{"id":136115,"date":"2022-09-28T11:15:42","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T16:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=136115"},"modified":"2022-09-28T11:22:18","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T16:22:18","slug":"which-are-the-top-teams-heading-into-the-season-plus-new-coaches-new-league-new-rules-weekend-review-college-hockey-podcast-season-5-episode-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2022\/09\/28\/which-are-the-top-teams-heading-into-the-season-plus-new-coaches-new-league-new-rules-weekend-review-college-hockey-podcast-season-5-episode-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Which are the top teams heading into the season, plus new coaches, new league, new rules: Weekend Review college hockey podcast Season 5 Episode 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hosts Jim Connelly, Derek Schooley, and Ed Trefzger look back at news from this summer and look ahead to the new season.<\/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 Who are our No. 1 teams right now and who are some dark horses?<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Coaching changes at four top programs: Boston College, Boston University, Michigan, Michigan State<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Will we see a new Division I men&#8217;s hockey conference soon?<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Analyzing the rule changes for this season, especially video replay<\/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=51407492&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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