The World Selects Invitational (WSI) in Philadelphia featured a high-octane, “run and gun” style of play that put a premium on transition speed, individual skill, and offensive creativity. This high-tempo…
Game/Tournament Reviews
Kings of Spring Minny 2010s: Top 33
Neutral Zone evaluated the Kings of Spring tournament held in Nashville, TN, from May 23-26th. Our primary focus was on the 2011 group, but we also watched some of 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…
2023 Ivy Shootout Princeton 150 Players Evaluated
Neutral Zone was in attendance for the Ivy Shootout hosted at Princeton University. We had one scout in attendance and he watched games played at Hobey Baker Rink. There were…
Alberta U16 Summer Camp 2023: 78 Players Evaluated
Neutral Zone was present in Red Deer, AB from July 7-9 to evaluate the final selection camp for Team Alberta. After this event, Hockey Alberta cut the roster down to…
CCM Minnesota High-Performance Tournament Report: Top 64 Players Evaluated
Neutral Zone attended the Minnesota High-Performance Select 16’s final 54 festival on April 21st-23 at Plymouth ice arena in Plymouth Minnesota. The 16’s are trying out for a National camp…
U18 AAA Atlantic Championship: 26 Players Evaluated
Neutral Zone had three scouts in attendance for the Atlantic Championships that ran from March 30th to April 2nd, 2023. Below are their notes on 26 standout players from the…
HPHL Honeybaked U16 Tournament: Top 62
Neutral Zone was in attendance for the HPHL Honeybaked U16 Tournament, which took place from December 2nd to December 4th, 2022 in Novi, MI. Players did well to make this…
Alliance Cup Championship Game: Ridley Prep at The Hill School
In a thrilling game that featured physicality, emotion and a frenetic ending Neutral Zone was able to watch Ridley come away with a 3-2 victory. Below are the players we feel stood out from their peers over the course of the three periods.
Overspeed Classic: U15, U16, U18. Top 42
Below is a report from the Toby O’Brien’s, Overspeed Classic held at Adelard Arena in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. We were able to watch and evaluate four games with eight different…
PHL Scrimmage Sunday. Super 16 plus Sports Etc. Goalie of the Week.
The Pandemic Hockey League had two scrimmage games on Sunday. Teams played three 20 minute periods with officials and coaches. The real games start on April 15th as the four…
2021 USHL: Biosteel All American Game Top 20
Neutral Zone evaluated the Biosteel All American game, which is an exhibition game put on by USA Hockey and the USHL that showcased the best draft-eligible American-born players. The Blue…
Bantam: Exposure Hockey Group Columbus Invitational. Top 80
Neutral Zone attended the Exposure Hockey Group’s Columbus Invite in Mid-March. Matt Miles and his staff ran a great event and we enjoyed watching the competitive nature of the games….
NAHL: New Mexico vs Lone Star; Maine vs Danbury. Top 20.
NAHL March 26th – 28th Neutral Zone was able to watch the 3 games in 3 days series between both the New Mexico Ice Wolves versus the Lone Star Brahmas…
U18: Team Wisconsin vs Northstar Christian Academy Knights. Two games.
Team Wisconsin and Northstar Christian Academy Knights U18 AAA teams played a two-game series on the weekend of 03/20/21-03/21/21. The games were played on the campus of NSCA at the Northstar Sports Complex in…
MN High School: 1AA Rivalry Championship: Lakeville North vs Lakeville South
Neutral Zone was in Minnesota to evaluate the Section 1AArivalry Championship game between Lakeville North and Lakeville South. Lakeville South locked in their State Tournament position at the X with a 7-3 hard fought victory. Please find…
Muskegon Lumberjacks vs. Youngstown Phantoms. Top 26 Players.
Neutral Zone was in attendance for the Youngstown Phantoms traveling to Muskegon for the first of a three-game series between the two squads. It was the best and the worst…
MN High School: Grand Rapids Thunderhawks vs Andover Huskies. Top 11
Neutral Zone attended this MSHSL battle between #1 Grand Rapids Thunderhawks and the #2 Andover Huskies. The Huskies ground out a hard-fought 3-2 victory. Please see the top-rated 11 skaters…
NAHL: Austin; St. Cloud; Minot; Bismarck; Aberdeen. Top 25
Neutral Zone was able to watch six games over the weekend including five teams from both conferences. Most interesting series was the back to back matchup between Aberdeen Wings and…
U15: Shattuck-St. Mary’s at Chicago Mission. Two Games.
The Shattuck-St. Mary’s Sabre and the Chicago Mission U15 AAA teams played a two-game series on the weekend of 03/19/21-03/20/21. The games were played at the Fifth Third Arena in…
Alberta Junior Hockey League: Bonnyville vs Sherwood; Drayton Valley Thunder vs Grande Prairie Storm. Top 25 Prospects
Over the weekend, Neutral Zone was able to cover some action in the Alberta Junior Hockey League. The games that were covered were the Bonnyville Pontiacs vs the Sherwood Park…