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Due to COVID-19, we’ve never seen a season like this before. We’ll recap a wild year across the Canadian Hockey League with QMJHL Commissioner Gilles Courteau and WHL Commissioner Ron Robison! The Centennial Cup had to be cancelled for the second straight year. But what are the plans for next season? We go 1 on 1 with CJHL President Brent Ladds. In this week’s edition of ‘Into the Vault’ where we look back at some of our favourite interviews from the first 29 years of the show, we’ll flashback to our chat with Connor McDavid, just fourth months before he was picked first overall by the Edmonton Oilers back in 2015!

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On this week’s show, he helped our nation win gold at the World Under 18 Championship in Texas. Now? He’s expected to be a top 20 pick in the upcoming NHL Draft. We go 1 on 1 with Flint Firebirds forward Brennan Othmann. We’re down to the final four in the QMJHL! So who has the best chance to win the Presidents Cup? We have the latest. Plus, In this week’s edition of ‘Into the Vault’ where we look back at some of our favourite interviews from the first 29 years of the show, we’ll flashback to our chat with 18 year old Mitch Marner, just two months before representing Team Canada at the 2016 World JR in Finland!

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He led our nation to the gold medal at the World Under 18 Championship in Texas and was the top goalie of the tournament. Now? Many believe he’ll be one of the first netminders selected in the NHL Draft. We go 1 on 1 with Ben Gaudreau of the Sarnia Sting. The 2nd round of the Q playoffs are in full swing. Who are the favourites to win the Presidents Cup? We have the latest!In this week’s edition of ‘Into the Vault’ where we look back at some of our favourite interviews from the first 29 years of the show, we’ll flashback to our chat with 18 year old Leon Draisaitl, just a few months before being selected third overall by the Edmonton Oilers back in 2014!​

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Game on!!! The Under 18’s have wrapped up in Texas, the Women’s World Championship has been rescheduled for later this summer, in August and the Men’s World’s are just around the corner in Latvia! We’ll discuss all three tournaments with Scott Salmond, Hockey Canada’s VP of National Teams! Teams in the Superior International JR Hockey League were only able to play in 4 games before their season was cancelled due to COVID-19 back in March. We’ll chat with Matt Valley, the head coach of the expansion Kam River Fighting Walleye. In this week’s edition of ‘Into the Vault’ where we look back at some of our favourite interviews from the first 29 years of the show, we’ll flashback to our chat with 19 year old Dan Paille, when he was the captain of our national JR team at the 2004 World JR.​

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The World Under-18 Championship is in full swing in Texas! We’ll discuss the tournament, the upcoming Men’s World Championship and the cancellation of the Women’s World’s with Hockey Canada President and C-O-O Scott Smith. 8 teams in the Maritime JR Hockey League have been forced to end their season due to COVID-19 restrictions, including the Summerside Western Capitals! We’ll be joined by their head coach and assistant GM Billy McGuigan for much more on this situation! In this week’s edition of ‘Into the Vault’ where we look back at some of our favourite interviews from the first 29 years of the show, we’ll flashback to our chat with 20 year old Cam Ward, just one month before winning both the WHL Player of the Year and Goaltender of the Year back in 2004!!!​

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The OHL has been forced to cancel its season due to COVID-19. So how close were they to dropping the puck this year? What are their expectations for next season? We go 1 on 1 with OHL Commissioner David Branch. The WHL has announced that they’ve cancelled their playoffs after their condensed regular season is over due to COVID-19 restrictions. We have the latest on this situation. Team Canada is in Texas getting ready to play in the World Under-18 Championship! We’ll chat with “exceptional” forward and Regina Pats sniper Connor Bedard, just the third EVER double under-ager to represent Canada at the tournament, joining John Tavares and Connor McDavid.

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On this week’s show, the CHL has been forced to cancel the Memorial Cup for the second straight year due to COVID-19. So what’s next for the Canadian Hockey League? We go 1 on 1 with league President Dan Mackenzie! The BCHL has decided to opt out of the CJHL. We’ll discuss this surprising news with CJHL President Brent Ladds. In this week’s edition of ‘Into the Vault’ where we look back at some of our favourite interviews from the first 29 years of the show, we’ll flashback to our chat with 19 year old Max Domi just one week before representing our nation at the 2015 World JR in Toronto and Montreal!

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He’s the projected 1st overall pick in the 2022 NHL Draft and won the rookie of the year award last season in the CHL. But now? He’s been named to Team Canada’s World Under-18 team. We go 1 on 1 with Kingston Frontenacs “exceptional” forward Shane Wright. Humboldt Strong - This week marks the third anniversary of the Humboldt Broncos crash. We’ll chat with Chris Joseph, who’s son Jaxon was one of the players tragically killed in the accident. Life after Hockey - in this week’s edition of CHL Leaders, we’ll check in with Luke Siemens, who was a goalie for 5 seasons in the WHL. Now? He’s a Wealth Management Advisor at Canadian Western Bank!!

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