{"id":130937,"date":"2021-12-13T14:48:30","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T20:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=130937"},"modified":"2021-12-13T14:48:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T20:48:30","slug":"minnesota-state-avoids-the-no-1-curse-but-elsewhere-its-splitsville-weekend-review-college-hockey-podcast-season-4-episode-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2021\/12\/13\/minnesota-state-avoids-the-no-1-curse-but-elsewhere-its-splitsville-weekend-review-college-hockey-podcast-season-4-episode-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota State avoids the No. 1 curse, but elsewhere it&#8217;s splitsville: Weekend Review college hockey podcast Season 4 Episode 11"},"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 Minnesota State avoids the curse on No. 1; now has 11-point lead in CCHA over Bemidji State<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Splitsville in the B1G<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Minnesota Duluth and Denver split<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 UMass Lowell sweeps Vermont and is in first place in Hockey East at the break<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Arizona State gets a much-needed sweep<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Can we now talk PairWise and feel okay about it?<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 What current PWR positions might surprise us?<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Which teams are poised for a big second-half run?<\/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=47908636&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><!--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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