Semester break in college hockey allows us to turn our eyes toward the 2020 IIHF World Junior Championship. Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger are joined by the U.S. National Team’s head coach – and head coach of Minnesota Duluth – Scott Sandelin for a look at this year’s lineup, USA’s field, what preparation goes into getting the team ready, and what his experience as head coach, assistant coach, and player in 1984 brings to this assignment.
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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.
