By Brian Murphy Before the internet and cell phones, I heard rumors about ACHA (Club) hockey at Colleges. Arizona State played Arizona in front of nine thousand people every game….
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NZ Names MacDougall New Director of Women’s Hockey
Neutral Zone, amateur hockey’s leading independent scouting organization, is pleased to announce that it has hired Hannah MacDougall as its new Director of Women’s Hockey. In this role, MacDougall will…
Cracking The NESCAC/DIII Recruiting Code
NESCAC/DIII Athletic Recruiting: An Inside Look from a Coach Murphy Our VP and Director of US Men’s Scouting Brian Murphy was a hockey coach for 20 years at Tufts University…
Recent Trends Showing More Top CHL Prospects Heading South
News broke yesterday from Dubuque, IA that the Fighting Saints (USHL) signed Liam Kilfoil (Salisbury School), a skilled forward out of New Brunswick to a tender. In the junior world…
USHL Tenders: Who signed Tender Agreements from 2012-2017 and the results that followed
This research was originally posted on April 19, 2018
USHL Tenders: Who signed Tender Agreements from 2012-2017 and the results that followed
NTDP Camp: A Review of 00-03’s
After two days of the 2022 NTDP Evaluation Camp in Plymouth, MI where the countries best young prospects battle for spots on the US National Team, we decided to take…
Transfers, Trades and Transactions: A Study of Player Movement in Junior Hockey
December 16th marked the NCAA Football Early Signing Day in the US; which is the day where nearly all of the blue-chip prospects from around the country pick the college…
Quadriceps Contusions with Dr. Abene
Dr. Abene is a board certified Orthopaedic Surgeon. He did his Sports Medicine Fellowship at Stanford where he worked directly with the head team physicians for the San Francisco 49ers…
ACL Injuries with Dr. Abene
Dr. Abene is a board certified Orthopaedic Surgeon. He did his Sports Medicine Fellowship at Stanford where he worked directly with the head team physicians for the San Francisco 49ers…
Shoulder Separations with Dr. Abene
Dr. Abene is a board certified Orthopaedic Surgeon. He did his Sports Medicine Fellowship at Stanford where he worked directly with the head team physicians for the San Francisco 49ers…
Gary Roberts Blog: Anti-Inflammatory Nutrition
The following article was written by Gary Roberts, NHL veteran forward who now owns and operates Gary Roberts Training Roberts will contribute more information to Neutral Zone readers. Click here to…
Gary Roberts on Recovery
The following article was written by Gary Roberts, NHL veteran forward who now owns and operates Gary Roberts Training Roberts will contribute more information to Neutral Zone readers. Click here to…
Gary Roberts Off-Season Goals
The following article was written by Gary Roberts, NHL veteran forward who now owns and operates Gary Roberts Training Roberts will contribute more information to Neutral Zone readers. Click here to…
Tides Changing With Transfers in NCAA Hockey
For the elite-level players in the U.S. and Canada, and now even Europe, there is a fundamental decision most are presented with between the ages 16-18, and that is to…
NCAA Recruiting Class Rankings vs. NCAA Pairwise Rankings (D3 Edition)
At Neutral Zone, our scouts not only rank players and draft scouting reports of all CHL/NCAA prospects throughout North America, but also conduct CHL/NCAA Recruiting Class Rankings. These are based…
Free World Junior Mini Preview
2019 World Junior Championship Roster With excitement surrounding this year’s World Junior Tournament and the United States squad with probable first overall NHL pick Jack Hughes, we decided to put…
2018 CCHL Showcase Report: Top 240
Neutral Zone Scouts were in attendance at the CCHL Showcase this weekend. We have evaluated and graded nearly every skater and goalie who played this weekend, as can be seen…
USHL Phase 1 Draft Grades
Team: Cedar Rapids Roughriders Grade: B- Picks: 11 Total; 3 in Top 50; 7 in Top 100 Best prospects: Andrei Bakanov (#5 Ranked) Best Value: Austin Cook (#59 Ranked /…
USHL Phase I Draft: Top 350 Rankings (2002s)
Tonight marks the USHL Phase I draft where teams will have 10 rounds of selections to acquire the rights to the best 2002’s in North America (and beyond). Neutral Zone…
The OHL Draft: A Draft Analysis
The OHL Draft is the most distinguished amateur hockey draft in the world. Some of the greatest players in the history of the NHL were first drafted in the OHL,…
Analyzing the 1998 Rankings
Neutral Zone released its rankings of the top 600 NCAA-Eligible, 1998-born prospects. While the actual rankings are for subscribers only, we compiled basic analytics describing the players’ positions, leagues and…