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Michigan’s Mel Pearson on this year’s Wolverines, coaching a young, talented team, roster management: USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast Season 4 Episode 8

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Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger are joined by Michigan head coach Mel Pearson. The conversation includes the Wolverines’ strong start, the unique aspects of coaching a team loaded with top NHL prospects, roster management and recruiting, facing teams with older players, and this weekend’s games with Notre Dame.

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Michigan’s Mel Pearson talks Wolverines, pandemic, compressed Big Ten schedule: USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast Season 3 Episode 1

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A conversation with incoming Hockey East commissioner Steve Metcalf: USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast season 2 episode 20

Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger are joined by Michigan head coach Mel Pearson to discuss this year’s Wolverines team, preparations in an extended preseason, precautions in the face of the pandemic, and a compressed Big Ten schedule. Pearson also explains the decision made to keep freshman Owen Power at Michigan rather than heading to Canadian World Juniors camp.

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Previewing Michigan at Minnesota with Mel Pearson, as well as the other first-round playoffs, plus NCHC, Hockey East runs to the finish: Game of the Week episode 21

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JAN 26, 2018: Hayden Lavigne (Michigan - 30) The #6 Ohio State Buckeyes shut out the #20 Michigan Wolverines 4-0 at Value City Arena in Columbus, OH. (Rachel Lewis - USCHO) (Rachel Lewis/©Rachel Lewis)
JAN 26, 2018: Hayden Lavigne (Michigan - 30) The #6 Ohio State Buckeyes shut out the #20 Michigan Wolverines 4-0 at Value City Arena in Columbus, OH. (Rachel Lewis - USCHO) (Rachel Lewis/©Rachel Lewis)
Solid goaltending will be a necessary part of Michigan’s success this weekend (file photo: Rachel Lewis).

Four of six D-I conferences enter the playoffs this weekend. USCHO’s Game of the Week is Michigan at Minnesota on Saturday, the second night of a best-of-three series. Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger preview the game and series with Michigan coach Mel Pearson.

We also look at the race for position in Hockey East and the NCHC as well as playoff first rounds in the rest of the Big Ten, Atlantic Hockey, ECAC Hockey, and the WCHA.

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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Michigan/Michigan State preview with Wolverines coach Mel Pearson: USCHO Game of the Week episode 8

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Mel Pearson’s Michigan Wolverines have a home-and-home series with rival Michigan State this weekend (file photo: Melissa Wade).

This week’s USCHO Game of the Week is a rivalry series as Michigan and Michigan State play Friday at Munn and Saturday at Yost. Michigan coach Mel Pearson joins hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger to preview the series and take stock on the Big Ten.

Also previewed in our lightning round:

In the Big Ten, No. 5 Ohio State is at Minnesota and No. 6 Penn State is at Wisconsin for weekend series;

ECAC Hockey features a home-and-home between No. 9 Quinnipiac and No. 19 Princeton;

The NCHC includes No. 15 North Dakota at No. 2 Minnesota Duluth and No. 1 St. Cloud State at Miami, each for a pair;

And the WCHA is highlighted by No. 4 Minnesota State at No. 20 Lake Superior.

Plus, quick looks at BC/BU, Bemidji at Michigan Tech, and Air Force at RIT.

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Michigan’s Pearson, Northeastern’s Madigan guest on Jan. 16 USCHO Live!

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01 Oct 16: Mel Pearson (Michigan Tech - Head Coach). The University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs host the Michigan Technological University Huskies in a non-conference matchup at Amsoil Arena in Duluth, MN. (Jim Rosvold/USCHO.com)

Our guests on the Tuesday, January 16, edition of USCHO Live! are two coaches coming off successful weekends, Michigan’s Mel Pearson and Northeastern’s Jim Madigan. Listen: http://www.uscho.com/uscho-live/2018/01/15/michigans-pearson-northeasterns-madigan-guest-on-jan-16-uscho-live/

Donato, Pearson guest on Dec. 6 edition of USCHO Live!

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Our scheduled guests for the Dec. 6 edition of USCHO Live! are Harvard coach Ted Donato, whose No. 6 Crimson swept a road trip in ECAC Hockey last weekend, and Michigan Tech coach Mel Pearson, whose league-second Huskies split last weekend with WCHA-leading Bemidji State. Listen live at 8 p.m. EST or after the show on-demand: http://www.uscho.com/uscho-live/2016/12/06/donato-pearson-guest-on-dec-6-edition-of-uscho-live/

Michigan Tech’s Pearson, USCHO.com bracketologist Moy guest on March 8 USCHO Live!

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Our guests on the March 8 edition of USCHO Live are Michigan Tech coach Mel Pearson, whose Huskies won a share of the MacNaughton Cup for the first time in 40 years, and USCHO.com bracketologist Jayson Moy, with a look at where teams stand in the PairWise as we near the end of the season. USCHO.com’s Dan Rubin will sit in for Jim Connelly alongside Ed Trefzger. Join us live at http://www.uscho.com/uscho-live/2016/03/07/michigan-techs-pearson-uscho-com-bracketologist-moy-guest-on-march-8-uscho-live/

CHI’s Snee, coaches Sandelin, Pearson join USCHO Live! on Nov. 18

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Our scheduled guests on the Nov. 18 edition of USCHO Live! are College Hockey, Inc. executive director Mike Snee to discuss today’s announcement at Arizona State, Minnesota-Duluth coach Scott Sandelin, whose Bulldogs swept then-No.-1 Minnesota last weekend, and Michigan Tech coach Mel Pearson, whose 10-0 Huskies are No. 1 in the USCHO.com poll for the first time in school history.