{"id":1310,"date":"2018-10-14T21:20:27","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T02:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/podcasts\/?p=1310"},"modified":"2020-08-24T14:20:03","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T19:20:03","slug":"ice-breaker-wisconsin-minnesota-state-pairwise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2018\/10\/14\/ice-breaker-wisconsin-minnesota-state-pairwise\/","title":{"rendered":"Ice Breaker, Wisconsin and Minnesota State sweeps, and why Pairwise is premature: Weekend Review Ep. 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"ps_captionIns\" aria-describedby=\"caption-ps-captionIns\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/img-show\/I0000Ft0deh5fzN8\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Photo By: 2018 Omar Phillips\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC-2045-1.jpg\" alt=\"Notre Dame players celebrate a goal by Colin Theisen (13 - Notre Dame) (2018 Omar Phillips)\" width=\"600\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-ps-captionIns\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Notre Dame players celebrate a goal by Colin Theisen (13 &#8211; Notre Dame) as the Fighting Irish take the 2018 Ice Breaker title (photo: Omar Phillips).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger review the top results of the weekend: Notre Dame won the Ice Breaker tournament after a dramatic semifinal and shutout of Providence. Wisconsin swept Boston College while Minnesota State did the same to Boston University, while Minnesota Duluth got into the win column with a pair of victories at Michigan Tech.<\/p>\n<p>Also: North Dakota scored just twice in a tie and loss at Bemidji State, while Ohio State survives first-ever week at No. 1 with a pair of road wins at Arizona State.<\/p>\n<p>Plus: Union&#8217;s Cole Maier has seven points in three games.<\/p>\n<p>And finally: Why you shouldn&#8217;t pay attention to the Pairwise Rankings this early &#8212; but why you should take notice of one of its components.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to this podcast <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/uscho-weekend-review\/id1437717449?mt=2\">on iTunes<\/a>, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/3185675\/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=15961969&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\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<p>Sponsor this podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advertisecast.com\/USCHOWeekendReview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.advertisecast.com\/USCHOWeekendReview<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h4>About the hosts<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Jim Connelly<\/strong> is a senior writer at USCHO.com and has been with the site since 1999. He is based in Boston and regularly covers Hockey East. He began with USCHO.com as the correspondent covering the MAAC, which nowadays is known as Atlantic Hockey. Each week during the season, he co-writes &#8220;Tuesday Morning Quarterback.&#8221; Jim is the winner of the 2012 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=45222\">Joe Concannon award<\/a>. He a former color analyst for UMass-Lowell hockey&#8217;s radio network and studio analyst for NESN.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ed Trefzger <\/strong>has been part of USCHO since 1999 and now serves as a senior writer and director of technology. He is the radio play-by-play voice for Rochester Institute of Technology hockey on the RIT Tigers Sports Network, and has been involved with the broadcasts as a producer, studio host, and color commentator since their inception. He is co-owner and president of broadcasting company Genesee Media, and was general manager of the former Rochester, N.Y., sports radio station 97.5 The Team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger review the top results of the weekend: Notre Dame won the Ice Breaker tournament after a dramatic semifinal and shutout of Providence. Wisconsin swept Boston College while Minnesota State did the same to Boston University, while Minnesota Duluth got into the win column with a pair of victories at Michigan Tech. 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