{"id":1376,"date":"2018-11-08T16:00:14","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T22:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/podcasts\/?p=1376"},"modified":"2018-11-08T16:00:14","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T22:00:14","slug":"providences-nate-leaman-previews-thursday-saturday-series-with-umass-on-uscho-game-of-the-week-episode-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2018\/11\/08\/providences-nate-leaman-previews-thursday-saturday-series-with-umass-on-uscho-game-of-the-week-episode-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Providence&#8217;s Nate Leaman previews Thursday-Saturday series with UMass on USCHO Game of the Week episode 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"ps_captionIns\" aria-describedby=\"caption-ps-captionIns\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/img-show\/I0000OpVirO8Q3uQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Brandon Duhaime (PC - 9)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.photoshelter.com\/img-get\/I0000OpVirO8Q3uQ\/s\/600\/480\/181026-19342200.jpg\" alt=\"Brandon Duhaime (PC - 9) - The visiting Providence College Friars defeated the Boston University Terriers 5-0 on Friday, October 26, 2018, at Agganis Arena in Boston, Massachusetts. - The visiting Providence College Friars defeated the Boston University Terriers 5-0 on Friday, October 26, 2018, at Agganis Arena in Boston, Massachusetts. (Melissa Wade)\" width=\"600\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-ps-captionIns\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nate Leaman&#8217;s Providence Friars will take on UMass this weekend (photo: Melissa Wade).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This week&#8217;s USCHO.com Game of the Week is No. 4 Providence hosting No. 9 UMass on Saturday, the second half of a home-and-home Hockey East series starting Thursday in Amherst. Providence coach Nate Leaman joins the podcast to preview the contests.<\/p>\n<p>Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger also preview other games involving teams in the USCHO.com Men&#8217;s Division I poll:<\/p>\n<p>In the Big Ten, (6) Notre Dame at (14) Michigan, and (16) Minnesota at (20) Wisconsin;<\/p>\n<p>In ECAC Hockey, (12) Union at (18) Princeton and (13) Quinnipiac;<\/p>\n<p>NCHC contests including (5) Denver at (2) St. Cloud and (11) North Dakota at (19) Miami;<\/p>\n<p>Jim and Ed also look at some non-conference games of note.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to this podcast <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/uscho-game-of-the-week\/id1437717463?mt=2\">on iTunes<\/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=16159923&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\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<p>Sponsor this podcast! Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advertisecast.com\/USCHOGameoftheWeek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.advertisecast.com\/USCHOGameoftheWeek<\/a> for details.<!--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. 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 a former color analyst for UMass-Lowell hockey&#8217;s radio network and studio analyst for NESN.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ed Trefzger <\/strong>has been part of USCHO since 1999 and now serves as a senior writer and director of technology. 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