{"id":144746,"date":"2024-01-26T07:00:14","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T13:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/?p=144746"},"modified":"2024-01-25T17:16:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T23:16:58","slug":"just-one-clear-favorite-in-five-key-games-this-weekend-uscho-edge-college-hockey-podcast-season-2-episode-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2024\/01\/26\/just-one-clear-favorite-in-five-key-games-this-weekend-uscho-edge-college-hockey-podcast-season-2-episode-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Just one clear favorite in five key games this weekend: USCHO Edge college hockey podcast Season 2 Episode 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>USCHO Edge hosts Jim Connelly, Dan Rubin and Ed Trefzger look at five key college games.<\/p>\n<p>Games this week:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Boston University -105 @ Boston College -125; over\/under 7<\/li>\n<li>Cornell -190 @ Harvard +145; o\/u 5.5<\/li>\n<li>Minnesota -100 @ Michigan State -120; o\/u 6.5<\/li>\n<li>Wisconsin -105 @ Michigan -125; o\/u 6.5<\/li>\n<li>Denver -105 @ North Dakota -125; o\/u 7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>This episode is sponsored by the NCAA Division I Men&#8217;s Frozen Four, April 11 and 13 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/NCAA.com\/mfrozenfour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ncaa.com\/mfrozenfour<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Subscribe to this podcast <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/uscho-game-of-the-week\/id1437717463?mt=2\">on Apple Podcasts<\/a>, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/3185693\/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=58451024&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>Check out all of <a href=\"\/podcasts\">USCHO&#8217;s podcasts<\/a>, including USCHO Weekend Review and USCHO Spotlight, plus our entire podcast archive.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h4>About the hosts<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Jim Connelly<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jimmyconnelly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@JimmyConnelly<\/a>) 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 is a color analyst for UMass Lowell hockey&#8217;s radio network and an analyst for NESN.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ed Trefzger <\/strong>(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EdTrefzger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@EdTrefzger<\/a>) has been part of USCHO since 1999 and now serves as a senior writer and director of technology. 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