Over the past decade, College Hockey Inc. has worked with Division I's six commissioners, as well as coaches and athletic departments of the sport's 60 programs, to raise the profile of college hockey and to attract elite players to the college route. College Hockey Inc. deputy executive director Nate Ewell joins hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger to talk about the organization's successes and the continuing growth in the number of former college players in the NHL.

This episode is sponsored by the NCAA men's ice hockey Frozen Four in Buffalo, N.Y., April 11 and 13: ncaa.com/frozenfour