Each week, in one easy-to-find place, Neutral Zone will wrap up the week’s college commitments in a neat and tidy chart, complete with star ratings and links to player profiles, where subscribers can get access to all of our scouting reports on these players, as well as player rankings and more.

Click on each player’s name to be directed to their player profile.

How Star Ratings are Formalized

Weight of Star Rating

20% Historical Performance – how the player has performed 3 months prior and previous seasons

60% Current Performance – how has this player played the last 3 months

20% Projection – Translatable skills to be ready to play at the next level

Projection Based Star Rating

5 -Star – First Round NHL Draft Pick / Elite NCAA/CHL prospect

4.5- Star – Full Scholarship D1/ 1st Rnd CHL who makes an immediate impact at NCAA/CHL level 

4.0- Star – Scholarship D1/ 2-3 Rnd CHL Draft player who will play as a freshman/rookie

3.5 Star – Solid D1/Mid Round CHL Draft player who will contribute but may take some time

3.0 Star – High-End D3 prospect or Low Round CHL Pick who could develop but is missing areas in his game

Division I

Year	School	Stars	BY	POS	Player	Team	League	GP	G	A	PTS
2022		★★★¾	’02	D	Hunter McDonald	Omaha Lancers	USHL	31	3	7	10
2022		★★★½	’03	D	Will Staring	Green Bay Gamblers	USHL	32	2	6	8
2022		★★★½	’02	F	Luigi Benincasa	Spruce Grove Saints	AJHL	46	28	23	51
2024		★★★½	’05	F	Wyatt Olson	Sioux Falls Power	16U AAA	40	30	13	43
2022		★★★¾	’03	F	Garrett Schifsky	Waterloo Black Hawks	USHL	31	17	5	22
2023		★★★¾	’04	F	Matthew Perkins	Humboldt Broncos	SJHL	42	19	27	46
2023		★★★½	’03	F	Ethan Ullrick	Salmon Arm Silverbacks	BCHL	29	5	4	9
2022		★★¾	’01	D	Ricards Landmanis	Collingwood Blues	OJHL	30	2	7	9
2022		★★★½	’01	F	Colby MacArthur	Summerside Western Capitals	MJAHL	26	13	31	43
2023		★★★★	’04	F	Nick Vantassell	Green Bay Gamblers	USHL	30	8	5	13
2022		★★★★	’04	D	Eric Pohlkamp	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	USHL	30	1	2	3
2022		★★★½	’01	G	Sam Evola	Johnstown Tomahawks	NAHL	24	2.72	.917

Division II/III

Year	School	Stars	BY	POS	Player	Team	League	GP	G	A	PTS
2022		★★¾	’01	F	Ryan Barrett	Islanders Hockey Club	USPHL	17	1	5	6
2022		NR	’01	D	Julius Kvandal	New England Wolves	EHL	32	3	13	16
2022		NR	’02	D	Ryan O’Connell	Islanders Hockey Club	USPHL	27	2	5	7