USCHO Weekend Review

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

• Northern Michigan sweeps No. 1 Minnesota Duluth

• Splits of big series: Minnesota and Michigan, Notre Dame and Ohio State, North Dakota and St. Cloud State

• Quinnipiac remains red hot

• Some other hot teams heading into break: Northeastern, Bentley

And ... 'buy or sell' takes involving: North Dakota, Cornell, Boston University, Minnesota State, Western Michigan, Quinnipiac, Arizona State

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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:

• Some great women's college hockey in Nashville;

• North Dakota and Minnesota split a heavyweight series;

• Some series wins for top teams against opponents they were heavily favored against;

• Minnesota State’s 1-0 loss to Lake Superior State with just 15 shots on goal allowed over the weekend;

• Conferences that made moves in non-conference play;

• Should we use the PairWise word yet?

• Coaching milestones for Wayne Wilson at RIT and Brian Riley at Army

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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:

• With No. 1 Michigan losing twice in OT and No. 2 St. Cloud State getting swept, it was a difficult poll ballot;

• Western Michigan did what it needed to do, and emphatically so;

• Getting a feel for the ECAC;

• Minnesota Duluth and North Dakota gave us exactly what we expected

• Boston College postponed a trip to Notre Dame and a home game vs. Harvard for COVID-19 precautions;

• What we're thankful for in college hockey this Thanksgiving.

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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:

• Michigan is back!

• Boston University salvaged its weekend on Saturday vs. UMass;

• Harvard’s quick downturn;

• St. Cloud State-Omaha weekend;

• Denver rebounds from four losses with sweep of Western Michigan;

• Quinnipiac stays hot with sweep of ASU;

• The mailbag: Is UMass Lowell for real? Who did best with the transfer portal? Will there be changes in the men's D-I tournament?

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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:

• We're seeing more parity as the season rolls along with 15 losses combined among the top 20 this weekend;

• Others with big weekends including UMass, Ohio State, North Dakota and Michigan;

• Harvard is 4-0-0, averaging six goals per game;

• Buy or sell? We look at Boston College, Minnesota, Penn State, Lake Superior State, Quinnipiac, UConn, AIC, North Dakota, Boston University;

• Derek catches us up on Sunday's RMU Celebrity Hockey Faceoff;

• And we discuss the movement to expand the women's NCAA tournament that overtook social media last week.

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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:

• Teams nobody seems to be talking about include Omaha, Penn State, and UMass Lowell;

• North Dakota vs. Penn State in Nashville: Could any other fan base pull this off?

• Michigan has lost twice in two weeks: anything in common between the two?

• Western Michigan's historic comeback at Colgate and 2-1 OT win the next night;

• Harvard and Cornell both 2-0 as Ivies start play;

• A shutout record for Dryden McKay

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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:

• The curse of No. 1 as Michigan becomes the third team to lose a game after being picked No. 1 in the USCHO men's Division I ice hockey poll;

• What do we make of Western Michigan?

• Was anyone surprised that Minnesota Duluth got the sweep against Minnesota?

• The Quinnipiac/North Dakota series lived up to the hype;

• Providence makes a comeback to beat Denver and then downs New Hampshire;

• Boston College recovers from a loss to Colorado College to beat the Pioneers;

• Bill Riga (Holy Cross) and Kris Mayotte (CC) get their first wins as head coaches;

• St. Thomas gets its first D-I win;

• And ... who are the biggest surprises thus far this season?

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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:

• Last weekend's IceBreaker: How good is Michigan and how good is Minnesota State?

• The North Dakota/Bemidji State series;

• What teams aren't getting the attention they should?

• Bentley's upset of then-No. 6 Boston College;

• The controversial ending to Saturday's OT Minnesota-St. Cloud State game;

• The postponement of the LIU-UMass Lowell series and what it portends for COVID;

• Analysis of this week's USCHO.com men's Division I ice hockey poll.

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Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly), Derek Schooley (@derekschooley) , and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look at last weekend's action, including the split between No. 1 Minnesota State and No. 2 St. Cloud State, Boston College's Ice Breaker win, Michigan Tech's sweep at Wisconsin, and Atlantic Hockey's three Friday wins vs. Big Ten teams.

Also in the mix:

• A successful offside challenge kept a potential Ohio State tying goal off the board at Bentley – do we like those challenges? And what about video replay in general.

• The demise of College Hockey Stats continues to be felt as getting accurate statistics and boxes is an ongoing debacle that needs to be addressed immediately.

• What are coaches looking for in early season games? Derek gives us his insights.

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This season, hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) are joined by Robert Morris head coach Derek Schooley (@derekschooley) while his program is on hiatus.

In this episode, we look at:

• The aftermath of the demise of collegehockeystats.net and how much it's missed already;
• Then-No. 5 and new No. 1 Minnesota State's sweep of defending national champion and preseason No. 1 UMass;
• No. 2 St. Cloud State's sweep of St. Thomas in their D-I debut;
• The weekend split in the final year at Oceanside between Arizona State and visiting UMass-Lowell;
• An immensely talented Michigan power play unit;
• Huge crowds on opening weekend;
• And D-I teams playing exhibitions: Will this be permanent?

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