The Sheet with Jeff Marek

Katherine Henderson became the president of Hockey Canada in 2023 after seven years as the CEO of Curling Canada. She joined Jeff in Toronto at Beaches Brewing Co. for a lengthy conversation about the future of Hockey Canada and the upcoming World Junior Championships in Ottawa.

They discuss why she took the job (1:50), hockey fandom (4:30), what it means to make hockey better (5:40), the cost of hockey (7:00), if she envisions a day where hockey could be free (9:40), women's hockey (12:00), the Hockey Canada logo (19:30), pioneers of the game (24:00), the importance of the World Junior Championships to the organization (26:10), sponsors (28:10), and hockey culture (29:45).

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"On The Sheet" will be a series of long-form interviews that we'll be conducting throughout the season with a variety of guests from the hockey world.

Our first guest is Dan MacKenzie, President of the Canadian Hockey League. MacKenzie has been around sports his entire life and before joining the CHL in 2019, he spent 20 years at NBA Canada working in several roles including vice-president and managing director.

Jeff and Dan sit down to discuss the NCAA ruling (2:00), transferring scholarships (5:50), European players in the CHL (8:30), Memorial Cup (9:20), USHL teams entering the CHL (11:00), conversations with the BCHL and USHL (12:25), USHL teams competing for the Memorial Cup (13:50), CHL owners meeting (14:30), the CHL brand (17:00), Prospect Challenge in London and Oshawa (20:40), and the impact the NCAA ruling will have on U Sports (26:30).

Get tickets to the Prospect Challenge here: https://chl.ca/prospectschallenge/

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