Previewing Clarkson at No. 5 Quinnipiac with Golden Knights’ Casey Jones: Game of the Week college hockey podcast Season 4 Episode 7

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 Clarkson head coach Casey Jones to preview his Golden Knights in ECAC Hockey play Friday at No. 5 Quinnipiac.

Jim and Ed also look at the other matchups to be featured in this week’s USCHO Bettor’s Edge column: No. 14 Notre Dame at No. 1 Michigan, Michigan Tech at No. 20 Bemidji, No. 4 Minnesota Duluth at No. 6 North Dakota, and No. 2 St. Cloud State at No. 12 Western Michigan.

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Clarkson at Quinnipiac preview with Bobcats coach Rand Pecknold: Game of the Week college hockey podcast Season 3 Episode 6

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

This season finds ECAC Hockey trimmed down to just four teams. Two of those teams – No. 10 Clarkson and No. 13 Quinnipiac – have a three-game series this weekend. Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold, whose Bobcats host the Golden Knights, joins hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger for a preview.

We also look at No. 6 St. Cloud at No. 5 Minnesota Duluth, No. 1 Minnesota at No. 12 Wisconsin, and Arizona State at No. 18 Notre Dame.

Also of note: all 11 teams in Hockey East will finally have gotten their seasons underway in a slate of games capped off by No. 8 UMass at No. 15 UMass Lowell on Tuesday.

And the two ranked teams in Atlantic Hockey – No. 19 American International and No. 20 Robert Morris – have series this weekend, with AIC home-and-home with Army and RMU at Niagara and back home against the Purple Eagles for two.

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Quinnipiac at Yale preview with Bobcats’ Rand Pecknold: USCHO Game of the Week episode 20

Rand Pecknold (Quinnipiac Athletics)

This week’s USCHO Game of the Week is Saturday’s No. 5 Quinnipiac at Yale matchup, the final regular season game for both teams in ECAC Hockey with playoff seeding implications. We get a preview of what – for Quinnipiac at least – has become a big rivalry with Bobcats head coach Rand Pecknold.

Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger also take a tour around college hockey: In the Big Ten, No. 18 Penn State is at No. 17 Notre Dame for a pair with home ice in the playoffs on the line; No. 11 Cornell takes on No. 13 Clarkson for ECAC position; No. 1 St. Cloud is at No. 10 Western Michigan with PairWise in play and No. 20 North Dakota is at Colorado College in the NCHC; No. 12 Arizona State wraps its season with two at Minnesota; the WCHA is playing for playoff seeds; and Atlantic Hockey is a jumble that will come down to Saturday’s games.

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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No. 4 Quinnipiac hosts a resurgent Brown on Saturday, a preview with writer Nate Owen: USCHO Game of the Week podcast episode 17

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A Brown team with a couple of big wins under its belt since midseason travels to No. 4 Quinnipiac for a Saturday game with playoff implications in ECAC Hockey. USCHO ECAC correspondent Nate Owen joins hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger for a preview.

Jim and Ed also preview other big games around the country this weekend, including No. 9 Clarkson at No. 10 Cornell, No. 2 UMass at No. 15 UMass Lowell, a full slate in the Big Ten, Colorado College at No. 1 St. Cloud, American International at Army, the Governor’s Cup at stake between Alaska Anchorage and Alaska, and, of course, the Beanpot.

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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Massachusetts/Quinnipiac preview with Bobcats coach Rand Pecknold: USCHO Game of the Week episode 9

Rand Pecknold (Quinnipiac Athletics)

This week’s USCHO Game of the Week is No. 1 Massachusetts visiting No. 8 Quinnipiac, with a return match at UMass on Saturday. Quinnipiac coach Rand Pecknold joins us for a preview.

Ed Trefzger and guest co-host Dan Rubin also look ahead at some other key games, including:

No. 5 Notre Dame at No. 9 Penn State for a weekend series in the Big Ten;

A long time rivalry series as No. 16 Clarkson is home and home with St. Lawrence;

A big weekend for Merrimack with No. 10 Providence and No. 13 Northeastern visiting;

A couple of key weekend series in the NCHC with No. 6 Denver at No. 14 North Dakota, and Omaha at No. 2 St. Cloud State;

Plus a non-conference series as No. 19 Arizona State visits Princeton.

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Pecknold, Motzko to guest on Oct. 24 edition of USCHO Live!

Our scheduled guests on the Tuesday, October 24, edition of USCHO Live! are Quinnipiac coach Rand Pecknold, whose No. 13 Bobcats begin ECAC play on Friday after a weekend road sweep of Northeastern, and St. Cloud State coach Bob Motzko, whose 5-0 Huskies — ranked No. 2 in the USCHO.com D-I men’s poll with 16 first-place votes — begin NCHC play at home vs. Minnesota Duluth after a sweep at home over Boston College. Listen live at 8 p.m. EDT or after the show on-demand: http://www.uscho.com/uscho-live/2017/10/23/pecknold-motzko-to-guest-on-oct-24-edition-of-uscho-live/

Quinnipiac’s Pecknold, Bemidji’s Serratore guest on Nov. 15 USCHO Live!

Our scheduled guests for the Nov. 15 edition of USCHO Live! are Quinnipiac coach Rand Pecknold, whose Bobcats are No. 4 in this week’s USCHO.com poll, and Bemidji State coach Tom Serratore, whose No. 13 Beavers are unbeaten and in first place in WCHA play. Listen live at 8 p.m. EST or after the show on-demand: http://www.uscho.com/uscho-live/2016/11/14/quinnipiacs-pecknold-bemidjis-serratore-guest-on-nov-15-uscho-live/

Quinnipiac’s Pecknold, Omaha beat writer Boone guest on Oct. 27 USCHO Live!

Our guests on the Oct. 27 edition of USCHO Live! will be Quinnipiac coach Rand Pecknold (8:20 p.m.), whose Bobcats are now 6-0 and ranked ninth in this week’s USCHO.com men’s ice hockey poll, and Tony Boone, Omaha Mavericks beat writer, for the Omaha World Herald. Join us for the conversation and information, Tues., Oct. 27, at 8 p.m. EDT at http://www.spreaker.com/user/uscholive.

Quinnipiac’s Pecknold, USA Hockey’s Johannson join us on Jan. 8 edition of USCHO Live!

Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold, whose No. 5 Bobcats sit at 10-0 atop ECAC Hockey, and Jim Johannson, USA Hockey’s assistant executive director of hockey operations, who is back from USA’s gold medal win at the WJC in Ufa, Russia, will be our guests on the next edition of USCHO Live! Jan. 8. Join us for the … Read more

Location, location, location

It’s said that the most important factor in real estate is location. The three most important factors in real estate are quickly rising in prominence in women’s hockey. Schools’ proximity to one another, and a desire by the NCAA to limit travel costs, can produce a tournament bracket come March where the top-seeded team is … Read more