The Tuesday, Nov. 8, episode of USCHO Live! features Mercyhurst head coach Rick Gotkin and USCHO.com executive editor Todd Milewski.
Gotkin’s Lakers are on a four-game winning streak after an 0-4 start, are 3-0 in Atlantic Hockey and downed Cornell at Lynah in that stretch. Gotkin has been behind the bench for 24 seasons at Mercyhurst, leading them from Division III to II to D-I and three D-I NCAA appearances.
Milewski has been with USCHO.com since 1998. He was formerly USCHO.com’s WCHA columnist before taking the reins as executive editor. He’ll take your questions about college hockey in general or about USCHO.com.
Join us for the conversation and information, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 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.
Despite the impending loss of Alabama-Huntsville from the ranks of Division I hockey, College Hockey Inc. executive director Paul Kelly remains optimistic about the expansion of the sport.
Kelly, a guest on the Nov. 1 episode of USCHO Live!, said that he is continuing to speak with “four to six” schools about moving to D-I. Kelly would like to see a couple of new teams in the southeastern U.S., including a possible return of UAH to varsity status, and teams on the west coast. He also was encouraged that more Big 10 universities might be starting programs (including women’s teams) in areas in which the USHL has made hockey popular, including “Iowa, North Dakota and Nebraska.”
In that same episode (available through the player on the right, via podcast, or at blogtalkradio.com/uscholive) Kelly spoke about the efforts College Hockey Inc. has underway to promote the college game and spoke in favor of a proposal to raise the minimum draft age to 19 after the first round of the NHL draft. Kelly also answered questions about under-the-table payments from Major Junior teams to entice NCAA-committed players and spoke positively about the D-I conference commissioners’ commitment to the sport of D-I college hockey as a whole.
Also joining USCHO Live! was Michigan head coach Red Berenson. Berenson was emphatic that completing a college career is the best road for players unless they are ready to go straight to the NHL, giving an example of a player leaving early only to spend two or three years in the minors while another player who finished his college eligibility might get to the NHL first. Berenson also talked about the Rudy-like story of goaltender Shawn Hunwick and the early success of his former assistant and now Michigan Tech head coach Mel Pearson.
Each episode of USCHO Live! airs on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET and is available for download or podcast. USCHO Live! is hosted by USCHO.com senior writers Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger. Updates on the program and its schedule are found at uscho.com/uscho-live.
Michigan coach Red Berenson took a few minutes to speak with USCHO Live! co-host Jim Connelly today about his early season, goaltender Shawn Hunwick, his former associate head coach Mel Pearson and the ongoing situation of players leaving early for the pros.
Hear their conversation as well as our live guest, College Hockey Inc. executive director Paul Kelly on this week’s edition of USCHO Live! tonight at 8 p.m. ET.
By Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger • Senior Writers and hosts of USCHO Live! •
Paul Kelly
On the next edition of USCHO Live! – our weekly college hockey talk show — we’ll be joined by Paul Kelly, executive director of College Hockey Inc., to discuss the landscape of college hockey and his organization’s role in promoting the sport.
Join us for the conversation and information, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 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.
On the next edition of USCHO Live! – our weekly college hockey talk show — hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger will be joined by Michigan Tech first-year head coach Mel Pearson and by veteran hockey writer Kevin Pates of the Duluth News Tribune.
Join us for the conversation and information, Tuesday, Oct. 25, from 8 to 9 p.m. ET. If you cant 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.
By Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger • Hosts of USCHO Live! •
The Oct. 18 premiere episode of USCHO Live! with hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger featured a conversation with Boston College coach Jerry York about his career, past BC players in the NHL, this year’s team and the changes in college hockey’s landscape, followed by a look at all of the upcoming conference upheaval with Boston Globe writer John Powers.
You may listen through the embedded player on this page (click through if you are reading this via RSS) or you may subscribe to the podcast by clicking the iTunes or RSS links in the player.
By Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger • Senior Writers and hosts of USCHO Live! •
We hope you’ll join us this Tuesday, Oct. 18, at 8 p.m. ET as we debut our week talk show, USCHO Live!
Each week will feature a look at the top stories of the week and weekend, a look ahead at upcoming games and breaking news, and guests from college hockey’s coach, player and journalism ranks.
This week, we’ll be joined by Boston College coach Jerry York for a look at his team’s upcoming season and his thoughts on the college hockey landscape. He’ll be followed by Boston Globe columnist John Powers, who has been covering college hockey conference realignment, including this recent in-depth article.
As time permits, we’ll take your calls at (646) 200-4305, live between 8 and 9 p.m. ET, as well as taking your comments via Twitter (@uscho) and email at uscholive@uscho.com. If you can’t listen live, please check out the podcast of the program.
