The Sota Pod

Fellowship of the Rink - Ep 60

Joe Smith of The Athletic talks Minnesota Wild & NCAA Golden Gophers among other various hockey topics (NHL, College Hockey, MSHSL)

Joe’s latest articles: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://theathletic.com/author/joe-smith/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Follow Joe on Twitter at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/JoeSmithNHL⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

Episode 60

SHOW OUTLINE

- College Hockey-- Frozen Four 2025 St. Louis-- Experience embedding with Denver-- Will NCAA hockey ever be the same after CHL inclusion?-- Do Pat Ferschweiler or David Carle move on to the NHL?-- Bob Motzko gets nod as Head Coach for Team USA at the 2026 World Junior Championship - Michael Russo on Minnesota Wild-- Congrats to Mike on landing Vegas instead of Winnipeg-- Zeev Buium situation-- Marc-Andre Fleury storybook ending to his career posting an overtime win over the Anaheim Ducks-- How do we feel about Kirill Kaprizov and Joel Eriksson Ek's games?-- What will the lineup look like in game 1?-- Previewing Vegas Golden Knights vs Minnesota Wild playoff series-- Waggle Golf Stanley Cup Playoff Predictions---- go to https://tinyurl.com/45bh24ch and take 10% off with promo code SP10- Barrel Theory "Keyboard Warriors" where we address hot takes from the listeners and X/Twitter-- Jeff Marek thinks the Pittsburgh Penguins should have been hit with salary cap circumvention-- Barstool Chief thinks that Jobu is going to bring the St. Louis Blues the same juju that YP's chinchilla, Layla, and Gloria brought to them in 2019-- New name for the arena formerly known as Xcel Energy Center NEEDS to be...

Production of The Sota Pod

Fellowship of the Rink | EP 60 Feat. Michael Russo | Andre Fleury Overtime | Zeev Buium Debut | Stanley Cup Playoffs

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#MNCAA Episode 145

Presented by #TheSotapod🌲

Stay WILD & up to date in the world of NCAA Division One College Hockey in Minnesota! New Podcast Every Thursday!

Host: Nick Maxson, Play-by-Play/Analyst for St. Cloud State Men's Hockey @ThePuckScribe

Social Media @thesotapod @mn_ncaa

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MNCAA - Ep145 - NCHC Huskies & Bulldogs | NCAA FROZEN FOUR 2025 | Full Tournament RECAP

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Fellowship of the Rink - Ep 59

Joe Smith of The Athletic talks Minnesota Wild & NCAA Golden Gophers among other various hockey topics (NHL, College Hockey, MSHSL)

Joe’s latest articles: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://theathletic.com/author/joe-smith/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Follow Joe on Twitter at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/JoeSmithNHL⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

Episode 59

SHOW OUTLINE

-Frozen Four-- Joe embedding with Zeev Buium & Rieger Lorenz's Denver Pioneers-- Storylines to follow with Penn State, Boston University, and Western Michigan- Minnesota Wild news-- Injury updates on Kirill Kaprizov & Joel Eriksson Ek-- Joe's Iowa trip and the latest on Jesper Wallstedt-- Will Marc-Andre Fleury play another NHL game?-- Can the Minnesota Wild fend off the Calgary Flames after the St. Louis Blues have vaulted up the standings?-- Zeev Buium expectations-- Bo Horvat's hit on Jake Middleton-- Could we see Tim Washe or Danila Yurov sign with the Wild?- Rieger Lorenz Interview:-- Nerd itch---- Game of Thrones, South Park, and Casa Bonita-- Idols in hockey-- New CHL to NCAA rules-- Playing for David Carle-- Winning the Natty in St. Paul-- Zeev Buium-- Plans for when to turn pro-- NHL Draft experience-- Dev camp and other Wild prospects-- Waggle Golf Dream Foursome---- go to https://tinyurl.com/45bh24ch and take 10% off with promo code SP10

Production of The Sota Pod

Fellowship of the Rink - Ep 59 Rieger Lorenz Interview | Frozen Four St. Louis | Denver Hockey | NHL Minnesota Wild Injury Updates

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Fellowship of the Rink - Ep 58

Joe Smith of The Athletic talks Minnesota Wild & NCAA Golden Gophers among other various hockey topics (NHL, College Hockey, MSHSL)

Joe’s latest articles: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://theathletic.com/author/joe-smith/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Follow Joe on Twitter at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/JoeSmithNHL⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

Episode 58

SHOW OUTLINE

Joe Smith interviews the newest Minnesota Wild player after being traded for Jakub Lauko & Marat Khusnutdinov -- Justin Brazeau -- along with a full Minnesota Wild news segment as covered on “Fellowship of the Rink” Episode 58

- Minnesota Wild news

-- Injury updates on Kirill Kaprizov, Joel Eriksson Ek, and Jonas Brodin

-- Ovechkin leading handshake line for Marc-Andre Fleury

-- Forward lines once everyone's healthy

-- Zeev Buium expectations

-- What's next for Charlie Stramel?

-- Gabe Perreault set to face Minnesota Wild?

- Justin Brazeau Interview:

-- Nerd itch

---- Marvel & Transformers

-- Idols in hockey

-- Playing in Newfoundland

---- Describing a Newfie

---- "Screeched In"

-- 60 goal season in the OHL

-- Path to the NHL after going undrafted

-- NHL debut, finding his identity, and playoff hockey

-- Brad Marchand

-- Vibe around Minnesota Wild locker room

-- Seeing Kirill Kaprizov up close

-- Waggle Golf Dream Foursome

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Production of The Sota Pod

Fellowship of the Rink - Ep 58 Justin Brazeau Interview | Kaprizov updates | Zeev Buium expectations | Gabe Perreault

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#MNCAA Episode 145

Presented by #TheSotapod🌲

Stay WILD & up to date in the world of NCAA Division One College Hockey in Minnesota! New Podcast Every Thursday!

OUTLINE

-Gophers ESPN2 Thursday against UMASS

-Fargo Regionals

-3 Other BIG 10 teams in the Tournament

-NCAA Conference Titles

-NCHC Frozen Faceoff in St. Paul

Hosts: Nick Drew Cove & Nate Wells

Social Media @mn_ncaa

Podcasts are on Google, Spotify, Apple Podcast Itunes, & ALL Podcast Apps!

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@thesotapod/videos

Minnesota Divison 1 College Teams

St. Cloud State Minnesota Duluth Bemidji State Minnesota State St. Thomas Minnesota NCAA D1 Hockey Teams Colorado College Denver Miami Omaha North Dakota Western Michigan Boston College Boston University UConn Maine Massachusetts UMass Lowell Merrimack New Hampshire Northeastern Providence Vermont Brown Clarkson Colgate Cornell Dartmouth Harvard Princeton Quinnipiac Rensselaer St. Lawrence Union Yale Alaska Anchorage Alaska Arizona State Long Island University Bemidji State Bowling Green Ferris State Lake Superior State Michigan Tech Northern Michigan Michigan Michigan State Notre Dame Ohio State Penn State Wisconsin Air Force AIC Army West Point Bentley Canisius Holy Cross Mercyhurst Niagara Robert Morris RIT Sacred Heart

#MNCAA Episode 144

Presented by #TheSotapod🌲

Stay WILD & up to date in the world of NCAA Division One College Hockey in Minnesota! New Podcast Every Thursday!

OUTLINE

-Snuggerud going out and playing a great game, but not enough to will the Gophers to victory

-No Call on the tripping in OT which led to the losing goal

-So many professional departues already

-Breakdown of guys staying and those going to the NHL

Hosts: Nick Drew Cove & Nate Wells

Social Media @mn_ncaa

Podcasts are on Google, Spotify, Apple Podcast Itunes, & ALL Podcast Apps!

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@thesotapod/videos

Minnesota Divison 1 College Teams

St. Cloud State Minnesota Duluth Bemidji State Minnesota State St. Thomas Minnesota NCAA D1 Hockey Teams Colorado College Denver Miami Omaha North Dakota Western Michigan Boston College Boston University UConn Maine Massachusetts UMass Lowell Merrimack New Hampshire Northeastern Providence Vermont Brown Clarkson Colgate Cornell Dartmouth Harvard Princeton Quinnipiac Rensselaer St. Lawrence Union Yale Alaska Anchorage Alaska Arizona State Long Island University Bemidji State Bowling Green Ferris State Lake Superior State Michigan Tech Northern Michigan Michigan Michigan State Notre Dame Ohio State Penn State Wisconsin Air Force AIC Army West Point Bentley Canisius Holy Cross Mercyhurst Niagara Robert Morris RIT Sacred Heart

MNCAA - Ep145 - BIG 10: Minnesota Golden Gophers - feat. Drew Cove & Nate Wells | No Tripping Call in OT was Horrendous | Top Gophers Players Going Pro in the NHL

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#MNCAA Episode 143

Presented by #TheSotapod🌲

Stay WILD & up to date in the world of NCAA Division One College Hockey in Minnesota! New Podcast Every Thursday!

Host: Nick Maxson, Play-by-Play/Analyst for St. Cloud State Men's Hockey @ThePuckScribe

Social Media @thesotapod @mn_ncaa

Podcasts are on Google, Spotify, Apple Podcast Itunes, & ALL Podcast Apps!

General Questions:

-Is there a region that you think is Easiest? Hardest?

-Most attendance has to go to Allentown, right?

-Tinfoil hat time: We’re used to a ton of Minnesota programs in the same regional. Happens every year. Do we think it was deliberate to keep all the Western Schools on one side of the bracket?

- Only 3 of last 10 years had an eastern winner.

- Only 7 eastern schools to make the championship game in that range

-Thoughts on the North Dakota situation?

- Fired Sunday, position closes Wednesday

- Where is the line for this decision to be made? Playoffs? Playoff Win? FF

Appearance? National Title?

Manchester, NH - Host: UNH

1) Boston College vs 16) Bentley

Only real chance for a “blowout” in this year’s bracket IMO (Refer to 2023)

Bentley’s only advantage statistically is FO% (54.2 vs 47.4)

7th oldest (22Y 10M) vs Youngest (20Y 10M) team in College Hockey

8) Providence vs 9) Denver

Experience could give the edge to Denver - Buckberger injury lingering

Denver’s PP is still lethal (29.4 - 3rd Nationally) while Providence is 16%

Zero PPG players on providence, only 5 over 20 Pts on season

They play .500 games and seem to come out on top routinely

Fargo, ND - Host: UND

4) Western Michigan vs 14) Minnesota State

Western Michigan looks like an unstoppable monster

Bump, Slukynsky/Rowe, G Slukynsky, Washe

41st SOS - None of the teams MSU-M faced made the tournament

5) Minnesota vs 11) UMass

Which Gophs team shows up? They’ve got the talent to beat ANYONE

Which Goalie is getting the start? Both have shown signs of weakness.

Allentown, PA - Host: Penn State

3) Maine vs 13) Penn State

Albin Boija vs Aiden Fink - Richter vs Hobey - Force/Object

TOUGH draw for Maine - Playing as the higher seed (#3OA) at host’s site

Penn State is also one of the hottest teams coming down the stretch

Atmosphere is going to be the best of any opening round game

Maine’s Bread & Butter is limiting offense - 1.9 GPG & 25.5 SPG for opps

Charlie Cerrato (PSU) and Taylor Makar (Maine) shouldn’t be overlooked either.

6) Uconn vs 12) Quinnipiac

Battle of Connecticut

QPac has best PP in country (29.9) and 3rd best PK (87.5)

Top 10 scorers have played all 37 games - 5 w/ 30+ points

UConn’s last Loss (before H.E. Title) was Feb 7th

Joey Muldowney (27-18-45) - 6 GWG

Can’t have a Basketball school taking over Hockey

Toledo, OH - Host: BGSU

2) Michigan State vs 15) Cornell

Real upset potential - Cornell playing for their coach - Mike Schafer

Is Michigan State finding themselves in the villain role?

Portal Merchants, Personalities, Etc.

7) Boston University vs 10) Ohio State

I have NO read on this game

BU wins on paper, but Ohio State has been finding ways to grind out games

Gunnarwolfe Fontaine knows what it takes to beat boys from Boston - does nothing but score big goals.

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Fellowship of the Rink - Ep 57

Joe Smith of The Athletic talks Minnesota Wild & NCAA Golden Gophers among other various hockey topics (NHL, College Hockey, MSHSL)

Joe’s latest articles: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://theathletic.com/author/joe-smith/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Follow Joe on Twitter at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/JoeSmithNHL⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

Episode 57

SHOW OUTLINE

- Fargo Regional (as heard on Judd'z Budz)-- Western Michigan vs Minnesota State / Mankato-- Minnesota vs UMass- Ryan Carter Interview:-- Mankato State?-- Secret to maintaining the perfect head of hair-- Nerd itch---- Bee Keeping-- Memories from 2007 Stanley Cup run with the Anaheim Ducks-- Taking Ambien before a hockey game-- New Jersey Devils vs New York Rangers line brawl-- Comparing Kirill Kaprizov to anyone he played with-- Minnesota Wild scoring struggles-- Teams that the Minnesota Wild would fare best against in the first round of the playoffs-- Priorities this summer for Bill Guerin-- Waggle Golf Dream Foursome---- go to https://tinyurl.com/45bh24ch and take 10% off with promo code SP10- Barrel Theory "Keyboard Warriors" where we address hot takes from the listeners and X/Twitter-- Is Alex Ovechkin more relevant than the entire Minnesota Wild franchise?

Production of The Sota Pod

Fellowship of the Rink - Ep 57 Feat. Ryan Carter | Pregame Ambien | Hair Care & Bee Keeping | Minnesota Wild Playoff Chances

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Caedan Bankier, Nate Benoit, Zeev Buium, Jimmy Clark, Graeme Clarke, Matvei Guskov, Hunter Haight, Ryan Healey, Riley Heidt, Samuel Hlavaj, Daemon Hunt, Marat Khusnutdinov, Aron Kiviharju, Rasmus Kumpulainen, Carson Lambos, Stevie Leskovar, Rieger Lorenz, Kyle Masters, Mikey Milne, Pavel Novák, Liam Öhgren, Ryan O'Rourke, Kalem Parker, Jack Peart, Aaron Pionk, Ryder Ritchie, Sebastian Soini, David Spacek, Charlie Stramel, Luke Toporowski, Jesper Wallstedt, Chase Wutzke, Danila Yurov

NHL Teams

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#MNCAA Episode 144

Presented by #TheSotapod🌲

Stay WILD & up to date in the world of NCAA Division One College Hockey in Minnesota! New Podcast Every Thursday!

OUTLINE

-Gophers ESPN2 Thursday against UMASS

-Fargo Regionals

-3 Other BIG 10 teams in the Tournament

-NCAA Conference Titles

-NCHC Frozen Faceoff in St. Paul

Hosts: Nick Drew Cove & Nate Wells

Social Media @mn_ncaa

Podcasts are on Google, Spotify, Apple Podcast Itunes, & ALL Podcast Apps!

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@thesotapod/videos

Minnesota Divison 1 College Teams

St. Cloud State Minnesota Duluth Bemidji State Minnesota State St. Thomas Minnesota NCAA D1 Hockey Teams Colorado College Denver Miami Omaha North Dakota Western Michigan Boston College Boston University UConn Maine Massachusetts UMass Lowell Merrimack New Hampshire Northeastern Providence Vermont Brown Clarkson Colgate Cornell Dartmouth Harvard Princeton Quinnipiac Rensselaer St. Lawrence Union Yale Alaska Anchorage Alaska Arizona State Long Island University Bemidji State Bowling Green Ferris State Lake Superior State Michigan Tech Northern Michigan Michigan Michigan State Notre Dame Ohio State Penn State Wisconsin Air Force AIC Army West Point Bentley Canisius Holy Cross Mercyhurst Niagara Robert Morris RIT Sacred Heart

MNCAA - Ep144 - BIG 10: Minnesota Golden Gophers - feat. Drew Cove & Nate Wells | NCAA Tournament Time! | Fargo Regionals | Rest of the BIG Ten

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