The Youngstown Phantoms have tapped Ryan Ward as their next head coach. Ward comes to Youngstown from the Tri-City Storm where he was the Director of Player Development for the…
Scouting Reports
WHL Draft Final Rankings: Top 300
Neutral Zone is pleased to release our Final Rankings for the WHL Draft where NZ scouts breakdown the top 300 prospects in Western Canada. Our staff is broken down into…
Alberta Cup 2022. Top 65
Neutral Zone watched the 2022 Alberta Cup in Red Deer, Alberta from April 28th through May 1st. The event was well run and broken into six teams of 2007 birth…
MA Festival: 24 2006 Evaluations
Neutral Zone sent Brian Murphy to evaluate the 2006 age group on Friday, May 6 and Sunday, May 8 at the CCM Mass Hockey High Performance Event. This is the…
Mass HS D1-D4 195 Playoff Notables
It’s time to put a bow on this season of Mass HS coverage and we are doing so with a broad recap of the MIAA playoffs, which for the first…
AJHL Finals: Spruce Grove vs Brooks. Five Games. Top 30
Neutral Zone evaluated the AJHL Finals between the Spruce Grove Saints and Brooks Bandits. This was an exciting series in which the games were all close and competitive despite Brooks…
SJHL Finals: Estevan vs Flin Flon. Seven Games. Top 25
Neutral Zone watched the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) Finals between the Estevan Bruins and Flin Flon Bombers (4/22/22 – 5/6/22). This was an entertaining and competitive series that saw…
NAHL Playoff Series: First Round. Three Games. New Mexico vs Wichita Falls. Top 16 Evaluated
NAHL Playoffs Round 1, April 22 – 29 Neutral Zone was able to watch the first round in the NAHL Playoff matchup between the Wichita Falls Warriors and the New…
USHL Tenders: Who signed Tender Agreements from 2012-2017 and the results that followed
This research was originally posted on April 19, 2018
USHL Tenders: Who signed Tender Agreements from 2012-2017 and the results that followed
NAHL Playoff: Jamestown vs Johnstown
NAHL Playoffs – 1st Round; Saturday, 4/30/2022 Game 4 of 1st round playoff game whereby Jamestown was at home and needing win to force 5th and deciding game. The Rebels…
SJHL Playoff: Estevan vs Flin Flon. 16 Players Evaluated and Graded
SJHL Championship Round, April 22 – 26 Neutral Zone was able to watch the Final Game in the Championship playoff series in the SJHL between the Estevan Bruins and the…
USA Hockey Nationals 18U: 159 Players Evaluated
The 2022 USA Hockey 18U Nationals was hosted in Rochester, Michigan at the Suburban Ice Complexes. Sixteen teams from across the country competed in a round robin to determine the…
Minnesota’s Top Recruiting Class Takes a Hit
One of the top recruits in the nation has reopened his recruitment. According to The Rink Live, Cruz Lucius has decommitted from Minnesota. Minnesota currently has the No. 1 ranked…
USHL Phase I Draft Preview
The USHL Phase I Draft will take place Monday afternoon and Neutral Zone will have live coverage on our USHL Draft Show. Coverage will be begin at 12pm (CT) on…
NAHL Playoffs: Northeast Generals vs New Jersey Titans
4/23/22 Northeast Generals vs New Jersey Titans Neutral Zone scouted an NAHL playoff matchup between Northeast Generals and New Jersey Titans. After falling in game 1, the Titans seemed poised…
More USHL Coaching Changes
The Fargo Force will hire Nick Oliver to replace Scott Langer as head coach, according to a report from Brad Elliot Schlossman of The Grand Forks Herald. Oliver has been…
BCHL Playoff Game Six. Langley vs Alberni Valley. Top Dozen.
BCHL: April 23, 2022 Single Game Report, Playoffs: (Elimination Game) Neutral Zone Scouting evaluated the BCHL playoff game (6) between the Langley Rivermen and the Alberni Bulldogs. With their backs…
Elite Prospects Invite: All 42 2006 Players Evaluated and Graded
Neutral Zone watched the three-day Elite Prospects Pre-Draft Invitational that took place at the new Ed Robson Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This is the home to the Colorado College…
USHL Draft/USA National Rankings: Top 300 2006s
Neutral Zone is pleased to release our American USHL Draft Rankings/National Top 300. Staff from across the US have been putting this list together for the past year having seen…
CHL Bans Russian Players from Import Draft
On Wednesday, the CHL made the announcement that Russian and Belarusian players will be ineligible for this year’s CHL Import Draft on July 1. The ban comes as a result…