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Previewing the NCHC Frozen Faceoff with CBSSN’s Alex Heinert, plus a look every playoff: Game of the Week college hockey podcast Season 4 Episode 20

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No. 8 UMass home-and-home vs. No. 14 UMass Lowell preview with Minutemen head coach Greg Carvel: Game of the Week college hockey podcast Season 2 Episode 20

Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger are joined by Alex Heinert of Midco Sports and voice of the NCHC on CBS Sports Network to preview the NCHC Frozen Faceoff.

We preview all six conference tournaments and look closely at the five games in this week’s USCHO Bettor’s Edge column:

• Bemidji State at No. 1 Minnesota State (CCHA final)

• No. 4 Michigan at No. 2 Minnesota (Big Ten final)

• No. 13 UMass Lowell vs. No. 11 Massachusetts (Hockey East semifinal)

• No. 8 Minnesota Duluth vs. No. 3 Denver (NCHC semifinal)

• No. 7 Western Michigan vs. No. 5 North Dakota (NCHC semifinal)

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Previewing No. 7 St. Cloud State at No. 4 Denver with Pioneers’ head coach David Carle: Game of the Week college hockey podcast Season 4 Episode 13

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No. 8 UMass home-and-home vs. No. 14 UMass Lowell preview with Minutemen head coach Greg Carvel: Game of the Week college hockey podcast Season 2 Episode 20

Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger are joined by Denver head coach David Carle to preview No. 7 St. Cloud State at No. 4 Denver.

Also previewed are four other matchups to be featured in USCHO’s Bettor’s Edge column this week:

• Penn State at No. 13 Notre Dame

• No. 18 Omaha at No. 12 North Dakota

69th Beanpot (Monday at TD Garden in Boston)

• No. 19 Boston University vs. Harvard

• Boston College vs. No. 16 Northeastern

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North Dakota at Denver preview with writer Brad Schlossman, plus a look at possible playoff upsets: USCHO Game of the Week episode 22

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Griffin Mendel of Denver, Colorado College at Denver at Magness Arena, Jan. 19, 2019 (Candace Horgan)
Griffin Mendel of Denver, Colorado College at Denver at Magness Arena, Jan. 19, 2019 (Candace Horgan)
Denver awaits North Dakota in the quarterfinals of the NCHC (photo: Candace Horgan).

A great matchup in the NCHC quarterfinals pits North Dakota at Denver this weekend. Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger catch up with Grand Forks Herald North Dakota beat writer Brad Schlossman to preview the series and to review the Fighting Hawks’ season.

We also take a look at some upset possibilities in playoff series across the six D-I men’s conferences.

This episode is sponsored by the 2019 NCAA Frozen Four, April 11 and 13 at KeyBank Center in Buffalo, N.Y. Visit ncaa.com/frozenfour for more information.

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Colorado College at Denver preview with Pioneers assistant Dallas Ferguson: USCHO Game of the Week episode 14

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Filip Larsson of Denver, Providence at Denver at Magness Arena, Nov. 24, 2018 (Candace Horgan)

Filip Larsson of Denver, Providence at Denver at Magness Arena, Nov. 24, 2018 (Candace Horgan)
Denver hosts Colorado College Saturday in the second of four NCHC games this season (photo: Candace Horgan).
This weekend is the first two of four games this season between Denver and Colorado College, a series that determines the winner of the Battle for the Gold Pan. Denver assistant coach Dallas Ferguson joins hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger for a look at the No. 3 Pioneers, a pre-scout of the Tigers, and some thoughts on the rivalry and the NCHC.Jim and Ed also look ahead to other games, including:No. 10 Western Michigan at No. 2 St. Cloud;No. 8 Northeastern home-and-home with No. 1 UMass;No. 18 Lake Superior at No. 6 Minnesota State;No. 4 Ohio State at No. 13 Penn State.This episode is sponsored by the 2019 NCAA Frozen Four, April 11 and 13 at KeyBank Center in Buffalo, N.Y. Visit ncaa.com/frozenfour for more information.Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, in your favorite podcast app, or on Spreaker.[spreaker type=player resource=”episode_id=16743202″ width=”100%” height=”200px” theme=”light” playlist=”false” playlist-continuous=”false” autoplay=”false” live-autoplay=”false” chapters-image=”true” episode-image-position=”right” hide-logo=”false” hide-likes=”false” hide-comments=”false” hide-sharing=”false” ]Sponsor this podcast! Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/USCHOGameoftheWeek for details.

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Minnesota Duluth at Denver preview with writer Matt Wellens on USCHO Game of the Week episode 6

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(2018 Melissa Wade)
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USCHO Game of the Week: Defending national champion Minnesota Duluth heads to Denver for a two-game series (photo: Melissa Wade).

This week’s USCHO Game of the Week has No. 1 Minnesota Duluth at No. 7 Denver for a pair of NCHC contests. While the Bulldogs are defending national champs, they lost the 2017 title to the Pioneers and lost five games last season to DU. Duluth News Tribune’s Matt Wellens joins hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger for a preview of this weekend’s games.

Jim and Ed also highlight other games of note, including:

No. 16 Michigan at No. 5 Penn State;

No. 17 Cornell hosting No. 14 Quinnipiac and No. 15 Princeton;

And No. 18 Arizona State’s trip to Harvard for a pair.

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Dec. 5 USCHO Live! to feature Montgomery, Lammers

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Our scheduled guests on the Tuesday, December 5, edition of USCHO Live! are Denver coach Jim Montgomery, whose defending national champion Pioneers are again perched at No. 1 in the USCHO.com men’s D-I hockey poll, and first-year Niagara coach Jason Lammers, whose Purple Eagles entered the poll this week at No. 20. Listen live at 8 p.m. EST or after the show on-demand: http://www.uscho.com/uscho-live/2017/12/05/dec-5-uscho-live-to-feature-montgomery-lammers/

Denver’s Montgomery, USCHO’s Weston join Nov. 29 USCHO Live!

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Our scheduled guests for the Nov. 29 edition of USCHO Live! are Denver coach Jim Montgomery, whose Pioneers are at No. 2 in this week’s USCHO.com men’s Division I hockey poll, and USCHO.com correspondent Paula C. Weston, who covers the Big Ten beat. Listen live at 8 p.m. EST or after the show on-demand: http://www.uscho.com/uscho-live/2016/11/29/denvers-armstrong-uschos-weston-join-nov-29-uscho-live/

Montgomery, Madigan are Jan. 12 guests on USCHO Live!

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Our guests on the Jan. 12 edition of USCHO Live! are Denver coach Jim Montgomery, whose Pioneers are fresh off an NCHC weekend road sweep of then No. 6 Omaha, and Northeastern coach Jim Madigan, whose Huskies swept a non-conference series on the road, against then No. 13 St. Lawrence. Join us live at http://www.uscho.com/uscho-live/2016/01/11/montgomery-madigan-are-jan-12-guests-on-uscho-live/

Jan. 15 features DU’s Gwozdecky, USCHO’s Hendrickson on USCHO Live!

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Denver coach George Gwozdecky, whose No. 7 Pioneers are tied atop the WCHA, and USCHO.com Hockey East columnist David H. Hendrickson will be our guests on the  Jan. 15 edition of USCHO Live! Join us for the conversation and information, Tuesday, Jan. 15, from 8 to 9 p.m. ET at blogtalkradio.com/uscholive. If you can’t listen live, check out … Read more

Gallery: Denver vs. Colorado College

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Who Is In, Who Is Out? Early Possibilities, or What I Believe May Be The Case.

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It’s onto the tournament championship rounds. So with the help of our Pairwise Predictor, we can look at a couple of things and take some early looks at what some possibilities are. This is more commonly known as “What I Believe May Be The Case”. Because the Pairwise is a moving target with numbers, there … Read more

Post-Holiday Tournament thoughts

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Another season of breathtaking holiday tournaments is in the books. There were a few upsets (hello, Miami?), a couple of near upsets (Holy Cross over Denver sticks out!) and all around excellent hockey. Some observations… – Having watched them play for the first time, I have to say Cornell is pretty legit. They did a … Read more