Bulldog Insider

Hot pockets, bagels, and granola bars may have gotten them through their freshman year, but the five women who make up this year's senior class have come a long way since they first stepped on the UMD campus.

Aside from knowing more about nutrition, seniors Jalyn Elmes and Brooklynn Schugel share what they've learned in their last four years with the Bulldogs.

We take a walk down memory lane and reminisce about well-intentioned but poorly-executed team bonding activities, Pinterest-inspired baking fails, and accidentally damaging property at the Ralph.

All five seniors on the women's team will be celebrated at Amsoil Arena on Sunday, Feb. 23.

Hosted by News Tribune college hockey reporter Matt Wellens and My9 Sports commentator Zach Schneider, and produced by the News Tribune's Samantha Erkkila, new episodes of Bulldog Insider are released every Thursday throughout the season. You can listen to Season 1 and 2 of Bulldog Insider at duluthnewstribune.com, on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Fresh off a sweep against Ohio State last weekend at Amsoil Arena, juniors Anna Klein and McKenzie Revering walk us through what the UMD women's hockey team is feeling heading into the final weeks of the regular season.

They share what's on their minds as they prepare for the postseason, and show how well they know one another with a little game at the end. They also enlighten Matt and Zach on Nicholas Sparks rom-coms.

Hosted by News Tribune college hockey reporter Matt Wellens and My9 Sports commentator Zach Schneider, and produced by the News Tribune's Samantha Erkkila, new episodes of Bulldog Insider are released every Thursday throughout the season. You can listen to Season 1 and 2 of Bulldog Insider at duluthnewstribune.com, on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

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There may be no bigger Bulldog fan, and Minnesota sports fan in general, than one of our guests this week.

He has been part of UMD hockey for 39 years. He's been in former Bulldog weddings and held their newborn babies. And if you are going to have him over for apple pie you better not forget the ice cream.

UMD Athletics Hall of Famer assistant equipment manager Dale 'Hoagie' Haagenson and his good friend Bulldogs senior center Jade Miller join us this week to talk about their friendship, favorite memories and what Hoagie means to the program.

We round things up with some Bulldog trivia, which apparently we need to make a bit more difficult.

Hosted by News Tribune college hockey reporter Matt Wellens and My9 Sports commentator Zach Schneider, and produced by the News Tribune's Samantha Erkkila, new episodes of Bulldog Insider are released every Thursday throughout the season. You can listen to Season 1 and 2 of Bulldog Insider at duluthnewstribune.com, on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Coming back from a major knee injury is no easy feat as this week's guests will tell you.

During the 2017-18 season, UMD women's hockey senior forward Brooklynn Schugel's knee injury kept her on the bench all season and now junior forward Naomi Rogge is out on a medical redshirt after having knee surgery at the beginning of the season.

We talk about what it takes to come back from a major injury, how that impacts them mentally and academically. We also try to find Brooklyn a job since she will be graduating this spring. As you will hear, she has many options.

Hosted by News Tribune college hockey reporter Matt Wellens and My9 Sports commentator Zach Schneider, and produced by the News Tribune's Samantha Erkkila, new episodes of Bulldog Insider are released every Thursday throughout the season. You can listen to Season 1 and 2 of Bulldog Insider at duluthnewstribune.com, on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Ever since we started this podcast our listeners have been requesting we interview one UMD player in particular.

Well, today is the day you get to hear from senior defenseman Jarod Hilderman.

He is the most famous Bulldog on Twitter, maybe you've seen his infamous "didn't happen" bit, and probably the only one on the team to survive driving through a tornado. Which did in fact happen. We talk with the journalism major about his time in Duluth and let him ask us a few questions about how we cover college hockey.

Hosted by News Tribune college hockey reporter Matt Wellens and My9 Sports commentator Zach Schneider, and produced by the News Tribune's Samantha Erkkila, new episodes of Bulldog Insider are released every Thursday throughout the season. You can listen to Season 1 and 2 of Bulldog Insider at duluthnewstribune.com, on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Some selections were no-brainers. Others were more heavily debated.

Bruce Ciskie, the radio voice of UMD hockey on KDAL, and Bob Nygaard, UMD sports information director, join us this week to help decide the all-decade team for the men's and women's hockey teams.

We go over their selection criteria, some honorable mention titles such as best sound bite of the decade, and then select our all-podcast team forwards, defensemen and goalie.

Let us know if you agree or disagree with our all-decade teams.

Hosted by News Tribune college hockey reporter Matt Wellens and My9 Sports commentator Zach Schneider, and produced by the News Tribune's Samantha Erkkila, new episodes of Bulldog Insider are released every Thursday throughout the season. You can listen to Season 1 and 2 of Bulldog Insider at duluthnewstribune.com, on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

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It's been a crazy past couple of days for this week's guests.

In the last week, UMD women's head coach Maura Crowell and the Bulldogs director of hockey operations Nick Bryant won gold with the U.S. Under-18 Women's Hockey Team in Slovakia and then came home to Duluth to win the Minnesota Cup at Amsoil Arena.

Crowell and Bryant tell us about their experience in Bratislava, Slovakia, everything from what they were feeling in that 3-on-3 overtime against Canada in the championship game to what they ate and what sites they visited when they had free time.

Hosted by News Tribune college hockey reporter Matt Wellens and My9 Sports commentator Zach Schneider, and produced by the News Tribune's Samantha Erkkila, new episodes of Bulldog Insider are released every Thursday throughout the season. You can listen to Season 1 and 2 of Bulldog Insider at duluthnewstribune.com, on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

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It's more than riding around on Zambonis all day.

They flood the rink. They paint the logos by hand. They shovel snow outside the arena after blizzards.

Brothers Jake and Zach Magdzas have been making ice and maintaining the grounds around Amsoil Arena together for the better part of a decade.

On this week's episode, we learn about what it takes to get the ice in shape for the season and keep it nice game after game and practice after practice. And then at the end we quiz co-host Zach Schneider on how well he knows his way around an ice sheet.

Hosted by News Tribune college hockey reporter Matt Wellens and My9 Sports commentator Zach Schneider, and produced by the News Tribune's Samantha Erkkila, new episodes of Bulldog Insider are released every Thursday throughout the season. You can listen to Season 1 and 2 of Bulldog Insider at duluthnewstribune.com, on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

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With the Bulldogs on winter break, three-time national champion coach of the men's hockey team Scott Sandelin had to find something to keep himself busy over the holidays.

Why not coach the 2020 U.S. Junior National Team for the upcoming World Junior Championship in the Czech Republic?

This will be his fourth World Juniors experience, second as a head coach after leading Team USA in Grand Forks in 2005 and then an assistant last year in Vancouver.

Sandelin talks about what that experience is like and how it differs from coaching the Bulldogs. We also get his thoughts on how UMD has performed in the first half of the season and of course we wrap things up with a game to see how well he knows his players.

Hosted by News Tribune college hockey reporter Matt Wellens and My9 Sports commentator Zach Schneider, and produced by the News Tribune's Samantha Erkkila, new episodes of Bulldog Insider are released every Thursday throughout the season. You can listen to Season 1 and 2 of Bulldog Insider at duluthnewstribune.com, on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

Email us feedback at [email protected] or [email protected].

UMD sophomore forwards Anneke Linser and Gabbie Hughes dug out from Duluth's recent blizzard to join us this week.

The pair from Lino Lakes, Minn. have been on the same team, and often the same line, since the U8 days. And you can give credit to Gabbie's dad for first putting this successful duo together.

But college hockey almost split them up. We learn about their hockey journey over the last 10 years or so and how it's brought them closer together. And of course, we test how well they know one another with a little game at the end.

Hosted by News Tribune college hockey reporter Matt Wellens and My9 Sports commentator Zach Schneider, and produced by the News Tribune's Samantha Erkkila, new episodes of Bulldog Insider are released every Thursday throughout the season. You can listen to Season 1 and 2 of Bulldog Insider at duluthnewstribune.com, on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

Email us feedback at [email protected] or [email protected].