{"id":150169,"date":"2024-12-11T14:32:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T20:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/?p=150169"},"modified":"2024-12-11T14:32:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T20:32:51","slug":"usa-hockeys-vanbiesbrouck-previews-2025-iihf-wjc-team-uscho-spotlight-college-hockey-podcast-season-7-episode-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2024\/12\/11\/usa-hockeys-vanbiesbrouck-previews-2025-iihf-wjc-team-uscho-spotlight-college-hockey-podcast-season-7-episode-6\/","title":{"rendered":"USA Hockey&#8217;s Vanbiesbrouck previews 2025 IIHF WJC team: USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast Season 7 Episode 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>USA Hockey assistant executive director of hockey operations and general manager for the 2025 World Junior Championship team John Vanbiesbrouck joins hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger to preview the upcoming IIHF 2025 World Junior Championship in Ottawa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\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=63273859&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 college hockey podcasts<\/a>, including USCHO Weekend Review and USCHO Edge, plus our entire podcast archive.<br \/>\n<!--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. 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