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Union coach Rick Bennett talks Belpot, this year’s Dutchmen, parity, and the evolving college hockey game: USCHO Spotlight episode 8

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Press Eye - Belfast - Northern Ireland - 24th November 2018 - Photo by William Cherry/Presseye Union College
Press Eye - Belfast - Northern Ireland - 24th November 2018 - Photo by William Cherry/Presseye Union College's Brett Supinski celebrate scoring against Boston University during Saturday afternoons Friendship Four Championship game at the SSE arena, Belfast. Photo by William Cherry/Presseye (©William Cherry / Presseye)
Union’s Brett Supinski celebrates scoring against Boston University during the Friendship Four Championship game (photo: William Cherry / Presseye).

Union took home the Belpot last weekend in Belfast, Northern Ireland, by winning the Friendship Four over Boston University. Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger talk with Union head coach Rick Bennett — now in his eighth season behind the bench — about the Friendship Four experience on and off the ice, the changing landscape of college hockey, parity in Division I and ECAC Hockey, and about this year’s Dutchmen.

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Preview the Frozen Four with Milewski, Starman on April 1 USCHO Live!

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It’s a special two-hour edition of USCHO Live!, previewing this weekend’s NCAA men’s ice hockey regionals.

Our scheduled guests on our March 25 episode of USCHO Live! are four analysts/commentators from ESPN: John Buccigross, who will cover the NCAA East Regional (and Frozen Four) with Barry Melrose and Quint Kessenich; Billy Jaffe, who joins Joe Davis at the NCAA Northeast Regional; Darren Eliot, who with Joe Beninati will broadcast from the NCAA Midwest Regional; and Sean Ritchlin, who will provide analysis alongside Clay Matvick from the NCAA West Regional.

Union coach Bennett, Wisconsin beat writer Baggot on March 26 USCHO Live!

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Our guests on the March 26 edition of USCHO Live! will be Union coach Rick Bennett, whose ECAC Hockey champion Dutchmen face Boston College in the NCAA east regional, and Wisconsin State Journal’s Andy Baggot, who is the Wisconsin hockey beat writer. Join us for the conversation and information, Tuesday, March 26, from 8 to … Read more

Closing in on 16…and on 10

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We’re heading into the homestretch. One week from today,  we’ll know who the 10 finalists are for the 2011 Hobey Baker Award, as they’ll be announced on Thursday night. One week from Sunday, we’ll know who the 16 teams are in the NCAA tournament.  And, while the two are not perfectly correlated, there are connections … Read more

The PairWise: Hockey East teams skating a thin line

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Warning: before you begin to read this blog post, know that it might sound a bit elitist. And it should. Hockey East is home to the last three national champions. In the last 14 seasons, a Hockey East team has been in the NCAA title game in all but one season (we all remember the … Read more

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