Recorded live at the Frozen Four in St. Paul, from the Xcel Center concourse, our annual national championship pre-game show. We break down the game between Boston College and Denver, and also talk to dignitaries about the state of college hockey right now. 0:00 Intro, Semfinals review 27:10 Jason Blake, former North Dakota star 38:42 Hobey talk 47:05 Mike Hastings, Wisconsin coach 52:50 Don Lucia, CCHA commissioner 1:10:12 Jerry York, former Boston College coach 1:23:00 Rico Blasi, St. Thomas coach 1:38:25 BC/Denver preview Please send feedback or questions to our Twitter feed @CHNsiders. And ..read more

Recorded live at the Frozen Four in St. Paul, from the Xcel Center concourse, our annual national semifinal pre-game show. We break down the games and also talk to some coaches and conference commissioners about the state of college hockey right now. A lot of change is happening at once, and the coaches are trying to keep up. Plus, breaking down Denver and BU with Jay Stickney (Denver radio) and Belle Fraser (Boston Hockey Blog); and BC and Michigan with Andrew Mahoney (Boston Globe) and Lys Goldman (Michigan Daily). Please send feedback or questions to our Twitter feed @CHNsiders. And check o ..read more

This week, we have the wild juxtaposition of all the fantastic NCAA Tournament games leading into the Frozen Four, with the opening of the transfer portal and all of the bonkers ramifications that -- and the NIL money flowing around -- entails. We dive in depth into both topics. We also talk to Sam Jefferies, author of the book 'Legacy on Ice' about 2010 Hobey Baker Award winner Blake Geoffrion, and his fascinating story. You can get the book at Amazon here https://www.amazon.com/Legacy-Ice-Blake-Geoffrion-Fastest/dp/0299344908/ or numerous other places. And coming up next week, we'll have our ..read more

The conference champs are crowned, and it's onto the NCAA Tournament. Of course, the Pairwise formula is what determines the teams in the NCAAs, but then the Committee, following some strict guidelines, brackets the field. And that's always not without some controversy. We delve into that, and all of the issues surrounding the teams and who they're playing -- and where and why. Colorado College coach Kris Mayotte joins to discuss the agony of his team falling .0004 short of making the NCAA Tournament for the first time in over a decade, and what he thinks of the state of the Committee's proces ..read more

We're down to Championship Saturday in the conference tournaments, and unto itself, it means a lot of great drama is ahead on the ice. But it also means we're close to the NCAA Tournament field being determined and, more interestingly, bracketed. This year contains a number of potentially thorny, and in some cases, unprecedented situations for the NCAA's Men's Ice Hockey Committee to ponder and work out. We discuss all those possibilities and the solutions, ranging from doing nothing, to radical. ... And finally, there were more coaching dismissals this week. We go into those, and where these ..read more

In an abbreviated edition, just before some huge games this coming weekend, we set up the rest of the conference playoffs, and some of the big NCAA Tournament implications of the games ahead. And there were two more coaching changes; we get into that and what may happen next at Stonehill and Bowling Green. 0:00 Intro 3:55 The week that was 11:21 Playoffs 22:09 Coaching changes Please send feedback or questions to our Twitter feed @CHNsiders. And check out all of the articles referenced in today's show, plus stats, standings, live scoreboard and much more at College Hockey News: https://www.col ..read more

Bemidji State is Team of the Week after it rolled down the stretch run and took the CCHA title for the first time. Its coach Tom Serratore joins us to discuss. We also recap where things stand with all the conference tournaments, and Arizona State's still slim odds of making the NCAAs. ... There was a coaching casualty, as Lindenwood decided to let go former NHL'er Rick Zombo, so we discuss that and whether there will be any other changes this offseason. ... And then another long chat about the NCAA Tournament and where the Pairwise is right now, including the numerous bracketing dilemmas the ..read more

Arizona State coach Greg Powers joins to discuss the aftermath of the donnybrook his team got into last weekend, but also to discuss the state of the program right now. Things are strong with the Sun Devils, even though it appears they will fall just short of the NCAAs, with the program set to join the NCHC next season. We talk about all of that and more. ... We also chat with long-time Colorado College beat writer Joe Paisley about how far the Tigers have come this season, and what lies ahead in that program's rejuvenation. ... Plus, Boston University is our Team of the Week; we look at the T ..read more

Another action-packed show. First off, New Hampshire is Team of the Week after sweeping Maine, and we talk to UNH coach Mike Souza on where the program stands, where he stands, and what it all means. Plus the usual issues swirling around the NCAA these days. ... Lots of discussion around coaches in general, particular after Vermont inked Steve Wiedler to a new deal. ... There was big games all around, of course, as the culmination of the regular season approaches. Yale and Holy Cross are hot topics here too, believe it or not. And more. 0:00 Intro 1:15 Coaching news/The week that was 31:40 Mik ..read more

It's a really big show. First, Sacred Heart is Team of the Week, a program that continues to raise its profile since opening its new arena last year. Plus we talk some big topics with its coach C.J. Marottolo, such as 3-on-3 OT, the Major Junior eligibility issue, and Regional format. The latter topic has been raging lately, both in this podcast, on College Hockey News, and throughout the college hockey world. The leading proponent of moving Regionals to campus sites is Denver coach David Carle, and we talk to him at length about the issue, and, perhaps more importantly, why it's a topic that ..read more