USCHO Weekend Review

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly), Derek Schooley (@derekschooley), and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look at this past weekend's games and news. Topics include: • Minnesota State avoids the curse on No. 1; now has 11-point lead in CCHA over Bemidji State • Splitsville in the B1G • Minnesota Duluth and Denver split • UMass Lowell sweeps Vermont and is in first place in Hockey East at the break • Ari...

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly), Derek Schooley (@derekschooley), and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look at this past weekend's games and news. Topics include: • Northern Michigan sweeps No. 1 Minnesota Duluth • Splits of big series: Minnesota and Michigan, Notre Dame and Ohio State, North Dakota and St. Cloud State • Quinnipiac remains red hot • Some other hot teams heading into break: Northeaste...

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly), Derek Schooley (@derekschooley), and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look at this past weekend's games and news. Topics include: • Some great women's college hockey in Nashville; • North Dakota and Minnesota split a heavyweight series; • Some series wins for top teams against opponents they were heavily favored against; • Minnesota State’s 1-0 loss to Lake Superior S...

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly), Derek Schooley (@derekschooley), and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look at this past weekend's games and news. Topics include: • With No. 1 Michigan losing twice in OT and No. 2 St. Cloud State getting swept, it was a difficult poll ballot; • Western Michigan did what it needed to do, and emphatically so; • Getting a feel for the ECAC; • Minnesota Duluth and North...

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly), Derek Schooley (@derekschooley), and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look at this past weekend's games and news. Topics include: • Michigan is back! • Boston University salvaged its weekend on Saturday vs. UMass; • Harvard’s quick downturn; • St. Cloud State-Omaha weekend; • Denver rebounds from four losses with sweep of Western Michigan; • Quinnipiac stays hot with...

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly), Derek Schooley (@derekschooley), and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look at this past weekend's games and news. Topics include: • We're seeing more parity as the season rolls along with 15 losses combined among the top 20 this weekend; • Others with big weekends including UMass, Ohio State, North Dakota and Michigan; • Harvard is 4-0-0, averaging six goals per game;...

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly), Derek Schooley (@derekschooley), and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look at this past weekend's games and news. Topics include: • Teams nobody seems to be talking about include Omaha, Penn State, and UMass Lowell; • North Dakota vs. Penn State in Nashville: Could any other fan base pull this off? • Michigan has lost twice in two weeks: anything in common between the...

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly), Derek Schooley (@derekschooley), and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look at this past weekend's games and news. Topics include: • The curse of No. 1 as Michigan becomes the third team to lose a game after being picked No. 1 in the USCHO men's Division I ice hockey poll; • What do we make of Western Michigan? • Was anyone surprised that Minnesota Duluth got the sweep...

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly), Derek Schooley (@derekschooley), and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look at this past weekend's games and news. Topics include: • Last weekend's IceBreaker: How good is Michigan and how good is Minnesota State? • The North Dakota/Bemidji State series; • What teams aren't getting the attention they should? • Bentley's upset of then-No. 6 Boston College; • The controv...

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly), Derek Schooley (@derekschooley) , and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look at last weekend's action, including the split between No. 1 Minnesota State and No. 2 St. Cloud State, Boston College's Ice Breaker win, Michigan Tech's sweep at Wisconsin, and Atlantic Hockey's three Friday wins vs. Big Ten teams. Also in the mix: • A successful offside challenge kept a poten...

This season, hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) are joined by Robert Morris head coach Derek Schooley (@derekschooley) while his program is on hiatus. In this episode, we look at: • The aftermath of the demise of collegehockeystats.net and how much it's missed already; • Then-No. 5 and new No. 1 Minnesota State's sweep of defending national champion and preseason No....

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look back at the 2021 NCAA men's D-I hockey regionals. They look game-by-game at the tournament and discuss what advanced UMass, Minnesota State, Minnesota Duluth, and St. Cloud State to the Frozen Four. Find all of our podcasts at USCHO.com/podcasts

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) break down the field of 16 for the NCAA men's D-I ice hockey tournament and will be joined by NCAA committee chair Mike Kemp. Find all of our podcasts at USCHO.com/podcasts

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) wrap up the exciting semifinal and championship rounds of the Big Ten and NCHC in this special midweek edition of Weekend Review. They also look at a projected NCAA field with 12 or 13 teams pretty close to in the tournament and consider which teams on the bubble might get in depending on this weekend's four playoffs. Plus, who will...

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) review the weekend's men's D-I hockey conference playoffs in the Big Ten, Hockey East, NCHC, Atlantic Hockey and WCHA, and ask some questions about the results. How did the weekend affect the fortunes of teams that lost – in particular Notre Dame, Bowling Green, and Boston University? What about Omaha and Denver? Did Penn State and...

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look back at the weekend's games and the week's news, including: Wisconsin swept Michigan State to clinch the Big Ten title and goes from worst to first; Boston College downs Northeastern to take Hockey East's top seed, while Boston University clinched second; St. Cloud will face Colorado College in the NCHC Frozen Faceoff after def...

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look back at the weekend's results and the week's news, plus round two of NCAA bracketology. In this episode: • Then No. 1 Boston College goes down to an impressive UMass • North Dakota keeps rolling • Minnesota Duluth gets back to winning ways against St. Cloud State • Minnesota State loses its first WCHA game this season during we...

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look at the past weekend's games and news of the week. North Dakota clinched the Penrose Cup as the NCHC regular season champion. Boston College's sweep and BU's OT win seem to make it a three-horse race in Hockey East with UMass, but the HEPI formula leaves that murky to outsiders. Minnesota is close to sewing up the Big Ten title,...

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look back at the weekend and news of the week. It was a great weekend for No. 1 Boston College, which swept UMass Lowell, No. 2 North Dakota with a sweep of Denver, No. 3 Minnesota State with just one goal allowed – and an eighth shutout for Dryden McKay, and a bounce back for then-No. 5 Minnesota with two 3-0 wins over Notre Dame....

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look at the past weekend's games and news of the week. No. 1 Boston College split with No. 15 Boston University but maintain the top spot in this week's poll. Then-No. 2 Minnesota gets blown out by No. 11 Wisconsin: Are the Badgers the hottest team in college hockey? No. 6 Minnesota State had big wins over No. 8 Bowling Green, and M...

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look at the games and news of the past week. Two coaching milestones were reached: 400 career wins for Minnesota Duluth's Scott Sandelin and 250 for Bentley's Ryan Soderquist. Idle Boston College stays at No. 1, while Minnesota was rewarded for its sweep of Ohio State and North Dakota dropped a spot after a split with Omaha. Bemidji...

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look back at a busy weekend – and week – in college hockey. Boston College coach Jerry York hit another milestone, 1,100 wins. Minnesota, North Dakota, Michigan, Minnesota Duluth, and Bemidji State were among the teams with sweeps. Minnesota State's Dryden McKay notched his sixth shutout, putting him not only in the Richter conversa...

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) take a look at the weekend and the news of the week. Highlights include Notre Dame's sweep of No. 1 Minnesota displaces the Golden Gophers from the top of the USCHO.com men's D-I poll while Boston College ascends to the top with weekend wins over a tough Merrimack. Minnesota State and Bowling Green – with its 1,000th team win – keep...

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look at the games of the past weekend and at top news of the week. No. 1 Minnesota fell from the ranks of the unbeaten in a split at No. 12 Wisconsin. That's good news for the Badgers and not necessarily bad for the Gophers. No. 6 St. Cloud State got a weekend sweep – including a come-from-behind win and by scoring the only goal in...

Host Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) and guest host Dan Rubin (@DanRubin12) look at the past week of college hockey: No. 1 Minnesota at 9-0 continues to roll. Denver's split with Colorado College should have the Pioneers concerned in the NCHC, while the Minnesota Duluth-St. Cloud State split shouldn't surprise anyone. The ECAC is finally underway, and St. Lawrence is off to a great start. In the WCHA, B...