Jeff Marek hosts Sportsnet’s weekly CHL podcast, a one-stop shop for news, analysis, opinion and interviews covering the WHL, OHL and QMJHL. Sam Cosentino, the CHL’s top analyst/insider, joins Marek each week to discuss the latest from around the league, as do newsmakers from across the CHL.
This week Sam and Jeff take a lap around the CHL, including the sanctions handed down to the Flint Firebirds, the Russian under-18 doping scandal and, most importantly, a wide-ranging discussing of what’s been a pretty wild playoffs to date, and where things will go from here.
Jeff goes deep on the OHL playoffs with the architect of a big round-one upset, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds GM Kyle Raftis.
Then Sportsnet contributor Andy Eide talks with Jeff about the Seattle Thunderbirds and other powerhouses in the Dub.
Mathew Barzal and the Thunderbirds take on the Everett Silvertips in the second round. (Christopher Mast/Everett Silvertips)
Cape Breton Screaming Eagles play-by-play man Patrick McNeil stops by to talk about a historic upset by the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada, the juggernaut Rouyn-Noranda Huskies and the QMJHL draft.
Rouyn-Noranda’s Francis Perron was named QMJHL MVP earlier this week. (Getty Images)