{"id":126631,"date":"2021-03-02T11:28:43","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T17:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/?p=126631"},"modified":"2021-03-02T11:28:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T17:28:43","slug":"american-internationals-eric-lang-on-building-the-yellow-jackets-program-this-season-uscho-spotlight-college-hockey-podcast-season-3-episode-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2021\/03\/02\/american-internationals-eric-lang-on-building-the-yellow-jackets-program-this-season-uscho-spotlight-college-hockey-podcast-season-3-episode-14\/","title":{"rendered":"American International&#8217;s Eric Lang on building the Yellow Jackets program, this season: USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast Season 3 Episode 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>American International clinched its third consecutive Atlantic Hockey regular season championship \u2013 no small feat for a team that few had heard of five years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Eric Lang joins hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger to talk about the growth and success of the program, a team that lost 10 seniors but which didn&#8217;t skip a beat, the recovery of Eric Otto from cancer, mentoring others, and keeping sharp in a season filled with cancellations and pauses.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to this podcast <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/uscho-spotlight\/id1437717447?mt=2\">on Apple Podcasts<\/a>, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/3185680\/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=43705470&amp;theme=light&amp;playlist=false&amp;playlist-continuous=false&amp;chapters-image=true&amp;episode_image_position=right&amp;hide-likes=false&amp;hide-comments=false&amp;hide-sharing=false&amp;hide-logo=false&amp;hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<p>Sponsor this podcast! 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