{"id":126824,"date":"2021-03-09T11:30:32","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T17:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/?p=126824"},"modified":"2021-03-09T11:30:32","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T17:30:32","slug":"ecac-hockey-commissioner-steve-hagwell-on-this-season-ncaa-tournament-2020-21-overtime-uscho-spotlight-college-hockey-podcast-season-3-episode-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2021\/03\/09\/ecac-hockey-commissioner-steve-hagwell-on-this-season-ncaa-tournament-2020-21-overtime-uscho-spotlight-college-hockey-podcast-season-3-episode-15\/","title":{"rendered":"ECAC Hockey commissioner Steve Hagwell on this season, NCAA tournament, 2020-21 overtime: USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast Season 3 Episode 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No men&#8217;s D-I hockey conference was more impacted by COVID-19 than ECAC Hockey, which saw eight of its 12 teams elect not to play this season.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioner Steve Hagwell joins hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger for a wide-ranging discussion, including how the remaining four teams have adapted, what short- and long-term outcomes there may be from pandemic protocols and student-athlete transfers, about the 2020-21 overtime changes, room for future growth of college hockey, and his conference&#8217;s NCAA bid prospects.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to this podcast <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/uscho-spotlight\/id1437717447?mt=2\">on Apple Podcasts<\/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=43812061&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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