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OHL: Mississauga Steelheads vs Niagra Ice Dogs

On Sunday November 7th Neutral Zone had a scout in attendance to watch the Niagara Ice dogs visit the Mississauga Steelheads in OHL league action. While the attention was on late 2003 and 2004 birth years eligible for the 2022 NHL draft a close look was also given to 2003 birth years not taken in this past NHL draft. One of the repercussions of COVID was a missed season for many Ontario prospects as the province locked down tighter than any hockey playing location in the world. As such it is our feeling that some very good 2003 players may have been by passed in the draft due to their missed season of development.

QMJHL: Acadie-Bathurst Titan vs Moncton Wildcats

Scouting Report- NHL Draft Eligible Players

QMJHL: Bathurst Titan vs Moncton Wildcats (October 2nd, 2021)
Both teams were healthy for the end of this home and home series. Bathurst has the edge in experience, while Moncton is known as a high work ethic team that competes from whistle to whistle. Bathurst is a very skilled team that included NHL picks in Cole Huckins, Riley Kidney, Jacob Melanson and Jan Bednar in net

Noah Ellis (Updated 10/27/21)

December 21, 2019: From what we can tell Noah has not played a whole lot of hockey while he was growing up. He has played in some high level games for his age group, gone to National Camps and done well and even played Internationally at The Hilinka, but he has only played about 65 games over the previous two seasons. This is a plus for us because he has shown rapid development in a short time and is obviously very athletic.

Jackson Blake (Updated 10/27/21)

Neutral Zone NHL’s Ian Moran’s comments, August 2019: Jackson is as an exciting to watch player in this age group as you will find. He’s obviously going to get stronger which will lead to more speed an quickness, and let’s face it that is a scary thought. Defensemen are afraid of him. They retreat early to save their butts thinking they’ll look good, when in reality Jackson will cut laterally and make them look like a fish out of water. I like his game. I love his competitiveness. And I think we’ve got a real player here.

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