It wasn’t supposed to end this way. Arlington High School was going to play for a state championship this weekend at TD Garden. It was supposed to be the culmination…
Scouting Reports
USHL, NAHL Suspend Seasons Due to COVID-19 Virus
The USHL announced Thursday its decision to suspend game play effective immediately and until further notice. The decision was unanimously made by the USHL Board of Directors with the best…
2020 Minnesota High School ‘A’ State Tournament Top 30
2020 Minnesota High School ‘A’ State Tournament; Top 30 Huge upset alert in St. Paul, MN last weekend! NZ looked back over 10 years and couldn’t find a team in…
Top 35 Uncommitted From the NE Prep Finals
Neutral Zone had three scouts at the New England Prep Championship. The Small School Championship was won by the Gunnery School over Pomfret. The large school was taken home by…
Freddy Meyer Hired as Rivers Head Coach
Freddy Meyer is the new head coach at The Rivers School in Weston, Mass., replacing Shawn McEachern who announced last month that he was leaving the program to become the…
NZ Scout Profile: Ryan Goethals
Over the next several weeks, Neutral Zone will be publishing features on our scouts. These guys are in the rinks all over North America and the world covering players for…
Interview: Brown Adds Sizeable Forward Dean Bauchiero
Last month, Brown received a commitment from 6-foot-3 Salisbury forward Dean Bauchiero, a 3.75-star player from nearby Southington, Conn. Bauchiero will turn 18 later this year, but we’ve been following…
NTDP Evaluation Camp Roster Invites
The USA Hockey National Development (NTDP) team released their 40-man roster for Evaluation Camp starting in mid-March in Plymouth, MI. We have several reports on many of these players along…
NOJHL: Soo Thunderbirds at Soo Eagles
Saturday February 29: Soo Thunderbirds at Soo Eagles (NOJHL) Soo Eagles The Soo Eagles(USA) played their cross border rivals Soo Thunderbirds(Canada) in their last regular season game. The Eagles came…
Minnesota Class AA Preview and Prediction
MINNESOTA HIGH SCHOOL CLASS ‘AA’ STATE TOURNEY PREVIEW AND MATCHUPS For the second consecutive season there will be a new State Champion crowned at the Excel Energy Center as the…
Interview: Greg Barnych Talks Committing to Curry, How Juniors Benefitted Him
Earlier this week, it was announced that P.A.L. Junior Islanders forward Greg Barnych had committed to Curry College. Barnych is currently in his second season with the Islanders. A Long…
Minnesota HS Class A Preview and Prediction
MINNESOTA HIGH SCHOOL CLASS ‘A’ STATE TOURNEY PREVIEW AND PREDICTION There are a ton of familiar faces that we know very well in the tournament this season and a strong…
WHL Bantam Cup Challenge: Top 75
From Friday February 21st to Sunday February 23d the Western Hockey League hosted the first ever WHL US Bantam Cup Challenge in Kent Washington. With the goal of exposing Western…
NCAA: Former Merrimack Forward Joey Cassetti Commits to Miami
Former Merrimack College forward Joey Cassetti (***3/4), who left the team at the semester break and returned to the USHL with the Waterloo Black Hawks, announced on Wednesday that he…
Michigan Public High School Hockey Showcase: Top 50
Michigan Public High School Hockey Showcase Top 50 It was an exciting and busy weekend that started early on Thursday, January 30th in Chelsea, Michigan for the Michigan Public High…
Ides of March Commits
Pictured: Aaron Grounds; new AIC commit.
CJHL Top Prospects Game
Every year the CJHL hosts a Top Prospects game to support the best NHL Draft eligible prospects across the different leagues in the CJHL. This year the host was Hamilton,…
U15: NAPHL Playoffs: Top 45
NAPHL U15 Dixon Cup Playoffs were played the weekend of February 14-16 in Rochester Hills, Michigan at the ONYX arena. It was great hockey all weekend as some games went…
NCAA: Providence Lands Goalie Jaxson Stauber
Michael Lackey has been a workhorse for Providence this season, starting every single game for the Friars and playing all but 37 minutes this season. Earlier this month, the Friars…
U14: Long Island Royals; Boston Jr. Eagles; Providence Hockey Club; Seacoast Performance Academy
Neutral Zone spent two days in Exeter, NH covering the Seacoast Performance Academy Bantam Invitational. We have two other reports posted from the event that covers Shattuck St. Mary’s, Long…
NAPHL U16 Dixon Cup Playoffs: Top 70
NAPHL U16 Dixon Cup Playoffs were played in Troy, Michigan for the weekend of February 14-16. It was an exciting weekend with high scoring games and games that went into…