USCHO Weekend Review

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 maintain its dominance?
• Will the CCHA have just one team in the tournament?
• Will an independent qualify?
• Will a team 20th or below currently in the PairWise qualify for an at-large?
• Will we have a first-time national champion?

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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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 of a surprise?
• Wisconsin swept Penn State and has now won five in a row
• Is Dartmouth a sleeper team in the ECAC?
• Why aren’t more people talking about Maine right now?
• This weekend, a handful of non-conference games finished in a tie and were followed by meaningless shootouts. Why?

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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 – delivered
• Boston University jumps to second in the PairWise with a weekend sweep of Merrimack
• Quinnipiac continues to roll in a down year in the ECAC
• Wisconsin is back on track
• Maine is third in the PairWise at 8-3-1
• Western Michigan improved to 10-3-1 and is inside the PairWise bubble
• Alaska is up to 21st in the PairWise after sweeping Alaska Anchorage
• A milestone at Notre Dame for Jeff Jackson

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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?

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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 Wisconsin
• That opens a spot for North Dakota with Boston College on its heels
• Two statement sweeps in Hockey East by Boston University and UMass
• Is Quinnipiac now more of an offensive juggernaut than a shutdown defense?
• Will the CCHA be the craziest league this year?
• Milestones for Gabinet, Lammers, and Penn State

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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 13, 2023 edition of USCHO Weekend Review:

• Who belongs at No. 1?
• Only five ranked teams swept this week
• Macklin Celebrini is becoming hard to ignore
• Two coaching milestones reached on Saturday
• What is our biggest surprise to this point

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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 6, 2023 edition of USCHO Weekend Review:

• No. 1 Boston College becomes the first top team in the poll to sweep a weekend
• No. 5 Wisconsin remains the biggest story of the season with a sweep of Michigan
• No. 3 North Dakota and No. 9 Boston University split
• Stonehill came this close to getting its first Division I win
• RIT is off to another strong start in AHA
• The surprise ECAC story right now might be Dartmouth
• 2024 Friendship Four field announced
• A look at current out-of-conference records and their impact

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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 October 30, 2023 edition of USCHO Weekend Review:

• Boston College, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Cornell all had strong weekends, while there were a couple of bumps in the road for Northeastern and Arizona State
• Two teams that didn't exist two seasons ago are above .500: Augustana and Alaska-Anchorage
• Harvard wins longest ever NCAA shootout 1-0 in 18 rounds
• The tragic death of former Minnesota Duluth star Adam Johnson

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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 October 23, 2023 edition of USCHO Weekend Review:

• Life at the top is difficult, as several top teams see splits on the weekend
• Eight more teams are undefeated (not counting the Ivies)
• Our first edition this season of Buy or Sell (or Hold)


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Hosts Jim Connelly, Derek Schooley, and Ed Trefzger discuss the results of the weekend and the news of the week on the October 16, 2023 edition of USCHO Weekend Review:

• Tough week for top teams including No. 1 Boston University, No. 6 Michigan, No. 8 Michigan State, No. 9 Michigan Tech, No. 10 St. Cloud State, No. 15 Merrimack and No. 20 Connecticut
• North Dakota takes the title at the Ice Breaker
• Augustana earns first two wins in program history
• Some massive crowds around college hockey this weekend
• Former Hockey East commissioner Joe Bertagna named the recipient of the NHL’s Lester Patrick Award

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