Episodes
USCHO podcasts are going on the road, and you can join us for live broadcasts during the 2024 NCAA Men’s Frozen Four in St. Paul, Minn., including Saturday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. CT. USCHO Frozen Four Live! with Ed Trefzger, Jim Connelly and Derek Schooley will have live events featuring special guests and giveaways on four days at Tom Reid’s Hockey City Pub, 258 7th St W, near the Xcel Energy Center. Guests were: Jeff Schulman, NCAA D-I men's ice hockey committee chairman and Vermont ADJeff...
Published 04/13/24
USCHO podcasts are going on the road, and you can join us for live broadcasts during the 2024 NCAA Men’s Frozen Four in St. Paul, Minn., including Friday from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. CT. USCHO Frozen Four Live! with Ed Trefzger, Jim Connelly and Derek Schooley will have live events featuring special guests and giveaways on four days at Tom Reid’s Hockey City Pub, 258 7th St W, near the Xcel Energy Center. We recapped the Boston University-Denver and Boston College-Michigan semifinals and the...
Published 04/13/24
USCHO podcasts are going on the road, and you can join us for live broadcasts during the 2024 NCAA Men’s Frozen Four in St. Paul, Minn., including Thursday from noon until 2 p.m. CT.USCHO Frozen Four Live! with Ed Trefzger, Jim Connelly and Derek Schooley will have live events featuring special guests and giveaways on four days at Tom Reid’s Hockey City Pub, 258 7th St W, near the Xcel Energy Center.Guests were:Doug Christiansen, ECACHeather Weems, NCHCDon Lucia, CCHAAdam Augustine, Big...
Published 04/11/24
Published 04/11/24
USCHO podcasts are going on the road, and you can join us for live broadcasts during the 2024 NCAA Men's Frozen Four in St. Paul, Minn., including this replay of our Wednesday podcast. USCHO Frozen Four Live! with Ed Trefzger, Jim Connelly and Derek Schooley will have live events featuring special guests and giveaways on four days at Tom Reid's Hockey City Pub, 258 7th St W, near the Xcel Energy Center. Our guests were:Steve Metcalf, Hockey East CommissionerMike Snee, College Hockey Inc....
Published 04/10/24
Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly), Derek Schooley (@derekschooley), and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) review the games of the weekend and news of the week in this Monday, April 1, 2024 edition. In this episode: Transfer portal is flooded with entries as it opens for all playersDenver survives a pair of 2-1 gamesBoston University rallied past Minnesota to advanceBoston College prevailed over Quinnipiac in OTMichigan had a couple of strong third periods to advanceLooking at Hobey Baker and...
Published 04/01/24
Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly), Derek Schooley (@derekschooley), and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) review the games of the weekend and news of the week in this Monday, March 24, 2024 edition. In this episode: Reviewing the NCAA D-I men's ice hockey committee's decisionsLooking closer at the Colorado College-Massachusetts comparisonBracket reactions to all four regionalsOver/under on teams and upsetsFavorite first-round gamesPicks for the teams to advance to the Frozen FourThis episode is...
Published 03/25/24
Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly), Derek Schooley (@derekschooley), and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) review the championships of this weekend and the mechanics of assembling the bracket in this special March 24, 2024 edition. In this episode: Michigan Tech wins CCHA on FridayCornell downs Cinderella St. Lawrence to win ECACRIT takes AHA titleBoston College cruises to the Hockey East title over BUMichigan State wins in overtime over Michigan for first Big Ten titleDenver is victorious in...
Published 03/24/24
Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly), Derek Schooley (@derekschooley), and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) review the games of the weekend and news of the week in this March 18, 2024 edition. In this episode: AHA finals set as AIC wins in three to advance to host RITBig Ten pits rivals Michigan vs. Michigan StateBemidji State, 10-0-1 in the last 11, hosts Michigan Tech in the CCHAECAC semifinals find St. Lawrence taking on Quinnipiac and Cornell vs. Dartmouth in Lake PlacidHockey East has BC-UMass...
Published 03/18/24
Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly), Derek Schooley (@derekschooley), and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) review the games of the weekend and news of the week in this March 11, 2024 edition. In this episode: Wisconsin is first major casualty of the postseason at the hands of Ohio StateOther upsets included RPI over Clarkson, AIC sweeping Air Force, and Niagara sweeping Sacred HeartOmaha's sweep of North Dakota raises bracketology issuesUMass is just below the bubble but could still be a No. 4...
Published 03/11/24
Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly), Derek Schooley (@derekschooley), and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) review the games of the weekend and news of the week in this March 4, 2024 edition. In this episode: Last four regular-season champions are crownedWhich teams hurt themselves over the weekendTeams that really helped themselvesAtlantic Hockey play-in round included an OT upsetCCHA heads into playoffs with second place and seventh separated by only five pointsWhich playoff games or series are we...
Published 03/04/24
Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly), Derek Schooley (@derekschooley), and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) review the games of the weekend and news of the week in this February 26, 2024 edition. In this episode: First two regular-season champions crownedBC, BU, North Dakota sweep while Denver picks up five pointsLots of movement on the bubbleBemidji State and Minnesota State to meet to decide CCHA regular seasonFallout from the Arizona State-Alaska fight on FridayA look at the Atlantic Hockey...
Published 02/26/24
Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly), Derek Schooley (@derekschooley), and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) review the games of the weekend and news of the week in this February 19, 2024 edition. In this episode: The most disastrous weekend of the season for the USCHO Top 10What teams were most impacted by the weekend's resultsNorth Dakota, Wisconsin, Maine didn't suffer much in the PairWise despite getting sweptWhich teams are, or close to, locks for the NCAA tournamentThe tight CCHA race, with a...
Published 02/19/24
Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly), Derek Schooley (@derekschooley), and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) review the games of the weekend and news of the week in this February 12, 2024 edition. In this episode: Michigan State and Minnesota have statement weekends in the Big TenUMass moves to 10th in the PairWise with sweep of UConnQuinnipiac's loss at St. Lawrence drops them to 9th in the PairWiseStonehill gets its first D-I winPairWise analysisShould the PairWise be changed so Arizona State gets...
Published 02/12/24
Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly), Derek Schooley (@derekschooley), and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) review the games of the weekend and news of the week in this February 5, 2024 edition. In this episode: Derek discusses some dust-upsTop 20 teams had a difficult time sweeping, but BC, North Dakota, Michigan, Cornell and Omaha got the job doneWhat teams in the top 20 should concern us right now?Our biggest/boldest predictions for the rest of the regular seasonQuick look at Monday's BeanpotThis...
Published 02/05/24
Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly), Derek Schooley (@derekschooley), and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) review the games of the weekend and news of the week in this January 29, 2024 edition. In this episode: Then-No. 2 Boston College and then-No. 1 Boston University had an epic home-and-home weekendThen-No. 5 North Dakota swept then-No. 4 Denver at homeSt. Cloud State loses and ties at OmahaWisconsin survives at MichiganMichigan State and Minnesota split the weekend despite five good periods by...
Published 01/29/24
Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly), Derek Schooley (@derekschooley), and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) review the games of the weekend and news of the week in this January 22, 2024 edition. In this episode: No. 1 Boston University and No. 2 Boston College both sweep, setting up the first-ever meetings between them as 1 vs. 2Quinnipiac picks up just one point in ECAC standings at Colgate, CornellA wild pair of games in a Michigan-Michigan State splitNorth Dakota gets a win and a tie for four...
Published 01/22/24
Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly), Derek Schooley (@derekschooley), and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) review the games of the weekend and news of the week in this January 15, 2024 edition. In this episode: Tough weekend to avoid blemishes for top 10 teamsWho had the best weekend?Bumps in the road caused some volatility in PairWisePairWise breakdown for bubble teamsSome major milestones this weekend for Motzko, DonatoBig attendance at both Mariucci and Ridder This episode is sponsored by the...
Published 01/15/24
Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly), Derek Schooley (@derekschooley), and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) review the games of the weekend and news of the week in this January 8, 2024 edition. In this episode: U.S. World Junior team takes gold with a 6-2 victory over host Sweden in the Gold Medal gameStill somewhat quiet around the top of USCHO pollArizona State wins its second straight in-season tournament with wins over Harvard and OmahaHow volatile is the PairWise? When will it settle down?A...
Published 01/08/24
Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly), Derek Schooley (@derekschooley), and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) review the games and events of the holiday break in this January 2, 2024 edition. In this episode: Wisconsin and Maine take tournaments in regulationMichigan Tech and Arizona State win in shootoutsShould we have more in-season tournaments?Army upsets New Hampshire and Vermont makes it five in a rowA look at non-conference records and PairWiseShould shootouts decide in-season championship...
Published 01/02/24
Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly), Derek Schooley (@derekschooley), and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) review the first half of the 2023-24 season in this semester break edition for December 18, 2023. In this episode: Who's sitting where at the top of the PairWise Rankings and in each conference?What's the biggest story of the first half?What's the biggest disappointment?What do we look forward to most in the second half? Other second-half of the season questions include: Can Hockey East...
Published 12/18/23
Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly), Derek Schooley (@derekschooley), and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) discuss the results of the weekend and the news of the week on the December 11, 2023 edition of USCHO Weekend Review. In this episode: Despite No. 1 North Dakota losing twice to Colorado College in overtime this was maybe the best weekend of the year for the top 10.Should we be concerned about North Dakota after three straight OT losses?Was Colorado College’s sweep of North Dakota that big...
Published 12/11/23
Derek Schooley (@derekschooley) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) are joined by guest host Dan Rubin (@danrubin12) to discuss the results of the weekend and the news of the week on the December 4, 2023 edition of USCHO Weekend Review. The marquee series of the weekend – No. 2 North Dakota at No. 3 Denver – deliveredBoston University jumps to second in the PairWise with a weekend sweep of MerrimackQuinnipiac continues to roll in a down year in the ECACWisconsin is back on trackMaine is third in...
Published 12/04/23
Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly), Derek Schooley (@derekschooley), and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) discuss the results of the weekend and the news of the week on the November 27, 2023 edition of USCHO Weekend Review. They look at 11 great top-20 matchups from the weekend. What is the non-conference record fallout, and where do conferences stand in the PairWise?
Published 11/27/23
Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly), Derek Schooley (@derekschooley), and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) discuss the results of the weekend and the news of the week on the November 20, 2023 edition of USCHO Weekend Review: Another No. 1 team goes down as Michigan State sweeps WisconsinThat opens a spot for North Dakota with Boston College on its heelsTwo statement sweeps in Hockey East by Boston University and UMassIs Quinnipiac now more of an offensive juggernaut than a shutdown defense?Will...
Published 11/20/23