USCHO Spotlight

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) are joined for a second time this season by Bentley head coach Ryan Soderquist. The Falcons were at or near the top of Atlantic Hockey through the first half of the season, but slumped a bit in the latter part of the season. We discuss the team's turnaround in a weekend sweep at Niagara in Atlantic Hockey's first round, how they wor...

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) are joined by NCHC commissioner Josh Fenton. The conversation includes the conference's position as college hockey's top league, his departure to the Summit League, three-on-three overtime, realignment, and working with the other five conferences. This podcast is sponsored by DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union – at dcu.org

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) are joined by Boston University head coach Albie O'Connell. The conversation includes this season's Terriers and their great run since December, the evolution of the game and coaching, transfers, overtime rules, and the Hockey East playoff race. This podcast is sponsored by DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union – at dcu.org

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) are joined by Mercyhurst head coach Rick Gotkin. The conversation includes this season's Lakers, the regular-season race in Atlantic Hockey, transfers, and serving on the NCAA D-I men's ice hockey committee. This podcast is sponsored by DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union – at dcu.org

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) are joined by Merrimack head coach Scott Borek. The conversation includes this year's Warriors, Hockey East, recruiting, and coaching today's players. This podcast is sponsored by DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union – at dcu.org

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) are joined by Big Ten director of officials and former NCAA secretary–rules editor for men's and women's ice hockey Steve Piotrowski to talk about officiating and rules. This wide-ranging conversation includes recruiting and development of officials, the use of video for evaluation and replay, the challenges officials face as the sp...

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) are joined by Minnesota State head coach Mike Hastings. The conversation includes this year's Mavericks, the new CCHA, prepping for the Olympics, and this weekend's series with Arizona State. This podcast is sponsored by DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union – at dcu.org

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) are joined by New Hampshire head coach Mike Souza. The conversation includes this year's Wildcats, the Hockey East race, coping with COVID, recruiting, and this weekend's series with UConn. This podcast is sponsored by DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union – at dcu.org

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) are joined by American International head coach Eric Lang. The conversation includes this year's Yellow Jackets – now in first place in Atlantic Hockey and on a six-game winning streak – AHA's competitiveness and its league championship in Utica, transfers, character, and his mentor, former AIC coach Gary Wright. Here's the link to...

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) are joined by Ohio State head coach Steve Rohlik. The conversation includes this year's Buckeyes, high points of the season, the Big Ten's competitiveness, the transfer portal, and dealing with a COVID schedule change this weekend. (Note: since the time this podcast was recorded, the games this weekend with Wisconsin have been resch...

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) are joined by NHL draft and prospects writer Chris Peters (@chrismpeters) of @DailyFaceoff and hockeysense.substack.com to preview the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship.

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) are joined by Northern Michigan head coach Grant Potulny. The conversation includes this year's Wildcats, high points of the season, the new CCHA, the transfer portal, and this weekend's series at Lake Superior State.

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) are joined by Rochester Institute of Technology head coach Wayne Wilson. The conversation includes Wilson's milestone 400th victory at RIT achieved last weekend at Princeton, this year's Tigers and how they are benefitting from the return of four fifth-year players, pending NCAA legislation that would allow RIT (and Union) athletic...

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) are joined by Michigan head coach Mel Pearson. The conversation includes the Wolverines' strong start, the unique aspects of coaching a team loaded with top NHL prospects, roster management and recruiting, facing teams with older players, and this weekend's games with Notre Dame.

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) are joined by Northeastern coach Jerry Keefe. The conversation includes the season this far, his transition from assistant to head coach this summer, navigating the transfer and fifth year player situation, Hockey East, and the venerable Matthews Arena.

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) are joined by Penn State head coach Guy Gadowsky. The conversation includes a review of this year's team, the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame game win over North Dakota last weekend in Nashville, getting fans back into Pegula Ice Arena, and expanding the Big Ten and D-I hockey in general.

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) are joined by Providence head coach Nate Leaman. The discussion includes a look at the Friars' 5-2 start, how transfers and fifth-year players are affecting college hockey, mentoring assistant coaches, and this weekend's games with New Hampshire.

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) are joined by Bentley head coach Ryan Soderquist, fresh off the Falcons' 6-2 win over then-No. 6 Boston College. Topics include how this year's team is coming together, the transfer portal, Atlantic Hockey, and the overall college hockey landscape.

Michigan Tech head coach Joe Shawhan joins hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) to talk about his Huskies team, which swept then-No. 13 Wisconsin on the road last weekend. The discussion includes this year's MTU squad, frank opinions about transfer rules, and the new CCHA.

Arizona State head coach Greg Powers joins hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) to talk all things Sun Devils hockey. Topics include last weekend's split with UMass Lowell and this weekend's games at Denver, being road warriors during last year's COVID-shortened season, building a non-conference schedule, the new arena to open next season, and about coaching philosophi...

In the opening segment, hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) catch us up on offseason and preseason news, including the USCHO.com Division I men's ice hockey preseason poll, transfers and fifth-year players, needing homes for new programs, the cancellation and work toward resurrection of Robert Morris hockey, and the implications of name, image, and likeness on college...

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) are joined by Chris Peters (@chrismpeters) of Hockey Sense with Chris Peters and Todd Milewski (@ToddMilewski), USCHO.com editor emeritus and writer for the Wisconsin State Journal and madison.com. In a free-flowing conversation, they wrap up Thursday night's Frozen Four semifinal games between St. Cloud State and Minnesota State an...

Hockey writer Chris Peters (@chrismpeters) from hockeysense.substack.com joins hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) to preview the 2021 NCAA men's D-I ice hockey semifinals between Minnesota State and St. Cloud State and between UMass and Minnesota Duluth.

ESPN's John Buccigross joins hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) to preview this weekend's NCAA D-I men's ice hockey regionals. Buccigross will have the play-by-play in the Bridgeport regional and in the Frozen Four in Pittsburgh alongside Barry Melrose and Colby Cohen.

No men'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. Commissioner Steve Hagwell joins hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) 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...