While his size could prevent him from being selected in the first round of the 2025 NHL Draft, Luca Radivojevic possesses the attributes that hockey scouts crave. According to Neutral…
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NAHL Top Prospects: Top Players Ranked 1-50
Neutral Zone had two scouts at the annual NAHL Top Prospects event in Plymouth, MI. Since we have over 1500 NAHL evaluations on the site from this season, rather than…
Ben Kevan: Leading The Way For Des Moines
Ben Kevan, a six-foot winger for the USHL’s Des Moines Buccaneers, has impressed scouts this season and has continued raising his draft stock ahead of this summer’s NHL draft. In…
Through the Cage: Oliver Auyeung-Ashton & the Goalie Mindset
Goalies have a reputation for being different, maybe even a little crazy. Not many people are willing to stand in the crease while dense rubber pucks are shot at their…
Liam Pue: Leading The Next Wave of Canadian Talent
Canada is a factory for churning out young, gifted, hockey players and Liam Pue is no different. At just 14 years of age, Pue is one of the most enticing…
Teydon Trembecky: Flying Under The Radar
Draft eligibility is an exciting moment that gives a player the ability to be selected by an NHL team, but one that sets off a ticking clock for North American…
Adam Benak: Making Noise in Youngstown
Adam Benak, a five-foot-seven center who grew up a short drive away from the birthplace of an NHL legend in Banik, Czechia, is making waves in the USHL for the…
Cole Reschny: A Prospect to Watch
Fame is a unique status that has the tremendous ability to appear or disappear in an instant. Cole Reschny is a name unfamiliar to most casual hockey fans, but to…
Beyond the Blueline: Life Of A Junior Hockey Player
The journey a hockey player takes through his career is like a snowflake. Each and every one is different, but they all get to where they’re supposed to be. The…
Henry Mews: A Journey from Backyard Rinks to the Precipice of the NHL
Henry Mews didn’t just learn the game of hockey, he was raised in it. The 18-year-old defenseman’s rise from a young boy shooting pucks in his basement to a top…
Alexander Karmanov: Taking The Hockey World By Storm
In the prime of his career, 6-foot-9 Zdeno Chara was a Norris caliber defenseman with one of the most devastating slapshots the game has ever seen. Players of that height…
Hockey (Way) South of the Border
Every country around the world has a sport that is synonymous with their identity. England has soccer, Americans have football, and hockey will forever be intertwined with Canada. Then there’s…
BCHL Showcase: Top 325
Neutral Zone scouts attended the BCHL Showcase in Abbotsford and Chilliwack, BC, watching each team play two games. The tournament showcased over 100 NCAA D1 committed players and was fast-paced,…
Will Nicholl: The London Knights’ Rising Star Who Knows How to Balance Hockey and Life
In the high-pressure world of junior hockey, where every shift counts and every game could define a player’s future, it’s easy to forget that these young athletes are, at their…
Introducing PlayerIntro
On any given weekend during hockey season, over 70 Neutral Zone scouts could be in arenas across Canada, the United States (and soon Europe). NHL, CHL, NCAA, and agents often…
FREE: Neutral Zone: Tanner Lam Adjusting Well to Rigours of OHL
For Tanner Lam, this past year has been one filled with highs. From hearing his name called in the second round by the Kitchener Rangers, to learning he made the…
Mini Chowder Cup Top 150
In the middle of July, our scouts made the trip down to Foxboro, MA for one of the top bantam events on the New England scouting calendar; we dispatched two…
FREE: NCAA Prospects: August 1 Watchlist
Tomorrow is August 1st, the first day prospects going into their Grade 11 year can verbally commit to an NCAA program. The word verbal is important here because this is…
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…
Northstar’s Focus on Spirituality Lifts Up Their Hockey
In 2008, Rick Randazzo and his wife, Shannon, launched the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. FCA Hockey ran numerous summer camps and put together teams that would compete in summer tournaments…
FREE: The Behind-The-Scenes MVP in Prep Hockey. Updated
Update from VP Brian Murphy. I was speaking to John Gardner at the Avon Christmas Classic and he was telling me how Ryan Murphy was helping a younger student with…