{"id":144547,"date":"2024-01-17T14:44:37","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T20:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=144547"},"modified":"2024-01-17T14:44:37","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T20:44:37","slug":"st-thomas-coach-blasi-talks-tommies-developing-a-new-d-i-program-uscho-spotlight-college-hockey-podcast-season-6-episode-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2024\/01\/17\/st-thomas-coach-blasi-talks-tommies-developing-a-new-d-i-program-uscho-spotlight-college-hockey-podcast-season-6-episode-11\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Thomas coach Blasi talks Tommies, developing a new D-I program: USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast Season 6 Episode 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>St. Thomas head coach Rico Blasi joins hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger to talk about this season&#8217;s Tommies, developing a program during the new transfer portal era, cultivating values, a new facility under construction, the CCHA, and more.<\/p>\n<p>This episode is sponsored by the NCAA Division I Men&#8217;s Frozen Four, April 11 and 13 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/NCAA.com\/mfrozenfour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ncaa.com\/mfrozenfour<\/a><\/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=58336462&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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