USCHO Live!: Recent Episodes
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On the Saturday edition of USCHO Live! we’re joined by Hockey Humanitarian Award winner Sidney Peters, USA Hockey’s Dave Fischer, College Hockey Inc.’s Nate Ewell, author Bruce Haas and a preview of the championship game with beat writers John Fineran and Matt Wellens.
On the Friday edition of USCHO Live! we’re joined by ESPN’s John Buccigross and Barry Melrose, who’ll be live with Notre Dame coach Jeff Jackson and with the 2018 Mike Richter Award winner as the year’s best goalie.
Our guests on the Thursday, April 5, edition of USCHO Live! include: NCAA rules committee secretary Steve Piotrowski, NCAA director of officials Frank Cole, and NCAA rules liaison Ty Halpin to discuss rules and officiating, followed by a preview of today’s semifinal matchups with beat writers following the teams.
Our guests on the Wednesday, April 4, edition of USCHO Live! are: Jess Myers, The Athletic, 1500 ESPN Twin Cities, 4:20 p.m.; Steve Hagwell, ECAC commissioner, 4:40 p.m.; Joe Bertagna, Hockey East commissioner, 5:00 p.m.; Neil Koepke, MSUSpartans.com, 5:20 p.m.; and Paula Weston, Big Ten correspondent, USCHO.com, 5:40 p.m.
Our guests on the March 20 edition of USCHO Live! are members of ESPN’s NCAA regionals coverage. We’ll be joined by these scheduled guests: Sean Ritchlin, previewing the West Region at 8:15 p.m. EDT; John Buccigross, East Region at 8:30; Billy Jaffe, Northeast Region at 9:00; and Colby Cohen, Midwest Region at 9:15.
Our guests on the March 13 edition of USCHO Live! are Ohio State coach Steve Rohlik, whose No. 5 Buckeyes travel to No. 3 Notre Dame Saturday for the Big Ten championship, and CBS Sports and ESPN college hockey analyst Dave Starman.
Our guests on the March 6 edition of USCHO Live! are Massachusetts coach Greg Carvel, whose Minutemen won a three-game series at Vermont to advance to take on No. 7 Northeastern in the Hockey East quarterfinals, and Penn State Guy Gadowsky, whose No. 12 Nittany Lions move on to the Big Ten semifinals against No. 5 Notre Dame after a weekend sweep of then-No. 11 Minnesota.
Our guest on the February 27 edition of USCHO Live! is USCHO.com bracketologist Jayson Moy, who’ll join us to look at who’s in, who’s not, and what teams need to do to get there or stay there.
Our guests on the February 20 edition of USCHO Live! are Northeastern coach Jim Madigan, whose No. 11 Huskies are Beanpot champs and in the hunt for the Hockey East regular-season title, and Mercyhurst coach Rick Gotkin, whose Lakers are atop the Atlantic Hockey standings and look to clinch the regular season in a two-game series at Rochester Institute of Technology this weekend.
Our guests on the February 13 edition of USCHO Live! are Northern Michigan coach Grant Potulny, whose Wildcats sit atop the WCHA standings and at No. 20 in the USCHO.com poll after winning nine of 10 league games since Jan. 1, and Rochester Institute of Technology coach Wayne Wilson, whose Tigers won all three games on a long weekend road trip to move into fifth place — yet still in reach of first — in Atlantic Hockey.
Our guests on the February 6 edition of USCHO Live! are Connecticut coach Mike Cavanaugh, whose Huskies are just two points out of a first-round bye in Hockey East, and USCHO.com Big Ten columnist Paula C. Weston.
It's our annual get-together on rules and officiating. Guests on the Tuesday, January 30, edition of USCHO Live! include NCAA rules committee secretary Steve Piotrowski, who also serves as Big Ten coordinator of officials and who is a veteran referee, Frank Cole, national coordinator of ice hockey officials, and NCAA associate director of playing rules administration and NCAA ice hockey rules committee liaison Ty Halpin.
Our guests on the Tuesday, January 23, edition of USCHO Live! are Robert Morris coach Derek Schooley and Bemidji State coach Tom Serratore, both leading teams moving up the standings in their leagues in the second half of the season.
Our guests on the Tuesday, January 16, edition of USCHO Live! are two coaches coming off successful weekends, Michigan's Mel Pearson and Northeastern's Jim Madigan.
Our guests on the Tuesday, January 9, edition of USCHO Live! are Arizona State coach Greg Powers, whose Sun Devils got the first-ever tournament win in program history at the inaugural Ice Vegas Invitational Championship last weekend, and Zig Fracassi, host of This Week in College Hockey on SiriusXM.
Our guests on the Wednesday, January 3, edition of USCHO Live! are Chris Peters, NHL Draft and prospects analyst for ESPN, and Dave Starman, NCAA hockey analyst for ESPN and CBS Sports Network, who is handling analyst duties on the NHL Network’s broadcast of the World Juniors Tournament. They’ll check in with us to look back at the first nine days of the tournament and ahead to the semifinal, gold, and bronze games.
Our guests on the Tuesday, December 12, edition of USCHO Live! are Jim Johannson, assistant executive director of hockey operations for USA Hockey and general manager of the U.S. National Junior Team for the ninth consecutive year, and Chris Peters, NHL Draft and prospects analyst for ESPN, to preview the 2018 World Juniors Championship.
Our scheduled guests on the Tuesday, December 5, edition of USCHO Live! are Denver coach Jim Montgomery, whose defending national champion Pioneers are again perched at No. 1 in the USCHO.com men's D-I hockey poll, and first-year Niagara coach Jason Lammers, whose Purple Eagles entered the poll this week at No. 20.
Our scheduled guests on the Tuesday, November 28, edition of USCHO Live! are Clarkson coach Casey Jones, whose Golden Knights are at No. 3 in this week's USCHO.com men's hockey poll after winning the Friendship Four title in Belfast last weekend, and Mercyhurst coach Rick Gotkin, whose Lakers gave Wisconsin its first loss against an Atlantic Hockey opponent in a weekend split against the Badgers.
Our scheduled guests on the Tuesday, November 14, edition of USCHO Live! are Cornell coach Mike Schafer, whose No. 6 Big Red are off to a 6-0 start, and Notre Dame coach Jeff Jackson, whose No. 4 Fighting Irish are undefeated thus far in their inaugural Big Ten campaign.
Our scheduled guests on the Tuesday, November 7, edition of USCHO Live! are Western Michigan coach Andy Murray, whose Broncos picked up an important six points in NCHC play with a weekend sweep of then-No. 1 Denver, and Army West Point coach Brian Riley, whose Black Knights sit atop the Atlantic Hockey standing after a pair of weekend road wins over Air Force.
Our scheduled guests on the Tuesday, October 31, edition of USCHO Live! are Providence coach Nate Leaman, whose Friars jumped to No. 6 in this week's USCHO.com men's hockey poll after weekend wins over Hockey East rivals Boston University and Boston College, and Ohio State coach Steve Rohlik, whose No. 16 Buckeyes, fresh off a home-and-home non-conference sweep of Robert Morris, return to Big Ten play hosting No. 10 Notre Dame.
Our scheduled guests on the Tuesday, October 24, edition of USCHO Live! are Quinnipiac coach Rand Pecknold, whose No. 13 Bobcats have a weekend off before beginning ECAC play after a road sweep of Northeastern, and St. Cloud State coach Bob Motzko, whose 5-0 Huskies -- ranked No. 2 in the USCHO.com D-I men's poll with 16 first-place votes -- begin NCHC play at home vs. Minnesota Duluth after a sweep at home over Boston College.
Our scheduled guests on this week's edition of USCHO Live! are Minnesota State coach Mike Hastings, whose Mavericks returned to the USCHO.com men's ice hockey poll at No. 1 after a weekend road sweep of then-No. 2 Boston University, and Air Force coach Frank Serratore, whose defending Atlantic Hockey champion Cadets are at No. 20 this week, fresh off a weekend sweep of Arizona State.
Our seventh season of USCHO Live! gets underway this Tuesday, Oct. 10. Our scheduled guests are New Hampshire coach Dick Umile, whose Wildcats enter the USCHO.com poll at No. 20 this week after a weekend sweep of then-No. 5 UMass Lowell, and first-year Michigan Tech coach Joe Shawhan, whose Huskies enter the USCHO.com poll at No. 15 after winning the 2017 Ice Breaker tournament.
USCHO Live! is on the road in Chicago for the Frozen Four at Kitty O'Shea's at the Chicago Hilton. Saturday's broadcast is a preview of the national championship game, live from 2 to 4 p.m. CDT. Scheduled guests include ECAC Hockey commissioner Steve Hagwell; NCHC commissioner Josh Fenton; Hockey Humanitarian Award recipients Danny Divis and Justin McKenzie; David H. Hendrickson, USCHO; and writers Matt Wellens and Candace Horgan.
USCHO Live! is on the road in Chicago with live broadcasts each day of the Frozen Four at Kitty O’Shea’s at the Chicago Hilton. Friday is a special broadcast with ESPN’s John Buccigross and Barry Melrose live, including the announcement of the 2017 Mike Richter Award, from 7 to 8:15 p.m. CDT.
USCHO Live! is on the road in Chicago with live broadcasts each day of the Frozen Four at Kitty O’Shea’s at the Chicago Hilton. Thursday’s two-hour preview of the national semifinals airs from 1 to 3 p.m. CDT. Our guests are Candace Horgan, USCHO NCHC columnist, who is covering Denver; Jake Brown, Irish Illustrated; Ty Halpin, Frank Cole, Steve Piotrowski — NCAA officials who will discuss rules and officiating; and Joe Bertagna, Hockey East commissioner.
USCHO Live! is on the road in Chicago with live broadcasts each day of the Frozen Four at Kitty O'Shea's at the Chicago Hilton. Wednesday's two-hour show airs from 4 to 6 p.m. CDT. Our scheduled guests are: Brad Schlossmann, Grand Forks Herald; veteran Michigan State hockey writer Neil Koepke; Nate Ewell, College Hockey Inc. deputy executive director; Jess Meyers, 1500 ESPN, Twin Cities and USA Hockey Magazine; and Matt Wellens, Duluth News Tribune.
On the March 28 edition of USCHO Live! – our final Tuesday night show of the season – our scheduled guests are Matt Wellens of the Duluth News Tribune, and Nate Owen, USCHO.com ECAC Hockey columnist, as we preview next week’s Frozen Four.
On March 21, it’s a special two-hour edition of USCHO Live! looking ahead to this weekend’s four NCAA regionals with broadcasters from ESPN who will be covering the tournament: Sean Ritchlin, Allen Bestwick, Colby Cohen, and Dave Starman.
On the March 7 edition of USCHO Live! our scheduled guests are New Hampshire coach Dick Umile, whose Wildcats moved forward to the Hockey East quarterfinals after a three-game series win over Merrimack, and Mercyhurst coach Rick Gotkin, whose Lakers travel to Army for the Atlantic Hockey quarterfinals after a sweep of American International.
On the Feb. 27 edition of USCHO Live! our scheduled guests are Hockey East commissioner Joe Bertagna with a look at that league’s wild regular season finish and Wisconsin coach Tony Granato, whose No. 16 Badgers are just three points behind first-place Minnesota in the Big Ten after a weekend split with the Gophers.
On the Feb. 21 edition of USCHO Live! our scheduled guests are College Hockey Inc. deputy executive director Nate Ewell and Canisius coach Dave Smith, whose Griffins stand atop Atlantic Hockey on the wings of a 14-game unbeaten streak.
On the Feb. 14 edition of USCHO Live! our scheduled guests are Northern Michigan coach Walt Kyle, whose Wildcats have won seven straight –including five consecutive shutout wins by Finland native Atte Tolvanen — and Providence coach Nate Leaman, whose Friars have improved to 10-6-2 in Hockey East after nine straight wins, all in conference.
On the Feb. 7 edition of USCHO Live! we’ll have our annual review of the NCAA rulebook and officiating as we’re joined by NCAA men’s and women’s ice hockey rules committee secretary and rules editor Steve Piotrowski, who is also a veteran referee and currently coordinator of officials for the Big Ten, and NCAA national coordinator of ice hockey officials Frank Cole.
Our scheduled guests for the Jan. 31 edition of USCHO Live! are Boston College coach Jerry York, whose No. 8 Eagles sit atop the Hockey East standings, and Air Force coach Frank Serratore, whose Falcons are tied with Canisius for the league lead in Atlantic Hockey.
Our scheduled guests for the January 24 edition of USCHO Live! are St. Lawrence coach Mark Morris, whose Saints are at No. 16 this week in his first season back in college hockey, and Sirius XM’s Zig Fracassi, host of “This Week in College Hockey.”
Our scheduled guests for the January 17 edition of USCHO Live! are Massachusetts-Lowell coach Norm Bazin, whose No. 5 River Hawks have the nation’s longest winning streak at seven games, and Penn State coach Guy Gadowsky, whose Nittany Lions reached No. 1 in this week’s USCHO.com poll for the first time in the program’s short history.
Our guests for the January 10 edition of USCHO Live! are the coach of the 2017 gold-medal U.S. National World Junior team, St. Cloud State's Bob Motzko, and hockey analyst Dave Starman, who was the color commentator for the tournament's telecasts on the NHL Network.
Our scheduled guests for the January 3 edition of USCHO Live! are coaches from two teams with successful holiday tournaments: Colorado College’s Mike Haviland, whose Tigers took the Florida College Classic title, and Army West Point’s Brian Riley, whose Black Knights prevailed at the Ledyard Bank Classic. Guest hosting with Ed Trefzger will be USCHO.com Atlantic Hockey columnist Dan Rubin.
Our scheduled guests for the Dec. 13 edition of USCHO Live! are USA Hockey assistant executive director of hockey operations Jim Johannson, as players invited to camp in Buffalo prepare for the 2017 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Hockey Championship, and USCHO.com Atlantic Hockey columnist Dan Rubin.
Our scheduled guests for the Dec. 6 edition of USCHO Live! are Harvard coach Ted Donato, whose No. 6 Crimson swept a road trip in ECAC Hockey last weekend, and Michigan Tech coach Mel Pearson, whose league-second Huskies split last weekend with WCHA-leading Bemidji State.
Our scheduled guests for the Nov. 29 edition of USCHO Live! are Denver coach Jim Montgomery, whose Pioneers are at No. 2 in this week’s USCHO.com men’s Division I hockey poll, and USCHO.com correspondent Paula C. Weston, who covers the Big Ten beat.
Our scheduled guests for the Nov. 15 edition of USCHO Live! are Quinnipiac coach Rand Pecknold, whose Bobcats are No. 4 in this week’s USCHO.com poll, and Bemidji State coach Tom Serratore, whose No. 13 Beavers are unbeaten and in first place in WCHA play.
Our scheduled guests for the Nov. 8 edition of USCHO Live! are Penn State coach Guy Gadowsky, whose Nittany Lions moved to No. 12 in this week’s USCHO.com poll, and Robert Morris coach Derek Schooley, whose Colonials gave Ohio State its first loss of the season in a win and a tie with the Buckeyes last weekend.
Our guests for the Nov. 1 edition of USCHO Live! are Minnesota Duluth coach Scott Sandelin, whose Bulldogs are this week's unanimous No. 1 team in the USCHO.com Division I men's hockey poll after sweeping previous No. 1 North Dakota, and Vermont coach Kevin Sneddon, whose Catamounts enter the poll at No. 19 after weekend wins over Michigan and Northeastern.
Our guest for the October 25 edition of USCHO Live! was Bemidji Pioneer sports editor and USCHO.com WCHA columnist Jack Hittinger. Jim and Ed also covered some big upcoming matchups, noted the progress on NCAA rules and emphasis, and discussed the eye surgery for Boston College coach Jerry York announced today.
Our scheduled guests for the October 18 edition of USCHO Live! are North Dakota coach Brad Berry — whose defending national champions are a unanimous No. 1 in this week’s USCHO.com Division I men’s hockey poll — and Maine beat writer Larry Mahoney of the Bangor Daily News.
Our guest on the October 11 edition of USCHO Live! is Rich Coppola, Sports director at Fox 61 in Hartford and one of the radio voices of UConn hockey. Jim and Ed also review the happenings in college hockey over the summer.
Scheduled guests include Chris Dylewski, the winner of the 2016 Hockey Humanitarian Award; Bill Robertson, WCHA commissioner; Bob DeGregorio, Atlantic Hockey commissioner; veteran hockey writer Neil Koepke, MSUSpartans.com; and a final look at the championship matchup with Quinnipiac beat writer Chip Malafronte of the New Haven Register and North Dakota beat writer Brad Schlossman of the Grand Forks Herald.
Join us on Friday, April 8, from 6-8:30 p.m. EDT at Champions Sports Bar inside the Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel & Marina, 700 S. Florida Ave., a short walk from Amalie Arena, for USCHO Live!
We'll have a special broadcast featuring John Buccigross and Barry Melrose as they interact with fans and announce the winner of the 2016 Mike Richter Award for college hockey's best goalie of 2015-16.
Join us on Thursday, April 7, from 1-3 p.m. EDT at Champions Sports Bar inside the Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel & Marina, 700 S. Florida Ave., a short walk from Amalie Arena, for USCHO Live!
Scheduled guests include Hockey East commissioner Joe Bertagna; NCHC commissioner Josh Fenton; Brad Schlossman, Grand Forks Herald; Chip Malafronte, New Haven Register; and Mike Chambers, Denver Post.
Scheduled guests include our annual NCAA rules discussion with Ty Halpin, Frank Cole, and Steve Piotrowski; ECAC Hockey commissioner Steve Hagwell; Jess Myers from ESPN 1500 Twin Cities; Zig Fracassi, Sirius XM Satellite Radio; and Dave Hendrickson, USCHO.com.
Our guests on final Tuesday night edition of USCHO Live! on March 29 are ESPN and CBS Sports Network college hockey analyst Dave Starman, and Tampa Bay Sports Commission executive director Rob Higgins, each previewing next week’s NCAA Frozen Four in Tampa.
Our guests on the March 22 edition of USCHO Live! are the four ESPN play-by-play broadcasters for this year’s NCAA Division I men’s ice hockey tournament: at 8:15 p.m. EDT, Allen Bestwick, Midwest Region; 8:30, Kevin Brown, East Region; 9:00, John Buccigross, Northeast Region and the Frozen Four; 9:15, Clay Matvick, West Region. And for a Notre Dame to Big Ten update, Paula Weston at 8:45.
Our guests on the March 15 edition of USCHO Live! are coaches whose teams swept opponents on the road to win quarterfinal series in their conferences: Rochester Institute of Technology’s Wayne Wilson and Dartmouth’s Bob Gaudet.
Our guests on the March 8 edition of USCHO Live are Michigan Tech coach Mel Pearson, whose Huskies won a share of the MacNaughton Cup for the first time in 40 years, and USCHO.com bracketologist Jayson Moy, with a look at where teams stand in the PairWise as we near the end of the season. USCHO.com’s Dan Rubin will sit in for Jim Connelly alongside Ed Trefzger.
Our guests on the March 1 edition of USCHO Live! are Connecticut coach Mike Cavanaugh, whose Huskies clinched a Hockey East home playoff series with a dramatic, come-from-behind win on Saturday, and Paula C. Weston, USCHO.com Big Ten columnist.
Our guests on the Feb. 23 edition of USCHO Live! are Yale coach Keith Allain, whose No. 7 Bulldogs have won seven games in a row and stand just four points out of first in ECAC Hockey, and Matt Wellens, the college hockey beat reporter for the Duluth News Tribune covering the men’s and women’s programs at Minnesota Duluth, St. Scholastica and Wisconsin-Superior.
Our guests on the Feb. 16 edition of USCHO Live are Army West Point coach Brian Riley and USCHO.com Big Ten columnist Drew Claussen. USCHO.com’s Dan Rubin will sit in for Jim Connelly alongside Ed Trefzger.
Our guests on the Feb. 9 edition of USCHO Live! are Boston College coach Jerry York, whose Eagles won the championship of the 64th Beanpot on Monday, and Boston Globe reporter Michael Whitmer, who covered the lowest-scoring Beanpot championship ever.
Our guests on the Feb. 2 edition of USCHO Live! are NCAA Ice Hockey rules committee secretary Steve Piotrowski — who is also a veteran referee and the director of officials for the Big Ten — in our annual discussion of rules and officiating, and we’ll touch base with WEEI.com’s Scott McLaughlin for a quick update on Monday’s Beanpot semifinals.
Our guests on the Jan. 26 edition of USCHO Live! are Minnesota State coach Mike Hastings, whose No. 20 Mavericks stand atop the WCHA standings after a weekend sweep, and USCHO.com Hockey East columnist David H. Hendrickson, who will join us for a preview of this year’s Beanpot.
Our guests on the Jan. 19 edition of USCHO Live! are Massachusetts-Lowell head coach Norm Bazin, whose River Hawks are atop the Hockey East standings with a three-game winning streak, and Jess Myers, who covers college hockey for 1500ESPN.com and 1500ESPN Twin Cities.
Our guests on the Jan. 12 edition of USCHO Live! are Denver coach Jim Montgomery, whose Pioneers are fresh off an NCHC weekend road sweep of then No. 6 Omaha, and Northeastern coach Jim Madigan, whose Huskies swept a non-conference series on the road, against then No. 13 St. Lawrence.
Our guest on the Jan. 5 edition of USCHO Live! was Robert Morris coach Derek Schooley, whose AHC first-place Colonials went 2-2 in non-conference play over the holiday break. Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger also took an early look at Bracketology and the Hobey Baker award.
Our guests on the Dec. 15 edition of USCHO Live! are College Hockey Inc. deputy executive director Nate Ewell and ESPNU and CBS Sports Network college hockey analyst Dave Starman.
Our guests on the Dec. 8 edition of USCHO Live! are North Dakota coach Brad Berry, whose No. 4 Fighting Hawks remain atop the NCHC standings after a weekend sweep at Denver, and Doyle Woody, who covers Alaska-Anchorage for the Alaska Dispatch News.
Our guests on the Dec. 1 edition of USCHO Live! are Mercyhurst coach Rick Gotkin, who recently eclipsed the 500-win mark behind the Lakers bench, and Zig Fracassi, host of “This Week in College Hockey” on Sirius XM.
Our guests on the Nov. 10 edition of USCHO Live! are Michigan State coach Tom Anastos, whose Spartans are coming off a weekend sweep of New Hampshire, and Brad Elliott Schlossman, nationally-recognized sports writer and North Dakota beat writer for the Grand Forks Herald.
Our guest is Providence coach Nate Leaman, whose 2015 national champion Friars are at No. 2 in this week’s USCHO.com men’s D-I hockey poll with a 6-0-1 record.