In the world of college hockey, recruiting has become a national enterprise. While the majority of Minnesota’s and Boston College’s rosters are full of locals, they also have players…
Scouting Reports
Terriers Land Top Recruit for the Class of 2020
In the scouting world it is rare to go a day without hearing some kind of comparison between this player and that player. Typically, it’s regionalized and, in some…
Mathieu De St Phalle Commits to Wisconsin
Mathieu De St Phalle has covered a lot of miles in his short hockey career, playing on some of the top programs in the country in the process. He…
Out of the Shadows: The Rise of Luke Krys
On many appearances Luke Krys had a normal childhood. He grew up in Ridgefield, CT with his older brother Chad and younger sister Aerin. They were always active, playing…
It’s Tradtion: The Alex Turcotte Story
Yesterday, Alex Turcotte, one of the premiere Bantams in the country this past season, verbally committed to Tony Granato’s Wisconsin Badgers. In Alex, the Turcotte family, who run Turcotte…
Southern Roots to a Northern Destiny: The Story of Nick Hale
In May of 1997 the Hartford Whalers owner, Peter Karmanos announced that the team would be moving their franchise to Raliegh, North Carolina. While moving an ice hockey team from…
Select 16 USA Development Camp Rankings
The Neutral Zone staff was on hand for the Select 16 National Development Camp in Buffalo, NY. We saw every game as well as the All Star Game and put together a comprehensive scouting report based on what we saw. The players are put in the order we saw fit, but we decided not
Dartmouth Lands Prep Standout: The Shea Courtmanche Story
Dartmouth has a long track record of recruiting in the New England Prep School market with verbal commitments from some of the top defenders in the league in Sean…
Jimmy Dowd Jr. Commits to Penn State
Jimmy Dowd Jr., the son of 17-year NHL veteran Jim Dowd, made his college commitment to Penn State this week. The talented puck moving defenseman out of the NJ…
USA Select 17 Development Camp Rankings
Every year our scouts attend the Select Festivals in Buffalo, NY as a chance to see all of the country’s best players (excluding NTDP) on the ice at the same time. It’s an opportunity for NHL, CHL, NCAA and junior scouts to see how the USHL players compare to the CHL players or how
Ben Thomas Commits to Union
Ben Thomas made the decision yesterday afternoon that he will play his college hockey at Union. He has been a top echelon forward in the New England Prep ranks for the past…
Peyton Cullaton Commits to Northeastern for 2019
Peyton Cullaton’s love for hockey began early while growing up in Colorado and watching her dad play professionally. No longer a 9-year old new to the game, Peyton recently…
The College Hockey Landscape: A Study of the 21-year-old Freshman
The Big 10 this past year found themselves in a contentious debate when they attempted to bring the maximum age of freshman in hockey to 20. The implications were…
Atlantic Development Camp Top 80 (99-01)
Neutral Zone staff were in attendance at the recent USA Hockey Atlantic District tryout camp held at the Flyers Skate Zone in Voorhees, NJ. As a whole, our scouts reported sort of a mixed bag in terms of both the level of competition and performances by individual players.
Rush Showcase Review & Scouting Report
Neutral Zone’s women’s scouting staff made it to the Rush Showcase in Brampton, Ontario over the weekend of June 5 – 8, marking the start of the summer scouting…
Kayla Martinez Commits to Lindenwood
Neutral Zone had a chance to chat with recent 2018 Lindenwood University commit, Kayla Martinez. At 4-years old, Martinez began her skating career and recognition of her burgeoning…
Ponytail Tournament Report
Neutral Zone recently spent two full days at the Ponytail Tournament in Toronto (Vaughan), focusing on evaluating the top 2001, 2002 and 2003 birth year players at the event….
Ethan DeStefani commits to Merrimack
Merrimack added its first recruit to the 2019 recruiting class with a verbal commitment from Ethan DeStefani, a power forward from Bedford, New Hampshire. DeStefani has been on the radar…
Moncada signs with Guelph Storm
It is somewhat rare to see a third round draft pick sign with an OHL team in June, but for Luke Moncada and the Guelph Storm it was the right fit at the right time. Moncada brings a power game to the Storm, a big, strong two-way forward with a high compete level. We caught up with the 42nd overall pick and asked how he came to sign with Guelph.
Top 5 College Hockey Recruiting Classes for 2016
Neutral Zone has created an algorithm-based ranking system for college hockey recruiting, a description of which can be found under the Team Rankings tab. Every player committed to a D1…
Aidan Dudas signs with Owen Sound
Aidan Dudas, the 10th overall pick in this year’s OHL Draft, signed with the Owen Sound Attack this past week. In many ways Dudas is a beacon of hope…