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Nate Wells
Nate Wells co-hosts That Gopher Hockey Puckcast on the Zone Coverage Podcast Network. His writing has regularly appeared in The Athletic, Minneapolis Star Tribune, St. Paul Pioneer Press and Minnesota Hockey Magazine, among several other outlets. Follow Nate on Twitter @gopherstate.
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THAT GOPHER HOCKEY PUCKCAST: Gophers Sweep Notre Dame, Looking Ahead to Michigan State
By Nate Wells - Jan 16, 2019
Welcome to Episode 44! Nate, Drew, and Tom discuss the first Gopher Men’s Hockey sweep of the season over Notre Dame, the big performances from Tommy Novak, […]
THAT GOPHER HOCKEY PUCKCAST: Penn State Recap, Notre Dame Preview, and The Metrodome?
By Nate Wells - Jan 9, 2019
Welcome to Episode 43! This week Nate, Drew, and Tom discuss the Gopher Men’s Hockey Team split of a weekend series with the Penn State Nittany Lions, […]
THAT GOPHER HOCKEY PUCKCAST: The First Half of the Season and Looking Forward
By Nate Wells - Jan 3, 2019
Welcome to Episode 42! The UMN Gophers lost to Ferris State… at home! With a tough schedule coming up, how will the Gophers be able to position […]
THAT GOPHER HOCKEY PUCKCAST: World Juniors and Gophers vs. Ferris State
By Nate Wells - Dec 20, 2018
Welcome to Episode 41! We talk the Mariucci Classic, World Juniors, Nate’s new gig, and Tom Schreier is still missing! In This Episode: The Mariucci Classic returns […]
THAT GOPHER HOCKEY PUCKCAST: Two Ties and a Podcast
By Nate Wells - Dec 7, 2018
Welcome to Episode 39! This week we discuss the Gopher Men’s back-to-back ties with Ohio State, Nate watches the Gopher Women’s team win two games against […]
Minnesota Women Sweep Yale to Push Winning Streak to Eight
By Nate Wells - Dec 2, 2018
NEW HAVEN, CT — After combining for 28 goals over the past four games, the Minnesota Golden Gophers women found their eighth consecutive victory by relying on […]
THAT GOPHER HOCKEY PUCKCAST: The Trajectory of Gophers Hockey
By Nate Wells - Nov 27, 2018
Welcome to Episode 38! This week Nate brags about viewing the Empire State Building while recording this episode, Drew covered the Gophers both in Hockey & […]
THAT GOPHER HOCKEY PUCKCAST: Gophers in a Slump w/ Nic Hallett
By Nate Wells - Nov 13, 2018
Welcome to Episode 36, Nic Hallett (@princehallett) from That Minnesota Soccer Podcast joins us, Nate is moving, and we discuss U of MN’s recent scoring struggles and […]
Gopher Hockey Swept in Mankato
By Nate Wells - Nov 4, 2018
Rem Pitlick spent the final 35 minutes trying to make up for a kicked puck. Despite early success and coming close twice more in the closing minutes, […]
Frustration Sets in for Gophers During 5-1 Loss to Minnesota State
By Nate Wells - Nov 3, 2018
Forty-five seconds remained in an empty Mariucci Arena and Minnesota State fans started chanting “M-S-U” towards the last home fans quickly leaving the building. They had a […]
THAT GOPHER HOCKEY PUCKCAST: Minnesota College Hockey is Dominating the Nation
By Nate Wells - Oct 30, 2018
Welcome to Episode 35 where we talk about how Minnesota hockey is killing the competition, we breakdown the UND game, and we look at the coaching and […]
THAT GOPHER HOCKEY PUCKCAST: UMN vs UND and Brad Schlossman
By Nate Wells - Oct 23, 2018
In Episode 34; With Nate and Tom in studio and Drew over the phone – we talk Ohio State, University of North Dakota, and Nicole Schammal enters […]