{"id":104035,"date":"2020-02-11T14:18:45","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T20:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/?p=104035"},"modified":"2020-02-11T14:18:45","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T20:18:45","slug":"michigans-mel-pearson-on-this-seasons-wolverines-the-big-ten-race-toward-the-playoffs-uscho-spotlight-college-hockey-podcast-season-2-episode-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2020\/02\/11\/michigans-mel-pearson-on-this-seasons-wolverines-the-big-ten-race-toward-the-playoffs-uscho-spotlight-college-hockey-podcast-season-2-episode-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan&#8217;s Mel Pearson on this season&#8217;s Wolverines, the Big Ten race toward the playoffs: USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast season 2 episode 19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the hottest teams in college hockey \u2013 and just two games out of first place in the Big Ten \u2013 is Michigan. Wolverines head coach Mel Pearson joins hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger to talk about this year&#8217;s team, its senior leadership, overtime rules (and the Big Ten coaches&#8217; preference for NHL-style OT), the difficulty of getting back to the Frozen Four, and what makes Yost Ice Arena special. Plus a look ahead at this weekend&#8217;s upcoming games with rival Michigan State.<\/p>\n<p>This episode of USCHO Spotlight is sponsored by the 2020 NCAA Frozen Four, April 9 and 11 in Detroit. Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/ncaa.com\/frozenfour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ncaa.com\/frozenfour<\/a> for tickets.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to this podcast <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/uscho-spotlight\/id1437717447?mt=2\">on iTunes<\/a>, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/3185680\/episodes\/feed\">your favorite podcast app<\/a>, or on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/user\/uscholive\">Spreaker<\/a>.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?episode_id=22666257&amp;theme=light&amp;playlist=false&amp;playlist-continuous=false&amp;chapters-image=true&amp;episode_image_position=right&amp;hide-likes=false&amp;hide-comments=false&amp;hide-sharing=false&amp;hide-logo=false&amp;hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<p>Sponsor this podcast! 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