At the close of each season Neutral Zone scouts conduct Final Rankings of each birth year including draft lists for the NHL, QMJHL, WHL, OHL and USHL. Two weeks ago…
Scouting Reports
NCAA: Humbolt Crash Survivor Commits to Northland College
’99 F Graysen Cameron to Northland for 2020 Cameron suffered a broken back in the 2018 bus crash that claimed 16 lives and injured 13 more. Cameron returned to the…
OHL: Erie Signs Third-Round Pick Nolan Lalonde
The Erie Otters announced today that Nolan Lalonde committed to the team and completed an OHL standard player agreement. Lalonde is a goaltender from Kingston, Ont. This past season he…
Longtime Dartmouth Coach Bob Gaudet Retires
After 23 years at the helm, Dartmouth College head coach Bob Gaudet announced his retirement earlier this week. Prior to joining the Big Green, Gaudet was also the head coach…
OHL: 12 Signings Round Out The Week
The end of this week brought a slew of OHL signings. Below are all the players who signed OHL deals and a brief scouting report from our scouts, who have…
QMJHL: Baie-Comeau Drakkar Signs Chouinard
The Baie-Comeau Drakkar announced the signing of defenseman Emile Chouinard on Friday. The 17-year-old will be at training with the team this fall. According to a story on the team’s…
WHL: Heidt, Pickering and Yager All Sign WHL Deals
Three players signed WHL contracts this week, including highly-touted forward Riley Heidt. Below, find links to the players’ profiles (where you can find their star rating) as well as a…
NCAA: DeDobbelaer Commits to UMass; St. Norbert, Gustavus Add Commits
’00 F Eric DeDobbelaer to UMass for 2020 The Brantford, Ont. native has played his entire junior career in his hometown. He started with the Brantford Bandits in the GOJHL…
NCAA: UNH Adds Transfer from Denver, Bentley Adds Transfer from Northeastern
’99 F Tyler Ward transfers to UNH Ward is headed to UNH after two years at Denver. In two seasons with the Pioneers, he appeared in 74 games and scored…
NCAA: Mulera Commits to Maine; Former Union Commit Lands at Endicott
’99 F Johnny Mulera to Maine for 2020 Mulera is making his third college commitment. Originally, the Maryland native was headed to Providence but his commitment switched to UConn last…
WHL Draft Live
Neutral Zone will be covering the WHL Draft which begins April 22nd at 10am (MT) by listing all the prospects drafted, providing their star ratings for free and a link…
It’s Time For the NCAA to Sponsor a Combined Division II/III Championship
When you look at the history of Division II college hockey, there are a lot of familiar names. The NCAA sponsored a Division II national championship from 1978-84 and then…
OHL: Niagara Signs Second Overall Pick; Guelph, Erie Sign Players
The Niagara IceDogs announced on Tuesday that Pano Fimis, the second-overall pick in the OHL Priority Selection Draft, has signed a Standard Player Agreement, committing to the team. The 5’10”…
WHL: Regina Will Select Bedard, Exceptional Player Signs Contract
The Regina Pats announced that they will select forward Connor Bedard, the first exceptional status player in WHL history, first overall in the 2020 WHL Bantam Draft on Wednesday; in…
WHL: Streek Traded to Saskatoon Blades
The Saskatoon Blades have struck a deal with the Portland Winterhawks to acquire 2004-born forward Carter Streek in exchange for a fifth-round pick, originally belonging to the Victoria Royals, in the…
Several WHL Trades Ahead of WHL Bantam Draft
Ahead of the WHL Bantam Draft scheduled for Wednesday, there were a flurry of trades in the WHL on Monday. The Victoria Royals acquired defenseman Jacson Alexander from the Edmonton…
USHL: Madison Tabs Mercyhurst’s Tom Upton as Head Coach/GM
The Madison Capitols announced the hiring of Mercyhurst assistant coach Tom Upton as Head Coach and General Manager for the 2020-21 season on Monday. Upton takes the reins as the fourth…
WHL Draft Final Rankings
Neutral Zone is pleased to announce our 2020 WHL Draft Final Rankings which is broken down into two parts. The first part are the players ranked 1-300 and then below…
NCAA: Geneseo, Western New England and Plymouth State Add Recruits
’99 F Bennett Stockdale to SUNY-Geneseo for 2020 A native of Nepean, Ontario, Stockdale has a veteran of the CCHL and the NAHL. This season for the Johnstown Tomahawks, he…
MAHA Bantam Festival 2004
This evaluation was originally written in July of 2017. We came across it doing some “house cleaning” and loved seeing all of the familiar names with their evaluations. We thought it would be interesting to look back at what our scouts said about them as Bantams.
NA3HL Top Prospects: Top 45
Neutral Zone had a scout responsible for gathering as much information as possible on the NA3HL Top Prospects event in Attleboro, MA. It was one of the last big events…