{"id":143145,"date":"2023-11-01T15:46:21","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T20:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=143145"},"modified":"2023-11-01T15:46:21","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T20:46:21","slug":"talking-the-badgers-blistering-beginning-with-reporter-milewski-uscho-spotlight-college-hockey-podcast-season-6-episode-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2023\/11\/01\/talking-the-badgers-blistering-beginning-with-reporter-milewski-uscho-spotlight-college-hockey-podcast-season-6-episode-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking the Badgers&#8217; blistering beginning with reporter Milewski: USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast Season 6 Episode 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger are joined by Wisconsin State Journal reporter and USCHO editor emeritus Todd D. Milewski to discuss the college hockey team he covers, the Wisconsin Badgers. Topics include the team&#8217;s play so far after a 7-1 start, the change in culture around the program, whether their No. 5 ranking is warranted, and getting crowds back into the Kohl Center. We also touch on Milewski&#8217;s article on neck guards.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to this podcast <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/uscho-spotlight\/id1437717447?mt=2\">on Apple Podcasts<\/a>, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/3185680\/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=57475930&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 college hockey podcasts<\/a>, including USCHO Weekend Review and USCHO Edge, plus our entire podcast archive.<br \/>\n<!--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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