{"id":124071,"date":"2020-12-01T12:35:57","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T18:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=124071"},"modified":"2020-12-01T12:37:49","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T18:37:49","slug":"rits-wayne-wilson-on-a-restarted-season-this-years-tigers-aha-pods-uscho-spotlight-college-hockey-podcast-season-3-episode-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2020\/12\/01\/rits-wayne-wilson-on-a-restarted-season-this-years-tigers-aha-pods-uscho-spotlight-college-hockey-podcast-season-3-episode-2\/","title":{"rendered":"RIT&#8217;s Wayne Wilson on a restarted season, this year&#8217;s Tigers, AHA pods: USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast Season 3 Episode 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rochester Institute of Technology was the first Division I team to cancel its 2020-21 season but also the first to restore it.<\/p>\n<p>Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger talk with RIT head coach Wayne Wilson about the process that led to the restoration of this year&#8217;s campaign, what he expected this season from his team and what he learned about the Tigers from a weekend split against Clarkson. We also discuss the Atlantic Hockey pod schedule and look ahead at games this weekend against Niagara.<\/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=42263832&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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