The CCHA Reporter's Corner

On the 65th episode of The CCHA Reporter's Corner, co-hosts Jared Rubado and Trent Singer take some time to chat with Marco Hunt, who serves as the director of officiating for the CCHA. In this episode, Hunt provides some insight into how the league's disciplinary process works when it comes to handing out suspensions. This comes on the heels of a CCHA series two weeks ago between Minnesota State and Lake Superior State in Mankato, where Mavericks forward Sam Court was hit from behind by Lakers forward Raoul Boilard. The hit left Court hospitalized, potentially jeopardizing his career, while Boilard received a game misconduct followed by a four-game suspension from the conference. It's the largest suspension a league has handed out in more than 40 years at the college level. Hunt talks about what goes into the process of determining multi-game suspensions as well as whether or not an injury that occurs is factored into that decision-making process. A litany of rule changes regarding face-offs, trapezoids, timeouts and line-change scenarios have also impacted the college game this season in order to better align with the NHL. Hunt discusses how those changes are being implemented this season and how teams are handling them. As a disclaimer, the audio during the interview with Hunt was fairly botched. The beginning of the chat is audible, but it slowly gets harder to hear as the interview progresses. Before their chat with Hunt, Rubado and Singer hand out their three stars of the week while looking ahead to which players could be poised for a big weekend ahead in CCHA action. The CCHA Reporter's Corner is a weekly college hockey show that's brought to you by Rubado and Singer, featuring players and coaches from around the CCHA. To watch this show and to see clips and highlights from this episode, head on over to Midwest Sports Plus, the home of The CCHA Reporter's Corner. For the audio-only version, subscribe to The CCHA Reporter's Corner on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever podcasts are available. Follow Singer and Rubado on X — @trentsinger and @JaredRubadoBP — and throughout the week, check out their work at siouxfallslive.com and bemidjipioneer.com.

On the 64th episode of The CCHA Reporter's Corner, co-hosts Jared Rubado and Trent Singer head down to Ohio to chat with Bowling Green forward Noah Morneau. The sophomore from Riverside, Ontario, is off to a solid start to the 2026-27 season. Through the first month of action, Morneau is tied for the conference lead with 11 points on four goals and seven assists. He talks about what's gone into that impressive start to the season. Morneau also discusses his younger years, how tragedy helped build his character and the support system from his family that's allowed him to flourish as a college athlete. From 2022-25, Morneau played junior hockey for the Windsor Spitfires in the Ontario Hockey League, compiling a total of 143 points during that three-year stint. He enjoyed a breakout season in 2024-25 as an age-out player, racking up 90 points in 80 games. Morneau discusses what it was like to play for a Windsor team he grew up watching, and he also talks about how he eventually found his way to Bowling Green. As a freshman last season, Morneau tallied 15 points in 30 games for Bowling Green. He goes into what allowed him to have so much success as a rookie at the college level. Rubado and Singer close out the chat with some one-timers, including a little bit about his brother, Christian, a Division I golfer at the University of Memphis. Before their chat with Morneau, Rubado and Singer hand out their three stars of the week while looking ahead to which players could be poised for a big weekend ahead in CCHA action. The CCHA Reporter's Corner is a weekly college hockey show that's brought to you by Rubado and Singer, featuring players and coaches from around the CCHA. To watch this show and to see clips and highlights from this episode, head on over to Midwest Sports Plus, the home of The CCHA Reporter's Corner. For the audio-only version, subscribe to The CCHA Reporter's Corner on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever podcasts are available. Follow Singer and Rubado on X — @trentsinger and @JaredRubadoBP — and throughout the week, check out their work at siouxfallslive.com and bemidjipioneer.com.

Episode No. 63 of The CCHA Reporter's Corner features Michigan Tech forward Matthew Van Blaricom, who joins the show to talk about his hockey career and the Huskies' 6-2 start to the 2026-27 season. Co-hosts Jared Rubado and Trent Singer welcome in Van Blaricom ahead of an important week of rest for MTU. The Huskies opened CCHA action last weekend with a split at Ferris State. They'll host Augustana next week in Houghton, Michigan. Van Blaricom is already off to a hot start in his sophomore season, tallying seven points on four goals and three assists. MTU swept Minnesota at home to open the season, and since then, the Huskies have split a pair of road series with a home sweep of Alaska Fairbanks sandwiched in between. A native of Southey, Saskatchewan, Van Blaricom details his early days of playing hockey before he ended up in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League with the Humboldt Broncos for two seasons. Then, in 2024-25, the 5-foot-11 forward made his way to the Muskegon Lumberjacks in the USHL. With Muskegon, Van Blaricom racked up 23 points and was part of a team that hoisted the Clark Cup after a grueling championship series against Waterloo. Van Blaricom talks about how that experience helped shape his hockey career. He also discusses what drew him to the Huskies' program and why he decided to keep his commitment despite a coaching change. But before their chat with Van Blaricom, Rubado and Singer hand out their three stars of the week while looking ahead to which players could pop off in the league's upcoming three-series slate this weekend. The CCHA Reporter's Corner is a weekly college hockey show that's brought to you by Rubado and Singer, featuring players and coaches from around the CCHA. To watch this show and to see clips and highlights from this episode, head on over to Midwest Sports Plus, the home of The CCHA Reporter's Corner. For the audio-only version, subscribe to The CCHA Reporter's Corner on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever podcasts are available. Follow Singer and Rubado on X — @trentsinger and @JaredRubadoBP — and throughout the week, check out their work at siouxfallslive.com and bemidjipioneer.com.

On the 62nd episode of The CCHA Reporter's Corner, co-hosts Jared Rubado and Trent Singer welcome in the league's preseason player of the year. That's right, Bemidji State senior forward Oliver Peer joins the show to talk about the early-season vibes in the Beavers' locker room as well as his journey from Burlington, Ontario, to northern Minnesota. Peer is coming off a breakout 2025-26 season at BSU in which he racked up 36 points on 20 goals and 16 assists. The 6-foot center was named an All-CCHA First Team honoree and was a finalist for the conference's Forward of the Year award. Hockey has long been a part of Peer's life. He played three years of AAA hockey in Burlington and had long aspired to play in the Canadian Hockey League. In 2021, Peer got his chance when he tried out for the Windsor Spitfires in the Ontario Hockey League and made the team. During that first season in the OHL, Peer and his Spitfire teammates made it all the way to the OHL Finals, where they were defeated by the Hamilton Bulldogs in seven games. After racking up 132 points in three seasons in Windsor, Peer had a cup of coffee in the East Coast Hockey League, playing one game for the Fort Wayne Komets, before making his way to New Brunswick, where he tallied 19 points in 24 games at the USports level in 2024-25. In this episode, Peer talks about his journey, reflecting on both the ups and downs of traversing multiple ranks before landing with Tom Serratore's Bemidji State program. Before their chat with Peer, Rubado and Singer ramble a bit about Nathan Fielder and his new documentary (don't worry, there's no spoilers here — Jared still hasn't seen it) and dish out their three stars of the week. They then introduce a new pick 'em game ahead of this week's action in the CCHA. The CCHA Reporter's Corner is a weekly college hockey show that's brought to you by Rubado and Singer, featuring players and coaches from around the CCHA. To watch this show and to see clips and highlights from this episode, head on over to Midwest Sports Plus, the home of The CCHA Reporter's Corner. For the audio-only version, subscribe to The CCHA Reporter's Corner on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever podcasts are available. Follow Singer and Rubado on X — @trentsinger and @JaredRubadoBP — and throughout the week, check out their work at siouxfallslive.com and bemidjipioneer.com.

On episode No. 61, Augustana goalie Mathis Langevin joins co-hosts Jared Rubado and Trent Singer on The CCHA Reporter's Corner to discuss the Vikings' big season-opening series against No. 5 Minnesota Duluth and his journey to Sioux Falls. Langevin joins AU after transferring from Miami (Ohio) during the offseason. The 6-foot-5 sophomore got his first two starts in a Vikings uniform last weekend versus UMD at Midco Arena. Augustana won the series opener 4-3 in overtime before the two teams played to a 1-1 tie in the finale. Langevin allowed only two goals at even strength in the two-game series. He stopped 59 of 63 shots in the two games combined, finishing with a 1.92 goals-against average and .937 save percentage. In this episode, Langevin talks about his early playing days in his hometown of Saint-Zotique, Quebec. Later on, he reflects on an unforgettable playoff run with the Rimouski Océanic in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League in which he went 12-4-0 with a .944 save percentage and helped guide Rimouski to an appearance in the prestigious Memorial Cup. Langevin talks about his decision to come to Augustana and the support he's received from his coaching staff since arriving in Sioux Falls. Before their chat with Langevin, Rubado and Singer dish out their three stars of the week while taking a brief look at the weekend that was and the one that lies ahead. The CCHA Reporter's Corner is a weekly college hockey show that's brought to you by Rubado and Singer, featuring players and coaches from around the CCHA. To watch this show and to see clips and highlights from this episode, head on over to Midwest Sports Plus, the home of The CCHA Reporter's Corner. For the audio-only version, subscribe to The CCHA Reporter's Corner on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever podcasts are available. Follow Singer and Rubado on X — @trentsinger and @JaredRubadoBP — and throughout the week, check out their work at siouxfallslive.com and bemidjipioneer.com.

On the 60th episode, Northern Michigan's Ian Engel joins The CCHA Reporter's Corner to chat with co-hosts Jared Rubado and Trent Singer about the Wildcats' opening series of the regular season as well as his journey to Marquette, Michigan. Hailing from Hortonville, Wisconsin, Engel is in his sophomore year as a defenseman for NMU, his first with the program after transferring from the University of North Dakota during the offseason. The Wildcats split a two-game series last weekend against visiting Miami (Ohio). In the opener, Engel scored his first career goal while tallying an assist in a 3-0 victory for NMU. Engel discusses being a part of a new-look Wildcats team, which is looking to get the program back to its winning ways after back-to-back seasons in which they finished ninth in the CCHA. He also talks about the stellar play of goalie Oliver Auyeung-Ashton and the preparation he puts into his work between the pipes. Engel fills Rubado and Singer in on his early playing days, his three-year junior career with the Bismarck Bobcats in the North American Hockey League and a wild recruiting story in which he ended up getting to play his first collegiate season with the Fighting Hawks, who reached the Frozen Four. Before the chat with Engel, Rubado and Singer take a look back at how the league performed on opening weekend as a whole before taking a quick look at what lies ahead in another jam-packed weekend of non-conference action for CCHA teams. The CCHA Reporter's Corner is a weekly college hockey show that's brought to you by Rubado and Singer, featuring players and coaches from around the CCHA. To watch this show and to see clips and highlights from this episode, head on over to Midwest Sports Plus, the home of The CCHA Reporter's Corner. For the audio-only version, subscribe to The CCHA Reporter's Corner on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever podcasts are available. Follow Singer and Rubado on X — @trentsinger and @JaredRubadoBP — and throughout the week, check out their work at siouxfallslive.com and bemidjipioneer.com.

With the 2026-27 season officially getting underway this weekend, it's time to talk commish puck with The Commish himself. On episode No. 59, CCHA Commissioner Don Lucia joins The CCHA Reporter's Corner to discuss a litany of offseason topics with co-hosts Jared Rubado and Trent Singer. It was an interesting offseason for Lucia, who put in a lot of work alongside other college hockey commissioners to propose an important change to the NCAA's initial age-based eligibility model. With the help of advocates in college basketball as well as hockey coaches from across the junior, college and professional ranks, Lucia and his fellow commissioners got the proposal to pass. Lucia talks about the work that was done and the general reaction of how it all unfolded. He also discusses the impact of CHL recruiting in the conference before diving into the prospect of college hockey forming a healthy relationship with Canadian major junior hockey. Lucia then talks about coach Garrett Raboin's commitment to remain at Augustana as well as Tom Serratore's recent retirement announcement. And what went into the decision to bring the MacNaughton Cup to Houghton on the final weekend of the regular season? Lucia gives his reasoning in this episode. The CCHA Reporter's Corner is a weekly college hockey show that's brought to you by Rubado and Singer, featuring players and coaches from around the CCHA. To watch this show and to see clips and highlights from this episode, head on over to Midwest Sports Plus, the home of The CCHA Reporter's Corner. For the audio-only version, subscribe to The CCHA Reporter's Corner on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever podcasts are available. Follow Singer and Rubado on X — @trentsinger and @JaredRubadoBP — and throughout the week, check out their work at siouxfallslive.com and bemidjipioneer.com.

It's time to make some predictions for the 2026-27 season. On the 58th episode of The CCHA Reporter's Corner, co-hosts Jared Rubado and Trent Singer do just that, revealing the players and teams they believe will define the upcoming season in the CCHA. Rubado and Singer discuss their preseason rankings and all-conference teams, including which transfers and freshmen will have the biggest impact on their respective squads. But before they get to that, the co-hosts react to the recent news that Bemidji State coach Tom Serratore will retire at the end of the 2026-27 season. Rubado, who covers the Beavers, gives his take on what the 26th-year coach has meant to the program as well as what the future will look like at BSU as Travis Winter steps in to replace his mentor at the helm. After breaking down all eight teams in the CCHA last week, Rubado and Singer spent an hour and a half giving their predictions for what the 2026-27 season will hold. Will they be perfect? Certainly not, but it's the perfect fodder for the masses as opening weekend draws closer. The CCHA Reporter's Corner is a weekly college hockey show that's brought to you by Rubado and Singer, featuring players and coaches from around the CCHA. To watch this show and to see clips and highlights from this episode, head on over to Midwest Sports Plus, the home of The CCHA Reporter's Corner. For the audio-only version, subscribe to The CCHA Reporter's Corner on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever podcasts are available. Follow Singer and Rubado on X — @trentsinger and @JaredRubadoBP — and throughout the week, check out their work at siouxfallslive.com and bemidjipioneer.com.

The college hockey season is just around the corner. On Episode No. 57 of The CCHA Reporter's Corner, co-hosts Jared Rubado and Trent Singer dig into the weeds for almost two hours, breaking down all eight teams in the conference ahead of the start of the 2026-27 season. Following the league's annual media day, Rubado and Singer take a look at each team in the conference, breaking down the numbers as well as who's back, who's gone and who's new. The Michigan Tech Huskies enter the season as the favorites in both preseason polls. They're certainly loaded, but can they be a more consistent team in order to get back to the NCAA tournament? Meanwhile, a MacNaughton Cup race that was decided by two points between five different teams is shaping up to be another tight one. Will Minnesota State have what it takes to win a third straight league title? And who else will be in contention when it's all said and done? Even teams at the bottom of the CCHA have a fresh slate and renewed hopes as they get ready for the 2026-27 season. Can Northern Michigan, Ferris State and Lake Superior State improve their standing from a year ago despite some heavy roster turnover? There aren't many predictions, if any, in this episode, but there's plenty of information. Everything you need to prime yourself for the 2026-27 season is right here in this two-hour preview extravaganza. The CCHA Reporter's Corner is a weekly college hockey show that's brought to you by Rubado and Singer, featuring players and coaches from around the CCHA. To watch this show and to see clips and highlights from this episode, head on over to Midwest Sports Plus, the home of The CCHA Reporter's Corner. For the audio-only version, subscribe to The CCHA Reporter's Corner on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever podcasts are available. Follow Singer and Rubado on X — @trentsinger and @JaredRubadoBP — and throughout the week, check out their work at siouxfallslive.com and bemidjipioneer.com.

On the 56th episode of The CCHA Reporter's Corner, co-hosts Jared Rubado and Trent Singer welcome in longtime college hockey writer Mike McMahon. With more than two decades of experience covering the college hockey landscape, McMahon joins the show to discuss the 2026 NCAA tournament picture as well as a number of other pertinent topics. The four teams advancing to the Frozen Four — North Dakota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Denver — have combined for 33 national championships in the sport. McMahon provides his biggest takeaways from NCAA regional action, including his personal experience covering Merrimack in the Sioux Falls regional. McMahon offers his take on the debate between neutral or home-site regionals, exploring potential solutions that could make it work. He also discusses the recent coaching change at the University of Minnesota, providing his thoughts on the decision of Augustana coach Garrett Raboin to remain in Sioux Falls and the eventual hiring of Brett Larson to take over the Gophers' program. What's going on at Mercyhurst, where administrators have abruptly decided to end the men's hockey program? McMahon, who's been covering the story through his College Hockey Insider newsletter, has been locked in on the story. He fills in Rubado and Singer on what he knows. The CCHA Reporter's Corner is a weekly college hockey show that's brought to you by Rubado, Singer and Wright, featuring players and coaches from around the CCHA. To watch this show and to see clips and highlights from this episode, head on over to Midwest Sports Plus, the home of The CCHA Reporter's Corner. For the audio-only version, subscribe to The CCHA Reporter's Corner on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever podcasts are available. Follow Singer and Rubado on X — @trentsinger and @JaredRubadoBP — and throughout the week, check out their work at siouxfallslive.com and bemidjipioneer.com.