Mathieu Taillefer
Brooks Bandits
AJHL
Right Defense
6’1″ 168lbs
Penn State | 2024
Richelieu, QC
2006
2023-2024: C+
Scouting Reports
MHL: Krasnoyarsk at Omsk Yastreby
Thursday night MHL game with the home team, Omsk Yastreby, winning 5-2. Neutral Zone focused on 2024 NHL draft first year draft eligible players who made the largest impact on the outcome.
J20 SuperElit: Vaxjo at Farjestad
J20 SuperElit action where the visiting team, Vaxjo Lakers HC Jr., won 2-1 in overtime. Neutral Zone focused on 2024 NHL draft first year draft eligible players who made the largest impact on the outcome.
MHL: Yaroslavl Loko at MHC St. Petersburg
MHL action where the visiting team, Yaroslavl Loko, won 2-0. Neutral Zone focused on Yaroslavl’s 2024 NHL draft first year draft eligible players.
Hlinka-Gretzky Cup: Scout’s Notes
Hlinka-Gretzky Cup player evaluations
MHL: Magnitogorsk Stalnye Lisy at Togliatti Ladya
An MHL contest won by the home team. Neutral Zone focused our attention on first year NHL Draft eligible players Danil Serazetdinov, Marat Kalimullin and Matvei Krivonozhkin. Danil Serazetdinov Metallurg…
J20 SuperElit: Linkoping vs Malmo
J20 SuperElit contest with Linkoping beating Malmo 7-5. Neutral Zone focused our attention to first time 2024 NHL draft eligible players.
Finland U20: HPK Hameenlinna (5) vs Kiekko-Espoo (1)
SM-sarja U20 match-up between HPK and Kiekko-Espoo. Neutral Zone focused our attention to first time 2024 NHL draft eligible players.
MHL: Omsk Yastreby at Kazan Irbis
Neutral Zone focused on first year draft eligible players Ildar Nafigin, Timofei Zhulin, Nikita Onishko, Timur Kol and Danila Sysoyev.
MHL: Kapitan Stupino at CSKA Moscow
An MHL game dominated by the home team, CSKA Krasnaya Armiya. Neutral Zone focused our attention to first time 2024 NHL draft eligible players.
OJHL: Brantford (7) at Niagara Falls (6)
OJHL: A high scoring pre-season game that saw Brantford out shoot Niagara 47 to 30 and come away with a 7-6 road win. Neutral zone focused on 2024 first year draft eligible players.
KHL: SKA St. Petersburg (3) at Togliatti (0)
KHL – In a 3-0 win for SKA, Neutral Zone focused on 2024 NHL Draft prospect Ivan Demidov.
U18: 2024 NHL Draft Eligible Players in the Eastern Alliance Kickoff
U18: 2024 NHL Draft Eligible Players in the Eastern Alliance Kickoff
Hlinka-Gretzky Cup: Team Canada’s 2024 NHL Draft Eligible Players
Hlinka-Gretzky Cup: Evaluations on Team Canada’s 2024 NHL Draft Eligible Players
MHL: Spartak (5) at Krylia Sovetov (3)
MHL – We focused on 2024 NHL first year draft eligible players Oleg Trofimchuk and Tikhon Shakalov.
U18: Switzerland vs Sweden at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup
During this game we focused on seven Swiss players who are on our 2024 NHL Draft watch list
U18: Czechia vs Sweden at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup
U18: 17 player evaluations from Czechia vs Sweden at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup
U20: USA White vs USA Blue at the World Jr Summer Showcase
U20 Team USA White vs Team USA Blue played a high paced game featuring a lot of skill and not much physical play. We primarily focused on first year draft eligible players Cole Eiserman and Zeev Buium.
U18: USA vs Slovakia Exhibition Game
This was Team USA’s first game playing as a team and although stats don’t tell the whole story they do paint a picture for roles on the team once the Hlinka-Gretzky Cup starts. Below is a statistical breakdown for each Team USA player.
U19: Finland U19 vs Finland U18
Emil Hemming, Mitja Jokinen, Julius Miettinen, Joona Saarelainen, Lauri Sinivuori, Ville Vaarala, Veeti Vaisanen and Topias Hynninen
U20: Czechia vs Finland
Evaluations for first year NHL draft eligible players Vojtech Hradec, Aron Kiviharju and Konsta Helenius