{"id":129698,"date":"2021-10-18T13:17:55","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T18:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=129698"},"modified":"2021-10-18T13:17:55","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T18:17:55","slug":"icebreaker-shows-michigan-is-the-best-among-several-very-good-teams-weekend-review-college-hockey-podcast-season-4-episode-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2021\/10\/18\/icebreaker-shows-michigan-is-the-best-among-several-very-good-teams-weekend-review-college-hockey-podcast-season-4-episode-3\/","title":{"rendered":"IceBreaker shows Michigan is the best among several very good teams: Weekend Review college hockey podcast Season 4 Episode 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hosts Jim Connelly, Derek Schooley, and Ed Trefzger look at this past weekend&#8217;s games and news. Topics include:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Last weekend&#8217;s IceBreaker: How good is Michigan and how good is Minnesota State?<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The North Dakota\/Bemidji State series;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 What teams aren&#8217;t getting the attention they should?<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Bentley&#8217;s upset of then-No. 6 Boston College;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The controversial ending to Saturday&#8217;s OT Minnesota-St. Cloud State game;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The postponement of the LIU-UMass Lowell series and what it portends for COVID;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Analysis of this week&#8217;s USCHO.com men&#8217;s Division I ice hockey poll.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to this podcast <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/uscho-weekend-review\/id1437717449?mt=2\">on Apple podcasts<\/a>, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/3185675\/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=47032251&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: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advertisecast.com\/USCHOWeekendReview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.advertisecast.com\/USCHOWeekendReview<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--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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