{"id":124657,"date":"2020-12-31T12:17:36","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T18:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=124657"},"modified":"2021-01-07T12:07:01","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T18:07:01","slug":"minnesota-duluth-at-st-cloud-state-preview-with-writer-matt-wellens-game-of-the-week-college-hockey-podcast-season-3-episode-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2020\/12\/31\/minnesota-duluth-at-st-cloud-state-preview-with-writer-matt-wellens-game-of-the-week-college-hockey-podcast-season-3-episode-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Duluth at St. Cloud State preview with writer Matt Wellens: Game of the Week college hockey podcast Season 3 Episode 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger are joined by Minnesota Duluth beat writer Matt Wellens of the Duluth News Tribune to preview the No. 4 Bulldogs at No. 6 St. Cloud State in NCHC play.<\/p>\n<p>Jim and Ed also look ahead to another NCHC series, No. 16 Denver vs. Colorado College, a Hockey East home-and-home series between No. 13 Northeastern and No. 9 UMass, the start of ECAC Hockey play, and Arizona State&#8217;s games at No. 1 Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>The hosts and guest also opine on the proposal by NCHC commissioner Josh Fenton to use historical data to allocate at-large bids in this season&#8217;s NCAA tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to this podcast <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/uscho-game-of-the-week\/id1437717463?mt=2\">on Apple Podcasts<\/a>, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/3185693\/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=42739059&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! Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advertisecast.com\/USCHOGameoftheWeek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.advertisecast.com\/USCHOGameoftheWeek<\/a> for details.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h4>About the hosts<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Jim Connelly<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jimmyconnelly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@JimmyConnelly<\/a>) is a senior writer at USCHO.com and has been with the site since 1999. He is based in Boston and regularly covers Hockey East. He began with USCHO.com as the correspondent covering the MAAC, which nowadays is known as Atlantic Hockey. Each week during the season, he co-writes &#8220;Tuesday Morning Quarterback.&#8221; Jim is the winner of the 2012 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=45222\">Joe Concannon award<\/a>. 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