Neutral Zone had at least one scout at almost every game of the 2018 Avon Christmas Classic. We only missed the two early games at Avon Friday morning as we…
Prep/HS
Brooks-Pingree Tournament: Top 40
Sizing up the Field at Brooks-Pingree Tournament – Dec 14-16 Every year, 10 days before Christmas, prep holiday tournaments tend to dominate the scouting calendar in the Northeast. Most of…
St. Sebastian’s Holiday Tournament: Top 50
Neutral Zone scouts were in attendance for the St. Sebastian’s Holiday Hockey Tournament on December 14th-16th. Below are players we felt stood out in our viewings. Grades are for this…
New England Fall Prep League: Top 50+
Preseason Prep Observations from Salem at the NEFPHL- October 28 + November 4, 2018 With the NE Prep season less than a month away from getting started, we took two…
Lake Forest Academy @ A21 Academy U18
Lake Forest Academy Prep vs A21 Academy Prep U18 Lake Forest Academy Prep School from just outside of Chicago came to Windsor for two games against the recently formed (2nd…
Michigan HS MDHL: Top 40
Neutral Zone was in Plymouth Michigan for October 13, to watch the best High School players in Michigan to compete in a 3 game schedule. The league of six teams…
NAHL Showcase 2018: Top 330 Prospects
The NAHL Showcase 2018 took place at the Schwan Super Rink in Blaine, MN from September 19th-22th. Neutral Zone was in attendance for the entirety of the event from the…
Minnesota Elite League Week 1: Top 45
Week 1 of the Minnesota Elite League got going with plenty on anticipation. The rinks were covered with NHL, Division 1 and USHL scouts ready to see who would gain…
HPHL/Beast Showcase U18: Top 50
HPHL BEAST U18 Neutral Zone had multiple scouts in attendance at several rinks across the Eastern Massachusetts area to take in the High Performance Hockey League (HPHL) versus BEAST Showcase…
ECC U16 Labor Day Showcase: Top 85
ECC Tournaments brought out many of the top talent evaluators in the region as part of ECC Labor Day. For our purposes we sought to maximize our time in the…
Tier 1 Labor Day U14: Top 60
Finding New Faces at Labor Day Tier 1 Faceoff – August 31, 2018 As is the case with each new hockey season, the unofficial kickoff of the season comes during…
Beantown Summer Pro Division: Top 50
Neutral Zone headed to the annual Beantown Summer Classic August 13-15 in Marlboro, MA. This report is on the Pro-Division which was comprised of six teams ranging in birth years…
Beantown Summer Futures, Prospects: Top 50
Neutral Zone headed to the annual Beantown Summer Classic August 13-15 in Marlboro, MA. We watched one game of the Prospects Division on Monday morning as well as the Futures…
Hockey Night in Boston Major Showcase: Top 100
Neutral Zone had multiple scouts in attendance in Haverhill, MA to take in the 44th Annual Hockey Night in Boston Major Showcase. There were 20 teams that played over the…
2004 Crimson Combine: Top 25
Neutral Zone attended the 2004 Crimson Combine at Harvard University on Thursday, August 2. The Harvard staff does a great job bringing together many of the top 2004 prospects in…
Pro-Am Junior Chowder Cup: Top 125
When it comes to summer hockey in New England, the biggest events of the year for teams from the Northeast are the Pro-Am Chowder Cups for various age groups. In…
NE Prep Prospects Report 1: Top 250
Neutral Zone spent the first two weeks of the New England Prep season launching our new New England prep hockey site, writing game recaps and also evaluating players. Below is…
NE Prep: Elite 8 Playoff Breakdown
Neutral Zone’s New England scouts wanted to offer coaches, players and fans a free opportunity to go inside the Elite 8 matchups and learn about the teams and their…