USCHO Weekend Review

Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly), Derek Schooley (@derekschooley), and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look at this past weekend's games and news.

This podcast is sponsored by DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union – at dcu.org

Topics include:

• Sweeps were hard to come by this past weekend for top-20 teams

• Quinnipiac’s loss to Harvard probably keeps them from top four in PairWise

• AIC, Minnesota State clinch their respective regular-season titles, but no other conference is close to a clinch

• What team feels best poised for a late-season run?

• Can special teams be the magic formula?

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Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly), Derek Schooley (@derekschooley), and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look at this past weekend's games and news.

This podcast is sponsored by DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union – at dcu.org

Topics include:

• Is the Big Ten the best conference in college hockey this season?

• Which teams slipped up this past week

• Which teams are heading the other direction

• Looking at the Beanpot, and the performances of Duplessis, Semptimphelter

• Can this U.S. Olympic team win the gold?

• And a survey of standings across the six conferences

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Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly), Derek Schooley (@derekschooley), and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look at this past weekend's games and news.

This podcast is sponsored by DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union – at dcu.org

Topics include:

• It was a very stable week for the USCHO top 20

• Quinnipiac sweeps the Capital District in the ECAC including an NCAA record-setting 13th shutout

• Cornell during Mike Schafer's absence

• An extended look at the PairWise: Which teams are NCAA locks or nearly so?

• Will there be an historic Beanpot final?

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Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly), Derek Schooley (@derekschooley), and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look at this past weekend's games and news.

This podcast is sponsored by DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union – at dcu.org

Topics include:

• Minnesota State ended the hopes of Arizona State for an NCAA bid – but what did they prove?

• Quinnipiac wins the Connecticut Ice tournament

• We know Minnesota State and Quinnipiac are No. 1 and No. 2 in the DCU/USCHO.com poll, but who are our next three?

• Can Boston University rally to the NCAA field without winning the Hockey East tournament?

• Rick Bennett's departure from Union

• Michigan investigation

• Plus ... reader questions

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Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly), Derek Schooley (@derekschooley), and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look at this past weekend's games and news.

This podcast is sponsored by DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union – at dcu.org

Topics include:

• No. 8 Cornell downs No. 1 Quinnipiac in overtime

• Split between No. 3 Michigan and No. 11 Minnesota lives up to expectations

• Merrimack jumps into the top 14 of the PairWise after winning five straight, four against top 20 teams, and going 7-1-1 in last nine games

• Denver and St. Cloud are really rolling right now

• Minnesota State downed St. Thomas outdoors in Mankato – how do we feel about outdoor games?

• AIC has won 10 straight and are at 18th in the PairWise; would an AIC playoff loss open the door to two Atlantic Hockey teams in the NCAA?

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Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly), Derek Schooley (@derekschooley), and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look at this past weekend's games and news.

This podcast is sponsored by DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union – at dcu.org

Topics include:

• There's a new No. 1 as Minnesota State falls while both Quinnipiac and Michigan each pick up two wins

• COVID has forced the NCHC into a scramble mode

• Denver sweeps Omaha in the rescheduled series, which boosts the Pioneers to third in the PairWise

• Arizona State – the team that won’t die

• Buy or sell: will the teams we discuss make the NCAA tournament?

• Will teams add games to help their PairWise after being bumped from their conference tournaments and before Selection Sunday?

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Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly), Derek Schooley (@derekschooley), and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look at this past weekend's games and news. This podcast is sponsored by DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union – at dcu.org

Topics include:

• Minnesota goaltender Jack LaFontaine signs with Carolina as Hurricanes were desperate for some goaltending depth

• Michigan's back in form with a two-game sweep of UMass.

• Cornell with a big sweep of North Dakota

• AIC sweeps Holy Cross to jump into the top spot in Atlantic Hockey

• Levi and McKay remain hot in net

• Lot of love for college hockey in SportsCenter top ten

• College hockey's skill level continues to get better

• Rumored Olympians being considered for Team USA/Team Canada?

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Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly), Derek Schooley (@derekschooley), and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look at this past weekend's games and news. This podcast is sponsored by DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union – at dcu.org

Topics include:

• Will holiday tournament wins propel Wisconsin and Boston College in the second half of the season?

• The holiday tournament that wasn't – the GLI – and updates on Michigan's decision not to play Western Michigan

• Minnesota State's sweep of Minnesota Duluth – and McKay's crazy numbers as of late

• St. Cloud State, fresh off a sweep of Bemidji State, prepares to meet UMD

• Does Arizona State's sweep of Cornell put the Sun Devils back on the NCAA screen?

• COVID's impact continues to affect schedules – will this impact league standings and scrap the PairWise?

• The World Juniors cancellation (or postponement?)

• Will the NHL's withdrawal from the Olympics impact college hockey?

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Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly), Derek Schooley (@derekschooley), and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look at this past weekend's games and news. This podcast is sponsored by DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union – at dcu.org

Topics include:

• The best teams at the semester break

• Players to watch for the Hobey Baker Award

• Goalies to watch for the Mike Richter Award

• Our biggest takeaways from the first half

• COVID concerns for the second half

• A conversation with Derek about the return of RMU men's and women's hockey

• Remembering R. H. "Bob" Peters

Coach Bob Peters – Common Ground video mentioned in this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOAscw2CcXM

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Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly), Derek Schooley (@derekschooley), and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look at this past weekend's games and news. Topics include:

• Minnesota State avoids the curse on No. 1; now has 11-point lead in CCHA over Bemidji State

• Splitsville in the B1G

• Minnesota Duluth and Denver split

• UMass Lowell sweeps Vermont and is in first place in Hockey East at the break

• Arizona State gets a much-needed sweep

• Can we now talk PairWise and feel okay about it?

• What current PWR positions might surprise us?

• Which teams are poised for a big second-half run?

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