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2026-27 #GPLPodcast season premier. We talked about the impact of Brett Larson, all the new players, the situation at ASU, new NCAA rules, the pending retirements of the Serratores and the first series of the year at MTU. www.youtube.com/@GopherPuckL... gopherpucklive.com/podcast/

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Gopher Puck Live

Live broadcasts of The GPL Podcast. Post game player/coach interviews from the University of Minnesota Men's Hockey team. As well as weekly media availability interviews.

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Fun day at TPC Twin Cities—18 was shortened a bit as they’re re-sodding the go zone on the par 5 ahead of the tourney. I took the easy layup approach anyway. Such a fun course to play, excited to see the tour players go low and make more than the one birdie I managed to make during my round today.

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Make sure to check out GPL today. We’ve see Clark, Påhlsson, Gruba, Falloon, Rud and McLaughlin join Airey in the portal. Also seen potential #Gophers MSU G Strahl, SCSU F Burnevik, SCSU D Henricks and Minn St. D Murr enter portal. gopherpucklive.com/ncaa-transfe...

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NCAA DI & DIII Hockey Transfer Portal

Search and sort through the NCAA Hockey Transfer Portal for both Men & Women.

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

New #Gophers men's hockey coach Brett Larson did confirm that they'll hopefully be annoucing a staff of five people this week. You'll soon learn about the three additional coaches, a player development role and a goalie development role. www.youtube.com/live/oJ8yazT...

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Live #GPLPodcast #309: Brett Larson Joins the Show

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

#Gophers Nathan Airey is the first player from Minnesota to enter the transfer portal following the hire of Brett Larson. gopherpucklive.com/ncaa-transfe...

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NCAA DI & DIII Hockey Transfer Portal

Search and sort through the NCAA Hockey Transfer Portal for both Men & Women.

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Usually around this time of year, I’ve been prepping a spaghetti dinner for my local hockey association. This year Travail is taking over for a meal on April 19. Tickets are on sale through tomorrow night. Support youth hockey in N and NE Minneapolis! www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...

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Annual Titans and Starwhals Spaghetti Dinner at Travail Kitchen!

Join us at Travail Kitchen and Amusements on Sunday, April 19, from 4:30–7:30 PM for the Titans & Starwhals Spaghetti Dinner—our annual fundraising celebration filled with great food, fun, and com...

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Minnesota Moves on from Bob Motzko as men's hockey head coach. #Gophers went through their four worst season in program history this past season witha .347 win percentage and tied for the second most losses since 1997-98. gopherpucklive.com/news/minneso...

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Minnesota Moves on from Motzko

Minneapolis, Minn. -- After finishing the 2025-26 season with the fourth-lowest winning percentage in program history at .347, University of Minnesota Athletic Director Mark Coyle and men’s hockey coa...

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

I remember @andygreder.bsky.social writing about Coyle sneaking away from the men's basketball tournament to watch Colorado State and his top candidate Niko Medved. I wonder if people will spy Coyle watching the Frozen Four at Pegula Ice Arena this weekend. www.twincities.com/2025/03/25/g...

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Glimpse inside Gophers AD Mark Coyle’s hire of Niko Medved

New men’s basketball coach introduced Monday, and weighed in on The Barn, playing St. Thomas and the importance of NIL money.

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

#Gophers coach Bob Motzko responded to some of the criticism he's getting right now about his program on not solving roster issues through the portal and lack of right shot defensmen. podcasts.apple.com Gopher Hockey Weekly 02-09-26 Podcast Episode · Golden Gopher Podcast · 02/09/2026 · 29m

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Pre #GPLPodcast Parm! We welcome @ToddMilewski tonight at 9 PM to talk #Gophers #Badgers. Join us! www.youtube.com/live/ChRWMtb...

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

#Gophers Bob Motzko admitted they're in unfamiliar territory right now sitting at 8-12-1. "We've got to make sure we're ready to go in the playoffs.. we want to win this weekend too, but we've got to make sure we're one of those teams no one wants to play at the end of the year."

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Here's the #GPLPodcast from this week as we had Nick Angell on to talk about the #Gophers, his experience going through a 15-19-9 freshman season and leaving as an NCAA Champion. www.youtube.com/live/wH9tfum...

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Live #GPLPodcast #299: Nick Angell

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

#Gophers John Mittelstadt admitted that the team is very different this year compared to last year and he thinks the identiy is going be just working.

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

#Gophers Leo Gruba shared this week that he's lost 10 lbs from last season and 6.5% of body fat. He said he feels faster out there and hopes it translates towards generating a little more offense this season.

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Motzko said the departures really hit him when filling out the pre-season all-league ballots -- 'In a normal situation he'd be writing Rinzel, Moore, Snuggerud, Kurth... but it's onto the next group of guys and we have a different look about us right now.'

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

First #GPLPodcast of the year in the books — we had Frank Mazzocco join us for a bit as he’ll be doing pxp on TV(!) this weekend, we talked about the newcomers, what the Top Twenty looks like across the country and lines for the series with Michigan Tech. Check it out: youtube.com/c/GopherPuck...

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Live broadcasts of The GPL Podcast. Post game player/coach interviews from the University of Minnesota Men's Hockey team. As well as weekly media availability interviews.

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Todd Milewski @toddmilewski.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

The last 30 seasons of Badgers men's hockey: 15 winning records, 15 losing records. Today's recruits have lived through more losing UW seasons than winning ones. As things change around them in the B1G, the Badgers are at a crossroads. badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

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How relevant is Wisconsin men's hockey? Upcoming season could provide the answer

An unusual offseason around college hockey with the recruiting of major junior players leads the Badgers into a crossroads. Here's an analysis of where Mike Hastings' team stands.

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Check out our season opening #GPLPodcast on #Gophers hockey as they get going on Friday with a series against Michigan Tech! gopherpucklive.com/podcast/288-... Lines I've seen lately: Lamb-Clark-Moore Ziemer-Ludtke-Mooney Hendrickson-Pahlsson-Pritchard Harris/Begley-Mittelstadt-Falloon

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#288 - Season Premiere

We kicked off Season #15 of the GPL Podcast with a special guest as Frank Mazzocco joined the show! He will be calling the games on TV for the first time since 2010 this weekend and we are very excite...

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

We are about an hour away from going live for the #GPLPodcast #288 Season 15 Premiere www.youtube.com/live/eyudkfu... via @YouTube Join us in the chat to talk #Gophers Hockey!

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Live #GPLPodcast #288 Season 15 Premiere

We'll preview the season and the home series with Michigan Tech!

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

It was hard to tell if #Gophers coach Bob Motzko was more excited coaching his team's first official practice or seeing #Vikings JJ McCarthy take his first snap against Chicago yesterday, but here are a couple takeaways from 3M Arena at Mariucci. gopherpucklive.com/news/gophers...

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Join us tonight at 9:30 as we pour one out for the 24-25 season. Join the chat to let us know your questions/thoughts or send #GPLPodcast a note here. www.youtube.com/live/gA9dJTP...

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Live #GPLPodcast #287 Season Finale

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Critical goal scored by Connor Kurth making it 3-1 14:07 into the second period. Jimmy Clark made a pass out of the corner to Kurth on the far side of the crease, Kurth dragged it back across the grain and tucked it home for his 18th goal of the season.

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Key here was that Rinzel and Snuggerud got some depth to the top of the circles, got enough room between them that Hrabal had to push across instead of shuffle and there was some traffic. No pressure by UMass.

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Minnesota without Huglen doesn't have any righty centers going tonight -- expect to see Matthew Wood and Brody Lamb take draws every once in a while when it's an advantage.

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

We've got puck drop for #Gophers around 8:41 PM tonight from Fargo after the double overtime win for Western Michigan. Minnesota can't fall into the trap of trying to stickhandle through UMass tonight during the first period. Both teams will have rust to shake off though.

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

#Gophers Bob Motzko said traffic and throwing pucks on goal is key tomorrow, but highlighted that 'their ground game has to find a way to get itself going quickly tomorrow so we get the feel, get the blood flowing and get the intensity going in our game.'

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Mason Nevers told Oliver Moore that he couldn't remember if the seats were black or not from his last trip to Fargo because so many #Gophers fans made the trip filling the building with Maroon and White.

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

#Gophers Sam Rinzel said that his team is fast, but they need to do the right things like, getting pucks in deep, being hard nosed and being hard to play against, "that's when our skill comes out."

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Mike Koster said this week that everything gets really hard this time of the year and a lot of goals comer right around the net. "They're just greasy, gritty goals. You've got to put the work in and let your talent come out."

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Bob Motzko said this week that his team can't shoot themselves in the foot early in the game. "You have to be cautious, but you've got to play your game and your top guys have to feel it."

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

#GPLPodcast has had a bit of a break just like #Gophers men's hockey, but we're back tonight at 9:30 PM. We've got Mike Carman on the show tonight to get you prepped for Fargo and UMass. Let us know what you want us to cover and/or join the chat live. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qzX...

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

No #Gophers hockey this weekend, but we had a therapy session with Pat Micheletti this week on the #GPLPodcast. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2... youtu.be/j6y5216P2Dg Also the beer of the week was a fitting choice that fans might want to crack open if they're still raging furious over the week.

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Mason Nevers on #Gophers Big Ten Tourney run ending: It's our last lesson. There's no more lessons now. So you just got to learn from it. We've got to wear it as a team, as a group together, like we've been doing all year and come out ready in two weeks to compete for the big one.

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Motzko on playing frustrated: You press versus just playing. It's been one of our things this year. When you press, it gets hard. It's when you miss the net. You should shoot and you pass. You should pass and you shoot. It kind of gets in your head a little bit.

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

#Gophers Bob Motzko after loss tonight to Notre Dame: When we get into NCAA play, you can't make the mistakes we made to get down 2-0. We were doing fine, we were pretty much in control of what we wanted to do, and we made two system mistakes and then we're chasing the game.

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

We will get a game three at 3M Arena at Mariucci on Sunday as the #Gophers close this one out to win 4-2 with an ENG goal by Brodie Ziemer. Nice possession plays by Sam Rinzel and Jimmy Snuggerud to create the opportunity for Ziemer -- no panic with the puck.

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Matthew Wood gets his 16th goal of the season by beating his check to a loose puck in front of the Notre Dame goal, putting it top shelf and extending the #Gophers lead to 3-1. The grade A chances have been a little rare tonight, but Minnesota gets two and converts them both.

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Patient play by Jimmy Clark on an odd man rush to wait for a window to open up to make a pass across the royal road to Connor Kurth and Kurth puts it away for his 17th goal of the season to make it 2-1 #Gophers 4:16 into the third.

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Quite the weekend in Big Ten Hockey -- Penn State looks like they'll sweep Michigan to advance and get into at-large status in the PWR. Ohio State nearly got swept by UW, but the Badgers missed an ENG and give up an extra attacker goal to force OT. Minnesota tied 1-1 with ND headed to 3rd!

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Thanks Jack Ramsey for joining the #GPLPodcast this week. Beer of the Week for the show was Lupulin Brewing BA Cinnamon Coffee Shop Assault Vehicle -- this one delivers a lot of flavor in this big beer and I know they are in the midst of their BIG BEER week as we start big boy hockey week.

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

#GPLPodcast returns tonight at 9:30 PM. Jack Ramsey is coming on the show tonight so I'm sure we'll talk a little HS Tourney along with college puck. Here's my top 20 headed as the #Gophers head into the conference tournament. gopherpucklive.com/vegoes-top-2...

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Well written story, but we also had one of the better winters for outdoor ice in 24-25 after last year’s abbreviated season. Getting some outdoor refrigerated rinks across the city or better yet, outdoor covered refrigerated rinks would be a great solution.

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

#Gophers men's hockey is only streaming tonight, but it looks like Liam Souliere is going to get another Friday night start against the Wolverines. Motzko said on Tuesday that the staff had not yet talked about who would start this Friday, but he had plenty of praise for Souliere's experience.

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

John King @pulltabsports.bsky.social joined the #GPLPodcast last night. #Gophers are out of the bye week and are off to Ann Arbor. Beer of the week was Fulton's latest BA RIS Very Worthy Adversary -- seemed like a fitting pour considering the matchup ahead. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J7L...

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Liam Souliere took a chance at the empty net, it was going wide, but Jimmy Snuggerud's effort gets the icing waived off. The next scramble leads to a Connor Kurth ENG making it 4-1 with 2:15 to go.

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Badgers get the extra attacker goal with 3:56 to play and it's 3-1.

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Oliver Moore given a clean look at the net on the rush and he goes up top on the short side making it 3-0 #Gophers.

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Eric Vegoe @evegoe.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

#Gophers announce a new record attendance for a series with 21,641 tickets distributed for the Border Battle.

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