{"id":131256,"date":"2022-01-06T14:10:45","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T20:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=131256"},"modified":"2022-01-06T14:10:45","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T20:10:45","slug":"update-on-covid-rescheduling-with-hockey-easts-steve-metcalf-plus-some-top-games-game-of-the-week-college-hockey-podcast-season-4-episode-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2022\/01\/06\/update-on-covid-rescheduling-with-hockey-easts-steve-metcalf-plus-some-top-games-game-of-the-week-college-hockey-podcast-season-4-episode-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on COVID rescheduling with Hockey East&#8217;s Steve Metcalf, plus some top games: Game of the Week college hockey podcast Season 4 Episode 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After this week&#8217;s game of the week was postponed, hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger caught up with Hockey East commissioner Steve Metcalf to discuss the recent uptick in adjustments to schedules because of COVID protocols.<\/p>\n<p>Also previewed are the four matchups to be featured in USCHO&#8217;s Bettor&#8217;s Edge column this week:<\/p>\n<p>No. 14 Cornell at No. 5 North Dakota<\/p>\n<p>No. 13 Notre Dame at Penn State<\/p>\n<p>Ferris State at No. 1 Minnesota State<\/p>\n<p>No. 10 Massachusetts at No. 6 Michigan<\/p>\n<p>This podcast is sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/dcu.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DCU \u2013 Digital Federal Credit Union \u2013 at dcu.org<\/a>.<\/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<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?episode_id=48193688&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><br \/>\n<!--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. 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