Guest 2 - The 2025 Memorial Cup is in the books and to recap the event from a 1st hand perspective, James Tubb from the Medicine Hat News is on the show. Who stood out from each team and what happens now for the Tigers.

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First Segment - Guy begins the episode with the CHL Top 10, the announced format for next week's CHL/USA Prospects Challenge, the Peyton Kettles situation in the WHL, the 2027 Memorial Cup host is...and more. 

First Segment Nov 21

Guest 2 - The next member of the Class of 2026 might be the most exciting player available this summer. He's defenceman extraordinaire Xavier Villeneuve of the B.B. Armada who will be a major focal point for fans at the CHL USA Prospects Challenge.

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Guest 3 - Finally this week, the current leading scorer from USA Hockey's National Team Development Program, Victor Plante. The forward is leading his U18 squad into the CHL/USA Prospects Challenge and talks about his career up to now and looks ahead to the NHL Draft too. 

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Coming Down the Pipe...

[0:00] - The intro for Season 21 of The Pipeline Show

[1:14] - Guy begins the episode with the CHL Top 10, the announced format for next week's CHL/USA Prospects Challenge, the Peyton Kettles situation in the WHL, the 2027 Memorial Cup host is...and more. 

[17:20] - Harrison Boettiger joined the WHL's Kelowna Rockets after his two seasons inside the US-NTDP and next week he will play in the CHL/USA Prospects Challenge for the second time, but now for the CHL team. It's a fun conversation with one of the top rated goalies in the Class of 2026 and the first of 3 Draft Spotlight segments on this week's episode.

[44:21] - The next member of the Class of 2026 might be the most exciting player available this summer. He's defenceman extraordinaire Xavier Villeneuve of the B.B. Armada who will be a major focal point for fans at the CHL USA Prospects Challenge.

[1:06:43] - Finally this week, the current leading scorer from USA Hockey's National Team Development Program, Victor Plante. The forward is leading his U18 squad into the CHL/USA Prospects Challenge and talks about his career up to now and looks ahead to the NHL Draft too. 

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Guest 2 - The 2026 Draft Spotlight closes out this week's episode and features one of the more recognizable names in the Class of 2026. It's Joe Iginla of the Edmonton Oil Kings who discusses his season so far, the upcoming draft, his path to Edmonton and growing up with the pressure of his last name. 

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Guest 1 - Medicine Hat Tigers beat write James Tubb weighs in on the status of the WHL's eastern conference, the potential trade deadline activity and a fight filled affair between the Tigers and the Prince Albert Raiders. 

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First Segment - Guy explains why there was no episode last week and then gets into the News and Notes and more to kick things off. 

First Segment Dec 5 2025

Coming Down the Pipe...

[0:00] - The intro for Season 21 of The Pipeline Show

[1:14] - Guy explains why there was no episode last week and then gets into the News and Notes and more to kick things off. 

[17:48] - Medicine Hat Tigers beat write James Tubb weighs in on the status of the WHL's eastern conference, the potential trade deadline activity and a fight filled affair between the Tigers and the Prince Albert Raiders. 

[44:19] - The 2026 Draft Spotlight closes out this week's episode and features one of the more recognizable names in the Class of 2026. It's Joe Iginla of the Edmonton Oil Kings who discusses his season so far, the upcoming draft, his path to Edmonton and growing up with the pressure of his last name. 

The Pipeline Show Dec 5 2025

Get to know the future superstars of the NHL long before they reach that stage. The Pipeline Show is the premier podcast covering Major Junior, the NCAA, Jr. A and international tournaments like the U20 and U18 WJC, the Hlinka Gretzky Cup and more.