Minnesota Duluth at St. Cloud State preview with writer Matt Wellens: Game of the Week college hockey podcast Season 3 Episode 5

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Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger are joined by Minnesota Duluth beat writer Matt Wellens of the Duluth News Tribune to preview the No. 4 Bulldogs at No. 6 St. Cloud State in NCHC play.

Jim and Ed also look ahead to another NCHC series, No. 16 Denver vs. Colorado College, a Hockey East home-and-home series between No. 13 Northeastern and No. 9 UMass, the start of ECAC Hockey play, and Arizona State’s games at No. 1 Minnesota.

The hosts and guest also opine on the proposal by NCHC commissioner Josh Fenton to use historical data to allocate at-large bids in this season’s NCAA tournament.

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

(2018 Melissa Wade)
 (2018 Melissa Wade)
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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Frozen Four preview with Wellens, Owen on March 28 edition of USCHO Live!

On the March 28 edition of USCHO Live! — our final Tuesday night show of the season — our scheduled guests are Matt Wellens of the Duluth News Tribune, and Nate Owen, USCHO.com ECAC Hockey columnist, as we preview next week’s Frozen Four. Listen live at 8 p.m. EDT or after the show on-demand: http://www.uscho.com/uscho-live/2017/03/28/frozen-four-preview-with-wellens-owen-on-march-28-edition-of-uscho-live/