{"id":124936,"date":"2021-01-12T10:30:40","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T16:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=124936"},"modified":"2021-01-11T19:22:59","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T01:22:59","slug":"alabama-huntsvilles-lance-west-talks-this-years-chargers-future-growth-of-program-uscho-spotlight-college-hockey-podcast-season-3-episode-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2021\/01\/12\/alabama-huntsvilles-lance-west-talks-this-years-chargers-future-growth-of-program-uscho-spotlight-college-hockey-podcast-season-3-episode-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama Huntsville&#8217;s Lance West talks this year&#8217;s Chargers, future growth of program: USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast Season 3 Episode 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alabama Huntsville won its first two games of the season, and first home wins, with a weekend sweep of Ferris state.<\/p>\n<p>First-year Chargers head coach Lance West joins hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger to talk about the weekend, future plans which include a new arena and a new league home, filling 13 open spots on the team during the offseason, and recruiting.<\/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=42891371&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>Sponsor this podcast! 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