The 2005’s and 2006’s converged on Orland Park, IL once again for the USHL Combine. The age groups were combined on the rosters and competed with/against each other, but our…
Scouting Reports
Kings of East Coast: Top 40 Prospects
Neutral Zone had a scout at every day of the Kings of East Coast Showcase July 30th-August 1st, 2019. The event took place at UMass-Lowell and was run by Vinny…
Benji Eckerle to Arizona State University
Benji Eckerle is set to gear up in a Sun Devil’s jersey for the 2020 season. The 3.75 star prospect has played over 100 junior games, splitting time between the…
Introducing Neutral Zone’s Interns for the 2019-2020 Season!
Introducing Neutral Zone’s Interns for the 2019-2020 Season! Liam Barnicle, Christopher Walsh and Quinn Robelle named newest NZ interns! The Neutral Zone team is proud to announce the addition of…
Mini Chowder Cup 2003’s: Top 75
Neutral Zone made the trip to Canton Ice House and Foxboro Sports Center Thursday July 25th through Sunday July 28th to watch the Junior Chowder Cup. This report primarily focuses…
A Climb for Hope
Three years ago today Neutral Zone covered the story of Allie Skelley and Travis Roy; two former D1 college hockey players who both experienced career ending in-game neck injuries during…
A Deep 2004 Talent Pool on Display at Junior Chowder Cup
Named this season for legendary New England hockey coach and scout Bob Crocker, the annual July tradition of the Junior Chowder Cup sees many of the Northeast’s best 15 and…
Select 16’s USA Hockey National Camp: Top 180
Every June/July, the top hockey players in the United States falling in the U15, U16, and U17 age divisions meet up at the University of Buffalo for National Camp. These…
NZ All Star Teams USA Hockey Select 15s
Neutral Zone scouts have been in attendance for each game of the tournament and have compiled a draft broken into three teams: 12-F, 6-D, 2-G. This has nothing to do…
Mini Chowder Cup: Top 100
The Best of the Northeast Reigns Supreme at Mini Chowder Cup As is the case every July, many of the top bantam aged players trek down to Foxboro Sports Center…
Minnesota CCM High Performance 2004’s: Top 90
Herb Brooks National Hockey Center, St. Cloud, MN Every June, a skilled collection of bantam talent from across the State of Minnesota gathers in St. Cloud. The purpose of the…
NZ All Star Teams USA Select 16’s
Neutral Zone scouts have been in attendance for each game of the tournament and have compiled a draft broken into two teams 12-F, 6-D, 2-G. This has nothing to do…
World Selects Invite 2004 Division: Top 425
Note: This report still has teams and players to be added. We will let you know when finished. Its a large report and we had some issues merging players. Neutral…
MAHA Festival 2005s: Top 60
The 2005 Michigan players were in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan for the MAHA Select Festival for the week of June 16-21. The players experienced a week long camp of 6…
MAHA Festival 2004s: Top 65
The 2004 Michigan players were in Sault Ste. Marie, MI for the MAHA Select Festival for the week of June 16-21. The players experienced a week long camp of six…
2005s Liberty Bell Games: Top 30
Some of the top players from the Atlantic District got together for a four team event at the Red Bank Armory June 14th and 15th for a three game event….
Liberty Bell Games 2019: Top 80
Neutral Zone attended the Liberty Bell Games in early June in Red Bank, NJ. The players in attendance ranged from 2002-2004 birth years and were chosen through an application process…
Beantown NAPS U16/U18: Top 25
Beantown NAPS U16/U18 Top 25 Even though this is not one of the primary events on the New England scouting calendar we thought we would pop in for a quick…
1998 Birth Year National Rankings: Top 500
Neutral Zone has released the Top 500 NCAA Eligible Prospects for 2019. Every player below has been evaluated by at least two scouts; area/regional scout and a national scout, and…
World Selects Invite 2003 Division: Top 100
The World Selects Invite added an eight team U16 division this year for the first time. This new event made it more of a bang for the buck for NCAA/CHL…
Blue Line Elite Prep Cup 2004s: Top 50
A Deep Dive on North American 2004s from Blue Line Elite Prep Cup-50 Players. 21 New Additions Every June a skilled collection of bantam talent from across North America gathers…