USCHO Weekend Review

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look at the weekend. Denver moves to 6-0 on the season with a sweep of Boston College, Minnesota State gets a home tie and win against North Dakota, and Wisconsin sweeps defending champs Minnesota Duluth top the podcast. Also of note: Maine's split with Quinnipiac, Providence's north country sweep, Bowling Green's home-and-home wins...

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look back at the weekend of Oct. 11-13, including Wisconsin at Boston College, UMass Lowell at Minnesota Duluth, the Ice Breaker, North Dakota's revenge in a blizzard, Denver's four-game road trip, Minnesota State's sweep of Arizona State, Holy Cross upsetting Providence, Quinnipiac's home-and-home wins over American International,...

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look back at the first weekend of the 2019-20 season, which had a light schedule of regulation games. Significant were a split by Mercyhurst with then-No. 20 Arizona State, good weekends for Atlantic Hockey and Hockey East out of conference, a tough performance by Alaska despite a sweep by No. 2 Denver, and then-No. 17 Bowling Green...

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look back on the 2019 NCAA regionals, which saw Massachusetts, Denver, Providence, and defending national champion Minnesota Duluth advance to the 2019 Frozen Four in Buffalo. This episode is sponsored by the NCAA men's ice hockey Frozen Four in Buffalo, N.Y., April 11 and 13: ncaa.com/frozenfour Find all of our podcasts at USCHO.co...

In this live broadcast of Weekend Review, Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) and guest host Dan Rubin (@DanRubin12) preview and analyze the brackets for the 2019 NCAA Men's Division I ice hockey tournament. They were joined after the announcement by NCAA committee member and New Hampshire deputy athletic director Steve Metcalf, who explained why it was an easy task for the committee to seed the teams and c...

Who's in? Who's out? And who still has a chance? Hosts Jim Connelly (@JimmyConnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look at the PairWise situation after the six conference playoffs finish their penultimate weekend, plus a look at the results in Atlantic Hockey, Big Ten, ECAC Hockey, Hockey East, NCHA, and WCHA. This episode is sponsored by the NCAA men's ice hockey Frozen Four in Buffalo, N.Y., Apr...

Though it took three games in some, and a few overtimes, the higher seeds prevailed in all but one weekend playoff series. Hosts Jim Connelly (@JimmyConnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look at the first round in Atlantic Hockey, Big Ten, ECAC Hockey, and WCHA, as well as the final weekend in the NCHC and Hockey East. Also of note: a couple of pro signings, some controversial replay, and some a...

Really rough penalties from Arizona State and Quinnipiac raised eyebrows over the weekend, while word on supplemental discipline was still being awaited. Hosts Jim Connelly (@JimmyConnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) also look at the Big Ten field, which was set after key series between No. 18 Penn State and No. 17 Notre Dame, plus Wisconsin's pair of overtime wins over Michigan. The ECAC field...

In front of a sellout crowd, Providence downed UMass in USCHO's Game of the Week. Hosts Jim Connelly (@JimmyConnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) also take a look at some key results from a weekend that had few sweeps, survey the playoff races in each conference, and analyze the PairWise rankings. This episode is sponsored by the NCAA men's ice hockey Frozen Four in Buffalo, N.Y., April 11 and 1...

Weekend sweeps were hard to come by, but those who did sweep made some noise. Arizona State all but assured its NCAA at-large berth with a pair of wins over American International. Providence ended UMass Lowell's 10 games unbeaten with home and home wins. Ohio State's bid for the Big Ten regular season was stopped by Minnesota's road sweep of the Buckeyes. And Lake Superior's two 3-1 wins over Mic...

Northeastern won a second consecutive Beanpot for the first time in 35 years, while Harvard improved its PairWise situation with a consolation victory. Hosts Jim Connelly (@JimmyConnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) also review other games and news of the week, including: Jerry York's contract extension at BC; UMass Lowell's 10-game unbeaten streak and Bentley's 11-games; American International'...

A later-in-week edition of USCHO Spotlight allowed us to look back at the first round of the Beanpot, in which Boston College ended its streak of 25 non-conference losses, and Northeastern has given itself a chance for a second straight title. Hosts Jim Connelly (@JimmyConnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) also look at who's on the bubble and who's relatively safe in the PairWise Rankings, a loo...

An injury to a player for No. 20 North Dakota that didn't draw a penalty on No. 1 St. Cloud drew the ire of many on Friday, but the vantage point of properly positioned officials and limitations on how replay can be used explain why there wasn't a call. Hosts Jim Connelly (@JimmyConnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) delve into the issue and discuss some ways to improve the process. Besides the s...

Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger look back at a weekend that had a 15-below zero outdoor game and teams stranded by storms east and west. Also: Ohio State's sweep of Penn State and Michigan State's first sweep of Minnesota since the 1970s; The end to streaks by Western Michigan (at the hands of St. Cloud) and Lake Superior (who split with Minnesota State); Clarkson's eight-game winning streak; T...

Seven of the top 10 teams in the USCHO men's NCAA division I poll saw losses over the weekend. Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger look at some key results from the past week and survey standings among the six conferences. This episode is sponsored by the NCAA men's ice hockey Frozen Four in Buffalo, N.Y., April 11 and 13: ncaa.com/frozenfour Find all of our podcasts at USCHO.com/podcasts

If ever there were an indication of the parity now in NCAA D-I men's hockey, it was this past weekend's slew of upsets, with several top teams losing, including St. Cloud, UMass, and Quinnipiac, as well as a weekend sweep of North Dakota by Canisius, putting the Fighting Hawks' at-large postseason prospects at risk. Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger also look at USA's silver medal in the 2019 IIH...

Three first-round games are in the books for USA in the World Junior Championship. Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger look back at those, as well as asking (and answering) whether the team's performance in 3-on-3 overtime against Sweden points to the need for that overtime format in NCAA hockey. We also look at some holiday tournament results, including Clarkson's win of the Desert Hockey Classic,...

No. 12 Bowling Green's home sweep of No. 3 Minnesota State puts the Falcons just two points out of first in the WCHA. Also sweeping was No. 15 Arizona State over Colorado College. USCHO.com's Game of the Week was Penn State vs. Princeton in Philadelphia, where the Tigers came back from a 4-1 deficit to force a 4-4 tie. Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger also take a look at the league leaders at th...

USCHO.com's Game of the Week was the home-and-home series between Quinnipiac and Massachusetts, with each team taking the home contest. Is the split enough to keep UMass at No. 1 in the USCHO poll? Ed Trefzger and guest host Dan Rubin also look at Boston College's sweep of UConn, which puts the Eagles in first place in Hockey East, the Big Ten series between Notre Dame and Penn State, Arizona Stat...

Michigan State took 5 of 6 points against long-time and Big Ten rival Michigan, as we look back at the Game of the Week. Ed Trefzger and guest host Dan Rubin also look at: Quinnipiac's sweep of Princeton; North Dakota's split with Minnesota-Duluth; UMass keeps rolling ... will they be No. 1? Boston College and Boston University played to an historic 0-0 tie; And about those Atlantic Hockey suspens...

Union wins Belpot at the Friendship Four, allowing two goals in two games, while more than 23,000 fans attended. It's also considered one of the most televised events in Northern Ireland history. Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger also highlight: Harvard beats Cornell in rivalry game at MSG; North Dakota finds a way to sweep; UMass wins in overtime vs. Princeton; Bentley pulls off upset against Bo...

The USCHO Game of the Week didn't disappoint, as Minnesota Duluth scored three third-period goals and downed Denver 4-3 in OT. Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger review that game, plus: St. Cloud State improves to 11-1-0 with a sweep of Bemidji State; UMass stays hot and improves to 10-1-0 overall and 6-0-0 in Hockey East; Providence's offense gets hot with 14 goals against Merrimack; Arizona Stat...

Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger look back at the weekend, including two comebacks by St. Cloud State in a weekend sweep of Denver, UMass taking both ends of a home-and-home with Providence, and Arizona State's sweep of Michigan State. Also: should some conferences be panicking over a sub-.500 record in non-conference play? Find all of our podcasts at USCHO.com/podcasts

Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger review the games of the weekend and the news of the week, including: Arizona State, at 7-3-0 and with 11 goals on the season for Johnny Walker, splits the weekend with an overtime win over No. 6 Penn State Saturday. Dartmouth’s 5-1 win over Quinnipiac -- and Penn State's loss -- means no perfect records left in D-I men's hockey. That win was the 400th for Bob Gau...

Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger look back on the weekend that was, including No. 3 Minnesota Duluth's sweep of No. 1 Notre Dame on the road and a very successful U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame game in Las Vegas -- at least for the fans and the atmosphere, but with some facility issues -- as North Dakota downed Minnesota in front of a crowd dominated by Fighting Hawks fans. We discuss the possibility...