USCHO Weekend Review

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 crowned
• Which teams hurt themselves over the weekend
• Teams that really helped themselves
• Atlantic Hockey play-in round included an OT upset
• CCHA heads into playoffs with second place and seventh separated by only five points
• Which playoff games or series are we looking forward to this weekend?

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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 crowned
• BC, BU, North Dakota sweep while Denver picks up five points
• Lots of movement on the bubble
• Bemidji State and Minnesota State to meet to decide CCHA regular season
• Fallout from the Arizona State-Alaska fight on Friday
• A look at the Atlantic Hockey play-in round
• Plans for a new building for Robert Morris men's and women's hockey

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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 10
• What teams were most impacted by the weekend's results
• North Dakota, Wisconsin, Maine didn't suffer much in the PairWise despite getting swept
• Which teams are, or close to, locks for the NCAA tournament
• The tight CCHA race, with a nod to Atlantic Hockey and the NCHC
• Congratulations to Norm Bazin for his 300th win

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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 Ten
• UMass moves to 10th in the PairWise with sweep of UConn
• Quinnipiac's loss at St. Lawrence drops them to 9th in the PairWise
• Stonehill gets its first D-I win
• PairWise analysis
• Should the PairWise be changed so Arizona State gets in?
• Beanpot preview

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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-ups
• Top 20 teams had a difficult time sweeping, but BC, North Dakota, Michigan, Cornell and Omaha got the job done
• What teams in the top 20 should concern us right now?
• Our biggest/boldest predictions for the rest of the regular season
• Quick look at Monday's Beanpot

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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 weekend
• Then-No. 5 North Dakota swept then-No. 4 Denver at home
• St. Cloud State loses and ties at Omaha
• Wisconsin survives at Michigan
• Michigan State and Minnesota split the weekend despite five good periods by the Gophers
• Analysis of teams on the PairWise bubble
• Could ECAC get three teams in?
• And a walk-through cameo appearance

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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. 2
• Quinnipiac picks up just one point in ECAC standings at Colgate, Cornell
• A wild pair of games in a Michigan-Michigan State split
• North Dakota gets a win and a tie for four points at St. Cloud State
• Providence slips in the PairWise after a split with Alaska Anchorage
• Buy or sell? Do we expect current numbers to hold up on how many teams each conference gets into the NCAA tournament?
• A milestone, and some best wishes

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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 teams
• Who had the best weekend?
• Bumps in the road caused some volatility in PairWise
• PairWise breakdown for bubble teams
• Some major milestones this weekend for Motzko, Donato
• Big attendance at both Mariucci and Ridder

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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 game
• Still somewhat quiet around the top of USCHO poll
• Arizona State wins its second straight in-season tournament with wins over Harvard and Omaha
• How volatile is the PairWise? When will it settle down?
• A look at conference races

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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 regulation
• Michigan Tech and Arizona State win in shootouts
• Should we have more in-season tournaments?
• Army upsets New Hampshire and Vermont makes it five in a row
• A look at non-conference records and PairWise
• Should shootouts decide in-season championship games?

This episode is sponsored by the NCAA Division I Men's Frozen Four, April 11 and 13 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Visit ncaa.com/mfrozenfour

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