CHN Insiders Podcast

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Weekly roundtable discussion about college hockey, with the College Hockey News staff. Plus interviews, insights, analysis and more. Submit your questions via twitter @CHNsiders. Hosted by Adam Wodon, Mike McMahon and Chris Boulay.

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CHN Insiders - 2022-23 Seas...

04.20.2023

Our season wrap-up show. We dive into the national championship game, and Quinnipiac's dramatic win over Minnesota, breaking down all the details and issues surrounding the game. And there are many, including the coaching decisions that led up to it, ...

CHN Insiders Podcast episodes:

04.20.2023 CHN Insiders - 2022-23 Season Wrap-Up Our season wrap-up show. We dive into the national championship game, and Quinnipiac's dramatic win over Minnesota, breaking down all the details and issues surrounding the game. And there are many, including the coaching decisions that led up to it, ...
04.17.2023 CHN Insiders - National Semifinals Pre-Game Show This show was recorded live from Amalie Arena in Tampa prior to the national semifinals on Thursday, April 6, 2023. We discuss the games coming up, plus numerous college hockey topics of general interest. Intro - Hobey talk and more ...
04.11.2023 CHN Insiders - National Championship Pre-Game Show This show was recorded live from Amalie Arena in Tampa prior to the national semifinals on Saturday, April 8, 2023. We discuss the games coming up, plus numerous college hockey topics of general interest. 0:00 Intro - Discuss the games, ...
03.29.2023 CHN Insiders - Regionals + Jeff Jackson An action-packed show as we, first off, review last week's NCAA Regionals. But between that, there's a lot going on. We talk about the Hobey race, and the controversy surrounding it. We also discuss our Coach of the Year selection. ...
03.20.2023 CHN Insiders - NCAA Regionals Preview The NCAA Tournament is finally upon us. We break down the brackets, and how they all came about, and what the issues were surrounding it. The annual discussion on what, if anything, can or should be done to improve things ...
03.15.2023 CHN Insiders - Week 22 - Brackets, Issues, More American International coach Eric Lang joins us to discuss his team, his league, and the ever-present issues both face in the changing NCAA landscape. Plus, we discuss all that's happened so far in the conference postseason tournaments, what's still to ...
03.09.2023 CHN Insiders - Week 21 - Coaching Change, Justin Bourne, More As we head into the meat of the conference tournaments, there's of course plenty to talk about there. But we also had our first coaching change of this year, at Wisconsin. We dive into all of the circumstances there and ...
03.01.2023 CHN Insiders - Week 20 - Alaska Alaska is Team of the Week, as it heads into the final weekend of its independent schedule needing two wins to essentially qualify for the NCAA Tournament. It's a remarkable story for a program that's dealt with a lot of ...
02.23.2023 CHN Insiders - Week 19 - Omaha Minnesota is the Team of the Week, and team of the year so far, coming off a sweep of Penn State on the road, and sitting pretty atop the Pairwise. Of course, there are no guarantees on what that means ...
02.14.2023 CHN Insiders - Week 18 - Denver/Big Ten Denver is our Team of the Week after finishing a four-game season sweep of North Dakota and moving back into the top four of the Pairwise. We talk about its strong season and what's ahead for the Pioneers. Then Pat ...
02.08.2023 CHN Insiders - Week 17 - Rico Blasi This week includes a chat with St. Thomas coach Enrico Blasi, who led Miami to many years of greatness, and is now trying to build a fledgling D-I program. It was recently announced St. Thomas would be building an on-campus ...
02.01.2023 CHN Insiders - Week 16 - Brandon Naurato Minnesota Duluth is our Team of the Week after sweeping St. Cloud State. Another TOTW candidate was Michigan, which swept Penn State, and we talk to its first-year head coach Brandon Naurato about the weekend, which included a 4-goal game ...
01.25.2023 CHN Insiders - Week 15 - Dennis Williams An action-packed show, with two interesting interviews. One with Dennis Williams, who played for Bowling Green and coached the program for one season, and is now head coach of Everett in the WHL. Most recently he led Team Canada to ...
01.18.2023 CHN Insiders - Week 14 - WMU/ECAC Roundtable The Team of the Week is Western Michigan, which scored another 11 goals in sweeping North Dakota on the road. There are a lot of interesting facets to the Broncos' season, which we discuss in our first segment. ... Then, ...
01.11.2023 CHN Insiders - Week 13 - Quinnipiac The Team of the Week is Quinnipiac, which has lost one game all season, and none in the league. We talk to head coach Rand Pecknold about his team's expectations, plus the whirlwind of coaching Team USA at the World ...
01.04.2023 CHN Insiders - Week 12 - Post-Holiday Catch-up Alaska-Anchorage is the Team of the Week, following a stunning sweep at UMass Lowell. We catch up on college hockey results from the past couple weeks over the holidays, and ruminate on the chaotic travel that took place in that ...
12.21.2022 CHN Insiders - Week 11 - Gary Wright Most of college hockey is on break, so we take this time to catch up on the listener mailbag. Questions about Lindenwood, the NCHC, Minnesota, the Pairwise, and more. Plus an extended chat with former American International coach Gary Wright, ...
12.15.2022 CHN Insiders - Week 10 - At the Break We've reached that midpoint of the season where most teams take a break until after the holidays, though there some smattering of games. It gives us a chance to assess where things stand, such as in the Hobey race, who ...
12.07.2022 CHN Insiders - Week 9 - Ferris State Ferris State continues its climb back to respectability with its best week yet, a sweep at Minnesota State. We talk to head coach Bob Daniels, now in his 31st season at the helm, about the changes over time, why his ...
11.23.2022 CHN Insiders - Week 8 - Clarkson Clarkson is Team of the Week, and we talk to coach Casey Jones about his team's progress. This week's action also came amid the revelation that an Ohio State player hurled racial slurs at a Michigan State player, which only ...
11.16.2022 CHN Insiders - Week 7 - Michigan State Michigan State is Team of the Week, coming off a sweep of Ohio State and an 8-3-1 start, looking to return to the NCAAs for the first time in over a decade with a first-year head coach. Also, the conference ...
11.09.2022 CHN Insiders - Week 6 - Merrimack Merrimack is Team of the Week after sweeping Boston College for the first time in 25 years. Meanwhile, the league schedules started in full force, with big games in the Big Ten. In particular, Penn State made a statement in ...
11.03.2022 CHN Insiders - Week 5 - Into November Penn State is our Team of the Week, after sweeping Wisconsin on the road. We recap the week, including the clash of Mike and Adam's football teams. But more importantly here, there were a bunch more huge non-league games right ...
10.28.2022 CHN Insiders - Week 4 - St. Cloud State TOTW We talked to Grant Cruikshank of St. Cloud State after he scored three goals during his team's sweep of Minnesota State last weekend. Cruikshank has a very interesting background, and is on his third NCAA team in three years. We ...
10.19.2022 CHN Insiders - Week 3 - Massachusetts TOTW UMass is the Team of the Week following a sweep of Denver. We talk to Minutemen head coach Greg Carvel about his team's start and all the changes there have been in Amherst since last season, and more. We also ...
10.12.2022 CHN Insiders - Week 2 - Jason Lammers - Niagara We recap the first major week of college hockey action, and look ahead to an even bigger one coming up. Plus we talk to Niagara coach Jason Lammers about his team's good start, but all the issues surrounding running his ...
10.05.2022 CHN Insiders - Season Preview Show This week, we preview the season, going through each conference. This is a companion to all of the preview articles on the CHN web site that were rolled out this week. 0:00 Intro 12:45 Avash Kalra, NCHC Reporter 26:00 Connor ...
09.16.2022 CHN Insiders - Michigan coach Brandon Naurato After just one season as a coach back at his alma mater, Brandon Naurato was named the new interim head coach in August in the aftermath of Mel Pearson's dismissal, following a year-long investigation into issues in the program -- ...
08.16.2022 CHN Insiders - BU coach Jay Pandolfo Jay Pandolfo was a Hobey finalist at Boston University alum and a Stanley Cup winner in the NHL. He joined the BU staff as an assistant coach last season. This year, he takes over the Terriers, his first head coaching ...
08.12.2022 CHN Insiders - The Michigan Saga The summer-long speculation over what's going on with Michigan's coaching situation is over. Mel Pearson was finally let go in early August after the school's investigation into allegations of wrongdoing was leaked to the media, and did not paint a ...
07.01.2022 CHN Insiders - Michigan State coach Adam Nightingale Adam Nightingale is the new Michigan State head coach, by way of the U.S. national program. As an alum, he will try to do something that's proven challenging in the last decade -- bring the Spartans back among the contenders ...
06.15.2022 CHN Insiders - Lindenwood coach Rick Zombo Lindenwood has moved from a club program to NCAA Division I, which means Rick Zombo is now a D-I head coach. We talk to the former North Dakota star, who went on to a productive and solid NHL career before ...
06.01.2022 CHN Insiders - BC coach Greg Brown A chat with new Boston College head coach Greg Brown, who takes over for the legendary Jerry York. Brown was a captain and Olympian while playing for BC, then after a pro career that included parts of four seasons in ...
04.20.2022 CHN Insiders - 2022 Season Recap and More We wrap up the Frozen Four and the season, and salute Denver as national champion. Much of the discussion, however, sets up what has followed, which has been some already crazy offseason news. There is bound to more as well. ...
04.11.2022 CHN Insiders - National Semis Pre-Game Show This was recorded live from the concourse at TD Garden in Boston, in the two hours prior to the NCAA national semifinal games between Denver and Michigan, and Minnesota and Minnesota State. (Apologies, but the first 45 minutes or so ...
04.11.2022 CHN Insiders - National Championship Pre-Game Show This was recorded live from the concourse at TD Garden in Boston, in the two hours prior to the NCAA national championship game between Denver and Minnesota State. Don Lucia discusses numerous college hockey topics with us. Tim Rappleye is ...
03.31.2022 CHN Insiders - 2022 NCAA Regional Recap This week, we take a look back at the Regional round of the NCAA Tournament, with a ton of close games, zany reviews, and drama. Minnesota State, Michigan, Denver and Minnesota reached the Frozen Four. We also discuss in detail ...
03.23.2022 CHN Insiders - 2022 NCAA Tournament Preview We preview the 2022 NCAA Tournament, going through the four Regionals and making our picks to reach the Frozen Four. There are some sidebar discussions, as well, about the start of the coaching carousel, the history of video reviews, and ...
03.21.2022 CHN Insiders - Special Post-Bracket Show On this special edition, we take a first look at the NCAA Tournament brackets in the aftermath of Championship Saturday and the NCAA Selection Show. ... We also go deep into discussing the madness that was in Mankato on Saturday ...
03.16.2022 CHN Insiders - 2021-22 Week 21 - Conference Championships Preview It's down to championship weekend in the six conferences, and we dive in deeper with a cavalcade of guests to break it down. Plus, is Lindenwood finally making the leap to D-I? And we answer more questions from the mailbag. ...
03.10.2022 CHN Insiders - 2021-22 Week 20 - Conference Tournament Preview We take a look at all the conferences as they get into the nitty gritty of their league tournaments -- what's at stake both for these team in the tournament itself, and in the national picture. Plus lots of discussion ...
03.01.2022 CHN Insiders - 2021-22 Week 19 - North Dakota North Dakota is our final Team of the Week for this season, riding a hot streak into the final weekend of the NCHC regular season. Four of the conferences wrapped up their seasons and have playoff brackets set. We delve ...
02.16.2022 CHN Insiders - 2021-22 Week 18 - Minnesota Minnesota is Team of the Week after a road sweep of Ohio State, despite missing a bunch of key players. We also talk Beanpot, the Hobey race, and the Olympics. The U.S. had a disappointing finish in Beijing, and we ...
02.09.2022 CHN Insiders - 2021-22 Week 17 - Denver Denver is Team of the Week, after sweeping St. Cloud State in two very different games. We talk about that and more with head coach David Carle, plus lots of discussion on where things stand with the Pairwise as we ...
02.03.2022 CHN Insiders - 2021-22 Week 16 - Bombshell Week What a week. One former national championship coach resigned mid-season, another two-time champ as an assistant, now head coach of the top team in the country, is on the hot seat. Mike and Adam discuss what it all means for ...
01.26.2022 CHN Insiders - 2021-22 Week 15 - Merrimack Merrimack may have lost Tuesday, but before that, it won five in a row against some pretty good teams to move into legitimate contention for an at-large NCAA bid. ... Meanwhile, we talk to new Alaska-Anchorage coach Matt Shasby, an ...
01.19.2022 CHN Insiders - 2021-22 Week 14 - New Hampshire New Hampshire is trying to return to prominence. First step, a .500 season for the first time since 2013-14. It's on its way after winning four straight. Hear from head coach Mike Souza, as he talks about that and much ...
01.12.2022 CHN Insiders - 2021-22 Week 13 - Cornell / Don Lucia Cornell became the first ECAC team to ever sweep a weekend at North Dakota, and thus earned Team of the Week honors. We discuss their season travails, along with many other topics, including Jack Lafontaine's mid-season departure from Minnesota to ...
01.01.2022 CHN Insiders - 2021-22 Week 12 - Roundtable We're halfway, few games scheduled this week, and even fewer happening thanks to more COVID issues in college hockey -- so we take this opportunity to have our annual Reporters Roundtable, with Brad Schlossman of the Grand Forks Herald, and ...
12.21.2021 CHN Insiders - 2021-22 Week 11 - World Juniors There's little college hockey action happening on the ice this week, so we take a look at the upcoming World Junior tournament, and the chances for Team USA to repeat its gold medal from last year. All but three of ...

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