Ryan Kirwan (4.25 Star Amateur Rating, NHL Grade — C+) Forward Ryan played down the middle and had a strong presence with a thick frame. He played a lot in…
Scouting Reports
Scouting Report – Tommy Pasanen
Tommy Pasanen (4 Star Amateur Rating, NHL Grade — C) Defense Tommy is a big right shot defenseman who, although does not get a lot of penalty minutes, has some…
QMJHL – Shawinigan Cataractes NHL Prospects (12/8/19)
Mavrik Bourque (4.5 Star Amateur Rating, NHL Grade — A-) Forward Our 15th Ranked 2020 Draft Prospect did not have his best game here. He has good speed and play…
QMJHL – Chicoutimi Saguenéens NHL Prospects
Theo Rochette (4.5 Star Amateur Rating, NHL Grade — B) Forward The smaller center-iceman has good speed and a mind for getting to scoring areas offensively. His stride is a…
QMJHL – Cape Breton Eagles NHL Prospects
Jeremy Langlois (4 Star Amateur Rating, 2022 NHL Draft Grade — B+) Defense The late-2003 born skater displayed his mobility and puck movement skills in this game. He doesn’t get…
QMJHL – Halifax Mooseheads NHL Prospects
Justin Barron (4.5 Star Amateur Rating, NHL Grade — A) Defense Justin is our 7th Ranked 2020 NHL Draft Prospect, but he is out indefinitely with a blood clot. Our overall…
OHL – Oshawa Generals NHL Draft Prospects (12/5/19)
Oliver Suni (4.25 Star Amateur Rating, NHL Grade — B-) Forward A bit of a quiet game for Oliver. He does a good job patrolling his wing, but in this outing…
OHL – Kingston Frontenacs’ NHL Draft Prospects (12/5/19)
Zayde Wisdom (3.75 Star Amateur Rating, NHL Grade — C+) Forward It is certainly no coincidence that the reversal in Kingston’s fortunes parallel the development of Zayde’s game. He leads this…
Scouting Report – Dougie Grimes
We recently (12/1/19) saw Doug play against St. Andrews College. In all honesty we came away shocked that he was an uncommitted 2002 and wouldn’t you know it, a few…
Philip Tresca will make an NHL Scouting Staff look smart
Compete & Effort – We feel Philip has an unearned reputation for being easy to play against. We honestly think anyone who feels this way is not paying attention. When he started playing New England Prep hockey Philip was the smallest player on the ice every game (5’5″ 125lbs). He survived on his brain and did very well. Now he wins battles in the corners and in front of the net. He is willing to take a hit (or hits) to make a play. He competes his ass off and wants to win. He also as developed an “exploding shoulder” that he has begun to use on unsuspecting attackers.
Nolan Cunningham is a New England Prep Defenseman to keep an eye on
So how does a player like Nolan Cunningham end up on our New England Prep NHL Draft Watch List? Well, a little birdie thinks that he is a kid on the upswing. No, it wasn’t an agent. No, it wasn’t a college coach. It was a Neutral Zone scout who has spent some time in rinks who has an eye for late bloomers.
USHL – Muskegon Lumberjacks Draft Prospects (11/29/19)
As you might have recently read, we saw the Muskegon versus Chicago game on November 29th. We were really looking forward to this match-up as both teams have high skill…
New England Prep NHL Draft Watch List (Blog Style)
Over the course of the next week (or so) we will be continually adding and updating this list. It will almost be a running blog of quick hits on New…
USHL – Chicago Steel Draft Prospects (11/29/19)
We recently saw a match-up with Muskegon, and there was no doubt this was a game we were looking forward to viewing as both teams have skill along with youth….
QMJHL – Rouyn-Noranda Huskies Pro Prospects (11/4/19)
On December 4th, Neutral Zone NHL had a scout attend the Rimouski at Rouyn-Noranda Quebec League game. We came away impressed with 2 over-agers who are potential NHL free agent signings when their major junior careers come to an end and two players who are not eligible until the 2021 NHL Draft.
QMJHL – Rimouski Océanic Draft Prospects (11/4/19)
Rimouski had 4 notable players competing in our most recent viewing on December 4th, 2019. Including our Number 1 Rated NHL Prospect, Alexis Lafreniere, and a point per game Quebec League rookie defenseman, Isaac Belliveau, who is not eligible for the National League Draft until the 2021.
Jarod Crespo – Scouting Report
Here at Neutral Zone we have 22 published amateur evaluations on Jarod. Our first was published in September 2016 while he was playing right wing and our most recent in September 2019 where he was viewed as a mobile defenseman with high upside. Combine all of our information together and heading into the start of the New England Prep season we feel Jarod is a defensive prospect who deserves the attention of NHL organizations.
Frankie Carogioiello, an inside look at why he is a name to remember
Here is an inside look at how Neutral Zone generates our NHL Grades, as well as how our overall viewings and evaluations contribute to our Star Ratings for amateurs and the impact those evaluations may have on player’s NHL Grade.
December 1st NHL Draft Rankings – Who are our Top 64 rated draft eligible players?
Alexis Lafreniere maintains his hold on #1, but Quinton Byfield is playing well enough to make us consider making a change at the top. Who are the rest of the…
Alex Jefferies is primed to dominate NE Prep this year
Alex Jefferies (4.5 Star Amateur Rating, NHL Grade — B-) Forward Jefferies is a smart stocky forward who is probably ready for the USHL right now. He plays 50-50 correctly and…
Jacob Quillan will open NHL eyes this Prep Season
We’ve been watching Jake for almost 2 years and in every viewing he continues to improve and becomes a more complete hockey player, so much so that on more than one occasion our in game notes say simply “He’s a hockey player.”