The USHL is the only Tier 1 Junior hockey league in the United States and the highest rated amateur league in North America. The league has been able to play…
Scouting Reports
EHL Top 60 Rankings: 2000 Birth Year
The Eastern Hockey League is a Tier 3 junior league throughout Eastern US and has the highest number of NCAA DIII commitment of any junior league in North America. They…
NCDC Top 60 Rankings: 2000 Birth Year
The NCDC is an independent junior league primarily in Northeastern US which has been able to conduct their season by moving it to Tampa Bay, FL and using a bubble…
OJHL Top 40 Rankings: 2000 Birth Year
The Ontario Junior Hockey League has been on lockdown from the start of the season and therefore no games have been played. Therefore, despite the high number of 2000’s slated…
NAHL Top 200 Rankings: 2000 Birth Year
The North American Hockey League is the sole Tier 2 Junior Hockey League in the United States and has the largest number of NCAA commitments of any league in North…
NAHL February 3rd-5th. Austin, Minot, Fairbanks, Kenai, Fairbanks, Bismarck, MN Wilderness
February 3rd – 5th Neutral Zone was able to watch the week in the NAHL consisting of seven different teams throughout six games. The pandemic has forced some of these…
U16: Chicago Young Americans vs Milwaukee Jr Admirals: Top 12
The Chicago Young Americans U16 AAA and the Milwaukee Jr Admirals U16 AAA teams faced each other in the afternoon on Saturday, February 6, 2021, at the Pettit National Ice…
National Rankings 2000’s: Top 300
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…
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…