Talking Men's Frozen Four with Nate Ewell of College Hockey Inc.

With the Men’s Frozen Four set to begin Thursday in Pittsburgh, I had Nate Ewell, the deputy executive director of College Hockey Inc. and co-host of the College Hockey Today podcast, on to help me preview the event.

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In addition to previewing the Frozen Four, Nate also covers his unique career in hockey from being the son of a women’s college hockey coach to Michigan State sports information director to the Washington Capitals and back to college hockey in his current role. Nate has been around the game a long time and has such great insight into the many ways you can make your passion a career.

Outside of our Frozen Four preview which looks at all four teams participating, we also chatted about:

• The role of College Hockey Inc. and what it does for men’s college hockey

• The shifting dynamics of a mostly cooling NCAA-CHL rivalry in recruitment

• Working for legendary Michigan State head coach Ron Mason

• Renting a room from a struggling lawyer named Jon Cooper long before he even had an inkling of becoming an NHL head coach

• Working for the Washington Capitals and becoming Alex Ovechkin’s media handler/gate keeper in the early goings of the Great 8’s career

• The innovative sports PR practices developed by the Capitals that helped Washington’s PR staff become one of the most respected in the NHL

• Starting Inside College Hockey, an ahead-of-its-time media operation that covered college hockey in unique ways

• Why college hockey in particular creates such strong emotions and passions for its fans

After my chat with Nate, I also cover a few things like Stan Bowman being named GM of Team USA for the 2022 Olympics, the importance of the upcoming Men’s Under-18 World Championship for the 2021 NHL Draft and more.

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