{"id":133179,"date":"2022-03-07T12:57:43","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T18:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=133179"},"modified":"2022-03-07T12:57:43","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T18:57:43","slug":"a-wild-finish-in-hockey-east-nchc-drama-in-the-first-round-of-conference-playoffs-weekend-review-college-hockey-podcast-season-4-episode-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2022\/03\/07\/a-wild-finish-in-hockey-east-nchc-drama-in-the-first-round-of-conference-playoffs-weekend-review-college-hockey-podcast-season-4-episode-22\/","title":{"rendered":"A wild finish in Hockey East, NCHC; drama in the first round of conference playoffs: Weekend Review college hockey podcast Season 4 Episode 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hosts Jim Connelly, Derek Schooley, and Ed Trefzger look at this past weekend&#8217;s games and news.<\/p>\n<p>This podcast is sponsored by DCU \u2013 Digital Federal Credit Union \u2013 at <a href=\"https:\/\/dcu.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dcu.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Topics include:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The wildest finish ever in Hockey East<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 NCHC finish was a close second for drama<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 First round of playoffs provided a lot of excitement, but few upsets<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 PairWise: What are Ohio State\u2019s hopes? What are the chances of more than three eastern teams?<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 And revisiting the old &#8220;Colorado College&#8221; rule: Do criteria need to change so that a team winning 25 games isn&#8217;t left out?<\/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=48983127&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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