Previewing No. 2 Michigan at No. 9 Notre Dame with voice of the Irish Darin Pritchett: Game of the Week college hockey podcast Season 4 Episode 17

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 radio voice of the Irish Darin Pritchett to preview No. 2 Michigan at No. 9 Notre Dame.

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

• No. 1 Minnesota State at No. 14 Michigan Tech

• No. 6 Western Michigan at No. 7 North Dakota

• No. 18 Cornell at No. 5 Quinnipiac

• No. 19 Connecticut at No. 15 Northeastern

This 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.

[spreaker type=player resource=”episode_id=48836107″ width=”100%” height=”200px” theme=”light” playlist=”false” playlist-continuous=”false” chapters-image=”true” episode-image-position=”right” hide-logo=”false” hide-likes=”false” hide-comments=”false” hide-sharing=”false” hide-download=”true”]

Read more

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

USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast

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.

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

[spreaker type=player resource=”episode_id=47505852″ width=”100%” height=”200px” theme=”light” playlist=”false” playlist-continuous=”false” chapters-image=”true” episode-image-position=”right” hide-logo=”false” hide-likes=”false” hide-comments=”false” hide-sharing=”false” hide-download=”true”]

Read more

Previewing No. 6 North Dakota at No. 7 Quinnipiac with writer Brad Schlossman: Game of the Week college hockey podcast Season 4 Episode 3

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 Grand Forks Herald college hockey writer Brad Elliot Schlossman to preview a great east-west series as No. 6 North Dakota visits No. 7 Quinnipiac.

We also preview No. 8 Denver at No. 12 Providence and No. 10 Boston College, No. 17 Western Michigan at No. 1 Michigan, and No. 5 Minnesota Duluth at No. 4 Minnesota.

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

[spreaker type=player resource=”episode_id=47062979″ width=”100%” height=”200px” theme=”light” playlist=”false” playlist-continuous=”false” chapters-image=”true” episode-image-position=”right” hide-logo=”false” hide-likes=”false” hide-comments=”false” hide-sharing=”false” hide-download=”true”]

Sponsor this podcast! Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/USCHOGameoftheWeek for details.

Read more

Previewing No. 3 Michigan at No. 5 Minnesota Duluth with Bulldogs’ Scott Sandelin: Game of the Week college hockey podcast Season 4 Episode 2

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

Minnesota Duluth Scott Sandelin joins hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger to preview his No. 5 Bulldogs’ game against No. 3 Michigan in this weekend’s Ice Breaker tournament.

We also preview No. 1 Minnesota State vs. No. 10 Providence in the other Ice Breaker first round, No. 18 Northeastern at No. 6 Boston College, No. 7 North Dakota home and home with No. 20 Bemidji State, No. 4 Minnesota home and home with No. 2 St. Cloud State, and No. 17 Notre Dame at No. 16 Michigan Tech.

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

[spreaker type=player resource=”episode_id=46962805″ width=”100%” height=”200px” theme=”light” playlist=”false” playlist-continuous=”false” chapters-image=”true” episode-image-position=”right” hide-logo=”false” hide-likes=”false” hide-comments=”false” hide-sharing=”false” hide-download=”true”]

Sponsor this podcast! Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/USCHOGameoftheWeek for details.

Read more

Michigan at Minnesota preview with reporter Jess Myers: Game of the Week college hockey podcast Season 3 Episode 14

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 Jess Myers, who covers the Golden Gophers beat as a reporter for The Rink Live, to preview No. 7 Michigan at No. 3 Minnesota.

We also look at another Big Ten series and its implications – No. 5 Wisconsin at Michigan State – as well as Hockey East single games with No. 18 Northeastern at No. 2 Boston College, No. 10 Boston University at UMass Lowell, and Maine at No. 6 UMass. Also significant are a pair of single NCHC contests with No. 12 Omaha visiting No. 1 North Dakota and No. 9 Minnesota Duluth traveling to No. 8 St. Cloud.

The WCHA wraps its season with some important games and Atlantic Hockey plays its first round with three single-elimination matchups.

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

[spreaker type=player resource=”episode_id=43738195″ 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” hide-download=”true”]

Sponsor this podcast! Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/USCHOGameoftheWeek for details.

Read more

Boston University vs. UConn preview with Terriers head coach Albie O’Connell: Game of the Week college hockey podcast Season 3 Episode 12

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

In a season filled with delays and pauses for the Terriers, No. 11 Boston University nevertheless finds itself near the top of the Hockey East playoff race at 8-2 overall. BU head coach Albie O’Connell joins hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger for a preview of a weekend series against UConn.

Also on tap: No. 9 Omaha visits No. 2 North Dakota for a weekend series, Colorado College visits No. 8 Minnesota Duluth and No. 6 St. Cloud for single games, the Big 10 has three weekend series, No. 19 Robert Morris visits RIT for a pair, and on Tuesday, No. 20 Lake Superior visits No. 18 Michigan Tech.

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

[spreaker type=player resource=”episode_id=43497092″ 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” hide-download=”true”]

Sponsor this podcast! Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/USCHOGameoftheWeek for details.

Read more

No. 7 Wisconsin at No. 8 Michigan preview with Badgers beat writer Todd D. Milewski: Game of the Week college hockey podcast Season 3 Episode 11

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

No. 7 Wisconsin is arguably the hottest team in college hockey since the semester break. The Badgers travel to a team coming off a three-week pause, No. 8 Michigan, in a key Big Ten series. Todd D. Milewski, Wisconsin State Journal beat writer for Badgers hockey, joins hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger for a preview.

We also look at Denver at No. 2 North Dakota in the NCHC, UMass Lowell vs. No. 1 Boston College and No. 20 UConn vs. No. 16 Providence in Hockey East, and No. 11 Quinnipiac at Colgate in the ECAC.

And a WCHA matchup is highlighted by the stellar goaltending numbers of Dryden McKay, as he and his fellow No. 3 Minnesota State Mavericks visit Alabama Huntsville.

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

[spreaker type=player resource=”episode_id=43391380″ 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” hide-download=”true”]

Sponsor this podcast! Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/USCHOGameoftheWeek for details.

Read more

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

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.

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

[spreaker type=player resource=”episode_id=42011964″ 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” hide-download=”true”]

Sponsor this podcast! Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/USCHOSpotlight for details.

Read more

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

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.

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

[spreaker type=player resource=”episode_id=17258150″ 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” hide-download=”true” ]

Sponsor this podcast! Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/USCHOGameoftheWeek for details.

Read more

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

(Melissa Wade)
 (Melissa Wade)
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.

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

[spreaker type=player resource=”episode_id=16326717″ 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.

Read more

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

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/

Michigan’s Berenson, Bowling Green’s Bergeron tapped for Jan. 13 edition of USCHO Live!

Our scheduled guests for the Jan. 13, 2015 episode of USCHO Live! are Bowling Green coach Chris Bergeron, whose soaring Falcons are at No. 7 in this week’s USCHO.com poll, and Michigan coach Red Berenson, whose first-place Wolverines earned him career win 800 in a weekend sweep of Big Ten foe Minnesota. Join us for the conversation and information, … Read more

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

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