THE WCHL PODCAST

Not a whole lot of WCHL games to discuss during the last week of the Fall 2024 semester but Chris & Andrew carry on as normal, which means suboptimal podcasting at its finest! UNLV flexes their muscle and takes over the WCHL standings, GCU with the biggest tie in program history, respect for an undermanned team, some lukewarm news from the ACHA, Andrew provides some Fall 2024 Pass/Fail grades,...

Sweep City last week in the WCHL! Six WCHL teams in the last ACHA M1 Ranking of 2024! Some early Nationals talk based on the current ranking! Screwups by Chris, too numerous to mention here! Andrew's predictions for the last week of games in 2024! A brief look at the upcoming Winter World University Games in Torino! Christmas shopping strategies! Yup, it's another craptastic edition of The WCHL Po...

No games last week due to Turkey Day means no rankings but that doesn't stop The WCHL Podcast from ruining your week! The guys talk about the ACHA's stance on the NCAA's new CHL rule and the impact it will have within the ACHA and elsewhere, frustrating gritches about how the rankings are calculated, predictions for old-school WCHL Rivalry Week and other games involving WCHL teams, eligibility sla...

It's Thanksgiving so the guys are thankful for the most recent ACHA M1 ranking as it allows them to vent about the new #1 team that hasn't played a game in a few weeks! And boy do they discuss rankings! They are also thankful for the heavy non-conference slate of games last week involving some WCHL teams while others were battling head-to-head in conference matchups! Andrew promotes his non-tradit...

University of Utah Head Coach Morgan Feenie is the very special guest on this episode of The WCHL Podcast! Coach Feenie discusses how he came to Utah and the Skatin' Utes organization, getting to know ACHA hockey and how the M1 rankings work, his recruiting style, playing games at midnight, coaching with his Dad on the bench, predictions for this week's games involving WCHL teams, and what he expe...

Andrew is back and brings an update as to the goings-on at Redneck Estates! After that, the guys get down to hockey business and discuss what the upcoming ACHA M1 rankings *might* look like, review all of the sweeps in the WCHL last weekend, take a look at some exciting out-of-conference games coming up, and then get into Beetlejuice, non-traditional Thanksgiving fare, shady dealings from another...

No Andrew this week so Drury University Assistant Coach Cliff Cook pinch-hits on this episode of The WCHL Podcast! Cliff and Chris talk about the new teams coming to M1 in 2025-2026, the Team USA rosters for the 2025 Winter World University Games in Torino, Italy, computer rankings settling down, surprising sweeps, predictions for this week's WCHL games, lunch with LL#14, BlueSky vs Twitter, sched...

Lots of news dominates this episode of The WCHL Podcast! CHL players now allowed in NCAA D1 but what does that mean for the ACHA? Are there any new teams coming to ACHA M1 next season? Which WCHL teams are flexing their muscles and which WCHL teams are stubbing their toes? How many WCHL teams are in the latest ACHA M1 Top 25 Ranking? Why did that ranking get released early? Do you use a liner for...

Andrew returns! Computers are ranking! Chaos has begun! All is right with the world! Other than that, it's just a super-sized suboptimal craptastic episode of The WCHL Podcast! Andrew and Chris provide biting, keen analysis of the first computer ranking of the season, discuss Chris' inability to count between 2 and 10 in conference standings, Andrew provides his usual middling predictions, there's...

Steve Casson from WebSportsRadio pinch hits for Andrew on this episode of The WCHL Podcast! Steve and Chris talk about the "delicateness" of broadcasting for two ACHA M1 programs in the same building, too much Instant Replay, Venmo benefits, the final popularity contest and looming chaos of next week's computer ranking, eyebrow-raising results from last week, predictions for upcoming WCHL games, S...

The WCHL Podcast kicks off with some musings about AI & change possibly coming to your favorite suboptimal pod, including a request for listener suggestions! The discussion then devolves into other things like temporary rinks ideas, proper ice thickness, durability, you know hockey stuff! And try as we might, we just couldn't leave out the semi-usual chatter about rankings, last week's games i...

Andrew gets us going with an incredible rescue story from his day job and it's downhill from there on this episode of The WCHL Podcast! The guys discuss the impending changes to the CHL rule, ACHA M1 deadlines, rankings, last week's games involving WCHL teams, predictions for this week's WCHL games, conference standings, life at Redneck Estates, book recommendations, hurricanes, live look-ins arou...

This fun episode of The WCHL Podcast is all over the place - the guys remember Jason Cirone, former ACHA M1 Head Coach at Midland; give props to a Hall of Famer from Springfield; talk about the upcoming Winter World University Games; look at last week's games involving WCHL teams; Andrew predicts this week's WCHL games, and then the fun really kicks in with some talk of website confusion, rink rep...

Oh no, it's back for another season! The WCHL Podcast returns for 2024-2025! Chris and Andrew discuss all the ch-ch-ch-ch-changes! New M1 teams! New M1 conference! New team in the WCHL! Same crappy podcast! The guys take a bit to get rolling, wading through preseason polls, games played up to now and games to be played this upcoming weekend, with some live look-ins! Sit back and get comfortable......

Nationals is over! We have a new M1 Champion in Adrian! Time to put a bow on the 2023-2024 season and that's just what Chris & Andrew do on this final episode of The WCHL Podcast for this season! The guys talk all about Nationals, all the good, the bad & yes even the ugly, whether it be the game results, the new 24 team format, the rink itself, instant replay, trophy presentations, music,...

Former McKendree University Head Coach Garry Henson is the Special Guest Picker on this episode of The WCHL Podcast! Garry is a hockey guy through and through and that deep knowledge is evident right from the jump! This is it, the wait is almost over, the games start tomorrow! Want to know who's going to win? Have a listen to Garry and his sharp game-by-game reasoning, you won't regret it...and yo...

Midland University head Coach Jan Dam is the Special Guest Picker on this episode of The WCHL Podcast! Jan and his Warriors team have played against a number of teams in the M1 National Championships so he's got some special insight in the teams vying for the Murdoch Cup! Jan also puts up with some Qs about the Czech Republic, admits he's playing along in the ACHA M1 Bracket Contest, fills us in o...

Scott Strande from the ITHSW Podcast Network is the Special Guest Picker on this episode of The WCHL Podcast! Scott knows the future and tells us not only who will win every game at M1 Nationals, but also which games are going to OT or even Double OT! After crowning the Murdoch Cup champion, Scott talks about driving across America at the beginning & end of each hockey season, explains what IT...

Cliff Cook from Drury University kicks off the Special Guest Picker Series here on The WCHL Podcast! Cliff tells us who will win every game at M1 Nationals, dropping an upset or two along the way! He also puts up with a Flash Round of Dumb Qs from Chris, dropping some hints of Drury's M1 season to come in 24-25 and comes through with a sweet dinner recommendation if you're going to St. Louis for N...

Andrew puts on his prediction helmet to tell us all who will win Nationals! Does he stay loyal to the WCHL? Or will he stray from the conference and flirt with another contender? Only one way to find out! The guys also talk WCHL expansion for next season, the return of the ACHA M1 Bracket Contest, twitter snark, live look-ins to Beavers on ice, and more! A truly craptastic episode to finish out th...

The 2023-2024 WCHL season is in the books! The regular season champion decided by the third tiebreaker! Six teams within five points of one another! What a great season! Andrew & Chris talk about the last weekend with UNLV, Utah & Missouri State playing non-conference games while the Arizonas, Oklahomas & Colorados had their rivalry weekend to end the season! And then we find 8 WCHL te...

Andrew comes to us live from the Garage to talk about teams playing some Old School WCHL Weekends®, three games in three days - the way God intended ACHA hockey to be played! Utah shocks UCO but gets shocked by OU, GCU has themselves a weekend and shocks both OU and UCO, Arizona has some wild adventures in Missouri, and ASU does not have a good time in the Rockies! Meanwhile, UNLV coolly takes car...

Lots of games last week mean there's a lot to talk about this week and that just what Chris and Andrew do for just over an hour! Non-conference matchups for Colorado, Oklahoma, Colorado State, plus ASU/GCU at the Mullett! Plus WCHL series between UNLV and Utah (OVERTIMES!), UCO and Mo State, & Arizona and GCU! A tight race for the WCHL Championship got tighter, rankings are out and teams are j...

Andrew & Chris talk all about last week's wild results in the WCHL, including the big showdown in Vegas between UCO and UNLV, a crazy series in SLC between Utah and ASU, a split in Boulder, and sweeps by UA, GCU and Mo State! Then the usual talk of conference standings, M1 rankings, Nationals previews, and incredibly accurate prognostications for this week's upcoming WCHL games, plus bat house...

A sick Commish makes for a quick pod as Andrew does a lot of heavy lifting! Last week's results, standings, rankings, some live cut-ins to a live game, predictions for upcoming games involving WCHL teams, including the big Sin City showdown between UCO and UNLV, plus some coughing, congestion, wheezing, hot tea, etc - just another day in paradise here at The WCHL Podcast! Want to help people find...