Bulldog Insider

Oct 31 2024 186 ep. 35 mins 223
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The Duluth News Tribune's weekly college hockey podcast hosted by reporter Matt Wellens and My9 commentator Zach Schneider featuring University of Minnesota Duluth hockey players, coaches and alumni.

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S7 E7: Kraemer Enjoying Life as a Rookie Again

Oct 31 2024 31 mins  
While most people dread starting from the bottom again, Bulldogs freshman center Caitlin Kraemer is relishing the challenge of once again working her way up the NCAA hockey ladder. On the podcast this week, Kraemer spoke with the News Tribune’s Matt Wellens and Zach Schneider about her path to UMD and how the Waterloo, Ontario-native became a hockey star, while her sisters thrive

S7 E6: Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down from Start of 2024-25

Oct 24 2024 51 mins  
Bruce Ciskie of KDAL joins Matt Wellens of the Duluth News Tribune and Zach Schneider of My9 Sports this week to answer listener and viewer questions on this week’s edition of the Bulldog Insider Podcast. The “Bulldog Insiders” who cover the Minnesota Duluth men’s and women’s hockey teams also give their thumbs up and thumbs down for both squads. Bulldog Insider is co-hos

S7 E5: Michelle McAteer Goes from 'OG' Bulldog to WCHA Commissioner

Oct 17 2024 47 mins  
This week on the News Tribune’s Bulldog Insider Podcast, it wasn’t just the new WCHA commissioner joining Matt Wellens and Zach Schneider. Michelle McAteer is an original Bulldog — or OG as she likes to tell people — whose college career began in 1999-2000 with the first ever varsity women’s hockey team at UMD. The WCHA also began play that season, and a year later the NC

S7 E4: Dominic James Made Blind Commitment to UMD

Oct 10 2024 30 mins  
Minnesota Duluth’s senior captain Dominic James had only been to the state of Minnesota once in his entire life growing up, coming to the Twin Cities when he was around 12 years old for a youth hockey tournament. James talks with News Tribune Bulldogs beat reporter Matt Wellens and Zach Schneider of My 9 Sports about those experiences, and we get to know his roommates back here i

S7 E3: Plante Brothers are Teammates, Roommates Again

Oct 03 2024 29 mins  
After two years apart, brothers Zam and Max Plante are back home in the Twin Ports, and roommates again. The Hermantown natives both moved away in 2022 to play hockey elsewhere following a win for the Hawks in the Minnesota Class A state championship game. Zam Plante went to Chicago, and later Fargo, to play in the United States Hockey League while younger brother, Max, moved to Pl

S7 E2: Fate leads Schuler back to UMD, to dream job

Sep 26 2024 40 mins  
When Maura Crowell left the Bulldogs this year to become the head coach at Dartmouth, Schuler finally got the job she sought after nine years ago. The new UMD women’s hockey coach joined the Bulldog Insider Podcast to record an episode prior to the season-opening series at Ohio State, to share what she’s learned along the way. Bulldog Insider is co-hosted by Matt Wellens and Za

S7 E1: Matt, Zach and Bruce preview 2024-25 season

Sep 19 2024 64 mins  
The Bulldog Insider Podcast is back for its seventh season with Matt Wellens of the News Tribune, Zach Schneider of My9 Sports and KDAL’s Bruce Ciskie previewing the 2024-25 UMD women’s and men’s hockey seasons. The Bulldogs women open the year with a key WCHA series Sept. 21-22 at Ohio State, while the men ease into things with a nonconference home game against Bemidji State

New Season Coming Soon

Sep 12 2024 1 mins  
Season 7 of Bulldog Insider begins with episode 1 premiering Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. In the premiere episode, co-hosts Matt Wellens and Zach Scheider are joined by KDAL's Bruce Ciskie to talk about their thoughts heading into the 2024-25' UMD men and women's hockey season. You'll be able to catch new episodes almost every Thursday throughout the UMD hockey season. Bulldog Insider

S6 E24: Insiders answer your questions in Part II of season finale

Mar 29 2024 74 mins  
The 2023-24 Minnesota Duluth men's and women's hockey seasons came to a close less than two weeks ago, but the offseason news is only heating up. And we know you have lots of questions about the programs moving forward. The Duluth News Tribune's UMD hockey beat reporter Matt Wellens, Zach Schneider of My 9 Sports and Bruce Ciskie of KDAL get together on a snowy day in the Twin Port

S6 E23: Looking back at the 2023-24 season, Part I

Mar 28 2024 49 mins  
The 2023-24 Minnesota Duluth men's and women's hockey seasons have come to a close following the UMD women's loss to Ohio State in the NCAA tournament and the Bulldogs men getting swept by Denver in the NCHC quarterfinals. The Duluth News Tribune's UMD hockey beat reporter Matt Wellens, Zach Schneider of My 9 Sports and Bruce Ciskie of KDAL get together on a snowy day in the Twin P