This report focuses on the 2009/10 division of the Ivy Shootout, held just outside Princeton this summer. The event brought together invited players from across North America, providing a rare…
Scouting Reports
CCM 68 Combine: 119 Player Reports
Neutral Zone attended the CCM 68 Boys Combine in Mt. Prospect, IL, where some of the top players in North America from the 2012 age group were in attendance for…
North American Rankings: Top 300 2010s
Neutral Zone scouts from across North America have come together after Hockey Canada U17 camps, USA Hockey Player Development Camps to comprise our final list of the top 300 prospects…
2026 Mini Chowder Cup Top 150
In the middle of July, we made the trip down to Foxboro, MA for one of the top bantam events on the New England scouting calendar; we dispatched a scout…
NZ USA Hockey Select 16 All-Star Teams
Our scouts came together for a week in Buffalo/Amherst, NY, after watching the entire week of games and practices to present our Select 16 Development Camp All-Star Teams (2010s). This…
USA Hockey Select 16: This and That with Murph
The 2010 age group began day four of the USA Hockey Development Camp in Amherst, New York. No games yesterday, so today was the third set. Imagine having a job…
Western Region High Performance Camp 14U: 83 Players Evaluated
Neutral Zone evaluated the Western Region High Performance Camp for 2012 born players, held in Colorado Springs, CO from June 8th 2026 to June 13th 2026. Some of the top…
Morandum Thoughts Day Two USA Hockey Select 16
Day one of the USA Hockey National Development Camp Select 16 was well played, with plenty of scoring and physicality. We had three Scouts at Northtown Center in Amherst, NY,…
NHL Draft Final Rankings (1-250)
Neutral Zone’s Director of NHL Scouting, Ian Moran, longtime NHL defenseman with over 500 games has completed our annual NHL Draft Final Rankings. Neutral Zone’s appraoch is unique in that…
Blue Line Elite Prep Cup 2012s Top 70
As has become tradition in the New England area, we dispatched a scout to cover Blue Line Elite Prep Cup – one of the premier events in the NH/MA area…
USA Hockey National Camp 2010s: Preview
Neutral Zone polled several of our US Scouts to see who each one is interested in seeing at the USA Hockey Select 16 Camp in Buffalo (Amherst) starting Thursday, June…
Kings of Spring Nashville 14U: 225 Players Evaluated
Neutral Zone was in attendance for the Kings of Spring Nashville U14 tournament where 36 teams with plays from all over the world came to battle it out in the…
Matterhorn All Path Western Canada Showcase: 102 Players Evaluated
The Matterhorn All Path Western Canada event was hosted at WinSport Arena in Calgary, Alberta, from June 11-14, 2026. Teams were coached by personnel from four WHL clubs and four…
Matterhorn All Path Ontario Showcase: 87 Players Evaluated
The Matterhorn Fit Showcase in Windsor, Ontario, kicked off the first of three showcase events held across Canada, providing players with a premier opportunity to compete in front of NCAA and…
OHL Draft Final Rankings: USA (150+)
Neutral Zone scouts across the United States and in Canada have put together a compilation of the best 177 American prospects eligible for the OHL Draft. This year’s OHL US…
OHL Draft Final Rankings: CAN (350+)
Neutral Zone scouts across North America have put together a compilation of the best 371 Canadian prospects eligible for the OHL Draft. The Canadian list may be void of an…
OHL Draft Final Rankings: Cumulative 500
Neutral Zone scouts have compiled a cumulative draft ranking of the best 500 prospects from both the United States and Canada. These players were evaluated by local regional scouts and…
QMJHL Final Rankings: 400 Cumulative
For the first time in company history, NZ Scouts across US and Canada came together to finalize the QMJHL Draft Final Rankings which includes both Canadians and American players and…
QMJHL Final Rankings: 125 Americans
Neutral Zone scouts in New England region have finalized the QMJHL Draft Rankings for the best Americans who are eligible for the upcoming draft, both 2010’s and undrafted 2009s. The…
QMJHL Draft Final Rankings: 300 Canadians
Neutral Zone scouts from across Quebec, Atlantic Canada as well as the United States have compiled the final rankings for the top 300 QMJHL Eligible Canadian prospects including both 2009…
QMJHL New England Showcase: All Players Evaluated
The QMJHL hosted its second annual QMJHL New England Showcase in Wellesley, Massachusetts, at the Boston Sports Institute. Neutral Zone had five scouts in attendance for the two-game event, who…