CCHA Reporter's Corner: Marco Hunt discusses suspensions, rule changes and officiating

Nov. 12—On the 65th episode ofThe CCHA Reporter's Corner,co-hosts Jared Rubado and Trent Singer take some time to chat with Marco Hunt, who serves as the director of officiating for the CCHA.In this episode, Hunt provides some insight into how the league's disciplinary process works when it comes to handing out suspensions.This comes on the heels of a CCHA series two weeks ago between Minnesota State and Lake Superior State in Mankato, where Mavericks forward Sam Court was hit from behind by Lakers forward Raoul Boilard. The hit left Court hospitalized, potentially jeopardizing his career, while Boilard received a game misconduct followed by a four-game suspension from the conference.It's the largest suspension a league has handed out in more than 40 years at the college level.Hunt talks about what goes into the process of determining multi-game suspensions as well as how an injury that occurs is factored into that decision-making process.A litany of rule changes regarding face-offs, trapezoids, timeouts and line-change scenarios have also impacted the college game this season in order to better align with the NHL. Hunt discusses how those changes are being implemented this season and how teams are handling them.As a disclaimer, the audio during the interview with Hunt was fairly botched. The beginning of the chat is audible, but it slowly gets harder to hear as the interview progresses.Before their chat with Hunt, Rubado and Singer hand out their three stars of the week while looking ahead to which players could be poised for a big weekend ahead in CCHA action.The CCHA Reporter's Corner is a weekly college hockey show that's brought to you by Rubado and Singer, featuring players and coaches from around the CCHA.To watch this show and to see clips and highlights from this episode, head on over toMidwest Sports Plus,the home of The CCHA Reporter's Corner.For the audio-only version, subscribe to The CCHA Reporter's Corner onSpotify,Apple Podcastsor wherever podcasts are available. Follow Singer and Rubado on X —@trentsingerand@JaredRubadoBP— and throughout the week, check out their work atsiouxfallslive.comandbemidjipioneer.com.