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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.
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#312: Women's GM Jess Scott
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#311: Season Premiere
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Special: Women's Media Day 2026
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Special: Men's Media Day 2026
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#310: Season Finale Explicit
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#309: Brett Larson joins the show!
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#308: Brett Larson is the new coach | NCAA Preview
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Special: Brett Larson introduced to the media.
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Special: Mark Coyle on the Men's Hockey Search
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#307: Bob Motzko OUT at Minnesota
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#306: Do or Die at Penn State
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Special: Brian Bonin
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Post Game: Michigan State (3/6)
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Post Game: Michigan State (3/5)
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#305: Connor Earegood
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#304: USA! USA! USA!
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#303: USCHO’s Tim Brule
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#302: Big Sweep of UW with Cappy
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#301: Milewski and the Badgers
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#300: A milestone show with Pat
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#299: We need an Angell
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#298: Back from the break
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#297: Dan Woog Reminiscing
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#296: Turkey fit for a Kinger?
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#295: Riding the rollercoaster with Cappy
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#294: Fighting Irish Sweep with Rossini
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#293: Therapy Session
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#292: BADger week with Milewski
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#291: UND, UMD and Schierhorn
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#290: UND Week With Schlossman
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#289: Jack Ramsey is back! Explicit
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#288: Season 15 Premiere
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Summer 2025
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#287: Season Finale
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#286: It’s Tourney Time with Carman!
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#285: Venting frustration with Micheletti
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#284: The B1G Tournament begins, with Jack Ramsey
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#283: Back in the driver seat with an OSU sweep
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#282: Chilling from a Fish House with Cappy
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#281: It’s good to be the Kinger
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#280: BADger week with Milewski
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#279: Micheletti Musings
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#278: Hanging out with Jack Ramsey
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#277: Back from the break with Cappy Explicit
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#276: Eric Schierhorn helps us celebrate a double shutout SWEEP of Michigan.
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#275: Sam Rossini joins the show for the first time!
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#274: Jordan Leopold & Nick Angell
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#273: Mike Carman and his new podcast
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#272: Sweep in Madison!
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#271: Milewski and the Badgers
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#270: Paul Caponigri helps us preview the Big Ten Season.
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#269: Tommie PxP guy Sam Ekstrom is our guest
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#268: U.N.Oh no
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#267: Pat Micheletti is our guest.
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#266: Season Premiere
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Summer 2024
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#265: Season Finale with John King
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NCAA Sioux Falls Regional Semi
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#264: NCAA Tournament Preview
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#263: Great stories with Nick Angell
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#262: Talking BigTen Tournament with Todd Milewski
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#261: BigTen Preview with Cappy
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#260: Disingenuous
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#259: Drew Cove
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#258: PSU Hockey Voice Brian Tripp
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#257: Todd Milewski is back to talk about a VERY resurgent Badger team
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#256: OSU Sweep, Regionals, MSU preview
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#255: Paul Caponigri is back!
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#254: Brian Deutsch is our guest
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Special Episode from Tom’s Watch Bar
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#253: Eric Schierhorn & Jack Ramsey joins the show
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#252: Paul Caponigri from BTN
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#251: John King from Pulltab Sports
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#250: Pat Micheletti joins us for our 250th show
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#249: A Successful Trip to Yost
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#248: Duluth & Michigan
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#247: Marissa Voss is our guest.
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#246: BADger week with Todd Milewski
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#245: Live from Ralph Engelstad Arena with Brad Schlossman
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#244: Guest: Derek Burns
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#243: Season Premiere
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#242: Gopher goalie Justen Close joins the podcast
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#241: Shrink The Rink!
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#240: Season Finale
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Live Frozen Four Championship Post Game
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Live Frozen Four Semi Final Post Game
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#239: Live from Amalie Arena in Tampa
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#238: Frozen Four bound with John King
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#237: NCAA Preview with Nate & Drew!
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#236: Big Ten Championship with Connor Earegood
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#235: Big Ten Semifinal preview
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#234: Former Gopher Jack Ramsey is back!
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#233: Paul Caponigri from BTN joins the show.
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#232: Split at Madison? Not good!
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#231: Pat Micheletti joined the show
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#230: Michigan Split... Fun weekend of hockey!
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#229: Connor Earegood from the Michigan Daily is our guest.
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#228: Guest - Eric Schierhorn
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#227: We preview the SCSU series with Drew Cove.
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#226: Todd Milewski helps us preview the Badger series
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#225: BTN’s Ben Holden joins the podcast
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#224: Former Gopher Jack Ramsey joins us.
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#223: Jess Myers from The Rink Live joins us!
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#222: Back to #1 after a sweep of Notre Dame
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#221: Guest Paul Caponigri
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#220: Guest Brad Schlossman
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#219: Guest Pat Micheletti
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#218: Season Premiere
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#217: Season Finale
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#216: Frozen Four!
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#215: On to the NCAA Tournament!
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#214: Guest Ben Holden
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#213: Guest Randy Johnson
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#212: Guest Pat Micheletti
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#211: Guest Todd Milewski
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#210: Sweep of the Buckeyes!
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#209: Guest Paul Caponigri
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#208: Guest Eric Schierhorn
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#207: Guest John King (has bad Wifi) Explicit
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#206: Guest Chris Long
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#205: Guest Jess Myers - LaFontaine leaves for NHL
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#204: Don’t be the hero. Let the hero come to you.
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#203: Guest Jack Ramsey
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#202: Guest Brad Schlossman
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#201: Another bad Friday night for the Gophers!
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#200: We made it to 200!
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#199: Guest Todd Milewski
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#198: Guest Eric Schierhorn
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#197: Guest Bruce Ciskie
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#196: Guest Pat Micheletti
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#195: Guest Nate Wells
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#194: Season Premiere
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#193: Season Finale
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#192: Guest Nate Wells
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#191: Guests Paul Caponigri and Todd Milewski
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#190: Bring on the Wolverines!
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#189: Guest John King
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#188: Guest Frank Mazzocco
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#187: Beatdown by the BADgers
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#186: Guest Todd Milewski
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#185: Guest Paul Caponigri Explicit
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#184: Guest Drew Cove
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#183: One streak ends, another begins?
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#182: Guest Todd Milewski
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#181: Guest Randy Johnson
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#180: Guest Wally Shaver
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#179: Guest Pat Micheletti
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#178: Guest Paul Caponigri
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#177: Let’s Get This Season started!
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#176: Season Premiere
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#175: Season Finale
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#174: The NCAA season comes crashing down.
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#173: The CoronaVirus just changed everything
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#172: Michigan, Attendance, and Fighting Irish
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#171: Guests Drew Cove and Nate Wells
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#170: Notre Dame, Special Teams and Nittany Lions... Oh my!
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#169: Split with MSU. Heading to South Bend.
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#168: BADger sweep!
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#167: Guest Todd Milewski
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#166: Guest Paul Caponigri
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#165: Back from the break
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#164: The Wooger 1944-2019 Explicit
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#163: Guest Paul Caponigri
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#162: Guest Brad Schlossman
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#161: Guest Todd Milewski
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Quick Shift: Mike Carman
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#160: Great weekend in Michigan and the return of Hammy!
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#159: Guest Frank Mazzocco
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#158: Champs take it to the Gophers
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#157: Guest Bruce Ciskie
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#156: Guest Charlie Beattie
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#155: Season Premiere Explicit
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#154: Notre Dame ends the Gopher season
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#153: Still Alive
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#152: Guest Paul Caponigri
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#151: At least they secured home ice
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#150: A sweep of the Buckeyes
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#149: Swept by Penn State
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#148: Split with Michigan and the return of Cardinal.
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#147: Split with Bucky
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#146: Guest: Todd Milewski
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#145: Sweep of the Irish!
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#144: Split with Penn State
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#143: Back from the holiday break
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#142: Guest: Jess Myers
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#141: Guest: Paul Caponigri
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#140: Gobble This!
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#139: Split with Bucky
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#138: Guest: Nate Wells
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#137: Vegas Let Down
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#136: Guest: Brad Schlossman
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#135: Success against UMD
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#134: 2018/19 Season Premiere
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#133: Now what? (Season Finale) Explicit
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#132: The Don is out. Motzko is in. Explicit
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#131: Guest: Drew Cove.
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#130: All about Penn State.
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#129: BADgers and Buckeyes. Preview Penn State.
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#128: Guest: Todd Milewski.
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#127: MSU Sweep. Fighting Irish come to town.
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#126: Swept by Michigan. Time for Lucia to go??? Explicit
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#125: Split with St. Cloud. Michigan coming to town.
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#124: Guest: Frank Mazzocco
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#123: Guest: Dan Kelly
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#122: Guest: Todd Milewski
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#121: Harvard Sweep! Thanksgiving favorites. Notre Dame Preview. Explicit
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#120: Michigan disaster. Recruiting and goalie talk. Harvard preview.
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#119: MSU Sweep. Listener Questions. Michigan Preview.
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#118: Clarkson Sweep. Attendance Problems. MSU Preview.
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#117: UND Review. Specialty teams stink. Clarkson preview.
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#116: PSU review. UND preview with guest Brad Schlossman
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#115: Ice Breaker recap. Young Recruiting. Explicit
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#114: 2017/18 Season Premiere with Guest Nate Wells
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#113: 2016/17 Season Finale
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#112: B1G Tournment wrap up. NCAA Tournament Preview.
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#111: BigTen Title. Lindgren out for season. US and MN Women’s Teams. BigTen Tourney Preview.
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#110: Guest: Chris Eckes. Michigan Split. HS Tourney Memories. Weekend preview.
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#109: BADger Split. Twitter Questions. B1G Weekend preview.
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#108: Guest: Todd Milewski from the Wisconsin State Journal
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#107: Split at OSU. Gopher Finances. UND to B1G? PSU Preview.
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#106: Gophers sweep PSU. Twitter questions. Preview OSU.
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#105: Gophers lose/win in the final NSCC.
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#104: BADger split and the death of the North Star College Cup.
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#103: Guest: Kyle Oen from VintageMNHockey. Michigan Sweep! Novak out.
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#102: Sweep of MSU and Mariucci Classic. USA! Goalie Pads. Preview Michigan
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#101: Another Jekyll and Hyde weekend against OSU.
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#100: Guest: Frank Mazzocco helps us celebrate our 100th podcast!
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#99: Mankato Split. Trip to Boston.
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#98: Guest: Nate Wells from SB Nation, PPress and Strib
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#97: Bring on the Bison!
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#96: Swept by the Huskies. Road trip out to New York. Explicit
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#95: Sweep in Alaska. Home and Home with St. Cloud State
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#94: 2016-17 Season Premiere
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#93: 2015-16 Season Finale Explicit
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#92: Win B1G or Go Home!
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#91: Bad split with MSU. BADgers come to town. Explicit
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#90: Still atop the B1G Standings Explicit
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#89: Guest: Dave Schwartz from KARE11 TV
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#88: PSU Split Explicit
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#87: Hammy is pissed! Explicit
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#86: BADger Sweep!
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#85: MSU Sweep Explicit
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#84: Guest: Nate Wells. City Pages Causes A Stir! Explicit
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#83: Back from winter break!
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#82: Overtime Sweep for Minnesota
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#81: Swept by the Huskies!
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#80: New Freshman Age Restrictions? MSUM Split. SCSU Preview.
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#79: Guest: 1500ESPN writer Jess Myers
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#78: Northeastern Sweep. Off to Notre Dame for the last time.
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#77: Swept by the Dogs
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#76: Vermont Blanks MN
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#75: Season Premiere Explicit
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#74: Season Finale Explicit
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#73: NCAA Tournament Preview Explicit
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#72: B1G Champs! B1G Tourney. Explicit
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#71: MSU Split. Lehr gets his 1st start. Go away Miller. Explicit
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#70: Split with PSU. Wilcox out? Explicit
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#69: Guest: Frank Mazzocco
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#68: Are the Gopher’s back???
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#67: BADger post mortem Explicit
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#66: Guest: BTN’s Rick Pizzo
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#65: BADgers. North Star Cup
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#64: Guest: SB Nation’s Nate Wells
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#63: Back from the break. Vegoe’s internet sucks!
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#62: Dog Sweep. Trip Out East. Michigan State
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#61: Guest: Drunk Hockey Guy Explicit
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#60: BSU Sweep. Changes at Mariucci?
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#59: Ice Breaker Champs, BSU comes to town.
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#58: 2014/15 Season Preview
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#57: Going to Philly Baby! ... Guest: Frank Mazzocco
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#56: Guest: Nate Wells, B1G Tournament Preview
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#55: What else can go wrong? Explicit
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#54: Former KFAN/1500ESPN radio personality Jeff Dubay is our guest. Explicit
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#53: 1500 ESPN’s Jess Myers.
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#52: BADgers!!!
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#51: Calm Down. The team only has 2 losses on the season.
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#50: The GPL Podcast makes it to 50!
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#49: KARE 11’s Dave Schwartz
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#48: BADger Sweep! Parenteau out.
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#47: We don’t need no stinking BADgers!
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#46: Notre Dame and Mankato Review. Hammy gets feisty. Mariucci is getting smaller.
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#45: Great weekend against Boston College. Voicemail from listeners. Preview Notre Dame.
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#44: Beaver Sweep, BC comes to town, Vegoe still in his car.
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#43: Ice Breaker review. Future Recruits. BSU preview.
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#42: 2013/14 Season Preview. Incoming Freshman. The B1G is here to stay.
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#41: 2012/13 Season Wrap Up
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#40: A Final Five to Forget
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#39: The Last Final Five
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#38: More Beaver Please!
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#37: Jeckyl & Hyde against Denver
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#36: Mazzocco drops in/out on the podcast.
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#35: Hello Kitty!!!
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#34: Jan plays well. Hockey City Classic
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#33: Marcia! Marcia! Macia!
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#32: The Gophers get 3 from the Whioux.
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#31: Whioux???
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#30: 3pts at CC, Women are 20-0, Mariucci Classic preview
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#29: UNO Split, New Recruit, Trip to CC
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#28: Vermont recap, UNO Preview
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#27: 1500ESPN’s Jess Myers joins us.
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#26: 3pts in Anchorage, The BADgers come to town.
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#25: Splitsville, Butters and Anchorage
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#24: Michigan State Sweep, Tech preview
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#23: 2012-13 Season Preview
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#22: Headed to the Frozen Four!!!
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#21: Final Five Debacle, NCAA Tournament.
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#20: Drunk Hockey Guy, WCHA Final Five. Listener questions.
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#19: USCHO’s Tim Brule, BADger split. Listener questions. Preview AA. PairWise talk.
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#18: Road Sweep. Listener questions. Preview UW.
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#17: U Sweeps BSU. Preview UNO.
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#16: Denver sweep. Rau suspended. Preview BSU.
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#15: Cardinal returns. Recap SCSU. Maturi leaves. Mariucci renovation. Preview Denver.
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#14: Guest: Jess Myers. Recap CC. Preview SCSU. MN Cup.
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#13: Cardinal becomes a father. Recap UND. Preview CC.
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#12: Classic Review, Preview UND, Listener questions.
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#11: MTU Review, WCHA and Gopher season review, Predictions.
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#10: Mankato Review, Michigan Tech Preview, NHL conference talk
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#9: MSU debacle? UMD SOS, Mankato preview.
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#8: SCSU Split, MSU Preview, A litte Hobey talk.
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#7: BADger Split, SCSU Preview, Listener questions.
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#6: Sioux Sweep, Jersey talk, UW preview
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#5: Sweep of Alaska, Fighting Sioux come to town.
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#4: Goodbye to Huntsville, Vermont and WCHA recap, Anchorage and WCHA preview.
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#3: Duluth recap, Vermont preview and some recruiting talk.
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#2: Sacred Heart recap, Duluth preview and a special guest
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#1: 2011-12 Season Preview
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