Gopher Puck Live Podcast
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 late September 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.
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Episodes
Mar 25, 2026
Mar 25, 2026
29 min
New Gopher Men's Hockey coach was introduced to the media this afternoon. Took questions. Mark Coyle also took questions as well.
Mar 23, 2026
Mar 23, 2026
21 min
Audio of Minnesota Athletic Director, Mark Coyle, talking about the search to replace Bob Motzko as the Men's Hockey coach.
Mar 19, 2026
Mar 19, 2026
1 hr 23 min
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.
Mar 9, 2026
Mar 9, 2026
48 min
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.
Mar 7, 2026
Mar 7, 2026
1 hr 48 sec
A 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.
Mar 6, 2026
Mar 6, 2026
11 min
Coach Motzko, Zach Wiese and Brodie Ziemer talk about the Shootout win over Michigan State.
Mar 5, 2026
Mar 5, 2026
Mar 5, 2026
56 min
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.
Feb 26, 2026
Feb 26, 2026
1 hr 8 min
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?
Feb 12, 2026
Feb 12, 2026
1 hr 3 min
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.