Neutral Zone was in attendance for the Liberty Bell Games Florida Showcase from June 17-19, located at the Florida Panther’s Ice Den Training Centre, the location of the practise facility…
Scouting Reports
NCAA Coaching Roundup
Minnesota hired one of the top assistants in the nation, Steve Miller, to replace Garrett Raboin on the coaching staff. Miller, who was previously at Ohio State, will serve as Minnesota’s associate head…
U.S. WJC Team Adds Players to Camp Roster
Ahead of next month’s 2022 World Junior Championship, which was rescheduled from January, Team USA will reportedly be without two of its players. According to Chris Peters, forward Chaz Lucius…
NCAA: Brink to Wisconsin, Goalies for Minnesota, RPI
The latest D-I NCAA commitments are below. Before we get to the names, here’s a refresher on how star ratings are formalized … Weight of Star Rating 20% Historical Performance…
Recent CHL Signings
As CHL drafts both entry and import are now concluded we are into the summer months. Signings of players are in full swing with teams preparing and shaping their rosters…
NCAA: Trinity Adds a 3.5-Star Goalie for 2022
The latest D-II/III commitments are below. Before we get to the names, here’s a refresher on how star ratings are formalized … Weight of Star Rating 20% Historical Performance –…
NCAA: Colorado College, Merrimack, UVM, Mankato add new recruits
Below are the latest D-I commitments from college hockey. Here’s a refresher on how star ratings are formalized … Weight of Star Rating 20% Historical Performance – how the player…
Lucius Announces Commitment to Wisconsin
Forward Cruz Lucius, who was drafted by the Carolina Hurricanes in the fourth round (#124) of last week’s NHL Draft, also announced last week that he had committed to Wisconsin…
Hunter Bischoff Commits to Augustana
By Juliette Connors In October of 2021, Augustana University announced the addition of a hockey team. They were to be the first and only D1 hockey program in South Dakota. …
Neutral Zone’s Bantam Development League Offers a Unique Approach to U14 Hockey
By Juliette Connors The Bantam Development League (BDL), run by Ian Moran and Bob Deraney, was developed in 2022. It consists of 30 sessions over the course of 10 weeks,…
New England District Select 15 Camp Top 40
With only a couple of weeks to spare the local talent evaluators flocked to Keene, NH for the Select 15 Camp for New England prospects to decide who was headed…
QMJHL Draft Final Rankings: Top 250
Neutral Zone’s QMJHL Draft scouts have released the QMJHL Draft Final Rankings before the draft begins. The 6-man crew throughout Eastern Canada, led by veteran USport and CHL coach Murray…
Roster and Scouting Reports on the 2022 U.S. Under-18 Hlinka Gretzky Cup Team
USA Hockey announced today the 24-player roster for its 2022 U.S. Under-18 Men’s Select Team which will compete at the 2022 Hlinka Gretzky Cup in Red Deer, Alberta, July 31-August…
Exposure Hockey All-Star Weekend Top 50 2008s
Each year, Matt Miles and the fine folks at Exposure Hockey put on one of the best events to catch high level bantams from the Northeast and this year we…
Liberty Bell Games: Top 85
Neutral Zone was in attendance for this year’s Liberty Bell Games tournament in Wayne, NJ, held from June 15th- June 17th. The format was a bit different this year, as…
OHF U15 Program of Excellence Oshawa Camp 80+ Evaluations
The Ontario Hockey Federation Program of Excellence Oshawa Camp is an identification camp for 2007 birth year players. All participating players are eligible for the 2023 OHL draft. This is…
College Hockey, USHL Coaching Updates
The college hockey assistant carousel is in full swing this offseason. New Michigan State head coach Adam Nightingale made two significant hires when he landed UMass associate head coach Jared…
RELM Sports College Hockey Showcase 2022 125+ Evaluations
On the weekend of Friday, May 13th-Sunday May 15th Neutral Zone was in attendance at the Relm Sports College Prospects Showcase held in Kingston, Ontario. This showcase event consisted of…
SIXTY Hockey Development Camp: 15 Quick Hits on the 2008s
We were able to catch all four 2008 teams competing in the Sixty Hockey Development Camp on Thursday afternoon from the Rinks at Exeter. As a result we pulled 15…
Introducing the Neutral Zone Quinn Robelle Interns for the Summer of 2022!
Written by Juliette Connors The Neutral Zone team is proud to announce the addition of seven new interns, Andrew Beran, Chase Rochon, James Lusher, Juliette Connors, Jack Goodman, Brandon Wells,…
2023 OHL Draft: 75 Early Standouts from Ontario
COVID cancellations prevented NZ from seeing some players in the rising u15 pool. Our Ontario scouts have started to catch up and here is a first look at players that have…