The Feb. 7 episode of USCHO Live! features Michigan State coach and former CCHA commissioner Tom Anastos and Wisconsin State Journal hockey writer Andy Baggot.
Anastos was named the sixth head coach of Michigan State in March 2011 after serving as CCHA commissioner for 13 seasons. He played for former Spartans coach Ron Mason from 1981-85, and served as an assistant at Michigan State under Mason and previously to that at Michigan-Dearborn.
Baggot is the beat writer following Wisconsin hockey and a sports columnist. He has been on the Wisconsin State Journal sports staff since 1978.
Join us for the conversation and information, Tuesday, Feb. 7, from 8 to 9 p.m. ET at blogtalkradio.com/uscholive. If you can’t listen live, check out the podcast of USCHO Live! available on the player at the right (click through if you’re reading this via RSS.)
Each episode of USCHO Live! features a look at news around NCAA hockey, a look ahead at upcoming games and events, and conversation with people who coach, administer and play college hockey, and journalists who cover the sport.
About the hosts
Jim Connelly 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 “Tuesday Morning Quarterback.”
Ed Trefzger has been part of USCHO since 1999 and now serves as a senior writer and director of technology. He has been a part of the radio broadcasts of Rochester Institute of Technology hockey since their inception — serving as a producer, studio host, color commentator and now as RIT’s play-by-play voice for the last several seasons. Ed is based in Rochester, N.Y.
The Jan. 31 episode of USCHO Live! features veteran Boston University broadcaster Bernie Corbett and USCHO.com CCHA columnist Paula C. Weston.
Bernie will join us to talk about the Beanpot as it turns 60. Ten years ago, he wrote The Beanpot: 50 Years of Thrills, Spills and Chills and is working now on an update to that book. He’ll talk about some of the old great stories of the tournament and look ahead to this year’s event — which starts next Monday.
Paula has been the CCHA columnist for USCHO.com since the website’s inception. She’ll join us to talk about the crazy race for the top in the CCHA and about college hockey in general as the regular season enters its final month.
Join us for the conversation and information, Tuesday, Jan. 31, from 8 to 9 p.m. ET at blogtalkradio.com/uscholive. If you can’t listen live, check out the podcast of USCHO Live! available on the player at the right (click through if you’re reading this via RSS.)
Each episode of USCHO Live! features a look at news around NCAA hockey, a look ahead at upcoming games and events, and conversation with people who coach, administer and play college hockey, and journalists who cover the sport.
About the hosts
Jim Connelly 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 “Tuesday Morning Quarterback.”
Ed Trefzger has been part of USCHO since 1999 and now serves as a senior writer and director of technology. He has been a part of the radio broadcasts of Rochester Institute of Technology hockey since their inception — serving as a producer, studio host, color commentator and now as RIT’s play-by-play voice for the last several seasons. Ed is based in Rochester, N.Y.
The Jan. 24 episode of USCHO Live! features Maine coach Tim Whitehead and Elliot Olshansky, USCHO.com Hobey Watch writer.
Whitehead is in his 11th season behind the Maine bench, was head coach at Massachusetts-Lowell for five seasons, and was an assistant at Maine, Lowell and Middlebury. He played college hockey for and is an alumnus of Hamilton College. Whitehead’s Black Bears swept Boston College over the weekend and made it back into this week’s USCHO.com men’s hockey poll at No. 20.
Olshansky is in his fifth season covering the Hobey Baker beat for USCHO.com and also covers men’s hockey at NCAA.com for CBS Interactive. His experience includes four years covering college hockey for CSTV, stints at other media outlets including the New York Daily News and Spike TV, and freelance writing. Olshansky, a Dartmouth graduate, is pursuing an MBA at Fordham University.
Join us for the conversation and information, Tuesday, Jan. 24, from 8 to 9 p.m. ET at blogtalkradio.com/uscholive. If you can’t listen live, check out the podcast of USCHO Live! available on the player at the right (click through if you’re reading this via RSS.)
Each episode of USCHO Live! features a look at news around NCAA hockey, a look ahead at upcoming games and events, and conversation with people who coach, administer and play college hockey and journalists who cover the sport.
About the hosts
Jim Connelly 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 “Tuesday Morning Quarterback.”
Ed Trefzger has been part of USCHO since 1999 and now serves as a senior writer and director of technology. He has been a part of the radio broadcasts of Rochester Institute of Technology hockey since their inception — serving as a producer, studio host, color commentator and now as RIT’s play-by-play voice for the last several seasons. Ed is based in Rochester, N.Y.
A special episode of USCHO Live! airs Tuesday, Jan. 17, focusing on college hockey rules and officiating.
Joining us during our first guest segment will be Steve Piotrowski, secretary and rules editor of the NCAA men’s and women’s ice hockey rules committee, and Ty Halpin, NCAA associate director of playing rules administration and liaison to the men’s and women’s ice hockey rules committee. In our second guest segment, Piotrowski and Halpin will be joined by Denver coach George Gwozdecky, providing a coach’s take on rules and officiating.
We will not be taking phone calls during the show, but welcome your emails to uscholive@uscho.com or your tweets to @uscho.
Join us for the conversation and information, Tuesday, Jan. 17, from 8 to 9 p.m. ET at blogtalkradio.com/uscholive. If you can’t listen live, check out the podcast of USCHO Live! available on the player at the right (click through if you’re reading this via RSS.)
Each episode of USCHO Live! features a look at news around NCAA hockey, a look ahead at upcoming games and events, and conversation with people who coach, administer and play college hockey and journalists who cover the sport.
About the hosts
Jim Connelly 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 “Tuesday Morning Quarterback.”
Ed Trefzger has been part of USCHO since 1999 and now serves as a senior writer and director of technology. He has been a part of the radio broadcasts of Rochester Institute of Technology hockey since their inception — serving as a producer, studio host, color commentator and now as RIT’s play-by-play voice for the last several seasons. Ed is based in Rochester, N.Y.
The Tuesday, Jan. 10, episode of USCHO Live! features new National Collegiate Hockey Conference commissioner Jim Scherr and writer Dave Hendrickson, USCHO.com Hockey East columnist and author of the new novel Cracking the Ice.
Scherr, the former CEO of the U.S. Olympic Committee and USA Wrestling executive director, was named the first NCHC commissioner on Jan. 4. He is tasked with forming a staff and working on a television deal for the league, which starts play in the 2013-14 season.
Hendrickson is an award-winning writer who has covered Hockey East for USCHO.com since its inception, as well as appearing on radio and cable sports networks in New England. Cracking the Ice is his first young adult novel, and traces the compelling story of an African-American teen hockey player in the racially-charged year of 1968.
We invite your calls at 646-200-3405, your emails to uscholive@uscho.com or your tweets to @uscho.
Join us for the conversation and information, Tuesday, Jan. 10, from 8 to 9 p.m. ET at blogtalkradio.com/uscholive. If you can’t listen live, check out the podcast of USCHO Live! available on the player at the right (click through if you’re reading this via RSS.)
Each episode of USCHO Live! features a look at news around NCAA hockey, a look ahead at upcoming games and events, and conversation with people who coach and play college hockey and journalists who cover the sport.
About the hosts
Jim Connelly 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 “Tuesday Morning Quarterback.”
Ed Trefzger has been part of USCHO since 1999 and now serves as a senior writer and director of technology. He has been a part of the radio broadcasts of Rochester Institute of Technology hockey since their inception — serving as a producer, studio host, color commentator and now as RIT’s play-by-play voice for the last several seasons. Ed is based in Rochester, N.Y.
The Tuesday, Jan. 3, episode of USCHO Live! features Hockey East commission Joe Bertagna to preview Frozen Fenway and hockey analyst Dave Starman with a live update on the 2012 World Junior Championship.
Bertagna became the commissioner of Hockey East in 1997 after serving as ice hockey commissioner and in other roles for the ECAC for 15 years. He is a former goaltender at and a graduate of Harvard, and has coached goaltenders at his alma mater and with the Boston Bruins, as well as with Team USA and the Milwaukee Admirals. Bertagna also launched Harvard’s women’s team and was its first head coach. After Harvard, Bertagna played professionally for the Milwaukee Admirals and in Cortina, Italy. He has served as the executive director of the American Hockey Coaches Association since 1991.
Starman is in his ninth season providing color commentary and analysis for the CBS Sports Network. The former coach is also a scout for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Dave completed his fourth consecutive stint covering Team USA’s games at the IIHF World Junior Championship as a color analyst and reporter for the NHL Network.
This week’s episode is returns live, so we invite your calls at 646-200-3405 or your tweets to @uscho.
Join us for the conversation and information, Tuesday, Jan. 3, from 8 to 9 p.m. ET at blogtalkradio.com/uscholive. If you can’t listen live, check out the podcast of USCHO Live! available on the player at the right (click through if you’re reading this via RSS.)
Each episode of USCHO Live! features a look at news around NCAA hockey, a look ahead at upcoming games and events, and conversation with people who coach and play college hockey and journalists who cover the sport.
About the hosts
Jim Connelly 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 “Tuesday Morning Quarterback.”
Ed Trefzger has been part of USCHO since 1999 and now serves as a senior writer and director of technology. He has been a part of the radio broadcasts of Rochester Institute of Technology hockey since their inception — serving as a producer, studio host, color commentator and now as RIT’s play-by-play voice for the last several seasons. Ed is based in Rochester, N.Y.
The Tuesday, Dec. 13, episode of USCHO Live! features Rochester Institute of Technology coach Wayne Wilson and sports editor for The Huntsville Times, John Turner.
Wilson is in his 13th season behind the RIT bench, having led the Tigers to the 2010 Frozen Four in just their fourth full season at D-I. He is the only coach to have won both the AHCA Spencer Penrose (Division I coach of the year) and Edward Jeremiah (Division III coach of the year) awards. Wilson captained Bowling Green’s 1984 national championship team.
Turner is sports editor for The Huntsville Times in Huntsville, Ala., and has been covering Alabama-Huntsville hockey, including its October demise and its December resurrection.
(This week’s episode is pre-recorded, so we won’t be able to take your calls or tweets.)
Join us for the conversation and information, Tuesday, Dec. 13, from 8 to 9 p.m. ET at blogtalkradio.com/uscholive. If you can’t listen live, check out the podcast of USCHO Live! available on the player at the right (click through if you’re reading this via RSS.)
Each episode of USCHO Live! features a look at news around NCAA hockey, a look ahead at upcoming games and events, and conversation with people who coach and play college hockey and journalists who cover the sport.
About the hosts
Jim Connelly 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 “Tuesday Morning Quarterback.”
Ed Trefzger has been part of USCHO since 1999 and now serves as a senior writer and director of technology. He has been a part of the radio broadcasts of Rochester Institute of Technology hockey since their inception — serving as a producer, studio host, color commentator and now as RIT’s play-by-play voice for the last several seasons. Ed is based in Rochester, N.Y.
The Tuesday, Dec. 6, episode of USCHO Live! features Ohio State coach Mark Osiecki and CBS Sports Network hockey analyst and USCHO.com columnist Dave Starman.
Osiecki is in his second year behind the bench at Ohio State after six years as an assistant to Mike Eaves at Wisconsin, his alma mater. He followed his college career with six years as a pro, including in the NHL, and seven years as head coach and GM of the USHL Green Bay Gamblers. Osiecki has coached U.S. national teams and assisted Dean Blais for one season at North Dakota.
Dave Starman is in his ninth season providing color commentary and analysis for the CBS Sports Network. The former coach is also a scout for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Join us for the conversation and information, Tuesday, Dec. 6, from 8 to 9 p.m. ET at blogtalkradio.com/uscholive. If you can’t listen live, check out the podcast of USCHO Live! available on the player at the right (click through if you’re reading this via RSS.)
Each episode of USCHO Live! features a look at news around NCAA hockey, a look ahead at upcoming games and events, and conversation with people who coach and play college hockey and journalists who cover the sport.
About the hosts
Jim Connelly 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 “Tuesday Morning Quarterback.”
Ed Trefzger has been part of USCHO since 1999 and now serves as a senior writer and director of technology. He has been a part of the radio broadcasts of Rochester Institute of Technology hockey since their inception — serving as a producer, studio host, color commentator and now as RIT’s play-by-play voice for the last several seasons. Ed is based in Rochester, N.Y.
Donato
The Tuesday, Nov. 29, episode of USCHO Live! features Ted Donato, Harvard head coach, and Paul Shaheen of the Hockey Humanitarian Award Foundation.
Donato, a Harvard alumnus and 13-year NHL veteran, is in his eighth year behind the Crimson bench. Donato was a member of Harvard’s 1989 national championship team where he was named Most Outstanding Player and was on the 1992 U.S. Olympic hockey team.
Shaheen will announce major news about the Hockey Humanitarian Award exclusively on tonight’s broadcast.
Join us for the conversation and information, Tuesday, Nov. 29, from 8 to 9 p.m. ET. If you can’t listen live, check out the podcast of USCHO Live! available on the player at the right (click through if you’re reading this via RSS.)
Each episode of USCHO Live! features a look at news around NCAA hockey, a look ahead at upcoming games and events, and conversation with people who coach and play college hockey and journalists who cover the sport. Your calls are welcome at (646) 200-4305, as well as questions via Twitter at @USCHO or via email to uscholive@uscho.com.
About the hosts
Jim Connelly 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 “Tuesday Morning Quarterback.”
Ed Trefzger has been part of USCHO since 1999 and now serves as a senior writer and director of technology. He has been a part of the radio broadcasts of Rochester Institute of Technology hockey since their inception — serving as a producer, studio host, color commentator and now as RIT’s play-by-play voice for the last several seasons. Ed is based in Rochester, N.Y.
Massachusetts-Lowell coach Norm Bazin instructs his team at practice (photo: Bob Ellis.)
The Tuesday, Nov. 15, episode of USCHO Live! features Massachusetts-Lowell first-year head coach Norm Bazin and NCAA associate director of championships Kristin Fasbender.
Bazin’s rejuvenated River Hawks are fresh off a road sweep of Maine, are 3-2-0 in Hockey East and stand at 5-3-0 overall, already matching last year’s win total.
Fasbender will update us on planning for the 2012 Frozen Four in Tampa, Fla., as well as giving us an inside look at what goes on behind the scenes to prepare and execute a major NCAA championship.
Join us for the conversation and information, Tuesday, Nov. 15, from 8 to 9 p.m. ET. If you can’t listen live, check out the podcast of USCHO Live! available on the player at the right (click through if you’re reading this via RSS.)
Each episode of USCHO Live! features a look at news around NCAA hockey, a look ahead at upcoming games and events, and conversation with people who coach and play college hockey and journalists who cover the sport. Your calls are welcome at (646) 200-4305, as well as questions via Twitter at @USCHO or via email to uscholive@uscho.com.
About the hosts
Jim Connelly 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 “Tuesday Morning Quarterback.”
Ed Trefzger has been part of USCHO since 1999 and now serves as a senior writer and director of technology. He has been a part of the radio broadcasts of Rochester Institute of Technology hockey since their inception — serving as a producer, studio host, color commentator and now as RIT’s play-by-play voice for the last several seasons. Ed is based in Rochester, N.Y.
