THE WCHL PODCAST

Chris and Andrew wind up the 25-26 season with another imperfect edition of The WCHL Podcast! They discuss the results from Nationals, instant replay, future sites for Nationals, the ACHA Annual Meeting in Nashville and some important policy and rule changes made there for the upcoming season! All this plus lawn talk, NCAA 5x5, another WCHL Fight Club, Angine de Poitrine, Send Help, and much more!...

It's been a minute since our last podcast so Chris and Andrew have a lot to discuss - they get started with the WCHL scores from the past few weeks including sweeps in Oklahoma and Colorado, a Cactus Cup winner, and a Camelback Cup winner! The final conference standings are in, there's a smidge of WCHL news for next season, and then it's all about Nationals (FIVE WCHL teams are in the field of 24!...

Drury Assistant Coach Cliff Cook takes a break from one of his many podcast platforms to slum around with the Commish on this episode of The WCHL Podcast, as Andrew is grounded this week and had his phone taken away! Chris and Cliff put the most recent ranking under the most powerful of microscopes and provide keen insights you'll only find here. The guys then move on to pretend Nationals matchups...

Only three more weeks to go until the end of the ACHA M1 regular season and the rankings are coming into focus more and more! Chris & Andrew kick this suboptimal edition of the pod into gear with the latest rankings and some proof of concept discussion when it comes to scheduling theories. A peek at what Nationals would look like as of today, some advice for teams in two certain brackets, and...

New Year, same crappy podcast! Chris & Andrew are back from hiatus and drop some ACHA tidbits before getting into all the games played by WCHL teams since the semester started (there were A LOT of them!), the most current rankings and where the WCHL teams are (or aren't), and the outlook for Nationals. After that, the guys hit a wide-range of topics, from musical theatre to Pop-Tarts to shallo...

The Fall 2025 semester is in the books and games are over but the work behind the scenes never stops in the ACHA! There are some tidbits and slices of info to be discerned before the guys have some fun figuring out when the next ranking is coming out! And then, as promised, the guys start up their WCHL Midseason/Half-Year Awards (and kick in some ACHA-wide opinions too!) Whaddya think, agree with...

Rivalry Week in the WCHL is over (for now) and it was a doozy so the guys have a lot to discuss! And hey, how about the WCHL ending 2025 with SEVEN teams in the Top 25? Wow, we must be on Santa's Nice List! Conference standings, our first preview of the 24-team field for Nationals, predictions for the few games left on the slate this year, and then the fun begins with movie recommendations from An...

Yo Yo Yo! Thanksgiving is done and we're into the final push here in the last few weeks of the Fall semester! Andrew & Chris start off with a smidge of ACHA news, before announcing how all is once again right with the world as there are six, count 'em, six WCHL teams in the ACHA M1 Top 25! Cross-pollination works for WCHL teams and strength of schedule, as the results from showcases in Chicago...

Whew! No power surges in sight, just keen analysis and commentary from Chris and Andrew as you've come to know and expect! Alright, so it's still as craptabulous as ever, but it's not a truncated episode like last week! The guys get started with some ACHA news and tidbits of info for the discerning listener, followed by the most recent computer ranking - where have all the WCHL teams gone? After t...

Proving once again that The WCHL Podcast is suboptimal and poorly produced, this week's pod is an abbreviated episode due a power surge that zapped 52 minutes of excellence, leaving only the 21 minutes here before you now. Andrew & Chris do their best, but it's a whirlwind trip through the normal topics before landing on the nonsense that typically ends the pod! Enjoy a break from our usual me...

The Computer has taken over and Andrew & Chris are all over it! They dissect the first computer ranking of the season inside and out, top to bottom, side to side, until there's not much left to analyze. So they get into last week's WCHL game results to see how Andrew's predictions fared, a live look-in during UA at UNLV, conference standings, and terrible predictions for this week's games. The...

Andrew & Chris jump right into things as they discuss the last coaches' ranking of the season, last week's game results involving WCHL teams, firing whoever scheduled Colorado to play 4 games in 4 days, Andrew's predictions for this week's WCHL games (sweeps galore!), live score tweeting, computer ranking guesstimates, and a subdued yet ambient live look-in on UNLV at Jamestown! The wheels com...

Andrew returns from his walkabout last week and the guys jump right into the news from the ACHA and WCHL: a new head man in FoCo, the Chicago Classic is loaded with top M1 teams, the World Cup of University Hockey returns in 2026, and we only have one more week of coaches' rankings to suffer through. Live look-ins, WCHL game results, predictions for this week's games, student broadcasters, Greek s...

Great friend of the pod, Cliff Cook, Asst Coach at Drury, steps in to pinch-hit for Andrew, who has gone AWOL once again! Coach Cook seemingly does 18 different podcasts a week but one stands above them all, the All Angles Pod, which the guys talk about for a bit before getting into the usual stuff about rankings, results from WCHL (and Drury) games this past week, and predictions for this week's...

Well well well, lookee there! Andrew graces us with his presence this week on The WCHL Podcast! On his first pod appearance of the season, Andrew catches us up with what he's been doing since we last spoke and then the guys get right into it, discussing the first ranking of the M1 season, sweeps in WCHL action last week, predictions not only for this week's WCHL games but also for the WCHL season!...

This week's special guest on The WCHL Podcast is University of Utah Head Coach Morgan Feenie! Coach Feenie tolerates Chris while discussing the rise of the Utes hockey program, holding training camp in McCall, Idaho, the relative value of preseason rankings, results from WCHL games played this past week and a look ahead at WCHL games coming up this week! Coach Feenie also talks about the effect of...

Can you believe it? The WCHL 2025-2026 season is upon us and unfortunately for you, dear listener, so is The WCHL Podcast! The special guest on the pod is Missouri State Head Coach Tom WInkler, who comes full of energy and loaded for bear. Chris and Coach Winkler talk about the changes for the 25/26 ACHA M1 season (81 teams!), new coaches in the WCHL, concerns for M1 standards moving forward, rank...

Admit it, you thought we forgot about you, didn't you? Well, sorry to disappoint but we're back to wind up the 2024-2025 season with special guest Cliff Cook from Drury University! The WCHL is once again The Conference of Champions, congrats to UNLV for winning the Murdoch Cup! Cliff and Chris talk Nationals, weather, true leadership in action, game logistics adjustments on the fly, goalies playin...

The regular season is done, the last ranking that matters is out, and we have our 24 teams going to the ACHA M1 National Championships in St. Louis on March 13-18! Five WCHL teams are in, two others were bumped from the field of 24, and by the end of the podcast Andrew will tell you who will win the Murdoch Cup! Sprinkle in some talk of meaningless games with lesser whining opponents, the M1 Selec...

Sit back and get comfortable as we have a super-sized edition of The WCHL Podcast lined up at your fingertips right now! Rankings, Nationals preview, conference post-season awards, recaps of last week's games, predictions for this week's games involving WCHL teams, and Tkachuks chucking nucks, all of that just sets the table for the return of the WCHL Fight Club! Good times ensue, please no wageri...

Chris and Andrew don't mess around and get right to the latest M1 rankings, clusters of teams and averages and wizards who do not like them, what Nationals would look like if it was held today, WCHL standings, and the usual predictions! After that, they talk the upcoming M1 Selection Show and great expectations with it, snoozer press releases, Super Bowl reviews, Las Vegas recommendations, some WC...

The WCHL Podcast is back in full force with Chris and Andrew for the entire episode, no early bailing this week! We have a WCHL Champion, congrats to UNLV! We predict some rankings! We talk autobids to Nationals! We make predictions! And then there's the usual nonsense about M1 Showcase locations, MS Teams vs Zoom, Grammy performers, emotional intelligence, Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers, and mo...

Andrew makes a brief appearance on The WCHL Podcast before Daddy Duty demands his full attention! But before he bails, the guys talk M1 Rankings, preview Nationals, and talk about the week that was in the WCHL! After that, its solo Commish to talk a looming conference Champion, a special weekend of afternoon and evening WCHL games, congrats to another Dad, Vanna Halen, and maybe even a special nug...

Andrew returns to the pod to discuss the latest M1 Rankings, the ACHA M1 Showcase in St. Louis, some huge conference crossover matchups over the weekend, a look ahead with some predictions involved, updates from Team USA at the Winter World University Games in Torino, Italy, best soups out there, Kickin' Ranch Chips, Pickle Balls, rumors of a WCHL Fight Club return, and much more! This is The WCHL...

New Year! New Guest! Same crappy podcast! Oh well.... Chris and special guest Cliff Cook talk about the movement in the latest M1 Rankings, all the WCHL games that happened over the break, including a UNLV stunner in Denver against the defending NCAA champs, non-conference matchups this past weekend, a surprise change in Edmond, predictions for the week ahead as some teams travel to the ACHA M1 Sh...