In November 2024, the NCAA officially lifted its ban on Canadian Hockey League (CHL) players, allowing prospects from the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), Western Hockey League (WHL), and Quebec Maritimes ...

Cale Makar has difficulty recognizing the college hockey landscape in the wake of a seismic shift that has transformed the sport in the mere five years since he left UMass to join Colorado in the NHL.

When the NCAA lifted its ban in Nov. 2024 on Canadian Hockey League (CHL) players in college, a seismic shift in major-junior hockey had occurred. The CHL would no longer be considered pro athletes, ...

Professional hockey has long been criticized for being racially exclusive and prohibitively expensive, making it an inaccessible sport to many. While diversity in Canadian cities has grown, the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Carol Schram is a Vancouver-based reporter who covers hockey. Last November, when the door was opened for players from the ...

When the NCAA lifted its ban on Canadian Hockey League players in college last November, a door opened for major-junior prospects. No longer would the NCAA consider CHL athletes pros, which permitted ...

True to its name, the Central Division has some of the best and most exciting centers in the NHL. But who are the three best heading into the 2026-27 NHL season? Despite potting 112 goals over three ...

When the NCAA decided to allow CHL players to compete at the Div. I level, it reshaped the North American hockey development landscape. For decades, CHL players were effectively barred from the NCAA, ...

Summer is the time when Hockey Canada gathers its top players for under-17 camp (this past week in Oakville, Ont.), the World ...

The big stakeholders in North American junior hockey got together late last month at the NHL head office in New York to discuss, among other things, where the sport is going. Seems the future is ...