Team of the Week is Army, on a hot streak in coach Brian Riley's 21st and final season at the helm. He and the team are coming off an emotional weekend at Air Force. It's always emotional there, but moreso this being Riley's last trip, plus the team's big weekend and comeback. ... Meanwhile, we catch up on all the races, and discuss the Four Nations Tournament and much more with NHL insider Russ Cohen.

0:00 Intro

3:00 Week in Review

31:54 Russ Cohen, NHL Network Radio

52:15 The Week Ahead

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Team of the Week is Penn State, coming off a road sweep against Wisconsin. After a slow start, the Nittany Lions have heated up, and a slew of perhaps not household names are having big seasons. We talk about that and the usual current topics with Penn State coach Guy Gadowksy. Plus, a look around the nation and where teams stand as the races heat up. That and much more.

0:00 Intro

6:45 Week in Review

29:57 Guy Gadowsky, Penn State coach

48:43 Discussion

1:03:25 Listener questions

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Maine is Team of the Week, coming off another pair of wins and rise into the top four of the Pairwise. We talk to coach Ben Barr about the makeup of his team, and take another deep dive into what to expect in the new NCAA landscape. That and more...

0:00 Intro

24:05 ECAC rant

39:03 Ben Barr, Maine coach

1:04:45 Current NCAA picture

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We catch up with last week's TOTW coach, Western Michigan's Pat Ferschweiler, to talk about his team's excellent season so far, the upcoming new arena for the team, and all the usual NCAA topics. ... Brad Schlossman of the Grand Forks Herald joins to discuss those topics, the whole NCHC and more. Plus, the BU-BC weekend, and the door controversy; the ECAC's silly suspension policy; and the week ahead.

0:58 Brad Schlossman, Grand Forks Herald

28:00 Pat Ferschweiler, Western Michigan coach

54:40 Listener questions

1:04:50 Weeks behind and ahead

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This week, Mike speaks with American International coach Eric Lang, about his team's impending departure from the Division I ranks, and what that means. With that as motivation, Lang organized the first-ever showcase event for players in the transfer portal. He discusses why, and how that all came to be, and more.

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After a week of so many issues to discuss, we get back to the on-ice talk, as teams return from holiday break in full force. The races are starting the take shape. Connecticut is Team of the Week after sweeping New Hampshire, and moving into the 11th spot in the Pairwise. In fact, Hockey East teams currently take up seven of the top 13 spots. ... Then, back to the topics, as Denver athletic director Josh Berlo joins to discuss how his department will handle all of the NCAA changes to come.

0:00 Intro

4:33 Week in Review

12:50 TOTW Connecticut

37:15 Josh Berlo, Denver athletic director

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After two weeks off for the holidays, we have a ton to catch up on, including some on-ice tournaments, and a lot of off-the-ice news. Augustana is our Team of the Week, so we talk to its head coach, Garrett Raboin, about that, plus his time at the World Junior Championship, where he helped Team USA win gold again. We get into David Carle's storied career already as head coach of Team USA and Denver, Ryan Leonard's leadership, and more.

Also, from the Desert Classic in Arizona, we have interviews with three of the coaches there, mainly about the major junior issue, and also where their teams are headed at the midway mark.

Plus, news on a new postseason tournament for independents; UNLV's whirlwind couple weeks and its prospects for moving to NCAA Division I; and addressing rumors about which coaches may or may not retire after this season. We've packed in quite a lot.

0:00 Intro

1:36 Week in Review

3:48 World Junior talk

15:55 UNLV talk, and coach Anthony Vignieri-Greener

31:20 Independents Tournament

35:33 Coach Retirements?

42:25 Garrett Raboin, Augustana coach

54:48 Greg Carvel, Massachusetts coach

57:07 Derek Schooley, Robert Morris coach

1:00:55 Mike Schafer, Cornell coach

1:09:31 Listener questions

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North Dakota is our last Team of the Week for the 2024 calendar year, coming off a sweep of St. Cloud State. Is the season finally firing on all cylinders for UND? Also, we review some huge matchups from this past weekend. And we are joined by another player agent, this time long-time rep George Bazos, with over 30 years in the business. We're discussing what will be an ongoing topic -- how agents and players, and everyone else, are adapting to the new landscape, particularly the eligibility of former Major Junior players.

0:00 Intro

2:30 Week in Review

23:23 Brad Berry, North Dakota coach

31:18 George Bazos, Edge Sports Management

1:03:48 What's coming up

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Minnesota is Team of the Week, fresh off becoming the first team in 82 seasons to shut out Michigan in back-to-back games. The Gophers are rolling right now, despite being banged up, and doing it with a balanced attack in all phases of the game, plus the breakthrough season for defenseman Sam Rinzel. We talk about them, and the whole Big Ten, with former Gophers star and current broadcaster Pat Micheletti. ... And then we welcome back first-year Miami head coach Anthony Noreen, to discuss his team's fortunes, and a bevy of other topics. Most notably, given he's just one year removed from the USHL, we talk to him about the influx of Major Junior players already being committed, how the USHL is and will react, and more.

0:00 Intro

1:30 Week in Review

9:52 Pat Micheletti, Big Ten broadcaster

30:30 Anthony Noreen, Miami coach

56:33 Listener questions and more

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Try as we may to get into all the action on the ice, including Princeton's sweep of Ohio State and its Team of the Week status, the conversation again turns time and again to all the off-ice issues. Where last year it seemed to be never-ending talk of the NCAA Tournament format, nowadays, it always comes back to junior hockey and the changing rules that impact college hockey. That and many other related topics are discussed again in full. And yes, there is plenty of talk, as well, about what's happening on the ice, as we hurtle towards the holiday break for many teams.

0:00 Intro

0:51 Talking issues

25:12 Week in Review

35:11 Listener questions and more

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