Sean Farrell (4.25 Star Amateur Rating, NHL Grade — B+) Forward We have continued to be impressed by Sean’s play and have him currently rated as a ‘B+’ heading into the…
NHL Scouting Reports
Scouting Report – Gunnarwolfe Fontaine
Gunnarwolfe Fontaine (4.25 Star Amateur Rating, NHL Grade — C) Forward World Junior A Challenge Update: (F, L, 5’9″, 165, Chicago Steel, 09/16/2000, Northeastern)- Fontaine was an exciting player to watch…
USHL – Waterloo Blackhawks NHL Prospects (12/6/19)
Xander has always been strong with in an excellent compete level and he continues to have soft hands around the net with a rocket of a shot when the opportunity arises. But where we are seeing the biggest improvement to his game is his skating. He appears to have a more explosive first step and he is now able to lose defenders while rolling off the wall on a cycle. He remains un-committed, but we feel he will have college coach’s eyes on him as we head into the new year because of his professional approach to the game, his combination of strength and high level of compete and his ability to play in every game situation.
USHL – Green Bay Gamblers NHL Prospects (12/6/19)
Tonight’s game against Madison was a bit lopsided as Green Bay came in with determined effort. They got off to an early lead and didn’t look back. Green Bay was…
Scouting Report – Ryan McGuire
Ryan McGuire (3.75 Star Amateur Rating, NHL Grade — C) Forward You can tell by watching Ryan that he has spent a lot of time around professionals and has really…
USHL – Madison Capitals NHL Prospects (12/6/19)
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 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.