USCHO Podcast episodes
PODCAST: How Denver, Michigan, North Dakota, and Wisconsin made it to the Frozen Four, the cancellation of men’s hockey at Mercyhurst, and Vegas story lines.
PODCAST: Jim Connelly, Ed Trefzger, and Todd Milewski give a quick take on the NCAA Men’s D-I regional finals and the field for the Frozen Four.
The final weekly edition of the PodKaz for the 2025-26 season has hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com reflecting on the Frozen Four. Wisconsin took home its second straight NCAA championship by beating Ohio State 3-2 in Sunday’s championship game. Is having the Badgers and the Buckeyes play for the title four years … Read more
PODCAST: All six men’s D-I hockey conferences crowned a tournament champion over the weekend, while the NCAA regionals were set. We look at both.
BRACKETOLOGY XTRA: Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger analyze the NCAA’s 2026 Men’s D-I ice hockey bracket as announced on March 22, 2026.
BRACKETOLOGY XTRA: We discuss our final projected bracket after the games of Saturday, March 21, on this special episode.
PODCAST: Four regular-season champions were ousted in their conference tournaments last weekend, while four more look for at-large bids.
BRACKETOLOGY XTRA: It’s really down to three teams hoping to land one of two spots, unless some upsets happen this coming weekend.
BRACKETOLOGY XTRA: Ten or 11 teams are already locks, so the battle is around the bubble.
UPON FURTHER REVIEW PODCAST: We consider 10 candidates for the Tim Taylor rookie of the year award, including two tiers of forwards, a defenseman, and three goalies.
PODCAST: In a weekend filled with overtime games, all of the higher playoff seeds advanced. And we look at teams in NPI bubble trouble.
On the PodKaz from USCHO.com for March 10, 2026, hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski are wrapped up in the NCAA National Collegiate women’s hockey tournament that starts Thursday and how we got there. First, a look back at the five conference championship games. Penn State, Quinnipiac, UConn, Franklin Pierce and Ohio State came away … Read more
BRACKETOLOGY XTRA: Ten or 11 teams are already locks, so the battle is around the bubble.
UPON FURTHER REVIEW PODCAST: Jim takes over hosting duties as Derek and Ed try to guess bubble teams from their resumé and statistics.
On the March 3, 2026, edition of the PodKaz, hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com dig into the five days of play ahead leading to conference playoff championships. First, however, we take a look back at how we got here. There were only two teams advancing via upsets last week: Minnesota State over … Read more
PODCAST: Top 10 teams were below .500 on the weekend as the regular season is mostly finished. Plus we look at Richter Award semifinalists.
BRACKETOLOGY XTRA: This week’s Bracketology sees two regional swaps to avoid first-round conference matchups, and an attendance move.
UPON FURTHER REVIEW PODCAST: We consider teams that need to win their conference championship to make the NCAAs, but have a reasonable chance of doing so.
On the Feb. 24, 2026, edition of the PodKaz, hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com talk about the first weekend of the NCAA women’s hockey playoffs in two conferences and the final week of the regular season in three others. Union generated the first upset, and it was a big one: The Garnet … Read more
PODCAST: We look at the USA gold medal in men’s olympic hockey, including how USA Hockey’s NTDP and development model helped make it happen.