{"id":131862,"date":"2022-01-26T14:00:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T20:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=131862"},"modified":"2022-01-26T10:06:07","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T16:06:07","slug":"minnesota-states-mike-hastings-talks-mavericks-ccha-olympics-uscho-spotlight-college-hockey-podcast-season-4-episode-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2022\/01\/26\/minnesota-states-mike-hastings-talks-mavericks-ccha-olympics-uscho-spotlight-college-hockey-podcast-season-4-episode-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota State&#8217;s Mike Hastings talks Mavericks, CCHA, Olympics: USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast Season 4 Episode 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger are joined by Minnesota State head coach Mike Hastings. The conversation includes this year&#8217;s Mavericks, the new CCHA, prepping for the Olympics, and this weekend&#8217;s series with Arizona State.<\/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-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<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?episode_id=48453231&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> is a senior writer at USCHO.com and has been with the site since 1999. 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