The NCAA’s Division I council will consider a proposal that will extend eligibility to major junior hockey players at a meeting later this year.

The system is set up so that CHL players cannot go the NCAA route to pursue an education and play hockey once their junior careers are over.

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.S. colleges, the American Hockey Coac

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.