Jordan McAlpine joined The Rink Live staff during this hockey season and hit the ground running. He covers junior hockey for our website. In this episode of The Rink Live podcast, he discusses this week's USHL Draft, the USHL playoffs, the NAHL playoffs and more with The Rink Live's Mick Hatten and Jess Myers.
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1:00 USHL Draft, Phase I will be Tuesday, Phase II on Wednesday — the difference between the phases, how old do you have to be to be drafted
3:00 Phase II is for players who still have junior eligibility, but are playing in other leagues
4:15 Who are some of the top players who will go in Phase I
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5:15 What a tender is and how it affects teams in the draft, who are some of the players who have been tendered in the USHL
7:30 Are there territories for players in the USHL
8:40 The timing of the USHL draft as the league is preparing for the conference finals
9:45 Why the Fargo Force have had such a great season
11:20 What to expect from the USHL Eastern Conference finals between Chicago and Youngstown
13:00 Fargo's Cole Knuble and his family's background in hockey
13:45 The new coach for the USHL's Madison Capitols — Andy Brandt —
14:30 The rise of the St. Cloud Norsemen in the NAHL this season, the upset of Aberdeen, keys for them as they prepare for Austin in the next round
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16:15 How player turnover affects junior hockey
18:00 Why coaches go back and forth between college and junior hockey
20:30 Goalie Isak Posch, a St. Cloud State recruit, has been a good story for the NAHL's Minnesota Wilderness
22:00 NAHL predictions
24:00 USHL predictions: Lincoln vs. Fargo, Chicago vs. Youngstown
26:30 What it's been like for Jordan in his new job
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