THE WCHL PODCAST

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!), autobids, bumps, juicy first round matchups, and some likely Final Four teams! After that, the guys talk harvesting black willow trees, Albert Lea, windchill, stuck trucks, Honey Vanilla, and OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS for the USA Men AND Women! An overstuffed edition of your favorite craptastic podcast is just a click away! Enjoy! Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl, follow the M1 scores at @achamensd1 - thanks!

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, game results and game predictions before things really veer into the realm of the craptastic with talk of Olympics, Runza, gameday roster limitations, Blake's Lotaburger, the return of the M1 Nationals Selection Show, scheduling concepts, beer and beef jerky sponsorships, and much more! Cliff is so good at this and brings a touch of maturity and class to the pod, so have a listen and savor the brilliance!Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl, follow the M1 scores at @achamensd1 - thanks!

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 autobid prognostications are also on tap before the guys get into the upcoming games involving WCHL teams, the Naked Gun, conversation hearts, hotels in the boonies, cheesesticks, Lake Placid, and an appreciation for all the places and all the people that this beautiful game has brought into our lives, even though we're not hockey people! Have a listen, won't you?Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl, follow the M1 scores at @achamensd1 - thanks!

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 shallow programs looking for clout instead of substance to the joy of breakfast for dinner! All that and much more! 2026 may be full of hope and promise but this suboptimal episode reminds you that mediocrity continues to thrive for some of us! Enjoy!Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl, follow the M1 scores at @achamensd1 - thanks!

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 them? Disagree wholeheartedly? Maybe you're asking why did this podcast appear in my feed, who's to say? They finish with a cranky flourish before saying goodbye to 2025. Apologies in advance for the inadvertent bomb but the most nonsensical nothingburger of a podcast is just a click away! Stay safe, stay warm, and have a very Merry Christmas from the two goofs at The WCHL Podcast! See you in 2026!Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl, follow the M1 scores at @achamensd1 - thanks!

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 Andrew, appreciation for the Tiny Desk, a killer hardcore band's latest offering, and much more! Long and not as suboptimal as usual, this episode of The WCHL Podcast is a decent listen so have at it! Sit back, click, enjoy!Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl, follow the M1 scores at @achamensd1 - thanks!

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 and Chesterfield pay off for the good guys out West! And hey, it's Rivalry Week around the WCHL so Andrew has his incredible predictions before delving into the really important topics of the day like Wake Up Dead Man, pet peeves about stat corrections, mini soda cans, Fairbanks weather, clueless teams in other divisions, adventures in Temple Square, and much more! Remember those relatives you couldn't wait to get away from over the holiday? Yeah, listen to this craptastic episode of The WCHL Podcast and you'll realize those relatives aren't nearly as annoying as the dopes on this podcast! Enjoy!Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl, follow the M1 scores at @achamensd1 - thanks!

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 that, it's a recap of sweeps and splits in the WCHL, before looking ahead to this week's games, including 4 WCHL teams participating in some great cross-pollination events that will surely boost their computer ranking! Thanksgiving wishes, chicken rankings, a plan for some post-semester huzzahs, and some live look-ins from Chicago and Chesterfield round out this full-length suboptimal episode of The WCHL Podcast! Click, listen, enjoy!Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl, follow the M1 scores at @achamensd1 - thanks!

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 mediocrity with this lively mini-pod! We'll try to be better next week! Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl, follow the M1 scores at @achamensd1 - thanks!

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. Then the fun really begins with banter about Halloween vs Christmas, weekly WCHL Trivia Bowl results, visiting the Oklahoma City National Memorial, Almost Famous, smooth intermission jazz, Slow Horses, blanket parties, Mammoth, Clown Town and The Uncool! Another craptastic episode of The WCHL Podcast is just a click away! Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl, follow the M1 scores at @achamensd1 - thanks!

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 come off after that as the guys get into Halloween costumes, which is the best candy to receive and which candy everyone should avoid, an impromptu WCHL Fight Club matchup or two, tortilla rolls, America's Got Talent, and much more! Suboptimal as ever, this episode of The WCHL Podcast is sure to disappoint! Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl, follow the M1 scores at @achamensd1 - thanks!

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 sandwiches, responsible people, salty ice (or is it sweaty ice?), catch-and-release in the boons, is Nowy Targ a town or a goalie: you decide, and much more! This episode of The WCHL Podcast is as craptastic as ever! Enjoy! Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl, follow the M1 scores at @achamensd1 - thanks!

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 games in the WCHL and around the ACHA (hint: he's into splits)! And then the magic happens as Cliff delves into Canadian Thanksgiving, pink ice, the upcoming Chicago Classic, designing jerseys, math gurus, the term "religious adjacent", YouTube viewing recommendations, and much more! Another suboptimal episode of The WCHL Podcast is just a click away so what are you waiting for? Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl, follow the M1 scores at @achamensd1 - thanks!

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! But wait, there's more! That's right, the guys talk a little music, recommended reads, 3D printing, goal differentials, possible firings, and much much more! We hope you find some joy listening to this craptastic episode of The WCHL Podcast! Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl, follow the M1 scores at @achamensd1 - thanks!

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 the Utah Mammoth coming to SLC, the underrated scene that is Sr A Mountain League hockey, being one of the few listeners to a certain regionally popular podcast, coaching along side his Dad on the Utah bench, and much more!It's a fun and insightful time so you should listen!Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl, follow the M1 scores at @achamensd1 - thanks!

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, rankings, games played, games coming up, travel tips, rules to follow on the road, and a very well-deserved honor of ACHA recognition for the Missouri State hockey program!We're back in the saddle! Hop along and join the ride, WCHL hockey is back! Let's Go!Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl, follow the M1 scores at @achamensd1 - thanks!

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 playing the puck up the middle of the ice, overtime games, and exemplary performances on and off the ice! Then the guys turn to some fun stuff, Nashville, rule change proposals, meatloaf, Delivering Hope, Ware The Buffalo Roams, meeting Garrett and Listener #19, and more of the suboptimal banter you've come to expect from The WCHL Podcast before finishing up with some well-deserved Thank You's! Stay safe over the summer, take care of yourself and the ones you love - we want to see you at the rink when we start all this nonsense up again in September! Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl - thanks!

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 Selection Show, a Lost Weekend in BloNo, a triple threat Slagle attack, WCHL Fight Club complaints, and you've got yourself yet another suboptimal episode of The WCHL Podcast! Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl - thanks!

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 wagering, it's all in fun so don't be offended, and hey, it's our first ever "E" labeled pod so know that there's some salty language and any delicate ears are hereby legally forewarned! It's almost two hours of the familiar suboptimal terrible discussion you've come to know and expect from two guys that aren't hockey guys!Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl - thanks!

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 WCHL Fight Club suggestions, baby monitoring, and much more in this craptastic edition of The WCHL Podcast!Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl - thanks!

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 more in this suboptimal, full-length edition of The WCHL Podcast!Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl - thanks!

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 nugget in this abbreviated edition of The WCHL Podcast! Who knows, maybe less really is more, huh? Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl - thanks!

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 Podcast at its craptastic finest, but hey, we had fun and we hope you do too! Thank you for listening! Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl - thanks!

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 Showcase while others play some crossover conference games! Add in news from the Winter World University Games in Torino, Italy, some of it good, some of it not so much, plus Lou Malnati's vs Imo's, production suggestions for some, fried ravioli, and much more! The WCHL Podcast is back for 2025 and as suboptimal as ever! Enjoy! Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl - thanks!

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, egg nog or no, all that and more in this Lump of Coal edition of The WCHL Podcast! We hope everyone has a great and safe holiday season! However you celebrate, we hope you celebrate safely and enjoy with family and friends! Merry Christmas from your two favorite cotton-headed ninnymuggins!Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl - thanks!

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 Podcast is ready for your aural pleasure as we wind down the Fall 2024 semester!Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl - thanks!

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 slackers, Birthday cellys, and favorite Christmas tunes! This episode might be a bit shorter than normal but it's guaranteed to be as suboptimal as ever! Have a listen!Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl - thanks!

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-traditional Thanksgiving dinner while Chris is all in on tradition, tryptophan, and dessert! What else do you have to listen to while you're in between holiday meals? Happy Thanksgiving to you from all of us at The WCHL Podcast!Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl - thanks!

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 expects from his Utah team. We also delve into some non-ACHA hockey topics like the best time of the year to hit the slopes in Park City, prison tattoos, the best candy bar and what makes it so special, what its like to have an NHL team dropped in your city overnight, diving into mountain lakes, and much more! Coach Feenie was a great sport and so tolerant, putting up with suboptimal questions and crap production - hey, he even included a special message for a certain someone - is it for you? You'll have to listen to find out! Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl - thanks!

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 division, and more! It might be a smidge earlier in the week than normal for the podcast but it's still as suboptimal as ever! Enjoy!Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl - thanks!

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, scheduling as an independent, The Price Is Right, some interdivisional shade gets thrown and much more! Click, listen, enjoy!Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl - thanks!

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 your air fryer? Have you ever heard of a Cinnamon Broom? What is a Cinnamon Coconut Roll? And just how much ammo/fishing flies did Andrew hand out to trick or treaters?The answers to all these questions and much more are just a click away! Sit back, get comfortable, and have a listen!Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl - thanks!

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 some vague news from the world of ACHA M1, Nerd candy variations are discussed in the classiest of ways, Andrew handing out ammo for Halloween at Redneck Estates, future podcast guest possibilities, shout-outs to listeners brave enough to admit they listen, and much more! The guys had fun so we hope you have fun listening!Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl - thanks!

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, Steve is made Commissioner For A Day, the lost art of Play-by-Play, and much much more! The pod may be suboptimal but Steve is definitely not so have a listen to a real hockey guy, won't you?Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl - thanks!

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 involving WCHL teams, predictions for upcoming WCHL games, conference standings, a live penalty shot look-in, BB guns, the impending return of The WCHL Fight Club, and more! Prepare yourself for the inevitable disappointment!Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl - thanks!

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 around the ACHA, and more! Suboptimal podcasting at its finest!Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl - thanks!

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 repairs at a venerable rink, soda recommendations, and Red Voodoo! Have a listen, won't you?Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl - thanks!

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....but not TOO comfortable, The WCHL Podcast is back! Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl - thanks!

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, and more! Then a slight focus on the upcoming ACHA Annual Meeting with some topics that might be discussed before taking a thumbnail look ahead to the 2024-2025 season with new teams, new conference alignments, and maybe some new opportunities for international play! Thanks for listening (even those hate listeners out there) and thanks for your support of ACHA Hockey! Take care of yourselves and of your loved ones - and try to relax during this break between seasons - the 2024-25 season will be here before we know it, and yeah, we'll start up the The WCHL Podcast machine all over again - whomp whomp!Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl - thanks!

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 you might even make a buck or two...but only if you know a guy!Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl - thanks!

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 on the Omaha Zoo, and settles the debate once and for all: Runza or Whataburger? Have a listen, you won't regret it!Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl - thanks!

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 ITHSW really stands for, endures some Flash Round Qs from Chris, and sheds some light on his favorite musical artist! Good times all around!Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl - thanks!

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 Nationals! Cliff is a great sport and has some keen insight (he is a hockey guy after all) so have a listen, won't you?Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl - thanks!

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 the regular season with Andrew on The WCHL Podcast!Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl - thanks!

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 teams in the Top 25! Six WCHL teams in the Nationals field! No Nats predictions just yet but some good discussion about the field of 24 and the parity, who drew some tough opponents, who will get shellacked! Sending some good juju to a pal in SLC! And a recap of a fun but cold weekend in Bismarck with the MCH! Yeah, just another suboptimal episode of The WCHL Podcast!Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl - thanks!

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 care of business in Fort Collins! The race for the WCHL Championship comes down to two games on the last weekend of the regular season - will UCO win out in regulation to force a tie and win the title due to the tiebreaker? Or will the Bronchos drop a point (or more) vs the Sooners to hand the Rebels their first WCHL title? Predictions! Zam drivers gone wild! Security tape! Snowstorms! Bus breakdowns! And a brawl! All that goodness and much more are just a click away, you really should listen!Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl - thanks!

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 jockeying for a spot at Nationals! Live look-ins! Uncanny predictions for the week ahead! Crazy eyes! Cinnamon ice cream! Parent emails! And more! Yup, just another craptastic episode of The WCHL Podcast!Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl - thanks!

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 houses, Dutch Bros., and late puck drops! Mix it all together and you get another suboptimal episode of The WCHL Podcast!Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl - thanks!

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 The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl - thanks!

The race for the WCHL crown is tightening up as Chris & Andrew talk sweeps by UCO & CSU and splits between ASU/GCU and MSU/OU! Toss in some chatter about WCHL standings, M1 rankings, Andrew's predictions for the upcoming games involving WCHL teams, Nationals previews, team travel woes, how Chris and technology are definitely not friends, Reuben sandwiches and more! Yup, it's another craptastic podcast for your listening enjoyment!Want to help people find The WCHL Podcast? Download and subscribe to the pod, rate it five stars, write us a good review, follow the show on twitter at @WCHLPod, send us your questions @WCHLPod or @westernchl - thanks!