One of the top ‘03-born commitments in the nation has decommitted from Michigan and will play at Notre Dame next season. Finlay Williams has signed an NLI to play for…
Scouting Reports
Hockey Returning at MCLA
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts announced on Thursday that the school was going to bring back its men’s hockey program and they would also start a new women’s hockey program…
New England District Select 16 and 17 Camp Top 80
Bumped up by a couple of months, New England ran its Regional Selection Camp in early April at New England Sports Village in Attleboro. The 10 players selected from each…
BCHL Playoffs: Wenatchee Wild vs Salmon Arm Silverbacks. Game Seven. Top 13
BCHL: April 11, 2022 ; Single Game Report, Playoffs Neutral Zone Scouting evaluated the BCHL playoff game (7) between the Wenatchee Wild and the Salmon Arm Silverbacks. A do-or-die game for…
OJHL: North York Rangers vs Toronto Jr. Canadiens
OJHL April 16th, 2022 Neutral Zone was able to watch the OJHL matchup between the North York Rangers and the Toronto Jr. Canadiens. An extremely close game all the way…
Augustana Tabs Raboin as First Head Coach
Garrett Raboin, an assistant coach a Minnesota for the last four seasons, has been named the first head coach at Augustana. Augustana, which is located in Sioux Falls, S.D., is currently…
U16 AAA: OMHA Championship. Top 115
U16 AAA – OMHA Championships; Sixteen Mile Sports Complex; Oakville, ON The U16 AAA 2022 OMHA Championships Tournament featured the top 8 teams in the OMHA this season. Four teams…
NZ Announces Upcoming Draft Shows & Rankings Releases
The NZ Scouting staff has put together a list of upcoming events in preparation for the USHL and OHL Drafts later this month. NZ will host a live OHL Draft…
USA U14 Nationals: Top 200
Neutral Zone attended every minute of every day of the U14 National Championship in Chicago Illinois. Games were played two at a time in the same rink so we moved…
USA U16 Nationals: Top 175. 103 Forwards, 61 Defensemen, 11 goalies
Neutral Zone headed out to Rochester, Michigan to watch the U16 USA Hockey Nationals from March 30th-April 4th. The BK Selects were crowned as the National Champions going 6-0, defeating…
One of the Top ’04 Recruits Back on the Market
Cole Spicer is back on the market after he decommitted from North Dakota, according to Brad Elliott Schlossman of The Grand Forks Herald. We had Spicer projected as a 2023…
U18: Chicago Mission vs Calgary Flames Macs Midget Tournament
4/6/22 Chicago Mission vs Calgary Flames Neutral Zone scouted Day 1 of the Macs Midget tournament in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Today’s game featured Chicago Mission, the one US invite to…
MJHL Playoffs Round 1: Dauphin vs Swan Valley and Steinbach vs Selkirk. Six Games
MJHL Playoffs Round 1, March 30th – April 8th, 2022 Neutral Zone scouted the MJHL first-round series matchup between the Dauphin Kings and the Swan Valley Stampeders. Some really good…
NY Tier I State Tournament: U14, U15, U16, U18. Top 125 Evaluated and Graded
NYS State Tier 1 Tournament U18 (‘03s & ‘04s) – Amherst, NY Friday 3/11/2022 – Sunday, 3/13/2022 Six teams competed in the New York State Tier 1 U18 Tournament in…
Neutral Zone Partners with RinkNet
April 8, 2022, Rutland, VT – Neutral Zone, LLC and RinkNet announced a partnership today that will combine two of the biggest brands in the hockey scouting community. RinkNet will provide…
MIAA D1 Mr. Hockey Top 50 Watch List
We saved the best for last. We published our MIAA Top 40 D4, our Top 45 D3 and our Top 45 D2 Watch Lists, and now we are ready to tackle the top…
NZ Sponsors Next Shift WIFFLE Ball Tournament
For the past 20 years, the Travis Roy Foundation has held their annual WIFFLE Ball tournament in Jericho, VT at three scaled down replica fields of Fenway Park, Wrigley Field…
AJHL Playoff Series: Drayton Valley vs Fort McMurray. Three Games. Top 18
AJHL: March 23rd, 26th, 29th Neutral Zone was able to watch the last three games in the AJHL playoff series between the Drayton Valley Thunder and the Fort McMurray Oil…
BCHL Playoff Series. Two Games. Trail vs Penticton. Top 20
BCHL: April 1-2, 2022 NZ attended the BCHL playoff games between the Trail Smoke Eaters and the Penticton Vees. Game 1: A game 1 upset for the Trail Smoke Eaters…
SJHL Playoffs: Notre Dame vs Estevan; Two Games. Flin Flon vs Battlefords; Two Games. Top 30
SJHL: March 18-19, 2022; Multi-Game Report Neutral Zone Scouting watched the SJHL game between the Notre Dame Hounds and the Estevan Bruins, game 1 and 2 of SJHL playoffs. Game…
Stonehill going D-I next season
Stonehill College, a small private Catholic college in Easton, Mass., has become the newest member of Division I men’s hockey. Stonehill is elevating its entire athletic department to Division I…