{"id":145004,"date":"2024-02-07T10:56:30","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T16:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=145004"},"modified":"2024-02-07T10:57:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T16:57:00","slug":"talking-rules-and-officiating-with-big-tens-piotrowski-uscho-spotlight-college-hockey-podcast-season-6-episode-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2024\/02\/07\/talking-rules-and-officiating-with-big-tens-piotrowski-uscho-spotlight-college-hockey-podcast-season-6-episode-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking rules and officiating with Big Ten&#8217;s Piotrowski: USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast Season 6 Episode 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Big Ten coordinator of ice hockey officials Steve Piotrowski joins hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger to discuss rules and officiating, including video replay, points of emphasis, and possible rule changes for next season.<\/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=58600308&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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