January saw a number of high quality Canadian players sign commitments to USports schools as well as NCAA programs and three American players too. McGill University, St. Francis Xaiver, and…
U19/ Junior
Wizards Holiday Invitational – U19 Division – 2022
After the December holiday break, the East Coast Wizards held their annual Wizards Holiday Invitational for the U16s and U19s. We focused on the U19s, which consisted of three divisions…
Mandi Schwartz Memorial Tournament – 2022
Once again, the Annual Mandi Schwartz Memorial Tournament in Wilcox, Saskatchewan attracted a lot of scouts from across North America to see 16 teams of primarily western Canadian girls. Sixteen…
U19 Little Caesars vs Windy City
Neutral Zone was in attendance this weekend for the matchup between U19 Little Caesars squad and Windy City. Game one was a hard fought game with Little Caesars taking home…
December Commitments: Five NCAA and Eight USports
Maisey Bojarski (★★★★) – Commits to University of Vermont ’24 The excellent skating ability of the Appleton, WI native will be on display for the University of Vermont. She is…
Turkey Trot Tournament – 2022
The 2022 Turkey Trot Tournament took place on Thanksgiving holiday weekend in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. There were plenty of close games and lots of exciting moments over the course of…
NIT – U19 Division – 2022
Another amazing turnout for the 2022 National Invitational Tournament. With teams flying in from Canada, neighboring states, and as far away as Alaska, every area was represented. Neutral Zone was…
USA Canada Cup U19 – Detroit, MI – 2022
Neutral Zone was in attendance in Detroit for the US portion of the USA/Canada Cup tournament. Our scouts concentrated on the U16 and U19 levels of the American teams and…
Stoney Creek University Showcase 2022
Throughout the month of September, Neutral Zone was in Hamilton, ON to cover the 3 Stoney Creek Showcases. These tournaments serve as the start of the hockey season every year…
59 College Commitments Round Out October
Neutral Zone’s records are showing a busy month of November for NCAA and USport schools as they committed 59 players in 31 days. Many of these players our scouts have…
PIP Labor Day Tournament – U19
From September 2nd – 4th, Neutral Zone attended Labor Day Tournaments in both Pittsburgh, PA and Wellesley, MA. The following is our scouting report from the U19 Division of the…
NAHA Labor Day 2022 – U19 Division
From September 2nd – 4th, Neutral Zone attended Labor Day Tournaments in both Pittsburgh, PA, and Wellesley, MA. The following is our scouting report from the U19 Division of the…
Ontario U22 End of 21/22 Season Report
Throughout the course of the 2021/2022 season, Neutral Zone traveled all over Ontario to scout the OWHA U22 league. The following is the most comprehensive report ever written on this…
2022 U19 Red – Beantown Classic
This weekend our scouts found themselves in Marlborough Massachusetts for the Women’s Beantown Classic. We only focused on the Futures Red U19 division, which included 56 teams in 4 separate…
U18 Worlds USA/CAN Pre-Tournament Report
The IIHF U18 Women’s World Hockey Championship is set to take place in Madison, WI from June 6th-13th, 2022. After the cancellation of last year’s event, we are thrilled to…
Stoney Creek 2021 – Top 100 U22’s
From October 15-17th, 2021 Neutral Zone was in Stoney Creek to scout 60 teams from across Ontario. The tournament typically runs 3 consecutive weekends in September, hosting teams from across…
Pittsburgh Multi-Team Weekend U16 and U19
From January 21st through the 23rd, Neutral Zone was in attendance at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex for three days of Girls U19 and U16 games. A great weekend that…
EC Wizards Holiday Invitational 2021 – All Star Team
December 27-30, scouting took place on both sheets of the Edge Sports Center in Bedford, MA. This event had two age brackets with four divisions in each bracket, a total of…
2021 NGHL Columbus Day (MA) Showcase 19U
October 9-11, scouting took place at Lawrence Valley Forum Arena, Haverhill Valley Rink, and Chelmsford Arena. This event had three age brackets. Included in this 19U report are a couple of additional…
Western Canada Rankings: Class of 2022
Neutral Zone has put together it’s first top 100 class rankings for the 2022 grad class from Western Canada. Neutral Zone created this list to help ease some of the…
2021 Pittsburgh Penguins Elite Exeter Showcase 19U
October 1-3, scouting took place at The Rinks at Exeter, NH. This report reflects five talented teams with 2021-2024 and some PG graduation players. This facility had two rinks used for this…