Central Collegiate Hockey Association

From everything I've read, it was well-deserved, but I'd still like to see it, right? So, yeah.

Tech Hockey Guide presents the Chasing McNaughton Podcast, covering the Michigan Tech Huskies and the CCHA, with your hosts, Tim Braun, Rob Gilreath, and Matt Cavender.

Welcome to Episode 3 of Season 8 of the Chasing McNaughton Podcast, presented by Tech Hockey Guide and recorded from the State of Hockey.

I'm Tim Braun, your host, and I'm joined this week by Rob Gilreath.

As Max goes, we go.

And then he was really good Sunday, obviously got in on the scoring big time.

I thought Luke Shipley was very impressive, big part of being able to push the pace, and defensemen activating a lot, and I think that caused a lot of problems for Minnesota, who's probably, again, not really expecting that out of a CCHA team.

The Lill was pretty quiet.

[laughs] All right.

Anyway, uh, I'll, I'll see some more CCHA action soon 'cause I'm coming to see you Friday night.

Let's talk about that.

The, uh-

I got, I'll give you guys that.

Bowling Green, too, is loud as hell, so there's some great CCHA.

Barnes, Mankato's a good time.

But, uh, sorry, that was a lot of rinks, but I-

I got, I'll give you guys that.

Bowling Green, too, is loud as hell, so there's some great CCHA barns.

Maine, Cato's a good time.

But, uh, sorry that was a lot of rinks.

Yeah.

But, um, you know, I think they, they were picked middle of the pack, uh, by the coaches in the, in the preseason poll, and, you know- I mean, l- looking at the CCHA, I don't know what you think, Schloss, but there's no reason that this Bemidji team can't challenge for a top two or three spot-

Yeah

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Uh, I, I saw, um, Christian Manz is out right now, and he, I, I really think there's a good chance Christian Manz will make a push to be the, the starting goaltender there.

But, um, I, I do think that the, the Vikings are gonna be in the mix in the CCHA.

North Dakota returns, uh, several players from their Frozen Four team from a year ago, yet oddly they're still a pretty young team top to bottom.

Yeah.

And, um, you know, he has potential to have a really big year.

You know, his, like I said, his skill, skill set, skill level, his shot, elite.

Let's move to the CCHA where Michigan Tech, as you mentioned earlier, couple of wins on opening weekend, their first sweep of Minnesota since 2005.

That was, that ended up being a Saturday, Sunday series because of some-

Uh, Duluth at Augustana is, is coming off the page at me.

You know, we've talked about and we- we've sung Augustana's praises coming out of, coming out of the CCHA.

And they're going up against, uh, a, uh, pretty, you know, looking like a legitimate title contender in, uh, in Minnesota Duluth.

Uh, so that, that's one that is of interest to me.