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,…
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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…
The Importance of Hydration For Athletic Performance
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 Training Has A Special Offer For Neutral Zone Readers
Over the coming weeks Neutral Zone readers will gain valuable training insights from one of hockey’s premier athlete development coaches and former NHL player – Gary Roberts. Roberts will contribute…
NLI Primer: Signing Period Begins Wednesday (Nov. 13)
The National Letter of Intent signing period for men’s and women’s hockey begins on Wednesday (Nov. 13). Verbal commitments across the country will be putting their money where their mouth…
Neutral Zone Unveils Top-10 NCAA Hockey Recruiting Classes of 2019
For the second time in four years, Boston University had its recruiting class ranked No. 1 by Neutral Zone for the 2019-20 season. Neutral Zone has ranked the top-10 recruiting…
NCAA Commits: Rubin Chooses Princeton
The Princeton Tigers received some good news earlier this week, when 3.5-star defenseman Tyler Rubin announced that he had verbally committed to the program. Rubin is a Wayland, Mass. native…
Interview: Chris Aarons Hopes To Turn Championship Season Into College Commitment
Last season, Chris Aarons helped lead the NH Avalanche to an EHL championship and the New York native is hoping to do the same thing this season now that he’s…
Interview: Regula Makes The Switch to D, Lands at Ohio State
If you asked incoming Ohio State freshman C.J. Regula if he would have been on the Buckeyes roster as a D two years ago, he might have looked at you…
How The Florida Alliance Are Developing Division I Talent
When it comes to skill development at the Tier I level, no one is doing it like Ryan Brindley, Steve Dubinsky and the Florida Alliance. The Alliance won the 16U…
Interview: Brendan Furry Talks his Journey to Minnesota State
Brendan Furry almost didn’t play college hockey at Minnesota State. In fact, he almost didn’t play college hockey anywhere. Furry was going to college right out of high school and…
Interview: Brad Zona Commits to Army
Army West Point received a commitment last week from 3.5-star defenseman Brad Zona, who has spent the last three seasons with Cushing Academy and the Eastern Mass. Senators. This season,…
Interview: Jack Lambert Realizes Goal of WHL Contract with Everett
Jack Lambert moved from Fairbanks, Alaska to Everett, Washington in hopes of earning a Western Hockey League contract. In fact, he hoped to earn a contract with the Everett Silvertips….
Interview: Connor Pelc Picks Providence
Providence received a commitment from ’03 defenseman Connor Pelc (3.5 stars) last week. The New York native had 15 points (4 goals, 11 assists) in 20 games for the Buffalo Jr….