{"id":137084,"date":"2022-11-18T07:00:07","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T13:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=137084"},"modified":"2022-11-17T15:59:56","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T21:59:56","slug":"minnesota-michigan-is-razor-thin-while-other-top-20-games-have-strong-favorites-uscho-edge-college-hockey-podcast-season-1-episode-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2022\/11\/18\/minnesota-michigan-is-razor-thin-while-other-top-20-games-have-strong-favorites-uscho-edge-college-hockey-podcast-season-1-episode-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota-Michigan is razor thin while other top 20 games have strong favorites: USCHO Edge podcast Season 1 Episode 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>USCHO Edge hosts Jim Connelly, Dan Rubin, and Ed Trefzger analyze five games among top 20 D-I college hockey teams, looking at money lines and over\/under as well as giving an in-depth look at the matchups. We also consider why college hockey is such a tough sport for oddsmakers.<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s games:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 No. 17 Michigan State at No. 6 Penn State<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 No. 2 Minnesota at No. 3 Michigan<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 No. 18 Northeastern at No. 11 Boston University<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Minnesota Duluth at No. 14 Western Michigan<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 No. 4 St. Cloud State at Colorado College<\/p>\n<p>This college hockey 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<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?episode_id=51933682&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>Check out all of <a href=\"\/podcasts\">USCHO&#8217;s podcasts<\/a>, including USCHO Weekend Review and USCHO Spotlight, plus our entire podcast archive.<\/p>\n<p><!--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. He is based in Boston and regularly covers Hockey East. He began with USCHO.com as the correspondent covering the MAAC, which nowadays is known as Atlantic Hockey. Each week during the season, he co-writes &#8220;Tuesday Morning Quarterback.&#8221; Jim is the winner of the 2012 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=45222\">Joe Concannon award<\/a>. He is a color analyst for UMass Lowell hockey&#8217;s radio network and an analyst for NESN.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ed Trefzger <\/strong>(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EdTrefzger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@EdTrefzger<\/a>) has been part of USCHO since 1999 and now serves as a senior writer and director of technology. He is the radio play-by-play voice for Rochester Institute of Technology hockey on the RIT Tigers Sports Network<ins>, a 2022 inductee of the RIT Sports Hall of Fame<\/ins>, and has been involved with <ins>RIT<\/ins> broadcasts as a producer, studio host, and color commentator since their inception<ins> in 1982<\/ins>. He is co-owner and <ins>COO<\/ins> of broadcasting company Genesee Media, and was general manager of the former Rochester, N.Y., sports radio station 97.5 The Team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minnesota-Michigan money line is razor thin while other top 20 games have strong favorites. 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