Conqu’ring Heroes 184 - Brandon Naurato
MGoBlue Podcasts with Jon Jansen
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4.8 • 754 Ratings
🗓️ 4 December 2025
⏱️ 16 minutes
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The Head Coach of the number one hockey team in the country is our guest on Conqu'ring Heroes! Brandon Naurato discusses his team's 15-3 start, some of the key players on the roster, and this weekend's rivalry series with Michigan State.
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| 0:44.6 | Michigan hockey is winners of 15 of their first 18 games. |
| 0:50.2 | It's only the 10th time in program history and the first time since the 07 and 08 season that they've accomplished this type of start. |
| 0:53.3 | Head coach Brandon Nerato joins us next on Conquering Heroes. |
| 1:00.0 | Welcome to your one-stop podcast for all things Michigan Athletics. |
| 1:05.0 | Updates on every team on campus and interviews with players and coaches are all on the way. |
| 1:10.2 | This is Conquering Heroes. |
| 1:12.3 | Here's your host, John Jansen. |
| 1:14.8 | Well, I now have the head coach of the men's hockey program on the line, |
| 1:19.9 | and he is the head coach of the number one team in the country. |
| 1:24.5 | 15 wins through 18 games. |
| 1:30.0 | Brandon Nerato is the head coach, And Brandon, thanks for joining me. And just, hey, describe the start of this season in your words. |
| 1:36.8 | Yeah, thanks for having me, John. It's been fun. First off, it's all about people and it's a great group of kids to work with. Obviously, |
| 1:46.7 | the staff's really close and all fighting the fight together. I went through some pain last year |
| 1:52.0 | and pain is growth and, you know, learn some things and doing some things a little bit different. |
| 1:58.6 | But just this group's so tight and they're just working for each other and it's the deepest we've been. So proud of what they've done, proud of being number one in December. But that's not our goal. Our goal is to be number one after Vegas. So you just got to keep getting better every day. Let's go back to the office. This is the first time I had a chance to talk to you. I know there's been a lot of change. Roster's turned over. What's been the biggest |
| 2:21.5 | change and maybe what's been the biggest challenge for you at the start of this season? |
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