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SkateGuard - An Essential Guide to Navigating Life and Money in Elite Hockey

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12 Dec 2025

An Update for Year End

As we come into the final month of 2025, we felt as though the time has come to update SkateGuard. Three years ago, Mike Jaczko and I set out to

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The CHL, the NCAA, NIL Legislation, and the Changing Face of Hockey – September 2025 Update - SkateGuard

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19 Oct 2025

The Main Event: The CHL, the NCAA, NIL Legislation, and the Changing Face of Hockey – October 2025 Update

The face of hockey changed in November of 2024. This we now know. The decision by the NCAA allowing major junior players to play Division 1 hockey is a little

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House vs. NCAA | Money exchanging hands - SkateGuard Hockey

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12 Sep 2025

House vs. NCAA

The House v. NCAA case, which took effect on July 1, has changed how college athletes can be paid. It wrapped up three anti-trust lawsuits that claimed the NCAA unfairly

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The Biggest 10 | Skates placed on a wooden table with a blackboard as background - SkateGuard Hockey

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21 Aug 2025

The Biggest 10

Bang! That was the sound of the shot across the bow of the entire hockey world when 2026 NHL draft top prospect Gavin McKenna announced that he would be playing

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