Coming Down the Pipe...

[0:00] - The intro for Season 18 of The Pipeline Show

[1:26] - Guy shares some news and notes before revealing this week's guest list. 

[12:54] - Josh Tessler from Smaht Scouting joins the show to profile 6 draft eligible prospects that fall under the "Playmakers" category. 

[35:18] - Sportsnet analyst and long timer broadcaster Sam Cosentino is back and tackles the "Sleepers" category - guys no one has ranked inside the top 2 rounds. 

[1:02:19] - About 20% of players taken in the NHL draft are guys in their 2nd or 3rd year of eligibility. To tell us about this year's crop of "Over-Agers" is Brock Otten from McKeens Hockey. 

[1:35:45] - The last category to look at in this 3rd week of scouting reports is "Goal Scorers" and the do that I finally tracked down Russ Cohen from Sirius/XM NHL and Ep Rinkside.

The Pipeline Show June23 2023

Coming Down the Pipe...

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

[1:15] - Guy starts the episode with the CHL Top 10, some trade news in the WHL and OHL, scoring leaders across junior and college hockey plus the guest list. 

[13:26] -  Mathieu Turcotte has been somewhere on a QMJHL bench for the last decade and last season also coached for Canada at the U17, U18 and Hlinka Gretzky Cup events. Yet somehow he finds himself currently as a free agent. We have an extended conversation about those tournaments, the players he's coached, the Class of 2026 and more. 

[45:58] - USCHO scribe Paula Weston weighs in on early season results in the Big Ten conference for both teams and individual players. Who has started well and who...has not? 

[1:18:38] - We turn on the 2026 Draft Spotlight to get to know goaltender Carter Casey. From a Cinderella run to the USHL Clark Cup last spring to stepping up a level to join the Medicine Hat Tigers of the WHL, we talk about it all with the talented netminder. 

The Pipeline Show Oct 31 2025

First Segment - Guy begins the episode with a recap of Friday night action in the CHL, USHL and NCAA plus News and Notes including thoughts on reports that the CHL may "annex" the USHL "and the NHL is all for it".

First Segment Nov 7 2025

Guest 1 - The pre-season pick for many as the Team To Beat in the CHL was the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada. No longer the top team in the QMJHL, were the Armada overhyped or are there reasons for a recent slump? The radio voice of the Armada, Cédrik Blondin shares his thoughts on that. 

Cedrick Blondin Nov 7

Guest 2 - Guy shares a recent intermission interview between himself, Oil Kings broadcaster Mat Barrett and Swift Current Broncos GM Chad Leslie.   

Chad Leslie Nov 7

Coming Down the Pipe...

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

[1:14] - Guy begins the episode with a recap of Friday night action in the CHL, USHL and NCAA plus News and Notes including thoughts on reports that the CHL may "annex" the USHL "and the NHL is all for it".

[22:26] - The pre-season pick for many as the Team To Beat in the CHL was the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada. No longer the top team in the QMJHL, were the Armada overhyped or are there reasons for a recent slump? The radio voice of the Armada, Cédrik Blondin shares his thoughts on that. 

[51:14] - Guy shares a recent intermission interview between himself, Oil Kings broadcaster Mat Barrett and Swift Current Broncos GM Chad Leslie.   

The Pipeline Show Nov 7 2025

Guest 1 - HN Live broadcaster Dave Dawson was in Nova Scotia to call the games for the World U17 Hockey Challenge and presents this recap for hockey fans. Which teams and which players caught his eye?

Dave Dawson Nov 14

Guest 2 - Kyle Chipchura has gone from captain of the Prince Albert Raiders, to 1st round pick of the Montreal Canadiens, well over a decade in the NHL with other stops in Anaheim and Phoenix to now being back in the WHL and on the bench with the Edmonton Oil Kings. An interview 21 years later than first planned, this was definitely worth the wait as he reflects on his career highs and lows. 

Kyle Chipchura Nov 14

Guest 3 - The current leader amongst WHL defencemen in scoring, Ryan Lin of the Vancouver Giants is near the top of every NHL scout's watch list. Has his start satisfied him? That's just one of the first questions that I was able to ask of him as we met for another edition of the 2026 Draft Spotlight.

Ryan Lin Nov 14

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.