INCH Podcast

Lots of ground to cover in this week’s INCH Podcast. Three leagues start postseason play this weekend, while three others wrap up their regular seasons. We’ll look at some of the playoff permutations in Hockey East and the WCHA, focus on the top four in ECAC Hockey, and debate whether Boston University and Notre Dame can be beaten. We’ll also debut our new show open … and we’re proud to announce that the INCH Podcast remains 100% Jimmy Fallon-free.

Regular seasons are coming to an end which means playoff positions and NCAA Tournament berths are at stake whenever teams take the ice. The INCH Podcast returns to talk about what teams need to do to improve their stock at this crucial time of the year.

Our apologies: the INCH Podcast has been away for a while due to circumstances beyond our control. Actually, the circumstances were sort of in our control, but we’re splitting hairs. The bottom line is that the INCH Podcast, like Gen. Douglas MacArthur, has returned with plenty to discuss, including a seemingly invincible Boston University team, the top-heavy CCHA, the strange WCHA title chase, and Yale’s surprising season. And, yes, it wouldn’t be a podcast without a dollop of deterioration at the end.

With the remnants of the Michigan-Michigan State and Denver-North Dakota series still lingering, it seemed appropriate to discuss the events of the past weekend while still fresh in our minds. The result is this INCH Podcast on the heels of what was one of the most outlandish college hockey weekends in recent memory.

The INCH Podcast is back and goes coast-to-coast with conversations on the emerging and submerging teams in college hockey. How legit are BU and Cornell? What is the deal at Miami? How about the upcoming series between Denver and North Dakota and Army and Air Force. We cover it all, plus some presidential deterioration

Like old friends at a class reunion, we have a lot of catching up to do. Granted, we’re not talking about a period of years here, but the holiday season is a busy one, and it’s likely that you didn’t catch all the significant moments that took place in college hockey. That’s where this installment of the Inside College Hockey Podcast comes in; we’ll get you up to speed in time for the second half of the season, and throw in a little deterioration to boot.

The full grip of winter is starting to strengthen across the nation, but that has not hurt some notable college hockey programs that have been red-hot lately. The latest edition of the INCH Podcast talks about what Notre Dame, Mercyhurst, Wisconsin and Alaska (among others) have done to be successful in recent weeks. Of course, other discussion makes its way into our deterioration and the participants mention likes and dislikes of cities they have visited.

Gonna eat your fair share during the long Thanksgiving weekend, right? Here at Inside College Hockey, we’re happy to supplement your holiday bounty with an epic INCH Podcast that dissects what should be an interesting weekend of action. Most intriguing are the bevy of non-conference matches, including unbeaten, untied Air Force taking on Front Range foes Colorado College and Denver. It’s a veritable feast of college hockey talk; you’ll want to save room for deterioration, however.

USA Hockey announced the roster Wednesday for the upcoming World Junior Championships. What better way to break down this year’s squad, assess its chances for a top-three finish, and examine the impact the picks could have on college hockey than with a special edition of the INCH Podcast? Editors Joe Gladziszewski and Mike Eidelbes hit on all the high points in this lean, mean discussion.

Election Day is behind us, but the guys at Inside College Hockey are fascinated by the candidates — for the 2009 Hobey Baker Award. In this installment of the INCH Podcast, we talk about the military man (Air Force’s Lamoureux), the guys making their second runs at the big prize (Michigan State’s Lerg, Princeton’s Jubinville), and the Biden-like veterans who’ve come, gone, and come again (Stoa of Minnesota and BC’s Bradford). No need to pick sides; where we come from, red and blue are colors of lines on the rink.