THE WCHL PODCAST

On this, the final pod of the 2020-2021 season, Chris & Andrew discuss the ACHA M1 semifinals and Championship game! Congrats to Adrian for winning it all! The guys also talk about the celebrity guest pickers, the ACHA M1 bracket contest winners, fun with twitter, kombucha, and hints at what's in store for next season in the WCHL!

Thanks for listening all season long, drop us a five star review if so inclined, and take care of yourself and one another so we can meet up at the rink in Fall 2021!

Chris & Andrew hop on for this "emergency pod" following today's ACHA M1 Quarterfinals! They briskly discuss the games from the first three days of the event and look forward to the semifinals and Championship game! The guys also talk about the broadcast, twitter, cameras, scorebugs, commercials, and grumpy people! It's almost over, aren't you glad?!

On the day before M1 Nationals gets underway, Chris and Andrew play a little Fact Or Fiction with all the games at Nats - which ones are going to OT? which ones are going to be blowouts? Will Andy Anthem lose his voice by the end of the event? Will the M1 Commish crack a smile? All those questions and more are answered on this mediocre episode of The WCHL Podcast, the perfect primer before Nationals gets going tomorrow!

University of Utah GM A.J. Boldan gets sucked into making some predictions for the upcoming 2021 ACHA M1 National Championships! Pretty sure you can hear the regret once he realizes how suboptimal our little podcast really is! That said, A.J. brings logic and stats to the topic and we learn he's into upsets so his semi-finals don't disappoint! Check it out!

Only a few days left so why don't you take five minutes to submit your entry in the ACHA M1 Bracket Contest at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfNxTkJY5vxeO_QaGQM4pcysIbf2Br8lJcEWs2oXHgY8Xb1ow/viewform - you never know, you just might win a prize!

It's Andrew's turn in the barrel as he makes his predictions for the upcoming 2021 ACHA M1 Nationals! And he doesn't hold back on a certain team from Ohio! The guys also discuss HockeyTV, Nats merch, air fryers, art heist documentaries, and left turns!

While you're here, why don't you take five minutes to submit your entry in the ACHA M1 Bracket Contest at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfNxTkJY5vxeO_QaGQM4pcysIbf2Br8lJcEWs2oXHgY8Xb1ow/viewform - you never know, you just might win a prize!

Cam The Ram joins The WCHL Podcast all the way from beautiful Fort Collins to offer her opinions on what will happen at the upcoming ACHA M1 National Championships! You would think that someone whose school didn't play at all during the pandemic would be low key and remorseful....but No, she brings the fire for some schools and then some! Get ready for an entertaining 35 minutes of predictions totally free of basis in fact or logic!

And while you're here, play along with some ACHA M1 Nats predictions of your own using this link: https://forms.gle/YMrwemZm9aEv4CFq9 - throw your hat in the ring and see what happens...you never know, you just might win something!

Scott Strande from Ice Time Hockey SW joins WCHL Commish Chris Perry to talk about how he sees the 2021 ACHA M1 Nationals turning out! But there's a lot more to the episode than just Scott's predictions as they also talk about the burgeoning ITHSW hockey empire, Scott's travels around the US to witness and report on hockey, a recent cold misadventure with Lyft, Scott's take on who should have been further up the priority list for vaccinations, and much more! It's a fun hour of hockey talk!

Midland University Head Coach Jason Cirone joins WCHL Commish Chris Perry on the pod to discuss the 2021 Nationals field, what it takes to win at Nats, and breaks down every game from start to finish with his eventual National Champion! Coach Cirone provides a lot of insight into the tourney on this quick little edition of the pod! Enjoy!

Chris and Andrew discuss the rough weekend Missouri State had with lowly ETBU to end their regular season and then quickly move on to discuss the all-important final rankings and Nationals pairings, because the Hockey Gods have blessed us with a primo WCHL matchup vs Andrew's favorite team to hate on! There's also some talk about two guys who recently passed away, chintzy trophies, great books from a great bookstore, and the Creature Double Feature! Enjoy!

Chris & Andrew preview the final Missouri State home series of the season vs ETBU as well as the playoffs around ACHA D1! They also talk rankings (a new #1!), Andrew's favorite team (Ohio!), and how things line up for Nationals in a few weeks! There's some discussion of the Maryville pass list policy for attending M1 Nats, the Covid-19 policy as well, and what might happen with some autobids. Add in some book talk about hair bands, Fact or Fiction, more ACHA Fight Club, daylight savings time concerns, and good news for a good guy and you've got one suboptimal episode for your listening pleasure!