Carson Dimoff, one of the best Western US prospects in the 99’ birth year, has had unique journey to college hockey. “I was born and raised in the…
NCAA Commitments
Born to Win: The Jeremy Davidson Story
Jeremy Davidson was the only player in the country last year to win the National Championship two years in a row for different organizations. He won the U14 National…
RPI Lands Top 50 Forward
Matt Cameron grew up in Berwyn, PA, however his parents hail from Canada and have a deep appreciation for hockey so at the age of five Matt found himself…
US Select 16 National Development Camp
Every year in Buffalo, NY the top players from around the country meet for the US Development Camps. It is a chance for the players to test themselves against…
Know Your Role: The Chase McLane Story
In today’s hockey climate players are participating on split season teams, summer teams and full season teams; often times for different organizations and different coaching staffs for each. Most scouts…
Owen Lindmark Becomes a Badger
Owen Lindmark didn’t grow up with hockey; it was a passion he discovered at 7 years old watching Chicago Blackhawks games on TV. The next year the family moved…
Midwest is Home: The Patrick Keegan Jr. Story
In the world of college hockey, recruiting has become a national enterprise. While the majority of Minnesota’s and Boston College’s rosters are full of locals, they also have players…
Terriers Land Top Recruit for the Class of 2020
In the scouting world it is rare to go a day without hearing some kind of comparison between this player and that player. Typically, it’s regionalized and, in some…
Mathieu De St Phalle Commits to Wisconsin
Mathieu De St Phalle has covered a lot of miles in his short hockey career, playing on some of the top programs in the country in the process. He…
It’s Tradtion: The Alex Turcotte Story
Yesterday, Alex Turcotte, one of the premiere Bantams in the country this past season, verbally committed to Tony Granato’s Wisconsin Badgers. In Alex, the Turcotte family, who run Turcotte…
Southern Roots to a Northern Destiny: The Story of Nick Hale
In May of 1997 the Hartford Whalers owner, Peter Karmanos announced that the team would be moving their franchise to Raliegh, North Carolina. While moving an ice hockey team from…
Dartmouth Lands Prep Standout: The Shea Courtmanche Story
Dartmouth has a long track record of recruiting in the New England Prep School market with verbal commitments from some of the top defenders in the league in Sean…
Jimmy Dowd Jr. Commits to Penn State
Jimmy Dowd Jr., the son of 17-year NHL veteran Jim Dowd, made his college commitment to Penn State this week. The talented puck moving defenseman out of the NJ…
Ben Thomas Commits to Union
Ben Thomas made the decision yesterday afternoon that he will play his college hockey at Union. He has been a top echelon forward in the New England Prep ranks for the past…
Ethan DeStefani commits to Merrimack
Merrimack added its first recruit to the 2019 recruiting class with a verbal commitment from Ethan DeStefani, a power forward from Bedford, New Hampshire. DeStefani has been on the radar…
Top 5 College Hockey Recruiting Classes for 2016
Neutral Zone has created an algorithm-based ranking system for college hockey recruiting, a description of which can be found under the Team Rankings tab. Every player committed to a D1…
Connor Marshall on his commitment to Brown
In the past month Connor Marshall has committed to Brown, been selected 3rd overall in the USHL Draft and represented Selects Academy in the Tier 1 Nationals in…
Wyllum Deveaux: On his road to Harvard
Wyllum Deveaux is not your average Harvard commit, his road to Cambridge was unique. He grew up in Nova Scotia with his family but moved at the age of…
Curtis Hall Commits to Yale
Our scouts at Neutral Zone have watched Curtis Hall since he was a Bantam and every year he gets better and better and better. He announced his commitment to Yale…
Matthew Fawcett Commits to Quinnipiac
Matthew Fawcett, a little speedster out of Rhode Island who plays a fast and aggressive game, committed to Quinnipiac this past weekend. We caught up with him shortly after to talk…
Jacques Bouquot Commits to Boston College
Q & A with ’00 Jacques Bouquot, Salisbury School F and Boston College commit Neutral Zone caught up with 2000 forward Jacques Bouquot of Salisbury School (New…