USCHO Spotlight

Big Ten coordinator of officials and NCAA ice hockey rules committee secretary Steve Piotrowski joins hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) to discuss college hockey rules and officiating. Topics include overtime formats, video replay, rule enforcement, referee assignments and recruiting, and this year's potential rulebook updates.

This episode is sponsored by the 2020 NCAA Frozen Four, April 9 and 11 in Detroit. Visit ncaa.com/frozenfour for tickets.

After an 8-0 start but a bumpy November, No. 5 Denver has won four straight, including a weekend sweep over then-No. 9 UMass. Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) are joined by second-year Pioneers head coach David Carle for a look at some of his top performers, what's gone well, where he'd like to improve, and how adversity is helping DU for the stretch toward the postseason.

This podcast is sponsored by the 2020 NCAA Frozen Four, April 9 and 11 in Detroit. Visit ncaa.com/frozenfour for tickets.

Brad Schlossman (@SchlossmanGF) has covered North Dakota hockey for the last decade and a half for the Grand Forks Herald, and joins host Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) and guest host Dan Rubin (@DanRubin12) to talk about this year's Fighting Hawks, their conference, the NCHC, and the current college hockey landscape.

This podcast is sponsored by the 2020 NCAA Frozen Four, April 9 and 11 in Detroit. Visit ncaa.com/frozenfour for tickets.

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) take a look at the teams that have done well in the first half of the season, including No. 1 North Dakota's resurgence, No. 5 Boston College's strong start, No. 2 Minnesota State, and No. 3 Cornell, and No. 4 Clarkson among many others. Plus we look at the Big Ten's strong teams, Atlantic Hockey's surprise teams, and No. 16 Arizona State's path to the NCAAs.

This episode of USCHO Spotlight is sponsored by the 2020 NCAA Frozen Four, April 9 and 11 in Detroit. Visit ncaa.com/frozenfour for tickets.

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) are joined by hockey analyst Dave Starman, who will be on the call for all of the Team USA games on NHL Network, for a preview of the 2020 IIHF World Juniors Championship.

This podcast is sponsored by the 2020 NCAA Frozen Four, April 9 and 11 in Detroit. Visit ncaa.com/frozenfour for tickets.

Semester break in college hockey allows us to turn our eyes toward the 2020 IIHF World Junior Championship. Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) are joined by the U.S. National Team's head coach – and head coach of Minnesota Duluth – Scott Sandelin for a look at this year's lineup, USA's field, what preparation goes into getting the team ready, and what his experience as head coach, assistant coach, and player in 1984 brings to this assignment.

Army West Point reaches the mid-point of the 2019-20 season with a 10-4-0 record, solid goaltending, and a stingy penalty kill. Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) are joined by Black Knights coach Brian Riley to talk about his team, possible Atlantic Hockey expansion, 3v3 OT, video review, and Riley's work with the NCAA and AHCA.

College Hockey Inc. (@collegehockey) celebrated its 10th anniversary on November 24. Executive director Mike Snee joins hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) to look at what the organization has accomplished to help grow the sport and awareness of it, and what's ahead as new schools look to add Division I men's hockey.

Harvard coach Ted Donato, in his 16th season behind the bench of his alma mater, has his 5-0-0 Crimson at No. 10 in the USCHO.com men's Division I poll. Donato joins hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) to talk about this year's team and ECAC Hockey, and speaks in favor of expanding the Ivy League schedule from 29 to 34 games (something Cornell's Mike Schafer has advocated) and also the 3v3 overtime format.

Rochester Institute of Technology is off to its best start in the D-I era for the program at 7-1-2. Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) are joined by RIT head coach Wayne Wilson to talk about this season's Tigers, Atlantic Hockey, the 3v3 overtime, video replay, and more.