The Canadian Hockey League’s three leagues, North America’s other top producer of NHL draft-eligible players. are categorized as professional under NCAA bylaws and their players are thus barred from competition.

Forrest Karr, who is also the Minnesota-Duluth athletic director, oversaw a committee that submitted recommendations on changing the eligibility rules for CHL players at the NCAA’s request. According to the NCAA calendar,

The NCAA Division I Council is expected to consider a landmark change in eligibility rules that would allow Canadian Hockey League players to compete at U.S. colleges.

The Division I board could decide as early as this week on a historic change to benefit Canadian Hockey League athletes. The NCAA Division I Council is considering making a landmark change in eligibility rules this week that would allow Canadian Hockey League players to compete at U.

College hockey could be getting a massive influx of potential players, that is if the NCAA alters a rule preventing a certain type of professional players from participating.