Eli Cloutier

College Hockey, Rewritten

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College Hockey, Rewritten is a podcast about the CHL-NCAA Agreement, which granted Canadian Hockey League players eligibility to play in the NCAA. Eli Cloutier talks with your favorite people in the sport to discuss how we finally got here, the impact of it in the short-term, the unknown effect of the long-term, and the blurred lines that come with it.

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Eli Cloutier

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Episode 3: Professionals are gaining NCAA eligibility — and nobody knows where it stops 08.05.2026 12:08

Hudson Thornton played 49 games in the ECHL. Connor McClennon signed a legitimate AHL contract. Both ended up playing college hockey at Bemidji State. How? The CHL-NCAA Agreement opened a door nobody expected, and now former professionals are gaining NCAA eligibility through a process so murky that nobody can define the rules. Host Eli Cloutier talks with Jared Rubado, Chris Peters, and Brad Schlo...

Episode 2: How the CHL-NCAA Agreement is reshaping both leagues 06.05.2026 12:50

When the NCAA voted to allow Canadian Hockey League players to play college hockey, the CHL had no say in the matter. There's no transfer agreement, no compensation, and no limits on who the NCAA can recruit. The result? The CHL's best players — Gavin McKenna, Porter Martone, and others — are heading to college. Host Eli Cloutier talks with Chris Peters, Brad Schlossman, and Guy Flaming about what...

Episode 1: How CHL players were kept out — and why that finally changed 04.05.2026 8:38

For decades, players in the Canadian Hockey League — the top developmental pipeline for the NHL — were barred from playing college hockey. Then Rylan Masterson filed a lawsuit against the NCAA and everything changed. Host Eli Cloutier talks with Brad Schlossman and Mike McMahon to discuss how the CHL-NCAA Agreement came to be, and why it took a lawsuit to make it happen. Music by Kevin MacLeod (in...