Jim Connelly

Jim Connelly is the USCHO Executive Editor. He has been with USCHO since 1999 and previously covered Atlantic Hockey and Hockey East. He also serves as a color analyst for Hockey East on NESN.

TMQ: Assessing the first NCAA hockey weekend with CHL recruits in uniform for the first time

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Each week during the season, we look at the big events and big games around Division I men’s college hockey in Tuesday Morning Quarterback. Jim: Ed, it’s so good to be back for the 2025-26 season and the first weekend of games certainly didn’t disappoint. While a lot of teams played exhibitions and remained idle … Read more

Who’s best bet as 2026 champ, three big matchups for first weekend: USCHO Edge Season 4 Episode 1

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USCHO Edge hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger look at national championship futures and money lines and over/under for three college hockey games on October 3, 2025:
  • Quinnipiac +175 @ Boston College -230; over/under 5.5
  • Merrimack +160 @ UMass Lowell -210; o/u 5.5
  • Penn State -175 @ Arizona State +135; o/u 6.5

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The NCAA Power Index (NPI) is replacing the PairWise, but what does that mean for college hockey?

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The PairWise Rankings have been as familiar – and often controversial – as any topic across college hockey for the better part of three decades. The term, first coined by three self-described “stat geeks” from the University of Minnesota (who went on to start USCHO back some 30 years ago), is going the way of … Read more

Breaking down the odds for all eight NCAA men’s Division I hockey regional semifinals: USCHO Edge college hockey podcast Season 3 Episode 21

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USCHO Edge hosts Jim Connelly, Dan Rubin, and Ed Trefzger look at money lines and over/under for the NCAA regional semifinals March 27 and 28, 2025.

Toledo
  • Ohio State +110 vs. Boston University -140; over/under 6.5
  • Cornell +210 vs. Michigan State -280; o/u 5.5
Fargo
  • Minnesota State +195 vs. Western Michigan -260; o/u 5.5
  • UMass +150 vs. Minnesota -195; o/u 5,5
Manchester
  • Bentley +520 vs. Boston College -850; o/u 6.5
  • Denver -200 vs. Providence +154; o/u 5.5
Allentown
  • Quinnipiac +110 vs. UConn -140; o/u 5.5
  • Penn State +120 vs. Maine -154; o/u 5.5
This episode is sponsored by the NCAA Men’s Division I Frozen Four, April 10 and 12 in St. Louis. Get your tickets now at ncaa.com/frozenfour

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TMQ: The NCAA tournament field set, so what teams are left remaining after regionals? And what do we make of North Dakota firing Berry?

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Each week during the season, we look at the big events and big games around Division I men’s college hockey in Tuesday Morning Quarterback. Jim: Ed, it’s difficult for me to believe because yesterday seems like October 1, but we’re already at the NCAA tournament. And what a tournament field it is. This might be … Read more

BRACKETOLOGY FINAL: In the end, it should be easy for the committee to assemble a fair, successful bracket for NCAA tournament

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Every week for the last two and a half months, I’ve been making my best attempt to tell you what teams would be in the field each week and what each of the four regionals might look like. Earlier today, I put forward a potential bracket that had not taken account the four championship games … Read more