Hosts Jim Connelly, Derek Schooley, and Ed Trefzger look at the games of the past weekend and the news of the week in this D-I college hockey podcast.
This podcast is sponsored by DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union – at dcu.org
• Bemidji State sweeps Minnesota State
• St. Thomas splits with Ferris State
• Lindenwood takes No. 1 Denver to the brink
• Alaska sweeps Governor’s Cup series
• Northeastern staves off LIU in OT
• Looking at the four holiday tournaments:
Great Lakes Invitational (Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Mich.)
December 27-28, 2022
No. 18 Western Michigan (10-9-1) vs. No. 17 Michigan Tech (11-5-3)
Ferris State (8-8-2) vs. No. 11 Michigan State (12-7-1)
Kwik-Trip Holiday Faceoff (Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee)
December 28-29, 2022
Clarkson (7-8-2) vs. No. 15 Massachusetts (7-6-3)
Lake Superior (3-13-2) vs. Wisconsin (7-11-0)
Ledyard Bank Classic (Thompson Arena, Hanover, N.H.)
December. 30-31, 2022
No. 12 Providence (9-4-5) vs. Yale (1-8-1)
No. 6 Merrimack (13-4-0) at Dartmouth (1-10-1)
Desert Hockey Classic (Mullett Arena, Tempe, Ariz.)
January 6-7, 2023
Air Force (6-10-2) vs. No. 8 Boston University (11-5-0)
No. 17 Michigan Tech (12-7-1) at Arizona State (9-10-0)
(Our apologies for audio issues during the second part of the first segment.)
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About the hosts
Jim Connelly is a senior writer at USCHO.com and has been with the site since 1999. He is based in Boston and regularly covers Hockey East. He began with USCHO.com as the correspondent covering the MAAC, which nowadays is known as Atlantic Hockey. Each week during the season, he co-writes “Tuesday Morning Quarterback.” Jim is the winner of the 2012 Joe Concannon award. He is a color analyst for UMass-Lowell hockey’s radio network and an analyst for NESN.
Ed Trefzger has been part of USCHO since 1999 and now serves as a senior writer and director of technology. He is the radio play-by-play voice for Rochester Institute of Technology hockey on the RIT Tigers Sports Network, a 2022 inductee of the RIT Sports Hall of Fame, and has been involved with RIT broadcasts as a producer, studio host, and color commentator since their inception in 1982. He is co-owner and COO of broadcasting company Genesee Media, and was general manager of the former Rochester, N.Y., sports radio station 97.5 The Team.
