{"id":126449,"date":"2021-02-22T12:28:17","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T18:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/?p=126449"},"modified":"2021-02-22T12:28:17","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T18:28:17","slug":"north-dakota-clinches-nchc-other-conferences-coming-into-focus-ncaa-bracketology-weekend-review-college-hockey-podcast-season-3-episode-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2021\/02\/22\/north-dakota-clinches-nchc-other-conferences-coming-into-focus-ncaa-bracketology-weekend-review-college-hockey-podcast-season-3-episode-14\/","title":{"rendered":"North Dakota clinches NCHC, other conferences coming into focus, NCAA bracketology: Weekend Review college hockey podcast Season 3 Episode 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger look back at the weekend and news of the week.<\/p>\n<p>North Dakota clinched the Penrose Cup as the NCHC regular season champion.<\/p>\n<p>Boston College&#8217;s sweep and BU&#8217;s OT win seem to make it a three-horse race in Hockey East with UMass, but the HEPI formula leaves that murky to outsiders.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota is close to sewing up the Big Ten title, but Wisconsin also has a path.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota State needs three points in its last four games to win the WCHA, while Bowling Green got off the schneid.<\/p>\n<p>AIC has won the eastern pod regular season title, while big weekends for Air Force and RIT have left the western pod still up for grabs.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, we do a little early bracketology and prognosticate how many teams each conference can expect in the NCAA field of 16.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to this podcast <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/uscho-weekend-review\/id1437717449?mt=2\">on Apple podcasts<\/a>, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/3185675\/episodes\/feed\">your favorite podcast app<\/a>, or on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/user\/uscholive\">Spreaker<\/a>.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?episode_id=43585748&amp;theme=light&amp;playlist=false&amp;playlist-continuous=false&amp;chapters-image=false&amp;episode_image_position=right&amp;hide-likes=false&amp;hide-comments=false&amp;hide-sharing=false&amp;hide-logo=false&amp;hide-download=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<p>Sponsor this podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advertisecast.com\/USCHOWeekendReview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.advertisecast.com\/USCHOWeekendReview<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h4>About the hosts<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Jim Connelly<\/strong> is a senior writer at USCHO.com and has been with the site since 1999. 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