Robert Morris coach Derek Schooley talks Colonials, Atlantic Hockey, men’s D-I committee: USCHO Spotlight Season 2 Episode 3

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Derek Schooley

Robert Morris coach Derek Schooley, who has been behind the bench for all 250 wins in Colonials history, talks with hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger about this year’s team. Conversation also touches on Atlantic Hockey and the league’s 3v3 overtime rule adopted this season, graduate transfers, and Schooley’s role on the NCAA D-I men’s ice hockey committee.

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About the hosts

Jim Connelly is a senior writer at USCHO.com and has been with the site since 1999. He is based in Boston and regularly covers Hockey East. He began with USCHO.com as the correspondent covering the MAAC, which nowadays is known as Atlantic Hockey. Each week during the season, he co-writes “Tuesday Morning Quarterback.” Jim is the winner of the 2012 Joe Concannon award. He a former color analyst for UMass-Lowell hockey’s radio network and studio analyst for NESN.

Ed Trefzger has been part of USCHO since 1999 and now serves as a senior writer and director of technology. He is the radio play-by-play voice for Rochester Institute of Technology hockey on the RIT Tigers Sports Network, and has been involved with the broadcasts as a producer, studio host, and color commentator since their inception. He is co-owner and president of broadcasting company Genesee Media, and was general manager of the former Rochester, N.Y., sports radio station 97.5 The Team.