Neutral Zone covered the Selects Showcase the weekend of June 24th through June 27th that took place in Rochester, NY. All of the games were played at the Bill Grays…
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University of Minnesota Camp
The University of Minnesota hosted their annual girls hockey clinic on their campus at Ridder Arena, home to the Gopher Women’s team. There were two teams of 18 players and…
High Performance Girls 15: St. Cloud
The High Performance 15s were in action again June 9th through the 11th in St. Cloud Minnesota. St. Cloud played host and welcomed the best 102 girls from all over…
The Shock Doctor Tournament Recap
The 2017 Shock Doctor Tournament took place the weekend of June 9th-11th in Minnesota. At this tournament, Neutral Zone focused on the 14’s age group. All games were played at…
Independent Classic Recap
From May 18th to the 21st, Neutral Zone was back in action watching even more talent in Minnesota for the annual Independent AAA Hockey Classic. There were several age groups,…
Abby Ruggiero Commits to Cornell for 2020
After fielding interest from several Division 1 programs, including Cornell, Yale, Harvard, Holy Cross, and Mercyhurst,15-year old prospect Abby Ruggiero of the Buffalo Regals announced via Twitter that she had…
National Player Rankings: Class of 2018
Neutral Zone is pleased to announce our final 2018 Class National Rankings. We released our first round of rankings at the mid-way point of the season, but after the conclusion…
Minnesota High Performance Girls 15 Recap
Over the weekend of April 20-23rd Neutral Zone was at the Girls High Performance 15 Festival in Edina, MN. The festival features some of the youngest talent from across the…
National Player Rankings: Class of 2017
Neutral Zone is pleased to announce our final 2017 Class National Rankings. We released our first round of rankings at the mid-way point of the season, but after the conclusion…
Tier 1 U19 Nationals Top 45
Neutral Zone attended the USA Hockey Tier 1 Nationals the week of April 6th-10th in Rochester/Macomb, Michigan. After following the qualifying teams throughout the season, major improvements were visible in…
Tier 1 U14 Nationals Top 40
Neutral Zone attended the USA Hockey Tier 1 Nationals the week of April 6th-10th in Rochester/Macomb, Michigan. After following the qualifying teams throughout the season, major improvements were visible in…
Tier 1 U16 Nationals Top 45
Neutral Zone attended the USA Hockey Tier 1 Nationals the week of April 6th-10th in Rochester/Macomb, Michigan. After following the qualifying teams throughout the season, major improvements were visible in…
CCM High Performance 16&17 Festival Recap
Minnesota’s High Performance Festival was in action the weekend of March 31st – April 2nd in Plymouth, Minnesota. It played host to some of the best 16 and 17-year-old players…
PWHL Final Four Recap
Neutral Zone spent the weekend of March 24-26th at the Provincial Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) Final Four. The four teams represented were: Oakville Jr. Hornets, Toronto Jr. Aeros, Durham West…
World Sports School Challenge Recap
Over the weekend of March 16th-19th, Neutral Zone traveled to Winnipeg, MB to scout the Female World Sports School Challenge. The Tournament was held at Winnipeg’s MTS Iceplex, and was…
Q&A with Tim Manastersky, Head Ontario Scout
After Jess Cameron was hired as the Director of Women’s Hockey in May of 2016, she began her international search for qualified scouts to build the women’s scouting team. Of…
US National Women’s Hockey Team vs. USA Hockey
A battle that has been brewing for over a year has finally spilled over this week when the National Women’s Hockey team, very publicly, called out USA Hockey for…
NE Prep D2 Final: Worcester v. Gunnery
Neutral Zone headed to Andover Academy for the Division 2 Prep Championship game on Sunday, March 5, 2017 between Worcester Academy and The Gunnery. Worcester won 5-3 and controlled…
NE Prep D1 Final: New Hampton v. Kent
Neutral Zone headed to Andover Academy for the Division I Prep School Final. Both teams showed up and played a good game. New Hampton scored their game winner with…
Press Release: Women’s Hockey Launch
Press Release For Immediate Release: March 6, 2017 Media Contact: Jess Cameron, Director of Women’s Scouting, 802-989-3133, jcameron@neutralzone.net Neutral Zone, LLC launches first-of-its-kind women’s hockey scouting website Site covers top…
NCAA DI Analytics: What makes a DI player?
While Neutral Zone is best known for its scouting, news and rankings, we also provide analytics for coaches, players and parents. In this study we aim to identify what…