{"id":130372,"date":"2021-11-17T15:00:06","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T21:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/?p=130372"},"modified":"2021-11-16T12:30:59","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T18:30:59","slug":"michigans-mel-pearson-on-this-years-wolverines-coaching-a-young-talented-team-roster-management-uscho-spotlight-college-hockey-podcast-season-4-episode-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2021\/11\/17\/michigans-mel-pearson-on-this-years-wolverines-coaching-a-young-talented-team-roster-management-uscho-spotlight-college-hockey-podcast-season-4-episode-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan&#8217;s Mel Pearson on this year&#8217;s Wolverines, coaching a young, talented team, roster management: USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast Season 4 Episode 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger are joined by Michigan head coach Mel Pearson. The conversation includes the Wolverines&#8217; strong start, the unique aspects of coaching a team loaded with top NHL prospects, roster management and recruiting, facing teams with older players, and this weekend&#8217;s games with Notre Dame.<\/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<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?episode_id=47505852&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><br \/>\n<!--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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