Neutral Zone attended every day and watched every contest of the Liberty Bell Games on June 1-3, 2018 in Red Bank, NJ. The players in attendance ranged from 2001-2003 birth…
Scouting Reports
CCM Showcase Colorado: Top 40 Futures
2018 CCM Invite Colorado; Ice Centre at the Promenade; Westminster, Colorado; May 25-27 2018 The 2018 CCM Hockey Showcase is for 1998-2003 Birth Year AA, AAA and Junior A/B players. Players are divided…
World Selects Invite: Top 300
Neutral Zone had three scouts at the World Selects Invite this May in the Philadelphia/New Jersey area. This event brings many of the top 2003 (and a few 2004) born…
Q&A: Peyton Frantti, St. Norbert Recruit
Peyton Frantti spent three seasons at Culver before joining the NAHL. After putting up 48 points in 60 games during the 2017-18 season, he committed to St. Norbert. The Illinois…
Luke Tuch Follows His Brother to Opposite Side of Commonwealth Avenue
by Jashvina Shah Carl and Sharon Tuch are cheering for the Golden Knights right now. Just a few years ago they were cheering for Boston College, and in a few…
MA Festival 2003: Top 50
2003 Massachusetts Selects Top: 50 Neutral Zone had three different scouts evaluate all three age groups (2001, 2002 and 2003) both weekends of the Massachusetts High Performance Festival in Marlboro….
From Following a Path to Forging His Own
by Jashvina Shah Ever since he was little, Garrett Klee has been surrounded by hockey. His house was littered with mini sticks, he was always ducking in and out of…
MA Festival 2002: Top 50
2002 Massachusetts Selects Top: 50 Neutral Zone had three different scouts evaluate all three age groups (2001, 2002 and 2003) both weekends of the Massachusetts High Performance Festival in Marlboro….
MA Festival 2001: Top 50
2001 Massachusetts Selects Top: 50 Neutral Zone had three different scouts evaluate all three age groups (2001, 2002 and 2003) both weekends of the Massachusetts High Performance Festival in Marlboro….
OHL Gold Cup: Top 40
OHL Gold Cup Top Performers The Ontario scouts have put together a list of the top performers and a few late round surprises who caught our eyes at the OHL…
Battle of Boston: Top 85
Neutral Zone was in attendance at the Battle of Boston in Walpole and Attleboro, Mass. on May 11th through 13th. There were approximately 24 teams at the event and we…
USA Select Festival Michigan 2001s: Top 30
The 2001 players played in Taylor, Mi. for the USA select festival. There were four teams that competed and each team played four games for the weekend of May 10-12….
USA Select Festival Michigan 2002s: Top 30
The 2002 group played in Taylor, MI for the USA select festival. There were four teams that competed and each team played four games for the weekend of May 10-12….
Q&A: Kendrick Frost, Army
Kendrick Frost grew up playing hockey in Kansas City, Mo., where he played for Omaha for three seasons. This year, Frost moved to New York to play for the Syracuse…
Telus Cup: Top 45
The Telus Cup took place in Sudbury from April 23-29 with teams from Lethbridge, Quebec, Moncton, Notre Dame, Toronto and the host team Sudbury. It was great hockey all week…
USHL Phase II Draft Live Analysis
We will be following round by round analysis with our scouts from the USHL Phase II Draft taking place this morning at 10am (CT). Round #1 Central Illinois &…
USHL Phase 1 Draft Grades
Team: Cedar Rapids Roughriders Grade: B- Picks: 11 Total; 3 in Top 50; 7 in Top 100 Best prospects: Andrei Bakanov (#5 Ranked) Best Value: Austin Cook (#59 Ranked /…
USHL Phase I Draft: Top 350 Rankings (2002s)
Tonight marks the USHL Phase I draft where teams will have 10 rounds of selections to acquire the rights to the best 2002’s in North America (and beyond). Neutral Zone…
WHL Draft Top 115 American Rankings
With the WHL Draft starting tomorrow we have dug up the top 115 WHL Draft prospects playing the US this season. While there were less than 30 American players drafted…
WHL Draft Top 400 Rankings (Western Canada List)
On Thursday March 3rd the WHL will conduct its annual Bantam Draft. This is a unique draft to the league which takes players a year earlier than its rival CHL…
Colin Bilek Follows Family To Armed Forces
by Jashvina Shah The moment Colin Bilek’s leg broke, he thought he was never meant to play junior hockey. “I feel like this is a one in a million thing,”…