to the World Junior Tournament that just finished up. The Gophers are on the road at Penn State this weekend to kick off a very tough January schedule.
S15 Ep 10#297: Dan Woog Reminiscing
Dan Woog, the son of former coach Doug Woog, joined the GPL podcast to reminice about his Dad. Great stories about "Wooger" from "Boomer". We also got in to the big win over Denver this past weekend and previewed the road series with Ohio State.
S15 Ep 9#296: Turkey fit for a Kinger?
John King is back on the show and he is a bit concerned with this years team. Last week did look a lot better with the split of Penn State. This week they head west to play Denver in the Hall of Fame game. We get in to all of that and more on the show this week.