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Sponsored by Jerry Peters and First Class Mortgage 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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    • Apr 17, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 55m AVG DURATION
    • 520 EPISODES

    4.8 from 54 ratings Listeners of The GPL Podcast that love the show mention: college hockey, fans, team, great, gopher hockey.


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    The GPL Podcast is my go-to podcast for all things Gopher Hockey. With a perfect blend of insightful analysis and entertaining banter, this podcast never fails to deliver. Hosts Jup and Vegoe bring their A-game every week, providing excellent insights into the team and college hockey in general. The guests they bring on the show further enhance the listening experience, offering unique perspectives and adding depth to the discussions.

    One of the best aspects of this podcast is the wealth of knowledge it provides about Gopher Hockey and college hockey as a whole. The hosts are incredibly knowledgeable and passionate about the sport, which shines through in their discussions. They offer great analysis of games, players, potential recruits, and more. Additionally, they often have interviews with coaches and players that provide valuable behind-the-scenes information and insights.

    Another standout feature of this podcast is its superior access to information compared to most NHL podcasts. While many podcasts focus solely on professional hockey, The GPL Podcast goes above and beyond by providing extensive coverage of college hockey. This is especially valuable for fans who are interested in following Gopher Hockey specifically but may not have access to local radio coverage or other sources of news.

    However, one potential downside to this podcast is that it can come across as biased towards Gopher Hockey fans or those who have an interest in Minnesota teams. While this makes sense given the focus of the podcast, it may not appeal as much to non-Gopher Hockey fans seeking more general college hockey content. Nonetheless, for those who do support the Gophers or simply appreciate passionate fandom, this bias adds an enjoyable element to the show.

    In conclusion, The GPL Podcast is a must-listen for any fan of Gopher Hockey or college hockey in general. With its insightful analysis, excellent guests, and dedicated hosts, it offers a comprehensive look at the team while also providing entertainment value through its engaging discussions. Whether you're looking for updates on games, player interviews, or in-depth analysis, this podcast has got you covered. Give it a listen and join the fanbase that keeps coming back for more.



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    Latest episodes from The GPL Podcast

    #287: Season Finale

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 57:35


    The Gopher season ended with a big THUD as they were eliminated in the 1st game of the NCAA Tournament. What went wrong? Blame the refs? It is not that simple. 6 underclassmen players have left to sign pro contracts. 5 players have graduated. There are a lot of spots on the roster for next season. Portal add. New recruits. So much to talk about on the fina show of the season.

    #286: It's Tourney Time with Carman!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2025 105:08


    Former Gopher Mike Carman joined the show as we previewed the NCAA Tournament regionals coming up this weekend. The big guns need to show up if the Gophers are going to advance to the Frozen Four. We cover that as well as the small things that are important to make that happen.

    #285: Venting frustration with Micheletti

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2025 57:27


    The Gophers not only get knocked out of the Big Ten playoffs by Notre Dame. They lose Senior Aaron Huglen for the season to a broken leg in the process. We have Pat Micheletti on to vent all of our frustrations on this weeks show.

    #284: The B1G Tournament begins, with Jack Ramsey

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 49:45


    The Gophers earn a share of the Big Ten Title, but also will not have to sit idol this week and will face Notre Dame at 3M Arena at Mariucci this weekend. We cover the 4 out of 6 points they earned at Penn State and also previewed the rest of the Big Ten Tournament as well.

    #283: Back in the driver seat with an OSU sweep

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2025 48:40


    A big sweep at home over Ohio State sets up and even bigger weekend at Penn State with a small 2pt lead over Michigan State for the Big Ten Title!

    #282: Chilling from a Fish House with Cappy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2025 50:09


    We did this show from a fish house on Fish Lake in Maple Grove for the Fiber to the Fish House event by Gateway Fiber and Pulltab Sports! BTN's Paul Caponigri was our guest to help us preview the big weekend with Ohio State.

    #281: It's good to be the Kinger

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2025 61:59


    We are back from the bye week and ready for the stretch run! We thought it was a great chance to get John King from Pulltab Sports on for his yearly appearance on the podcast! We've got BADger sweep. Gum Chewing. 3 class State Tournament. Just to name a few of the topics! Fun show as we also previewed the big weekend at Michigan!

    #280: BADger week with Milewski

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2025 59:39


    It's BADger week, so of course we are going to have Todd Milewski on from the Wisconsin State Journal! We covered the terrible weekend in East Lancing against Michigan State. Is that rock bottom? Hope so! Beyond that, we get in to how much better Wisconsin is playing these days, will it be enough to get in the the NCAA Tournament? What happens between Minnesota and Wisconsin this weekend? We cover all of it!

    #279: Micheletti Musings

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2025 58:23


    A big series with Michigan State also means we need a big guest to cover all of it. So former Gopher and current TV & Radio analyst Pat Micheletti is on the show to cover all of it. We get deep in to the 4 points against Notre Dame. Penalty kill issues. Goaltending. And what Minnesota needs to do this weekend against MSU.

    #278: Hanging out with Jack Ramsey

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2025 53:47


    Former Gopher Jack Ramsey was back with us for the first time in a year! He helped us recap the OSU weekend and preview the home series with Notre Dame. He may have some answers to help the Gopher power play too!

    #277: Back from the break with Cappy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2025 66:31


    We are back from our winter break to kick off the 2nd half of the season with BTN analyst and former Buckeye Paul Caponigri! We covered the MSU series from December. The Mercyhurst sweep. The World Junior's Gold Medal for Team USA! And of course the resurgent Ohio State Buckeyes.

    #276: Eric Schierhorn helps us celebrate a double shutout SWEEP of Michigan.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2024 58:08


    Former Gopher goalie Eric Schierhorn is back on the show at the perfect time! Right after Minnesota pulls a double shutout SWEEP of the Wolverines of Michigan. But the injuries are stacking up right before the winter break as Minnesota faces #3 Michigan State just as the Gophers take over the #1 spot MSU just occupied.

    #275: Sam Rossini joins the show for the first time!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2024 58:38


    This season former Gopher Sam Rossini is helping out as an analyst on the Gopher Radio broadcast. So we thought it would be fun to get him on the show! We talked about the big series with Michigan this weekend as well as the win and tie with Alaska.

    #274: Jordan Leopold & Nick Angell

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2024 67:18


    Former Gophers Jordan Leopold and Nick Angell joined us for a special Thanksgiving episode of the podcast. Both Nick & Leo think they would not be good enough to make the current D for the Gophers when they were that age. The puck skills and the skating skills of the players these days has advanced a ton since they played. We did cover a little bit of the current team on the show, but this turned out to be story time from Nick & Leo.

    #273: Mike Carman and his new podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2024 72:12


    Former Gopher Mike Carman is on the show to talk about his new podcast that talks about life after the game. It's called "When The Game Ends" podcast. We get deep in the a lot of issues that players can have after leaving the game. We did still get in to plenty of Gopher talk. The split with BSU. Vegoe's Top 20. All the recruits that signed their NLI. And of course we preview the Notre Dame series as well.

    #272: Sweep in Madison!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2024 49:15


    The Gophers get two 3-2 weekend wins in Madtown to extend their winning streak to 8 games! Jimmy Snuggerud was big on the weekend earning the BigTen 1st Star of the week! But not all the news was good. We talk about the loss of PÃ¥hlsson until what sounds like January. Falloon & Thomas still out for a bit as well. AIC is dropping from D1 to D2 hockey. So a lot is going on for this episode.

    #271: Milewski and the Badgers

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2024 65:41


    Todd Milewski from the Madison State Journal is back for a record 16th appearance on the GPL Podcast. He gives us the scoop on what appears to be a down year for the Badgers? But is it really bad? We will just have to wait and see.

    #270: Paul Caponigri helps us preview the Big Ten Season.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 66:54


    Cappy is back on the GPL Podcast to give us his thought on the upcoming Big Ten season as well as this weekend against Penn State. He thinks Minnesota is the best team in the country right now, but there are a lot of good teams out there!

    #269: Tommie PxP guy Sam Ekstrom is our guest

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2024 66:49


    Former Gopher hockey TV announcer and current St. Thomas play by play guy Sam Ekstrom is on our show! He goes in to what happened when he was replaced by Fox9 in the booth, but also gave great insight on the Tommies and Gophers! We recapped the big sweep in Duluth which was a first since the 2011-12 season!

    #268: U.N.Oh no

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024 52:01


    The Gophers started strong at the Ice Breaker Tournament in Vegas, but didn't finish well. We talk about the 54 shot, 2-1 loss against UNO as well as the win over Air Force. Also get in to the coming weekend in Duluth!

    #267: Pat Micheletti is our guest.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2024 66:04


    Pat Micheletti is back on the GPL Podcast as the team heads to Vegas for the Ice Breaker Tournament. We covered that along with the new rules for this season. The exhibition win over St. Cloud. Even got in Name Image Likeness (NIL) and how National Letter of Intent (NLI) may be going away as well.

    #266: Season Premiere

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2024 55:27


    We are back for season number 14 of the GPL Podcast! A lot has happened. Pitlick to Minnesota State. Guys leaving. New guys from the transfer portal. 6 players with letters. We covered a lot!

    Summer 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2024 42:02


    A special summer GPL Podcast as we test new streaming software that we will start using next season. We talk about Snuggerud's return, Matthew Wood coming over from UConn and Liam Souliere from Penn State. Current gopher hitting the transfer portal. The non-conference schedule. Basically an off-season update for the Gophers.

    #265: Season Finale with John King

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2024 61:26


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2024 15:27


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2024 47:10


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2024 61:56


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2024 62:07


    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 advanc

    #261: BigTen Preview with Cappy

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2024 60:23


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2024 66:09


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2024 65:20


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2024 58:43


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2024 62:17


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2024 46:17


    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!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2024 53:46


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2024 59:35


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2024 35:11


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2024 63:27


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2023 63:43


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2023 55:58


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2023 58:36


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2023 50:15


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2023 51:54


    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.

    #247: Marissa Voss is our guest.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2023 59:43


    Marissa Voss joins the show as we recapped the BADger sweep of the Gophers and previewed the home and home with Minnesota- Duluth.

    #246: BADger week with Todd Milewski

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2023 58:03


    We are so happy that Todd Milewski is back covering hockey after spending half of last year on Basketball. We recap last weekend. Talk about their new coach Mike Hasting. And of course preview the weekend.

    #245: Live from Ralph Engelstad Arena with Brad Schlossman

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2023 53:11


    We preview the big weekend between MN and UND live from the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks. Brad Schlossman from the Grand Forks Herald joins us for the show.

    #244: Guest: Derek Burns

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2023 59:22


    Derek Burns from Dinkytown Athletes joined us to talk everything "NIL" related that is happening down at the University of Minnesota. We also got in to the BSU exhibition game and previewed the series with St. Thomas this coming weekend.

    #243: Season Premiere

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2023 69:50


    We kick off the 13th season of the GPL Podcast by joining the Pulltab Sports family! Great to be part of their family! But a lot of other changes this season too! We cover all of the off-season news with Gopher Hockey and preview what should be a very exciting season!

    #242: Gopher goalie Justen Close joins the podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2023 45:21


    Returning Gopher goalie Justen Close joins us for this special offseason podcast. He is enjoying the last few weeks of his summer break at his family cabin 3 hours north of his hometown of Kindersley, Saskatchewan. We get in to the disappointment of losing the National Championship game. The new NIL opportunities with Dinkytown Athletes as well as some of his favorite cooking.

    #241: Shrink The Rink!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2023 25:24


    A lot happening at Mariucci during the offseason. So we thought we would get the main architect behind all of the changes. So a few weeks ago we visited 3M Arena at Mariucci and had Tom Betti from JLG Architects joined us to talk about the changes being made to the arena this offseason. This is more of a vidual podcast, so it is recommended that watching on our YouTube channel may be a better result.

    #240: Season Finale

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2023 56:34


    We recap the devastating National Championship game lost to Quinnipiac. Talk about the players that have signed contracts and look ahead a bit to next season.

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