{"id":149695,"date":"2024-11-13T11:26:35","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T17:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/?p=149695"},"modified":"2024-11-13T11:26:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T17:26:35","slug":"college-hockey-inc-s-hogan-discusses-chl-eligibility-growth-in-face-of-change-uscho-spotlight-college-hockey-podcast-season-7-episode-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2024\/11\/13\/college-hockey-inc-s-hogan-discusses-chl-eligibility-growth-in-face-of-change-uscho-spotlight-college-hockey-podcast-season-7-episode-4\/","title":{"rendered":"College Hockey Inc.&#8217;s Hogan discusses CHL eligibility, growth in face of change: USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast Season 7 Episode 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>College Hockey Inc. executive director Sean Hogan joins hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger to discuss the NCAA decision allowing Canadian major junior athletes to play Division I college hockey, including CHI&#8217;s efforts in education, his organization&#8217;s evolving focus, and recruiting from the CHL. Also discussed were the difficulties faced with all of the changes in the sport in the last year or two, and whether D-I hockey can continue to grow in light of that.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Subscribe to this podcast <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/uscho-spotlight\/id1437717447?mt=2\">on Apple Podcasts<\/a>, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/3185680\/episodes\/feed\">your favorite podcast app<\/a>, or on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/user\/uscholive\">Spreaker<\/a>.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?episode_id=62723382&amp;theme=light&amp;playlist=false&amp;playlist-continuous=false&amp;chapters-image=true&amp;episode_image_position=right&amp;hide-likes=false&amp;hide-comments=false&amp;hide-sharing=false&amp;hide-logo=false&amp;hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<p>Check out all of <a href=\"\/podcasts\">USCHO&#8217;s college hockey podcasts<\/a>, including USCHO Weekend Review and USCHO Edge, plus our entire podcast archive.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h4>About the hosts<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Jim Connelly<\/strong> is a senior writer at USCHO.com and has been with the site since 1999. 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