The 2020-2021 season has been in hockey terms, a “gongshow” for the 2000 born age out junior players. We would typically release our mid-term rankings for each birth year in…
Scouting Reports
MJHL Top 30 Rankings: 2000 Birth Year
The MJHL started the season off before most leagues in the CJHL but was cut short due to COVID. We had our scouts covering the early season action to assess…
AJHL Top 50 Rankings: 2000 Birth Year
The Alberta Junior Hockey League has been mostly in shut down this season but we were able to see some pre-season action early in the year. The rankings are for…
BCHL Top 70 Rankings: 2000 Birth Year
The BCHL, the highest rated Junior A league in Canada was limited to pre-season hockey before being shut down. We have compiled the top 70 NCAA Eligible prospects in the…
USPHL Top 20 Rankings: 2000 Birth Year
The USPHL Premier is a Tier 3 junior hockey league located throughout the United States and with COVID this year has still been able to play games. These rankings are…
SJHL Top 30 Rankings: 2000 Birth Year
The SJHL had a brief early season before being shut down as a result of COVID. While we scouted the league heavily while it was active, we had to rank…
NA3HL Top 20 Rankings: 2000 Birth Year
The NA3HL is one of the few leagues in the junior hockey landscape that has had a fairly flud season, many teams playing nearly 30 games already. While admittedly NZ…
CCHL Top 50 Rankings: 2000 Birth Year
The CCHL, one of the Canada’s leading Junior A leagues in the CJHL, had a pre-season development league where our scouts covered extensively but then the season was put on…
FREE: OHL Reportedly Set for 24-Game Season in Hub Cities
Scott Wheeler of The Athletic reported on Thursday that the OHL sent a memo to teams to lay out the return to play plans for the league. The OHL is…
USHL: Chicago Steel vs Green Bay Gamblers
Neutral Zone evaluated a game between the Chicago Steel and Green Bay Gamblers that took place at the Resch Center in Green Bay on Saturday, February 6. This was a…
NAHL Goalie Report 2/5-2/6
NAHL Goalie Report; 2/05-2/06; Super Bowl Weekend Report! It was an exciting time in the NAHL this past weekend as lots of games were played that featured some phenomenal goalie…
USPHL Premier Double Header. Fresno Monsters vs Utah Outliers & Fresno Monsters vs Ogden Mustangs
USPHL-PREMIER 02/02/21 & 02/03/21 Multi-Game: Neutral Zone Scouting attended (online) the USPHL-Premier game Fresno Monsters vs the Utah Outliers on February 2, 2021. This was a non-divisional match-up that displayed…
U Sport Alum Philippe Maillet makes NHL Debut: A Window into U Sport Hockey
Last night Philippe Maillet made his NHL debut with the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League. A remarkable journey for a kid from Lachenale, Quebec, a town of just…
U18: Ohio Blue Jackets vs Detroit HoneyBaked
To end a weekend of games, the 18u AAA Blue Jackets took on 18u Honeybaked in Columbus, OH. The game was a hard-fought battle, with a high physical presence. The…
HPHL 15U: Chicago Mission vs Bolts, Three games: Top 25
The Chicago Mission U15 AAA and the Bolts U15 AAA teams meet for the first time this season on January 30th and January 31st, 2021. The three-game series was played…
U16: Phoenix Jr. Coyotes vs Arizona Bobcats
Phoenix Jr. Coyotes (6) – Arizona Bobcats (0) On Tuesday February 2nd, The Phoenix Jr. Coyotes and the Arizona Bobcats met once again in a dominating performance by the Coyotes….
USHL: Tri-City Storm vs Omaha Lancers: Top Dozen.
Neutral Zone evaluated a game between the Tri-City Storm and the Omaha Lancers that took place in Omaha on Saturday, January 30th. The game was extremely physical with both teams…
U18: Super Series Ohio. Top 40
Neutral Zone was in Columbus, Ohio for the U18 Super Series for the weekend of January 29-31. Eight teams competed in 3 games a piece with 3 20 minute periods….
FREE: WHL Receives Approval For Alberta Teams to Play
The WHL received some good news last week, after the Alberta government gave the league approval to play a shortened season in the province. The WHL has five Alberta-based teams…
NAHL: Fairbanks Ice Dogs vs Bismarck Bobcats
This report consists of the weekend series in the NAHL between The Fairbanks Ice Dogs and The Bismarck Bobcats. Due to the pandemic, these teams have faced off quite a…
NCDC: Philly Hockey Club vs Boston Advantage
On February 1, 2021 the Boston Advantage faced off against the Philadelphia Hockey Club down in Tampa, FL. Philly won the game convincingly 5-2 with goals from Daunte Fortner, Jaxon…