USCHO Spotlight

Catching up on Denver at midseason with Pioneers coach David Carle: USCHO Spotlight Season 2 Episode 14

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After an 8-0 start but a bumpy November, No. 5 Denver has won four straight, including a weekend sweep over then-No. 9 UMass.

Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger are joined by second-year Pioneers head coach David Carle for a look at some of his top performers, what’s gone well, where he’d like to improve, and how adversity is helping DU for the stretch toward the postseason.

This episode of USCHO Spotlight is sponsored by the 2020 NCAA Frozen Four, April 9 and 11 in Detroit. Visit ncaa.com/frozenfour for tickets.

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Talking No. 1 North Dakota, NCHC with writer Brad Schlossman: USCHO Spotlight Season 2 Episode 13

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Brad Schlossman has covered the North Dakota hockey beat for the last decade and a half for the Grand Forks Herald, and joins host Ed Trefzger and guest host Dan Rubin to talk about this year’s Fighting Hawks, their conference, the NCHC, and the current college hockey landscape.

This episode of USCHO Spotlight is sponsored by the 2020 NCAA Frozen Four, April 9 and 11 in Detroit. Visit ncaa.com/frozenfour for tickets.

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Our mid-season look at who’s hot at the semester break: USCHO Spotlight Season 2 Episode 12

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Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger take a look at the teams that have done well in the first half of the season, including No. 1 North Dakota’s resurgence, No. 5 Boston College’s strong start, No. 2 Minnesota State, and No. 3 Cornell, and No. 4 Clarkson among many others. Plus we look at the Big Ten’s strong teams, Atlantic Hockey’s surprise teams, and No. 16 Arizona State’s path to the NCAAs.

This episode of USCHO Spotlight is sponsored by the 2020 NCAA Frozen Four, April 9 and 11 in Detroit. Visit ncaa.com/frozenfour for tickets.

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2020 IIHF World Junior Championship preview with NHL Network analyst Dave Starman: USCHO Spotlight Season 2 Episode 11

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Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger are joined by hockey analyst Dave Starman, who will be on the call for all of the Team USA games on NHL Network, for a preview of the 2020 IIHF World Juniors Championship.

In case you missed it, catch our conversation with USA head coach Scott Sandelin on last week’s episode: https://www.uscho.com/2019/12/10/2020-iihf-world-junior-championship-preview-with-usa-coach-scott-sandelin-uscho-spotlight-season-2-episode-10/

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2020 IIHF World Junior Championship preview with USA coach Scott Sandelin: USCHO Spotlight Season 2 Episode 10

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Semester break in college hockey allows us to turn our eyes toward the 2020 IIHF World Junior Championship. Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger are joined by the U.S. National Team’s head coach – and head coach of Minnesota Duluth – Scott Sandelin for a look at this year’s lineup, USA’s field, what preparation goes into getting the team ready, and what his experience as head coach, assistant coach, and player in 1984 brings to this assignment.

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Army West Point’s Brian Riley talks Black Knights, AHA expansion, 3v3 OT adoption, video: USCHO Spotlight Season 2 Episode 9

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Army West Point reaches the mid-point of the 2019-20 season with a 10-4-0 record, solid goaltending, and a stingy penalty kill. Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger are joined by Black Knights coach Brian Riley to talk about his team, possible Atlantic Hockey expansion, 3v3 overtime adoption, video review, and Riley’s work with the NCAA D-I ice hockey committee and the American Hockey Coaches Association.

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College Hockey Inc. at 10: A conversation with executive director Mike Snee – USCHO Spotlight Season 2 Episode 8

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College Hockey Inc. celebrated its 10th anniversary on November 24. Executive director Mike Snee joins hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger to look at what the organization has accomplished to help grow the sport and to increase awareness of college hockey. Snee also looks at what’s ahead, including new schools looking to add Division I men’s hockey.

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Harvard’s Ted Donato talks this year’s Crimson, favors 3v3 OT and longer season for Ivies: USCHO Spotlight Season 2 Episode 7

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Harvard coach Ted Donato, in his 16th season behind the bench of his alma mater, has his 5-0-0 Crimson at No. 10 in the USCHO.com men’s Division I poll. Donato joins hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger to talk about this year’s team and ECAC Hockey, and speaks in favor of expanding the Ivy League schedule from 29 to 34 games (something a fellow Ivy coach, Cornell’s Mike Schafer, has also advocated) and also the 3v3 overtime format.

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RIT’s Wayne Wilson talks Tigers, Atlantic Hockey, 3v3 OT: USCHO Spotlight Season 2 Episode 6

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Compensation of NCAA players, mic’d up referees, 3v3 overtime with NCHC commissioner Josh Fenton – Season 2 Episode 5: USCHO Spotlight Season 2 Episode 4
Hugo Esselin (15 - Merrimack) collides with Logan Drackett (30 - RIT) (Omar Phillips 2019)
Part of RIT’s early-season success has been the play of goalie Logan Drackett. Merrimack’s Hugo Esselin collides with Drackett during the Tigers’ Brick City Weekend homecoming game in front of 9,805 on October 19, 2019 (photo: Omar Phillips).

Rochester Institute of Technology is off to its best start in the D-I era for the program at 7-1-2. Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger are joined by RIT head coach Wayne Wilson to talk about this season’s Tigers, Atlantic Hockey, the 3v3 overtime, video replay, and more.

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Compensation of NCAA players, mic’d up referees, 3v3 overtime with NCHC commissioner Josh Fenton: USCHO Spotlight Season 2 Episode 5

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Compensation of NCAA players, mic’d up referees, 3v3 overtime with NCHC commissioner Josh Fenton – Season 2 Episode 5: USCHO Spotlight Season 2 Episode 4
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NCHC commissioner Josh Fenton talks with game officials prior to a 2014 contest in St. Cloud, Minn. (file photo: Bradley K. Olson)

Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger discuss the implications of the NCAA’s recent decision to allow student athletes to “benefit from the use of their name, image and likeness in a manner consistent with the collegiate model” with NCHC commissioner Josh Fenton. Also included in the conversation: putting mics on NCHC referees and the possible expansion of 3v3 overtime across the board in NCAA hockey.

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Northern Michigan’s Grant Potulny talks Wildcats, WCHA, the community: USCHO Spotlight Season 2 Episode 4

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Third-year Northern Michigan head coach Grant Potulny joins hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger to talk about his No. 20 Wildcats, competing in the WCHA, the Marquette community, and more.

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Robert Morris coach Derek Schooley talks Colonials, Atlantic Hockey, men’s D-I committee: USCHO Spotlight Season 2 Episode 3

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Robert Morris coach Derek Schooley, who has been behind the bench for all 250 wins in Colonials history, talks with hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger about this year’s team. Conversation also touches on Atlantic Hockey and the league’s 3v3 overtime rule adopted this season, graduate transfers, and Schooley’s role on the NCAA D-I men’s ice hockey committee.

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Ohio State coach Steve Rohlik talks Buckeyes, Ice Breaker, Big Ten: USCHO Spotlight Season 2 Episode 2

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Ohio State’s Steve Rohlik is in his seventh season behind the Buckeyes bench (photo Jamie Sabau).

Fresh off an Ice Breaker tournament championship, Ohio State coach Steve Rohlik joins hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger to talk Buckeyes hockey and the Big Ten.

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Denver’s David Carle talks Pioneers hockey, coaching, NCHC: USCHO Spotlight podcast Season 2 Episode 1

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In his second year as head coach at Denver, David Carle is still a month shy of his 30th birthday. Carle talks this year’s Denver Pioneers, various aspects of coaching, and the NCHC with hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger.

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USCHO Spotlight Special Edition: Talking Joe Bertagna’s tenure at Hockey East, who might replace him as commissioner

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Hockey East commissioner Joe Bertagna - The Boston College Eagles defeated the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish 4-3 in the second half of the Hockey East Frozen Fenway's first Saturday on January 4, 2014 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. (Melissa Wade)
Hockey East commissioner Joe Bertagna pioneered the conference’s Frozen Fenway outdoor games (file photo: Melissa Wade).

With the announcement of Joe Bertagna’s departure as Hockey East commissioner at the end of the 2019-20 season, hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger look at his stewardship of the conference and its growth during his tenure. Also in this episode: a discussion of the changing landscape of college hockey that has conferences looking in different directions, and some of the possible candidates to replace Bertagna.

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USCHO Spotlight special edition: What is the fallout from the departure of seven teams from the WCHA?

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Bowling Green and Minnesota State are two teams exploring the idea of playing in a new — or different? — conference come 2021 (photo: Brad Phalin).

Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger discuss what they’ve learned and provide analysis of the news that broke June 28, 2019, that seven teams would be leaving the WCHA effective with the 2021-22 season. Included in this episode are thoughts about what led to the decision, the timing, what other realignments may be in store, and discussion of other programs that may be moving along toward adding D-I men’s hockey.

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USCHO Spotlight Live: Saturday 4-6 p.m. ET at the 2019 NCAA Frozen Four in Buffalo

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Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger are live from (716) Food and Sport inside Harborcenter, 7 Scott St.

Saturday’s broadcast features Hockey Humanitarian Award recipient Jake Bunz, Hockey East commissioner Joe Bertagna, WCHA commissioner Bill Robertson, College Hockey Inc. executive director Mike Snee, ECAC Hockey commissioner Steve Hagwell, and a preview of the championship game with Matt Wellens of the Duluth News Tribune and Andrew Mahoney of the Boston Globe.

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USCHO Spotlight Live: Friday at the Frozen Four with ESPN’s Buccigross, Melrose, UMass coach Carvel 6:30-8:00 p.m. ET

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Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger are live from (716) Food and Sport inside Harborcenter, 7 Scott St.

Friday’s broadcast includes live audio of ESPN’s annual fan event with John Buccigross and Barry Melrose, along with their guests, including Massachusetts head coach Greg Carvel.

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USCHO Spotlight Live: Thursday 1-3 EDT at the 2019 Frozen Four in Buffalo

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Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger are live from (716) Food and Sport inside Harborcenter, 7 Scott St.

Thursday’s live broadcast includes a discussion on rules and officiating with Steve Piotrowski and Frank Cole, NCHC commissioner Josh Fenton, the Big Ten’s Brad Traviolia and a preview of the semifinal games with beat writers from Providence, Minnesota Duluth, Denver, and Massachusetts.

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USCHO Spotlight Live: Wednesday 4-6 EDT at the 2019 Frozen Four in Buffalo

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Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger are live from (716) Food and Sport inside Harborcenter, 7 Scott St.

Wednesday’s live broadcast includes Atlantic Hockey commissioner Bob DeGregrio, Zig Fracassi from Sirius/XM radio, Niagara coach Jason Lammers, ESPN’s Chris Peters, College Hockey Inc. deputy executive director Nate Ewell, and veteran college hockey writer Neil Koepke.

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