The first summer of open borders between the CHL and NCAA has looked less like a carefully managed partnership and more like mayhem.

After decades of existing in a one-way relationship with Canadian junior teams, the NCAA’s November 2024 decision to scrap its archaic amateurism rule preventing CHL players from entering its ranks finally gave American colleges the chance to go shopping north of the border in the once-forbidden talent pool.

Not only that, but players can also be paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for their services, thanks to NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) rights.

The result is more than 150 players lost to the NCAA, including Gavin McKenna, Keaton Verhoeff, Cayden Lindstrom, Porter Martone, Malcolm Spence, Cole Reschny and Jack Ivankovic.

Now, the CHL is trying to i

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