{"id":133539,"date":"2022-03-17T15:00:24","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T20:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=133539"},"modified":"2022-03-17T13:12:43","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T18:12:43","slug":"previewing-the-nchc-frozen-faceoff-with-cbssns-alex-heinert-plus-a-look-every-playoff-game-of-the-week-college-hockey-podcast-season-4-episode-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2022\/03\/17\/previewing-the-nchc-frozen-faceoff-with-cbssns-alex-heinert-plus-a-look-every-playoff-game-of-the-week-college-hockey-podcast-season-4-episode-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Previewing the NCHC Frozen Faceoff with CBSSN&#8217;s Alex Heinert, plus a look every playoff: Game of the Week college hockey podcast Season 4 Episode 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger are joined by\u00a0Alex Heinert of Midco Sports and voice of the NCHC on CBS Sports Network to preview the NCHC Frozen Faceoff.<\/p>\n<p>We preview all six conference tournaments and look closely at the five games in this week&#8217;s USCHO Bettor&#8217;s Edge column:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Bemidji State at No. 1 Minnesota State (CCHA final)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 No. 4 Michigan at No. 2 Minnesota (Big Ten final)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 No. 13 UMass Lowell vs. No. 11 Massachusetts (Hockey East semifinal)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 No. 8 Minnesota Duluth vs. No. 3 Denver (NCHC semifinal)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 No. 7 Western Michigan vs. No. 5 North Dakota (NCHC semifinal)<\/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=49096854&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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