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On the 62nd episode of The CCHA Reporter's Corner, co-hosts Jared Rubado and Trent Singer welcome in the league's preseason player of the year. That's right, Bemidji State senior forward Oliver Peer joins the show to talk about the early-season vibes in the Beavers' locker room as well as his journey from Burlington, Ontario, to northern Minnesota. Peer is coming off a breakout 2025-26 season at BSU in which he racked up 36 points on 20 goals and 16 assists. The 6-foot center was named an All-CCHA First Team honoree and was a finalist for the conference's Forward of the Year award. Hockey has long been a part of Peer's life. He played three years of AAA hockey in Burlington and had long aspired to play in the Canadian Hockey League. In 2021, Peer got his chance when he tried out for the Windsor Spitfires in the Ontario Hockey League and made the team. During that first season in the OHL, Peer and his Spitfire teammates made it all the way to the OHL Finals, where they were defeated by the Hamilton Bulldogs in seven games. After racking up 132 points in three seasons in Windsor, Peer had a cup of coffee in the East Coast Hockey League, playing one game for the Fort Wayne Komets, before making his way to New Brunswick, where he tallied 19 points in 24 games at the USports level in 2024-25. In this episode, Peer talks about his journey, reflecting on both the ups and downs of traversing multiple ranks before landing with Tom Serratore's Bemidji State program. Before their chat with Peer, Rubado and Singer ramble a bit about Nathan Fielder and his new documentary (don't worry, there's no spoilers here — Jared still hasn't seen it) and dish out their three stars of the week. They then introduce a new pick 'em game ahead of this week's action in the CCHA. The CCHA Reporter's Corner is a weekly college hockey show that's brought to you by Rubado and Singer, featuring players and coaches from around the CCHA. To watch this show and to see clips and highlights from this episode, head on over to Midwest Sports Plus, the home of The CCHA Reporter's Corner. For the audio-only version, subscribe to The CCHA Reporter's Corner on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever podcasts are available. Follow Singer and Rubado on X — @trentsinger and @JaredRubadoBP — and throughout the week, check out their work at siouxfallslive.com and bemidjipioneer.com.

On episode No. 61, Augustana goalie Mathis Langevin joins co-hosts Jared Rubado and Trent Singer on The CCHA Reporter's Corner to discuss the Vikings' big season-opening series against No. 5 Minnesota Duluth and his journey to Sioux Falls. Langevin joins AU after transferring from Miami (Ohio) during the offseason. The 6-foot-5 sophomore got his first two starts in a Vikings uniform last weekend versus UMD at Midco Arena. Augustana won the series opener 4-3 in overtime before the two teams played to a 1-1 tie in the finale. Langevin allowed only two goals at even strength in the two-game series. He stopped 59 of 63 shots in the two games combined, finishing with a 1.92 goals-against average and .937 save percentage. In this episode, Langevin talks about his early playing days in his hometown of Saint-Zotique, Quebec. Later on, he reflects on an unforgettable playoff run with the Rimouski Océanic in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League in which he went 12-4-0 with a .944 save percentage and helped guide Rimouski to an appearance in the prestigious Memorial Cup. Langevin talks about his decision to come to Augustana and the support he's received from his coaching staff since arriving in Sioux Falls. Before their chat with Langevin, Rubado and Singer dish out their three stars of the week while taking a brief look at the weekend that was and the one that lies ahead. The CCHA Reporter's Corner is a weekly college hockey show that's brought to you by Rubado and Singer, featuring players and coaches from around the CCHA. To watch this show and to see clips and highlights from this episode, head on over to Midwest Sports Plus, the home of The CCHA Reporter's Corner. For the audio-only version, subscribe to The CCHA Reporter's Corner on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever podcasts are available. Follow Singer and Rubado on X — @trentsinger and @JaredRubadoBP — and throughout the week, check out their work at siouxfallslive.com and bemidjipioneer.com.

On the 60th episode, Northern Michigan's Ian Engel joins The CCHA Reporter's Corner to chat with co-hosts Jared Rubado and Trent Singer about the Wildcats' opening series of the regular season as well as his journey to Marquette, Michigan. Hailing from Hortonville, Wisconsin, Engel is in his sophomore year as a defenseman for NMU, his first with the program after transferring from the University of North Dakota during the offseason. The Wildcats split a two-game series last weekend against visiting Miami (Ohio). In the opener, Engel scored his first career goal while tallying an assist in a 3-0 victory for NMU. Engel discusses being a part of a new-look Wildcats team, which is looking to get the program back to its winning ways after back-to-back seasons in which they finished ninth in the CCHA. He also talks about the stellar play of goalie Oliver Auyeung-Ashton and the preparation he puts into his work between the pipes. Engel fills Rubado and Singer in on his early playing days, his three-year junior career with the Bismarck Bobcats in the North American Hockey League and a wild recruiting story in which he ended up getting to play his first collegiate season with the Fighting Hawks, who reached the Frozen Four. Before the chat with Engel, Rubado and Singer take a look back at how the league performed on opening weekend as a whole before taking a quick look at what lies ahead in another jam-packed weekend of non-conference action for CCHA teams. The CCHA Reporter's Corner is a weekly college hockey show that's brought to you by Rubado and Singer, featuring players and coaches from around the CCHA. To watch this show and to see clips and highlights from this episode, head on over to Midwest Sports Plus, the home of The CCHA Reporter's Corner. For the audio-only version, subscribe to The CCHA Reporter's Corner on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever podcasts are available. Follow Singer and Rubado on X — @trentsinger and @JaredRubadoBP — and throughout the week, check out their work at siouxfallslive.com and bemidjipioneer.com.

With the 2026-27 season officially getting underway this weekend, it's time to talk commish puck with The Commish himself. On episode No. 59, CCHA Commissioner Don Lucia joins The CCHA Reporter's Corner to discuss a litany of offseason topics with co-hosts Jared Rubado and Trent Singer. It was an interesting offseason for Lucia, who put in a lot of work alongside other college hockey commissioners to propose an important change to the NCAA's initial age-based eligibility model. With the help of advocates in college basketball as well as hockey coaches from across the junior, college and professional ranks, Lucia and his fellow commissioners got the proposal to pass. Lucia talks about the work that was done and the general reaction of how it all unfolded. He also discusses the impact of CHL recruiting in the conference before diving into the prospect of college hockey forming a healthy relationship with Canadian major junior hockey. Lucia then talks about coach Garrett Raboin's commitment to remain at Augustana as well as Tom Serratore's recent retirement announcement. And what went into the decision to bring the MacNaughton Cup to Houghton on the final weekend of the regular season? Lucia gives his reasoning in this episode. The CCHA Reporter's Corner is a weekly college hockey show that's brought to you by Rubado and Singer, featuring players and coaches from around the CCHA. To watch this show and to see clips and highlights from this episode, head on over to Midwest Sports Plus, the home of The CCHA Reporter's Corner. For the audio-only version, subscribe to The CCHA Reporter's Corner on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever podcasts are available. Follow Singer and Rubado on X — @trentsinger and @JaredRubadoBP — and throughout the week, check out their work at siouxfallslive.com and bemidjipioneer.com.

It's time to make some predictions for the 2026-27 season. On the 58th episode of The CCHA Reporter's Corner, co-hosts Jared Rubado and Trent Singer do just that, revealing the players and teams they believe will define the upcoming season in the CCHA. Rubado and Singer discuss their preseason rankings and all-conference teams, including which transfers and freshmen will have the biggest impact on their respective squads. But before they get to that, the co-hosts react to the recent news that Bemidji State coach Tom Serratore will retire at the end of the 2026-27 season. Rubado, who covers the Beavers, gives his take on what the 26th-year coach has meant to the program as well as what the future will look like at BSU as Travis Winter steps in to replace his mentor at the helm. After breaking down all eight teams in the CCHA last week, Rubado and Singer spent an hour and a half giving their predictions for what the 2026-27 season will hold. Will they be perfect? Certainly not, but it's the perfect fodder for the masses as opening weekend draws closer. The CCHA Reporter's Corner is a weekly college hockey show that's brought to you by Rubado and Singer, featuring players and coaches from around the CCHA. To watch this show and to see clips and highlights from this episode, head on over to Midwest Sports Plus, the home of The CCHA Reporter's Corner. For the audio-only version, subscribe to The CCHA Reporter's Corner on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever podcasts are available. Follow Singer and Rubado on X — @trentsinger and @JaredRubadoBP — and throughout the week, check out their work at siouxfallslive.com and bemidjipioneer.com.

The college hockey season is just around the corner. On Episode No. 57 of The CCHA Reporter's Corner, co-hosts Jared Rubado and Trent Singer dig into the weeds for almost two hours, breaking down all eight teams in the conference ahead of the start of the 2026-27 season. Following the league's annual media day, Rubado and Singer take a look at each team in the conference, breaking down the numbers as well as who's back, who's gone and who's new. The Michigan Tech Huskies enter the season as the favorites in both preseason polls. They're certainly loaded, but can they be a more consistent team in order to get back to the NCAA tournament? Meanwhile, a MacNaughton Cup race that was decided by two points between five different teams is shaping up to be another tight one. Will Minnesota State have what it takes to win a third straight league title? And who else will be in contention when it's all said and done? Even teams at the bottom of the CCHA have a fresh slate and renewed hopes as they get ready for the 2026-27 season. Can Northern Michigan, Ferris State and Lake Superior State improve their standing from a year ago despite some heavy roster turnover? There aren't many predictions, if any, in this episode, but there's plenty of information. Everything you need to prime yourself for the 2026-27 season is right here in this two-hour preview extravaganza. The CCHA Reporter's Corner is a weekly college hockey show that's brought to you by Rubado and Singer, featuring players and coaches from around the CCHA. To watch this show and to see clips and highlights from this episode, head on over to Midwest Sports Plus, the home of The CCHA Reporter's Corner. For the audio-only version, subscribe to The CCHA Reporter's Corner on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever podcasts are available. Follow Singer and Rubado on X — @trentsinger and @JaredRubadoBP — and throughout the week, check out their work at siouxfallslive.com and bemidjipioneer.com.

On the 56th episode of The CCHA Reporter's Corner, co-hosts Jared Rubado and Trent Singer welcome in longtime college hockey writer Mike McMahon. With more than two decades of experience covering the college hockey landscape, McMahon joins the show to discuss the 2026 NCAA tournament picture as well as a number of other pertinent topics. The four teams advancing to the Frozen Four — North Dakota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Denver — have combined for 33 national championships in the sport. McMahon provides his biggest takeaways from NCAA regional action, including his personal experience covering Merrimack in the Sioux Falls regional. McMahon offers his take on the debate between neutral or home-site regionals, exploring potential solutions that could make it work. He also discusses the recent coaching change at the University of Minnesota, providing his thoughts on the decision of Augustana coach Garrett Raboin to remain in Sioux Falls and the eventual hiring of Brett Larson to take over the Gophers' program. What's going on at Mercyhurst, where administrators have abruptly decided to end the men's hockey program? McMahon, who's been covering the story through his College Hockey Insider newsletter, has been locked in on the story. He fills in Rubado and Singer on what he knows. The CCHA Reporter's Corner is a weekly college hockey show that's brought to you by Rubado, Singer and Wright, featuring players and coaches from around the CCHA. To watch this show and to see clips and highlights from this episode, head on over to Midwest Sports Plus, the home of The CCHA Reporter's Corner. For the audio-only version, subscribe to The CCHA Reporter's Corner on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever podcasts are available. Follow Singer and Rubado on X — @trentsinger and @JaredRubadoBP — and throughout the week, check out their work at siouxfallslive.com and bemidjipioneer.com.

On the 54th episode of The CCHA Reporter's Corner, co-hosts Jared Rubado and Trent Singer are joined by the 2025-26 CCHA Player of the Year in Augustana goalie Josh Kotai. This episode was recorded several days before learning of Kotai's prestigious league honor, but there was certainly no shortage of things to talk about when it comes to one of the best puck-stoppers in all of college hockey. In this hourlong episode, Rubado and Singer delve into Kotai's junior season and what has allowed him and his Viking teammates to string together a 22-10-4 campaign as they head into a crucial CCHA Mason Cup semifinal game versus St. Thomas on Saturday at Lee and Penny Anderson Arena in St. Paul. Augustana is coming off a first-round sweep of Bemidji State last weekend in the first round of the league playoffs. Kotai discussed the feeling of relief in defeating a Beavers squad that ended his season a year ago and how electric the playoff environment felt at Midco Arena. Hailing from Abbotsford, British Columbia, Kotai discussed his early playing days in Canada and what got him so fixated on wanting to become a goaltender. His junior career began amid the COVID-19 pandemic, making three different stops before he eventually landed with the Battlefords North Stars in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League, where he went on to become the league's goalie of the year. Kotai then made his way to coach Garrett Raboin's fledgling college program in Sioux Falls. He talked about what made the Vikings the perfect fit and what those early college days were like before his breakout season in 2024-25. The CCHA Reporter's Corner is a weekly college hockey show that's brought to you by Rubado, Singer and producer Cordell Wright, featuring players and coaches from around the CCHA. To watch this show and to see clips and highlights from this episode, head on over to Midwest Sports Plus, the home of The CCHA Reporter's Corner. For the audio-only version, subscribe to The CCHA Reporter's Corner on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever podcasts are available. Follow Singer and Rubado on X — @trentsinger and @JaredRubadoBP — and throughout the week, check out their work at siouxfallslive.com and bemidjipioneer.com.

Episode No. 53 of The CCHA Reporter's Corner welcomes in Minnesota State senior forward Tristan Lemyre. Co-hosts Jared Rubado and Trent Singer hear from Lemyre about what it was like to be in the middle of a chaotic and dramatic final weekend of conference play, which saw the Mavericks standing at the top of the CCHA standings when it was all finished. The Mavericks claimed their eighth outright MacNaughton Cup in the last nine seasons. However, despite transferring into the program during the summer, Lemyre is no stranger to championships. The 5-foot-10 forward played his first two seasons of college hockey at Denver, where he was a part of a national championship team in 2023-24. Then, in 2024-25, Lemyre tallied 14 points, including six goals, for a Western Michigan team that went on to win its first-ever national title. A native of Mirabel, Quebec, Lemyre talks about how he discovered his love for the sport of hockey while following the Montreal Canadiens at a young age. Following a junior season with the Flin Flon Bombers in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League, Lemyre made his way to the USHL with the Dubuque Fighting Saints, racking up 87 points in 107 games with the organization over the span of two seasons. Lemyre discusses his growth through the junior ranks and how he eventually made his way to the Pioneers program. He talks about his college years at Denver and WMU and what made those teams so special before circling back to what it will require for the Mavericks to follow in those same steps in 2025-26. The CCHA Reporter's Corner is a weekly college hockey show that's brought to you by Rubado, Singer and producer Cordell Wright, featuring players and coaches from around the CCHA. To watch this show and to see clips and highlights from this episode, head on over to Midwest Sports Plus, the home of The CCHA Reporter's Corner. For the audio-only version, subscribe to The CCHA Reporter's Corner on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever podcasts are available. Follow Singer and Rubado on X — @trentsinger and @JaredRubadoBP — and throughout the week, check out their work at siouxfallslive.com and bemidjipioneer.com.

On a bonus episode (No. 52) of The CCHA Reporter's Corner, co-hosts Jared Rubado and Trent Singer welcome in Tech Hockey Guide's Tim Braun to discuss the fallout following a thrilling final week of regular-season action in the CCHA. Augustana was the only team that wasn't in league action on the final weekend. Still, somehow, the Vikings still found themselves sitting in first place in the CCHA standings following a Friday night in which none of the other four teams in contention for first place were able to leapfrog Augustana for the top spot. That set up a thrilling finish to the regular season Saturday night, with eyes from all across the college hockey landscape falling on the CCHA to witness how it would end. Bowling Green emerged with a 4-3 road win over MTU in overtime to capture five of six possible points, locking the Vikings into the No. 3 spot at the very least, before Minnesota State scored two late goals, including an empty-netter, to come away with a 3-0 win over Northern Michigan, which moved the Mavericks into at least a share of the MacNaughton Cup. That left a final game in Bemidji to carry a lot of weight. St. Thomas eventually claimed a shootout win over Bemidji State following a 2-2 tie, giving the Tommies the No. 2 seed and clinching MSU's eighth outright claim to the MacNaughton Cup in the last nine years. In the end, there were a pair of two-way tiebreakers to decide teams that finished with only one point of each other. UST won its tiebreaker over an Augustana team it went 0-1-2 against in the regular season, while MTU claimed its tiebreaker against BGSU despite the Falcons earning five of six possible points in the regular-season finale. Needless to say, the conference took a lot of flack for its tiebreaker scenarios in a season that was a bit of an anomaly. In this episode, Rubado, Singer and Braun recap the weekend from their own perspectives, sensibly address some of the backlash and close things out with questions from listeners. The CCHA Reporter's Corner is a weekly college hockey show that's brought to you by Rubado, Singer and producer Cordell Wright, featuring players and coaches from around the CCHA. To watch this show and to see clips and highlights from this episode, head on over to Midwest Sports Plus, the home of The CCHA Reporter's Corner. For the audio-only version, subscribe to The CCHA Reporter's Corner on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever podcasts are available. Follow Singer and Rubado on X — @trentsinger and @JaredRubadoBP — and throughout the week, check out their work at siouxfallslive.com and bemidjipioneer.com.

It's time for a little prognosticating on this week's episode of The CCHA Reporter's Corner. On the 51st episode of the show, co-hosts Jared Rubado and Trent Singer make their best guesses as to which players in the CCHA will garner the individual accolades. With a week remaining in the regular season, there's still a lot to be decided among a number of the league's awards. However, the names in the running have mostly been decided. The conference race remains a heated battle heading into the final weekend of play, with three home-ice spots and a MacNaughton Cup champion still to be decided. From CCHA Defensive Defenseman of the Year to Player of the Year, Rubado and Singer discuss a litany of names in the running for the conference's top individual honors. In a league full of elite netminders, which player will nab the award for Goaltender of the Year? Which forwards are emerging in a neck-and-neck race for Forward of the Year? What will the all-conference first team and all-rookie team look like? Rubado and Singer talk about all that and more in this hour-long episode. The CCHA Reporter's Corner is a weekly college hockey show that's brought to you by Rubado, Singer and producer Cordell Wright, featuring players and coaches from around the CCHA. To watch this show and to see clips and highlights from this episode, head on over to Midwest Sports Plus, the home of The CCHA Reporter's Corner. For the audio-only version, subscribe to The CCHA Reporter's Corner on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever podcasts are available. Follow Singer and Rubado on X — @trentsinger and @JaredRubadoBP — and throughout the week, check out their work at siouxfallslive.com and bemidjipioneer.com.

The 50th episode of The CCHA Reporter's Corner takes a bit of a detour this week. With busy schedules on the docket, co-hosts Jared Rubado and Trent Singer went outside the conference to talk with a legend of college hockey, inviting in longtime Boston University hockey broadcaster Bernie Corbett. For 41 years, Corbett has been the play-by-play voice for the Terriers. A 1983 graduate of BU, Corbett is also the host of a SIRIUS/XM NHL Radio show called Hockey On Campus, and just last weekend, Corbett was honored with Bernie Bobblehead Night at Agganis Arena in Boston. In this episode, Corbett talks about his early days of watching BU hockey before he got into broadcasting in college. Corbett then takes the co-hosts down memory road, recapping what it was like to watch the Terriers win the program's fourth national title in 1995. Corbett also talks about BU's 2009 run to a national championship, the third in which Hall of Fame coach Jack Parker led the program. A man full of stories, Corbett discusses his favorite memories of the annual Beanpot tournament, including the infamous Blizzard of 1978 when several hundred fans were stuck at the Boston Garden for several days. Of course, it wouldn't be fitting if Corbett didn't get the opportunity to talk about his passions outside of hockey. The longtime broadcaster has co-authored more than a dozen books on various different topics, including his all-time favorite band, The Rolling Stones. Corbett talks about how fulfilling the process was to get to explore the roots of his favorite band. The CCHA Reporter's Corner is a weekly college hockey show that's brought to you by Rubado, Singer and producer Cordell Wright, featuring players and coaches from around the CCHA. To watch this show and to see clips and highlights from this episode, head on over to Midwest Sports Plus, the home of The CCHA Reporter's Corner. For the audio-only version, subscribe to The CCHA Reporter's Corner on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever podcasts are available. Follow Singer and Rubado on X — @trentsinger and @JaredRubadoBP — and throughout the week, check out their work at siouxfallslive.com and bemidjipioneer.com.

On episode No. 49 of The CCHA Reporter's Corner, co-hosts Jared Rubado and Trent Singer welcome in one of the top defensemen in the country, with Michigan Tech's Jack Anderson joining the show. Coming off back-to-back CCHA Defenseman of the Week awards and a National Defenseman of the Month award, Anderson has racked up 13 points since the start of the new year. The senior blueliner currently has 19 points on eight goals and 11 assists this season for a Huskies team that's coming off a crucial five-point sweep against Augustana last weekend in Houghton, Michigan. As it stands, the Huskies are ranked No. 17 in the country and are sitting in second place in the CCHA standings with 45 league points. With a 20-10-2 record, MTU has won nine of its last 11 games and is firmly in the mix for a potential at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. At the center of it all is Anderson, an alternate captain who hails from St. Louis. In this episode, Anderson talks about what's been working so well for the Huskies during the second half of the season and how his play has found another level throughout his team's recent surge. Anderson talks about growing up in a unique hockey market in Missouri, his early days of playing roller hockey, and how he made his way to Lindenwood, where he racked up 25 points in his first three seasons of college hockey. Anderson was a part of the Lions' inaugural team in 2022-23, so he provided some insight into how special it was to play for the first Division I team in his home state. After Bill Muckalt was hired to take over the MTU program in May, Anderson was one of three Lindenwood players who followed their coach to Houghton. Anderson talks about what went into that decision and how rewarding it's been to play in front of one of the CCHA's most passionate fanbases. The CCHA Reporter's Corner is a weekly college hockey show that's brought to you by Rubado, Singer and producer Cordell Wright, featuring players and coaches from around the CCHA. To watch this show and to see clips and highlights from this episode, head on over to Midwest Sports Plus, the home of The CCHA Reporter's Corner. For the audio-only version, subscribe to The CCHA Reporter's Corner on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever podcasts are available. Follow Singer and Rubado on X — @trentsinger and @JaredRubadoBP — and throughout the week, check out their work at siouxfallslive.com and bemidjipioneer.com.

On the 48th episode of The CCHA Reporter's Corner, co-hosts Jared Rubado and Trent Singer turned to the listeners for a special mailbag edition. No questions were turned away in this week's episode, which lasted a little longer than an hour and a half. Producer Cordell Wright stepped in as a host of sorts and asked a number of questions submitted to the show by listeners from around the league. In this episode, Rubado and Singer discuss the prospect of CCHA expansion before answering a couple inquiries about how the new rule allowing CHL recruits to play in the NCAA has changed their consumption of Canadian major junior hockey. Also, Rubado and Singer give their picks for which player(s) on each of the nine teams in the CCHA are most likely to make it to the NHL. What schools in the NSIC could be poised to be the next to make the jump to Division I hockey? Which team is going to emerge between Ferris State and Northern Michigan in the race for eighth spot in the Mason Cup Playoffs? The CCHA Reporter's Corner co-hosts give their takes on all of that and more before closing out with some fun quick-hitting questions, including a glimpse into Rubado's facial hair routine and the CCHA burner accounts that have left the most lasting impressions. Thanks to all those who submitted questions for this week's episode. The hope is to try this again at some point in the future. The CCHA Reporter's Corner is a weekly college hockey show that's brought to you by Rubado, Singer and Wright, featuring players and coaches from around the CCHA. To watch this show and to see clips and highlights from this episode, head on over to Midwest Sports Plus, the home of The CCHA Reporter's Corner. For the audio-only version, subscribe to The CCHA Reporter's Corner on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever podcasts are available. Follow Singer and Rubado on X — @trentsinger and @JaredRubadoBP — and throughout the week, check out their work at siouxfallslive.com and bemidjipioneer.com.

On the 47th episode of The CCHA Reporter's Corner, co-hosts Jared Rubado and Trent Singer talk with St. Thomas rookie forward Nathan Pilling. Born in Calgary, Alberta, Pilling is one of 10 freshmen for the Tommies, who have won 10 in a row and are currently in control of the first-place spot in the CCHA standings with an overall record of 16-7-3. With 23 points on 11 goals and 12 assists, Pilling has played a big part in UST's success in 2025-26. The 6-foot-4 attacker is tied for the team lead in shorthanded goals (three) and has recorded a pair of game-winning tallies on the season. The Tommies have a 13-3-2 record in CCHA play, and with 42 league points, they enter the final eight games of their conference schedule with a five-point lead in the standings. In this episode, Pilling talks about the reasons behind St. Thomas' success this season before diving into his early playing days in Calgary. Pilling is the first player to join the Tommies' program from the CHL, where he played four years in the Western Hockey League with three different teams. He played his first year of major junior hockey with the Moose Jaw Warriors before being traded to the Edmonton Oil Kings in his second season. Then, in 2023-24, Pilling was traded again to the Seattle Thunderbirds, where he recorded 67 points in 67 games in 2024-25 as an alternate captain. Pilling discusses how he made his way to St. Thomas and what it was like to score the first goal at the new Lee and Penny Anderson Arena, which opened in late October. He also talks about the impact of several of his current teammates, including captain Lucas Wahlin, who leads UST with 18 goals this season. The CCHA Reporter's Corner is a weekly college hockey show that's brought to you by Rubado, Singer and producer Cordell Wright, featuring players and coaches from around the CCHA. To watch this show and to see clips and highlights from this episode with Nathan Pilling, head on over to Midwest Sports Plus, the home of The CCHA Reporter's Corner. For the audio-only version, subscribe to The CCHA Reporter's Corner on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever podcasts are available. Follow Singer and Rubado on X — @trentsinger and @JaredRubadoBP — and throughout the week, check out their work at siouxfallslive.com and bemidjipioneer.com.