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.

PairWise top four, a look at the six D-I men’s hockey conferences at the break: Weekend Review Season 5 Episode 12

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Hockey East selects Metcalf, conference races stay hot, PairWise odds: Weekend Review college hockey podcast Season 2 Episode 19

Hosts Jim Connelly, Derek Schooley, and Ed Trefzger look at the games of the past weekend and the news of the week in this D-I college hockey podcast.

This podcast is sponsored by DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union – at dcu.org

Topics include:

• Looking at Minnesota, Quinnipiac, Merrimack and Denver as the top four in the PairWise Rankings
• A look around the top teams in each conference at the break: Atlantic Hockey, Big Ten, CCHA, ECAC Hockey, Hockey East, and NCHC
• News coming this week about Robert Morris

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USCHO Edge: Can college hockey’s Rivalry Week produce some profitable upsets?

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Rivalries. When these teams get together, they say you can throw out the records. Plenty often, a rivalry game does turn into an upset and in this week’s column, we’ll look at two of the oldest and greatest rivalries in college hockey – Boston College-Boston University and Michigan-Michigan State. Those two battles will have a … Read more

Two traditional rivalries plus three pivotal conference games highlight week’s slate: USCHO Edge podcast Season 1 Episode 8

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USCHO Edge hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger analyze five games among top 20 D-I college hockey teams, looking at money lines and over/under as well as giving an in-depth look at the matchups. We also discuss the impact of analytics on betting lines.

This week’s games:

• No. 6 Michigan at No. 12 Michigan State

• No. 7 Boston University at Boston College

• North Dakota at No. 17 Western Michigan

• No. 5 Penn State at No. 19 Notre Dame

• No. 1 Denver at Minnesota Duluth

This college hockey podcast is sponsored by DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union – at dcu.org.

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Controversy in Denver-Arizona State game leads us to discuss what needs to be fixed in video reviews: Weekend Review Season 5 Episode 11

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Hockey East selects Metcalf, conference races stay hot, PairWise odds: Weekend Review college hockey podcast Season 2 Episode 19

Hosts Jim Connelly, Derek Schooley, and Ed Trefzger look at the games of the past weekend and the news of the week in this D-I college hockey podcast.

This podcast is sponsored by DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union – at dcu.org

Topics include:

• Denver’s game-winning goal on Friday vs. Arizona State leads into some lively and detailed discussion on video replay and its faults as it exists now
• A look at the top four teams: Denver, Quinnipiac, Minnesota, St. Cloud
• Our first dive into the PairWise Rankings, including a conference-by-conference look, discussion of teams on the bubble, and teams that might move into the top 16

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USCHO Edge: Ranked vs. unranked battles create some lopsided lines and, possibly, a value opportunity

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As this season has gone on and we’ve been able to watch the trends upon which sports books have set their lines, we’re certainly seeing a more cautious approach to line setting. Well, most of the time. This week, in two of the five games we’re looking at the lines have become almost lopsided towards … Read more

Denver, Michigan are heavy favorites while Providence-BC is a tossup: USCHO Edge podcast Season 1 Episode 7

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USCHO Edge hosts Jim Connelly, Dan Rubin, and Ed Trefzger analyze five games among top 20 D-I college hockey teams, looking at money lines and over/under as well as giving an in-depth look at the matchups. We also consider why college hockey is such a tough sport for oddsmakers.

This week’s games:

• No. 4 Minnesota at No. 13 Michigan State

• No. 7 Harvard at RV Cornell

• No. 10 Providence at RV Boston College

• No. 5 Michigan at Wisconsin

• RV Arizona State at No. 1 Denver

(RV=Receiving Votes)

This college hockey podcast is sponsored by DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union – at dcu.org.

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Western Michigan’s Pat Ferschweiler on the Broncos, NCHC, evolution of the game: USCHO Spotlight Season 5 Episode 7

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USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast

Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger are joined by Western Michigan head coach Pat Ferschweiler to talk about this year’s Broncos, the evolution of college hockey, what he enjoys about the job, this season’s NCHC, and the upcoming series at Omaha.

This college hockey podcast is sponsored by DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union – at dcu.org.

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Not such a happy weekend for the top 10, plus ‘buy or sell’: Weekend Review Season 5 Episode 10

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Hockey East selects Metcalf, conference races stay hot, PairWise odds: Weekend Review college hockey podcast Season 2 Episode 19

Hosts Jim Connelly, Derek Schooley, and Ed Trefzger look at the games of the past weekend and the news of the week in this D-I college hockey podcast.

This podcast is sponsored by DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union – at dcu.org

Topics include:

• Just one team in the top 10 swept, Penn State
• Quinnipiac had a good weekend winning the Friendship Four
• Michigan/Harvard series
• Omaha splits with Denver
• Arizona State gets split with OT win vs. Minnesota
• UConn downed by Cornell
• Providence drops Mayor’s Cup to Brown
• Michigan Tech picks up four points vs. Minnesota State
• Friendship Four a success

Plus, our first edition of Buy or Sell for this season, talking Minnesota State, Michigan Tech, UConn, BU, Hockey East, Denver, RIT, Niagara, Harvard, and Quinnipiac.

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What did we learn from Minnesota-Michigan series given illness affecting both? Weekend Review Season 5 Episode 9

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Hockey East selects Metcalf, conference races stay hot, PairWise odds: Weekend Review college hockey podcast Season 2 Episode 19

Hosts Jim Connelly, Derek Schooley, and Ed Trefzger look at the games of the past weekend and the news of the week in this D-I college hockey podcast.

This podcast is sponsored by DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union – at dcu.org

Topics include:

• Minnesota vs. Michigan should have been can’t miss hockey but illness depleted both squads. What did we learn?
• Quinnipiac keeps marching right through the ECAC
• Lots of splits this weekend
• Don’t sleep on Michigan Tech
• Talk of D-I hockey at San Diego State
• What did we learn from our homework assignments about protocol?

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Minnesota-Michigan is razor thin while other top 20 games have strong favorites: USCHO Edge podcast Season 1 Episode 6

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USCHO Edge hosts Jim Connelly, Dan Rubin, and Ed Trefzger analyze five games among top 20 D-I college hockey teams, looking at money lines and over/under as well as giving an in-depth look at the matchups. We also consider why college hockey is such a tough sport for oddsmakers.

This week’s games:

• No. 17 Michigan State at No. 6 Penn State

• No. 2 Minnesota at No. 3 Michigan

• No. 18 Northeastern at No. 11 Boston University

• Minnesota Duluth at No. 14 Western Michigan

• No. 4 St. Cloud State at Colorado College

This college hockey podcast is sponsored by DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union – at dcu.org.

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Michigan State’s Adam Nightingale on the Spartans’ fast start, Big Ten hockey: USCHO Spotlight Season 5 Episode 6

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USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast

Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger are joined by Michigan State college hockey head coach Adam Nightingale to discuss his Spartans’ fast start, key players, team culture, renovations to Munn Ice Arena, the Big Ten, and this weekend’s series at Penn State.

This college hockey podcast is sponsored by DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union – at dcu.org.

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Penn State downs No. 1 again, lots of big sweeps, come off it with the protocol: Weekend Review Season 5 Episode 8

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Hockey East selects Metcalf, conference races stay hot, PairWise odds: Weekend Review college hockey podcast Season 2 Episode 19

Hosts Jim Connelly, Derek Schooley, and Ed Trefzger look at the games of the past weekend and the news of the week in this D-I college hockey podcast.

This podcast is sponsored by DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union – at dcu.org

Topics include:

• Penn State splits with No. 1 Minnesota

• Some impressive sweeps this weekend

• Denver sweeps North Dakota
• Michigan State sweeps Ohio State
• Arizona State keeps on keeping on
• Boston University explodes over UMass
• Merrimack keeps rolling
• Quinnipiac keeps marching through ECAC
• Harvard 6-0
• RIT earns pair of 3-1 wins over Sacred Heart in top-two matchup in AHA

• Connecticut didn’t lose, but had an impressive weekend with two ties vs. Providence

• Protocol penalty talk as UMass-BU had one of the craziest

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USCHO Edge: Looking at long-term odds to win the men’s Division I hockey national championship

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While there are some handsome games to handicap below, and you will get plenty of details on them, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about some long-term lines that are available through DraftKings on the eventual national champion. Michigan was the preseason favorite on the line and continues to be. Right now the … Read more

TMQ: Agreeing to disagree over weekend delay of game penalty call, discussing parity in college hockey, figuring out poll rankings

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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. Dan: The sun is shining, it’s 70 degrees out, and I can’t decide if I want to golf or go watch hockey…must be November in New England! It’s great to be … Read more

Penn State-Michigan lives up to expectations, looking at some notable teams so far: Weekend Review Season 5 Episode 7

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Hockey East selects Metcalf, conference races stay hot, PairWise odds: Weekend Review college hockey podcast Season 2 Episode 19

Hosts Jim Connelly, Derek Schooley, and Ed Trefzger look at the games of the past weekend and the news of the week in this D-I college hockey podcast.

This podcast is sponsored by DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union – at dcu.org

Topics include:

• Penn State/Michigan series lived up to expectations
• Where does UConn fit into the national argument after a two-game sweep of Maine
• Minnesota sweeps Notre Dame to improve to 7-3-0
• How do we understand PairWise at this point in the season
• Providence sweeps UMass
• Harvard beats both Princeton and Yale this weekend to improve to 4-0-0
• Merrimack sweeps Boston College
• UMass Lowell shuts out Vermont
• RIT sweeps AIC on the road
• A milestone for Cornell’s Mike Schafer

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Minnesota, Denver are heavy favorites while North Dakota at Omaha is close: USCHO Edge podcast Season 1 Episode 5

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USCHO Edge hosts Jim Connelly, Dan Rubin, and Ed Trefzger analyze five games among top 20 D-I college hockey teams, looking at money lines and over/under as well as giving an in-depth look at the matchups. We also discuss possible reasons why there was no money line on Michigan at Penn State this week.

This week’s games:

• No. 5 UMass at No. 14 Providence

• Michigan Tech at Bowling Green

• No. 12 Notre Dame at No. 3 Minnesota

• No. 10 North Dakota at Omaha

• No. 4 St. Cloud State at No. 2 Denver

This college hockey podcast is sponsored by DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union – at dcu.org.

Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, in your favorite podcast app, or on Spreaker.

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