{"id":132202,"date":"2022-02-03T15:00:26","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T21:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=132202"},"modified":"2022-02-03T15:39:38","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T21:39:38","slug":"talking-rules-and-officiating-with-big-tens-steve-piotrowski-uscho-spotlight-college-hockey-podcast-season-4-episode-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2022\/02\/03\/talking-rules-and-officiating-with-big-tens-steve-piotrowski-uscho-spotlight-college-hockey-podcast-season-4-episode-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking rules and officiating with Big Ten&#8217;s Steve Piotrowski: USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast Season 4 Episode 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger are joined by Big Ten director of officials and former NCAA secretary\u2013rules editor for men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s ice hockey Steve Piotrowski to talk about officiating and rules. This wide-ranging conversation includes recruiting and development of officials, the use of video for evaluation and replay, the challenges officials face as the speed and skill level of the game has increased, and an appraisal of recent rule changes.<\/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=48577159&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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