Two weeks following our trip to Foxboro Sports Center, we were back for Junior Chowder Cup (July 28-31) which boasted one of its largest fields in tournament history. All told,…
Scouting Reports
Minnesota Bantam Elite League Opening Weekend. 50 Standouts
Neutral Zone was in attendance for the opening weekend of The Bantam Elite league at St. Thomas Ice Arena in Mendota Heights, Minnesota, held July 29th-31st. The Bantam Elite League is…
Kings of Coast East Showcase. Top 60
Neutral Zone was in attendance for the Kings of East Coast showcase August 2-4 at the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell. The tournament is very well run by Vinnie Montalbano with…
Hockey Canada National U17 Development Camp. Every Player Evaluated
Neutral Zone was in attendance for Hockey Canada’s National U17 Development Camp, which took place July 11-15 in Calgary, Alberta at the WinSport complex located at the Olympic Training grounds….
Mini Chowder Cup Top 170
In what is annually one of the top bantam events on the New England scouting calendar, we dispatched two scouts to Foxboro Sports Center and Canton Ice House to check…
USA Hockey Select 16 PDC: Top 180
Neutral Zone scouts were in attendance for the Select 16 USA Hockey Player Development Camp for all 5 games, including the All Star game as well as practice sessions. The…
Ivy Shootout Princeton. Top 75
Neutral Zone was in attendance for the first two days of the Ivy Shootout held at the iconic Hobey Baker Rink on Princeton University’s campus. This was a great opportunity…
Joe Fleming Signs with Golden Knights
By Juliette Connors Joe Fleming of Wellesley, MA has signed an Entry Level Contract with the Las Vegas Golden Knights. “I’m just so happy, I’m really excited,” he exclaimed. “It’s…
Meet the Seven New USHL Head Coaches
Eight new faces will be behind benches in the USHL starting next season. That represents more than 50 percent of the entire league. Seven of those openings have been filled….
Liberty Bell Games: Florida. Top 40
Neutral Zone was in attendance for the Liberty Bell Games Florida Showcase from June 17-19, located at the Florida Panther’s Ice Den Training Centre, the location of the practise facility…
NCAA Coaching Roundup
Minnesota hired one of the top assistants in the nation, Steve Miller, to replace Garrett Raboin on the coaching staff. Miller, who was previously at Ohio State, will serve as Minnesota’s associate head…
U.S. WJC Team Adds Players to Camp Roster
Ahead of next month’s 2022 World Junior Championship, which was rescheduled from January, Team USA will reportedly be without two of its players. According to Chris Peters, forward Chaz Lucius…
Recent CHL Signings
As CHL drafts both entry and import are now concluded we are into the summer months. Signings of players are in full swing with teams preparing and shaping their rosters…
NCAA: Trinity Adds a 3.5-Star Goalie for 2022
The latest D-II/III commitments are below. Before we get to the names, here’s a refresher on how star ratings are formalized … Weight of Star Rating 20% Historical Performance –…
Hunter Bischoff Commits to Augustana
By Juliette Connors In October of 2021, Augustana University announced the addition of a hockey team. They were to be the first and only D1 hockey program in South Dakota. …
Neutral Zone’s Bantam Development League Offers a Unique Approach to U14 Hockey
By Juliette Connors The Bantam Development League (BDL), run by Ian Moran and Bob Deraney, was developed in 2022. It consists of 30 sessions over the course of 10 weeks,…
New England District Select 15 Camp Top 40
With only a couple of weeks to spare the local talent evaluators flocked to Keene, NH for the Select 15 Camp for New England prospects to decide who was headed…
QMJHL Draft Final Rankings: Top 250
Neutral Zone’s QMJHL Draft scouts have released the QMJHL Draft Final Rankings before the draft begins. The 6-man crew throughout Eastern Canada, led by veteran USport and CHL coach Murray…
Roster and Scouting Reports on the 2022 U.S. Under-18 Hlinka Gretzky Cup Team
USA Hockey announced today the 24-player roster for its 2022 U.S. Under-18 Men’s Select Team which will compete at the 2022 Hlinka Gretzky Cup in Red Deer, Alberta, July 31-August…
Exposure Hockey All-Star Weekend Top 50 2008s
Each year, Matt Miles and the fine folks at Exposure Hockey put on one of the best events to catch high level bantams from the Northeast and this year we…
Liberty Bell Games: Top 85
Neutral Zone was in attendance for this year’s Liberty Bell Games tournament in Wayne, NJ, held from June 15th- June 17th. The format was a bit different this year, as…