USCHO Weekend Review

The host teams prevailed in three holiday tournaments: Minnesota in the Mariucci Classic, Dartmouth in the Ledyard Bank Classic, and Vermont in the Catamount Cup. Host Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) and guest host Dan Rubin (@DanRubin12) look at the results of those three tournaments, as well as Harvard's win over and tie with Arizona State in the SoCal Clash and Army West Point's entry into the top 20 with a win over New Hampshire.

We also review the race for the regular season in each of the six conferences, and take an early look at the PairWise Rankings: Who's likely in and who's in trouble?

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As college hockey heads into the semester break, hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look at the big games of December 13-15, 2019, starting with the Game of the Week, a 3-0 shutout of Penn State by Notre Dame, earning the Fighting Irish a weekend split and a win after six straight losses.

Also in this episode: Northern Michigan snaps Minnesota State's 10-game winning streak, opening the door for North Dakota as a projected new No. 1; Denver sweeps Colorado College for the first half of the Battle for the Gold Pan; Army gets 5-of-6 points for first place in Atlantic Hockey; Northeastern survives Dartmouth; Clarkson takes 3-of-4 from Michigan Tech; Arizona State and Michigan State split; and we note the passing of legendary former Minnesota coach Doug Woog.

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Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look at the weekend of December 6-8, starting with the USCHO Game of the Week, which saw No. 15 Providence take the second half of a weekend split with No. 16 UMass Lowell, with both teams winning on the road.

Also in this episode: Boston University showed some offense in wins over No. 8 Northeastern and last Tuesday over No. 12 Harvard; No. 10 Boston College won both halves of a home-and-home with No. 9 Notre Dame, Dartmouth upset No. 2 Cornell for the Big Red's first loss; No. 3 North Dakota extended its unbeaten streak to 13 with a weekend road sweep of No. 17 Western Michigan; No. 19 Wisconsin was swept at Michigan State; and No. 4 Denver lost 4-1 on Friday and scored late for a 2-2 tie on Saturday with No. 20 Arizona State.

We also take note of a high-scoring Sacred Heart team that has won eight of its last nine, and congratulate Air Force's Frank Serratore for his 400th win behind the Falcons bench.

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Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look at the weekend of November 28-December 1, starting with No. 2 Cornell's 2-0 win over Boston University at Red Hot Hockey at MSG.

We also review No. 1 Minnesota State's sweep of Minnesota Duluth on the road, No. 14 Boston College's win over Harvard to up the Eagles' win streak to seven, sweeps by No. 3 North Dakota and No. 16 Bowling Green, the Friendship Four and Turkey Leg tournaments, surges by Army, AIC, and Niagara in Atlantic Hockey, and Arizona State's move up the PairWise Rankings.

Speaking of PairWise, who's surprising and who's not as the calendar flips to December?

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Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look at the weekend of November 21-23, including Northeastern's sweep of Maine in our Game of the Week, Cornell and Harvard staying unbeaten, and Minnesota State and North Dakota keeping their momentum going.

We also note Michigan State's four-point weekend against Notre Dame and splits between Ohio State and Penn State as well as Denver and Western Michigan. And we take notice of a bunch of penalties in Hockey East, as well as 56 minutes doled out at the end of Saturday's Michigan Tech at Northern Michigan game.

We have some thoughts on Alabama Huntsville's announced withdrawal from the WCHA and St. Thomas' request to jump directly to D-I. Finally, we commemorate the 10th anniversary of the founding of College Hockey Inc.

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Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look back at the games of November 14-16, 2019, including Cornell's North Country sweep over Clarkson and St. Lawrence, Notre Dame and Wisconsin's split and how good the Badgers are, Harvard's 6-0-0 start, North Dakota's five-point weekend at Denver, Penn State's two romps at Minnesota, a good comeback after a blowout by Mercyhurst, and more.

Jim and Ed also weigh in on "idiotic" comments from Toronto sports media about Jerry York's decision to stay behind the bench for Boston College before heading to the Hockey Hall of Fame induction, and how Canadian media still fails to understand college hockey in the U.S.

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Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look at the games of November 7-10, 2019, including Minnesota Duluth's four-point weekend hosting Denver, Notre Dame's sweep of Ohio State, and New Hampshire's 3-1 Sunday win over UMass. Also in this episode: Clarkson and Cornell's two wins setting up their showdown this coming weekend, Harvard's wins over Princeton and Quinnipiac, Lowell's three points from Maine, Boston College's two routs of UConn, Michigan State's split with Penn State, and RIT's four-of-six points from Niagara. Plus, Jim and Ed discuss news that Alaska and Alaska Anchorage will compete in the WCHA in 2020-21.

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Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look at the games of October 31-November 3. Included are Notre Dame's four points at Minnesota, sweeps by UMass, Penn State, Denver, Arizona State, and Northern Michigan, the split between Bowling Green and Minnesota State, Maine's three of four points agains Boston University, and the first shootout in Atlantic Hockey. Jim and Ed also weigh in on the three-on-three OT and on penalty box weirdness at Penn State on Friday.

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Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look at the weekend of October 24-27, including a split between No. 11 Northeastern and No. 14 St. Cloud State, and sweeps by No. 2 Minnesota State, No. 5 Notre Dame, No. 8 Minnesota Duluth, and unranked Northern Michigan and RIT. Plus a quick discussion on whether it's time for the Ivies to play a full 34-game schedule.

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Hosts Jim Connelly (@jimmyconnelly) and Ed Trefzger (@EdTrefzger) look at the weekend. Denver moves to 6-0 on the season with a sweep of Boston College, Minnesota State gets a home tie and win against North Dakota, and Wisconsin sweeps defending champs Minnesota Duluth top the podcast. Also of note: Maine's split with Quinnipiac, Providence's north country sweep, Bowling Green's home-and-home wins over Western Michigan, Alaska's split with Penn State, and RIT's near-10,000 crowd in a win over Merrimack.

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