Every September, Stoney Creek, ON hosts 3 of the mostly highly scouted events of the season. From September 15-17th, the U22 division teams from across Canada and the United States take the ice to compete. The following is our scouting report form the U22 weekend. Players are listed in descending letter grade order beneath their team name. Players will the same letter grade are in no particular order.
Read our report from the U18 Division: https://neutralzone.com/womens/stoney-creek-tournament-2023-u18-division/
Anaheim Lady Ducks 19U
Samantha Phelan #31 (Anaheim Lady Ducks U19, G, 2024): Phelan is a stable tender who tracks and battles to make saves through screens. With great lateral movement she is quick post to post, quick down low and gets across square on backdoor passes. Phelan directs rebounds to corners, gets BIG on the shooter and holds rebounds with a quick glove. Grade: B+
Maggie Grijalva #9 (Anaheim Lady Ducks U19, G, 2024): Grijalva is calm under pressure and sees pucks well through traffic. She adjusts her positioning well to deflections or ricochets and controls rebounds very well. Grijalva challenges shooters very well and stays large on shots through tight areas. Kept them in the game with multiple saves strung together late. Grade: B
Lily Abraham #18 (Anaheim Lady Ducks U19, F, 2024): Abraham is a high IQ player who runs the offence through her on the powerplay. Very willing passer and sets up teammate with her head movement and misdirection with the puck. Grade: B-
Julia Lyrintzis #22 (Anaheim Lady Ducks U19, D, 2024): Lyrintzis plays with her head on a swivel, always looking and aware of what is happening off the puck. She stays tight with her check net front and is quick to jump into the opening when the puck is turned over. Grade: B-
Aziana Schacht #96 (Anaheim Lady Ducks U19, F, 2024): Schacht is a very solid skater with a good combination of height and strength with the puck combined with long strides. She does well to force her way inside with the puck using balance and puck shielding. Schacht effectively uses her size and strength to win puck battles along the boards. Grade: B-
Randi Ludwig #77 (Anaheim Lady Ducks U19, D, 2024): Ludwig creates opportunities in the offensive zone by winning pucks on the boards and walking off the boards to get shots on net. Grade: C+
Andre-Laurendeau
Marianne Brault #11 (Andre-Laurendeau, D, 2026): Marianne is quick and can carry the puck, and makes good on the mark passes. In the O-zone she pushes the blue line down to keep pressure in the zone, her pinches are smart and aggressive. She gets her hard shot on the net. Grade: B-
Camille Lavergne #14 (Andre-Laurendeau, F, 2026): Lavergne gets in on the forecheck to use her long reach and active stick to force errors that lead to turnovers. She uses her size effectively to carry the puck out of the zone and past center for a deep dump-in. She is strong on the PK, and wins faceoffs. Grade: B-
Elodie Boutin #16 (Andre-Laurendeau, F, 2025): Elodie is a strong quick skater, handles the puck well and can beat the D to the outside. She can change directions quickly and will take the puck to the middle of the ice. and plays hard on the boards. Grade: B-
Doryane Halle #19 (Andre-Laurendeau, F, 2025): Halle is a feisty forward with good size who plays physically. She is strong on the draw in even strength and man-advantage situations. Grade: B
Balmoral Hall
Morgan Smith #10 (Balmoral Hall, F, 2024, Bemidji): Smith plays a physical game. She takes away opponents space, pressures and pins them out on the boards to steal possession. She drives the net and gets shots on. Grade: B+
Hayley McDonald #11 (Balmoral Hall, F, 2026): Hayley is very quick and hard on the forecheck, causing turnovers, she uses her speed effectively on the PK as well. She takes on D 1v1 going wide and then leaning in to go by the defender. McDonald has strong edges to create great evasive skating. She protects the puck well in board battles, separating player from puck and maintaining her control. Her active stick interrupts the rush and intercepts passes. Grade: B+
Rowyn Ringor #13 (Balmoral Hall, F, 2024): Ringor demonstrated smart playmaking skills, setting up four goals and burying one for added measure. Grade: B+
Lauren Cherkas #1 (Balmoral Hall, G, 2025): Cherkas has a big challenge off the post. She confidently sets up pucks and plays to the puck with passes. Grade: B
Neve Cockerill #3 (Balmoral Hall, D, 2026): Cockerill pinches in a timely manner to keep the attack alive. With agility and puck control, she evades attackers, creates space for regroups and finds clearing lanes on the PK. Grade: B
Jordan Nishi #4 (Balmoral Hall, F, 2024, Merrimack): Jordan has great speed and handles the puck. She plays very well in her own end, she has good gaps and an active stick breaking up plays. She picked up a loose puck at her own blue line, beat 2 forwards in the NZ and then beat 1 D going wide. She then cut to the net and beat the goalie short-side upstairs. Nishi plays with a calm demeanor, she patiently finds space, skates lanes and dishes off tape-to-tape passes. Grade: B
Madeline Mckay #15 (Balmoral Hall, F, 2027): Madeline is very balanced and quick, she can handle the puck and posses it in the O-zone. Her shot is hard and accurate with a quick release. She battles very hard on the boards for her size. Grade: B
Julianna deGroot #8 (Balmoral Hall, D, 2025): deGroot forechecks with speed and intensity. She skated through the zone, maneuvering through opponents and getting off a quality shot. Grade: B-
Abby Pineau #12 (Balmoral Hall, D, 2024): Pineau protects the puck very well with evasive turns, puck protect stature and finding open lanes. Grade: B-
Braya Kapusta #16 (Balmoral Hall, F, 2026): Kapusta jumped on a rebound in the slot barring it with a quick one-timer. Grade: B-
Linnea Misner #17 (Balmoral Hall, D, 2025): Linnea is a strong skater and is very physically strong. She plays good gaps and good stick work. Her awareness in the d-zone is very good and she is strong in front of the net. Misner does well with making Tape-to-tape passes to create opportunities. Grade: B-
Makenna Williment #20 (Balmoral Hall, F, 2025): Makenna is a fast skater, who is fast in, on the forecheck and wins races to dumped in pucks. She is a physical player with a high level of compete on every shift. She support the D-zone well and is willing to get in the shooting lanes. Williment drives the net with speed. She gets pucks to the net with a solid in-stride shot. Driving through the neutral zone she controlled and dished off a one-handed pass to take the zone. Grade: B-
Celeste Pelletier #31 (Balmoral Hall, G, 2026): Pelletier is quick on rebounds. Grade: B-
Barrie Jrs
Paige McGuire #23 (Barrie Jr. Sharks, F, 2024): Paige is a fast skater who can carry the puck on the rush. Her speed will push the D back and create space. She is first in on the dump in. She will carry the puck into the zone, and turn up and look for a lat comer. McGuire is a relentless force on the ice, particularly when it comes to her forechecking. She has a remarkable ability to disrupt opposing players, often capitalizing on their errors to steal pucks. Once in possession, she utilizes her patience and skill to maintain control of the puck, positioning herself in high-scoring areas. Her shots on goal are marked by precision and power, and she has a knack for snapping off quick and accurate shots that challenge goaltenders and create scoring opportunities. Her strong work ethic is evident as she consistently positions herself in the right places to chase loose pucks, engage opposition puck carriers, and capitalize on rebounds, showcasing her unwavering determination and tenacity. Her vision on the ice allows her to identify open teammates, threading precise passes to set up scoring chances. She grabbed a loose puck in the corner to come out and fire a low wrister blocker side to light the lamp. One the rush McGuire picked up a crisp pass and sniped top glove from the dots. Grade: A-
Teagan Pare #28 (Barrie Jr. Sharks, D, 2024): Teagan shows good speed and is aggressive when pinching down the wall. She is quick back to pucks and gives herself time. She will use her partner. For D2D passes to create time and a passing lane up ice. In the O-zone she will take the puck hard of the side wall. Pare is a powerful skater, demonstrating great speed as she received a pass at the defensive blueline and navigated her way through the neutral zone, ultimately gaining the offensive zone. Her offensive capabilities are evident when she carries the puck deep into the offensive zone, showcasing her ability to make precise passes that set up her linemates for scoring opportunities. Pare positions herself at the point to unleash her slap shot, in both even-strength and power play situations, which can create scoring chances. Defensively, Pare excels with her stick checking and the ability to angle puck carriers to the boards, which often leads to her successfully stealing the puck. Her confidence in handling the puck and escaping pressure is evident as she navigates through the neutral zone for smooth entries into the attacking end. Her versatility as an option, whether dropping in or moving in from the point to unleash wristers, is an asset. Pare is a strong defender who contributes to her teams offence. With speed, agility and strong puck skills, she stole the puck and skated it up on a rush. Gave a give – n – go pass hammering the returned pass on net for a deflection goal. Her second point contribution of the game came when she jumped into the play, skated it through and crashed the net sliding it past the tender. Defensively she battles effectively in front of her net, is quick to pucks and initiates the breakout with a variety of pass options (flip pass to NZ, sauce pass up the middle, tape-to-tape pass to the outlets), she holds the line in the offensive zone and distributes the puck well from the blue line. Grade: A-
Aleiyah Sutton #34 (Barrie Jr. Sharks, F, 2024): Aleiyah is well balanced skater and is physically strong. She move and finds herself open ice in the in the O-zone. Her wrist shot comes off a quick release and is accurate. Sutton has a nice touch around the net. She found a loose puck in a goalmouth scramble to snap one home and deflected a point shot to light the lamp for a second goal. Sutton plays a heads-up gave and has a great passing touch. She assisted on her teams 1st goal with a crisp pass on the rush. Grade: A-
Brooke Judkiewicz #21 (Barrie Jr. Sharks, F, 2024): Her game is characterized by her strong skating ability, using her smooth stride to great effect on the ice. Her skill in the faceoff circle is particularly notable, consistently winning a high percentage of draws to provide her team with essential possession advantages. Her puck control and handling are marked by finesse and poise, making her a reliable playmaker who can maneuver in tight spaces with ease. Her soft hands are especially valuable in these scenarios, allowing her to maintain control in high-pressure situations and make precise plays. In front of the net, Judkiewicz excels at finding open spaces, enabling her to create deflection opportunities on point shots. She received a pass to dangle through net-front traffic and find the back of the net with a sweet backhander for a shorty. Grade: B+
Amelia Wilkinson #45 (Barrie Jr. Sharks, G, 2024): Wilkinson contributes to team play in multiple ways. She confidently plays the puck, passing it up to wingers. Wilkson son moves smoothly post to post and sticks with the puck. She follows the play with a challenge and uses her quick legs and flared butterfly to stop shots down low. Wilkinson made a huge breakaway save, staying with the shooter and beating her to the post. Grade: B+
Haley Beckett #73 (Barrie Jr. Sharks, F, 2024): Haley has good size and plays hard on the boards, she can pick up passes well off the boards. She can handle the puck well and make some sauce passes. She will turn her body to be in good shooting position. Her slap shot is a valuable tool in her offensive kit bag. She can crush a one-timer from the high slot on the powerplay to create opportunities and she can step into one on the fly to create rebounds for scoring chances. The forward battles hard in the corners. She forechecks hard with aggressiveness and is able to contain opponents. She supports back well, taking care of her own zone. Plays at a very high tempo to raise the pace and competitive level of those around her. Her speed and agility make her forecheck tough to handle and put a lot of pressure on opponents. She has a hard shot and takes every opportunity to get it off, driving the net, shooting in stride and while under pressure she repeatedly gets pucks to the net. Grade: B+
Ruby Mitchell #3 (Barrie Jr. Sharks, D, 2024): Mitchell crushes pucks on net with her slap shot from the point and buries a few on the fly. She gains zone entries to go deep and find an open teammate with a smooth pass. The defender does a good job taking the body to separate the player from the puck. Mitchell maneuvers well to control the gap at both blue lines. She controls the offensive blue line with timely pinches to keep the attack going. She is quick to get the puck off the boards and into a shooting lane. She stands opponents up at her blue line to spoil their attack. Grade: B
Mae Severn #9 (Barrie Jr. Sharks, F, 2026): Severn has good size and plays physically. She stays aware during the play and covers for the D when they drop in on the attack. Severn drove the net to stuff home a rebound for a well-earned powerplay goal. Severn drives the net and gets shots off quickly while in stride, handcuffing goaltenders. Grade: B
Sonia Mehta #10 (Barrie Jr. Sharks, D, 2026): Sonia is quick in just a few strides. She battles hard in front of the net and is effective for her size. She played multiple 1 on 1 and 2 on 1 successfully. She is back to pucks quickly and turns it up ice quick. Mehta moves the puck back and forth smoothly with her partner. She ripped a low snap from the point to set up a tip-in goal. She showed fast speed up the wing to drive pucks to the next zone. She make quick and smart transition passes in the neutral zone. Grade: B
Sasha Siska-Humphries #12 (Barrie Jr. Sharks, D, 2025): Siska-Humphries is an agile and versatile player who has the ability to step around defenders and make her way to the net for quick shots. Siska-Humphries consistently delivers crisp, tape-to-tape passes, facilitating smooth breakouts and creating opportunities for her teammates. On top of her playmaking abilities, she showcases her smooth skating skills by effortlessly weaving through opposing players, gaining entry into the offensive zone, and setting up her teammates. Her hard wrist shot from the point and precise passing make her a valuable asset to her teams offensive and defensive efforts. Grade: B
Morgan Arscott #13 (Barrie Jr. Sharks, D, 2024): Arscott gets pucks through traffic and to the net for chances with a quick snap or a hard slap shot from the point. She uses her long reach and active stick to her advantage, pinching successfully and keeping pucks in to maintain pressure in the attacking zone. With good speed, Arscott effectively wins puck races by taking the lane to the puck and not allowing her opponent access. Grade: B
Taliya Hildebrandt #53 (Barrie Jr. Sharks, D, 2024): Hildebrandt is an agile puck-moving defender. She moves the puck back and forth smoothly with her partner, steps around oncoming checkers to make precise passes to open teammates, and finds the seam on the powerplay to thread a pass for scoring opportunities. Grade: B
Jordan Redden #8 (Barrie Jr. Sharks, F, 2025): Redden accelerates into the zone, quickly taking away time and space from opponents and causing turn-overs. Grade: B-
Meagan Houle #17 (Barrie Jr. Sharks, F, 2025): Houle uses a strong stick check to steal pucks in the neutral zone and gain the attacking end to drive the net for shots on goal. She battles in front of the net to create traffic, cause chaos, and screen the keeper. On the PK, she is frequently first to the puck on a chip and chase. Grade: B-
Olivia Urbach #92 (Barrie Jr. Sharks, F, 2025): Urbach battles hard in all situations, causing chaos, winning pucks below the red line, and gaining space in front to cause traffic and create chances. Her passes are crisp and on target. Grade: B-
Belle Tire 19U
Kailee O’Connor #11 (Belle Tire U19, F, 2025): O’Connor uses her speed on the forecheck to create pressure on the defensemen and cause turnovers. She has smooth hands and is able to maneuver her way out of trouble with ease. O’Connor can pass well and look to make unselfish plays with the puck. She uses her points well to get shots on goal, and she creates heavy traffic in front of the net when needed. Grade: B
Dani Denhof #17 (Belle Tire U19, D, 2025): Denhof is a strong positional defensemen who makes hard, crisp, accurate passes to her teammates all over the ice. She has a hard, low point shot, which allows her forwards to get to the net and redirect or tip her shots with ease. Grade: B
Kendall Best #28 (Belle Tire U19, F, 2024): Best is a point-producer for her team, as she is able to generate many offensive chances for Belle-Tire, Her combination of speed and tenacity on the puck makes her hard to play against. She is a smart player around the net as well, as she demonstrates a strong ability to convert on her chances. She raises her game in big moments, being the lone-goal scorer in a 1-0 win against Edouard-Montpetit. Grade: B
Julia Richardson #9 (Belle Tire U19, F, 2024): Richardson is a hard worker who can pass well. Her passes are always on the tape and she allows her linemates to never slow down when she passes to them, which is an elite skill. Julia can find open ice in the high slot, and get good, quick shots off that are able to create rebounds for her team. This is how a couple of her assists were created. Grade: B-
Abby Pieper #20 (Belle Tire U19, F, 2023): Pieper is a good playmaker who sees the ice well. She pushes the pace and helps Belle-Tire play with a quick transition game. She is unselfish and hard-working down low, and she is willing to drive the puck wide and cut into the front of the crease in a fearless manner. Grade: B-
Adriana Pezzutti #22 (Belle Tire U19, F, 2024): Pezzutti is strong in the faceoff circle and battles hard all the time. She is not afraid to go into the corners or battle in front of the net. On the PK, she takes good angles on the forecheck and gets in shooting lanes, blocking shots from getting through. Grade: B-
Libby Lane #61 (Belle Tire U19, F, 2024, Norwich): Lane is a small forward who uses her speed and agility to breakaway from the opposition. She drives the net hard and forechecks with authority. Grade: B-
Sarah Myzuik #91 (Belle Tire U19, F, 2025): Myzuik is a quick skater who uses her speed to make her opponents reach to try and get the puck from her. She drew a penalty using her speed. She makes good heads up passes and has a quick release, hard shot. She has a good net front presence and was able to bury a PP goal in front. Grade: B-
Maya Jerome #94 (Belle Tire U19, D, 2024): Jerome is a smart player who sees the ice well, finding opportunities to jump on the offensive side, such as driving the back door lane on the PP. Defensively, she keeps a good gap on the rush and uses her body to separate her opponents from the puck. Grade: B-
Biggby 19U
Chelsea Wilkerson #14 (Biggby Coffee U19, F, 2024): Wilkerson is a hard worker. Hustles in as F1 and forces the opponent to make a decision. She can take away space from opponents and draw pressure to her, away from the puck carrier. Most hardworking player on the roster. Draws penalties. Grade: B
Sophia Sidell #48 (Biggby Coffee U19, G, 2024): Good sized goalie. Fills holes well. She tracks pucks with good depth in net. Her positioning is square, has accurate gloves and a strong stick. Confident saves and able to give her team a lot of hope vs some of the powerhouse Canadian teams. Grade: B
Jenna Hassell #20 (Biggby Coffee U19, F, 2025): Hassel is an offensive driver for Biggby, creating many scoring chances for her team through quickness of her shot, and high level hockey IQ. Grade: B-
Grace Moeggenborg #21 (Biggby Coffee U19, F, 2024): Moeggenborg has a quick shot release and she can cut to the middle of the smoothy and with confidence in the offensive zone. Her shot only takes a split second to get off, and goalies oftentimes struggle to read them when she shoots through bodies/traffic. She works hard and competes down low, winning various key 50/50 puck battles. Grade: B-
Madison Farris #10 (Biggby Coffee U19, D, 2022): Farris is a defensive-minded defender who takes care of her own net first. She ensures that her goalie can clearly see shots from the point that come through so that they can make the save. She hustles hard and competes to box out opposing players who are looking to gain inside positioning. Grade: C+
Mackenzie Huber #23 (Biggby Coffee U19, F, 2024): Huber is smart and quick with the puck on her stick. Can skate it out or make a smart pass, either way she is consistent in entering the next zone. Grade: C+
Camryn Schwartz #24 (Biggby Coffee U19, G, 2024): Schwartz has great technique and mobility in the net. She can slide from post-to-post very quickly, and her desperation saves keep her team close within games. Grade: C+
Bluewater Hawks Jr./U22
Kelly Hubert #5 (Bluewater Jr. Hawks, F, 2023): Hubert, a post grad, had an excellent tournament, leading the offense with five goals and one assist. Grade: B+
Reagan Samson #4 (Bluewater Jr. Hawks, D, 2024): Reagan has good size and is a strong quick skater, she jumps into the rush. She makes good aggressive pinches, she is aggressive in 1v1 play. She plays every shift with a high level of compete. Grade: B
Molly Battram #8 (Bluewater Jr. Hawks, F, 2024): Molly is quick and plays with some grit and a nasty streak. She has a strong work ethic which makes her an effective penalty killer. She takes the puck hard to the net. Grade: B
Hayden Summers #19 (Bluewater Jr. Hawks, D, 2025): Summers uses her size to her advantage to protect the puck at the offensive blueline when under pressure. She moves into position to fire a hard snap from the point to create chances. The defender gets in the shooting lanes and blocks shots. Her first pass on the powerplay is crisp and on the tape to start the powerplay breakout. She is strong on the PK and effective in front of her net. Grade: B
Clara Chisholm #7 (Bluewater Jr. Hawks, F, 2024): Chisholm is a good-sized forward who plays physically, battles hard, and takes the body. Her net-front battles allow her to win rebounds for chances, her active stick creates turnovers in the neutral zone that lead to o-zone entries, and, on the forecheck, she wins pucks to send smooth passes to open teammates. Grade: B-
Olivia Battram #10 (Bluewater Jr. Hawks, F, 2024): Battram battles hard along the boards and smoothly cradles passes on the fly. She battles in a scramble to bat one in and light the lamp. Grade: B-
Haley Murphy #29 (Bluewater Jr. Hawks, F, 2025): Haley is not big, but is a strong quick skater, she uses her speed on the forecheck to force turn overs. She handles the puck well and will take the puck to the net. She is a battler on the boards. Grade: B-
Ella Willoughby #42 (Bluewater Jr. Hawks, G, 2024): Willoughby is calm and stands her ground in one-on-none situations. She covers down low with quickness and agility to handle deflections. Grade: B-
Mylie Ellis #77 (Bluewater Jr. Hawks, D, 2026): Ellis shows smart puck movement by finding breaking wingers for zone entries, setting up open teammates for scoring chances and hitting forwards on the tape to exit the zone. She fires pucks from the point through traffic and to the net for chances with a hard snap shot. Grade: B-
Estee Fodor #89 (Bluewater Jr. Hawks, F, 2024): Estee is a quick strong skater who handles the puck well, she makes smart choices and tape to tape passes. Grade: B-
Samantha Darby #55 (Bluewater Jr. Hawks, D, 2023): Darby steps up at the defensive blueline with an active stick to challenge puck carriers and deny opportunities. Her puck movement is crisp and on target. She slides a smooth first pass to the winger to start the breakout, finds the breaking winger cross-ice with a lead pass, regroups with her partner calmly when under pressure in the D-zone, and sees the seam to set up open teammates for scoring chances. Grade: C+
Brampton Canadettes Jr. U22
Rylie Kiratzis #9 (Brampton Jr. Canadettes, F, 2024): Kiratzis battles hard in the corners and below the red line. She sees the ice well, finding teammates with crisp passes on the tape. She can handle the puck on the rush and possess it for along time. She is strong on face offs. Grade: B
Daisy Varga #17 (Brampton Jr. Canadettes, F, 2024): Daisy is a good skater with good edges. She handles and protects the puck with her body. She is strong on the forecheck and is defensively responsible. She battles hard on the boards, and can find herself a good spot in the slot. Grade: B
Eden Gowing #22 (Brampton Jr. Canadettes, F, 2025): Gowing controls and handles the puck with poise when under pressure on the powerplay. She does a good job tying up on draws for her wingers to come in and grab the loose puck. Grade: B
Karly Nicholson #71 (Brampton Jr. Canadettes, D, 2024): Karly is speedy and plays with great intensity. She goes hard to the boards and is a physical player. She will carry the puck out of trouble or make a nice first pass. She can walk the blueline with the puck on the PP. Grade: B-
Anna Snyder #72 (Brampton Jr. Canadettes, D, 2025): Anna is quick and reads the ice well. She keeps good gaps and will step up at the blueline. She will carry the puck up and makes good passes to get out of her zone. She handles the puck with patience even when under pressure. Grade: B-
Burington Jr. Barracudas
Claire Murdoch #9 (Burlington Jr. Barracudas, F, 2024, UConn): She covers for the D in the o-zone. Murdoch is a dynamic player with a keen sense for finding open spaces on the ice, positioning herself perfectly for plays. Her ability to make accurate passes even under pressure showcases her poise and skill. Her speed is an asset both offensively and defensively. She can swiftly drive down the lane, creating scoring opportunities and often forcing opponents to take penalties to stop her. Her aggressive backcheck, combined with her speed and pressure, puts defensive pressure on the opposition. Receiving passes on the fly demonstrates her exceptional hand-eye coordination and agility. Her defensive contributions consistently provide solid coverage and support. Her speed and patience make her a versatile playmaker, adept at covering for her defence while also finding opportunities to contribute offensively. Murdoch received a pass on the fly and then drove the net to snipe a rocket top blocker for a beauty goal. Murdoch has great puck protection and speed. She plays a heads-up game and slides into high-scoring positions. She buried a back door pass on the power play. Grade: A
Sara Manness #8 (Burlington Jr. Barracudas, F, 2025, Minnesota): Manness is a speedster and controls the puck with poise on net drives. Her passes are quick and remarkably accurate, hitting the mark with precision. She is a force to be reckoned with in the faceoff circle, consistently coming out on top and giving her team the advantage of starting with possession. Her ability to comfortably receive passes on the fly allows her to fly past the D. Her decision-making is particularly astute during power plays, making her a key asset for man-advantage situations. Her one-timer slap shots from the off-wing are lethal and a powerful tool on the powerplay. Furthermore, her soft hands in tight spots provide her with an edge in front of the net. Her hockey IQ shines through, allowing her to make quick, precise decisions, and her rapid release keeps goalies on their toes. S.Manness is an agile skater with speed and power. She powers through the seams, driving the net to get shots off. Her strong forecheck pressure her opponents. Grade: A-
Tiyana Flores #21 (North Halton Twisters BAA, F, 2024): Flores is successful in the faceoff circle, winning battles and drawing pucks cleanly to teammates to start the play with possession. She forces errors on the forecheck, battles below the redline, and is frequently first to the puck on dump-ins, gaining possession to make a pass on the tape to an open teammate. She won a puck battle below the redline to set up a beauty goal. Flores uses her speed to drive the net. She scored on a 2v1 rush by driving the net and deking in tight. Grade: A-
Bryn Prier #44 (Burlington Jr. Barracudas, F, 2023, Quinnipiac): Prier plays with an awareness of teammates. She drives the net with purpose and nearly buried one with a net drive tip. Grade: B+
Ellie Markakis #14 (Burlington Jr. Barracudas, F, 2023, UConn): Markakis battles hard in the corners and all three zones. She hustles on the backcheck and applies good pressure to disrupt her opponents. Her puck protection on zone entries allows her to carry the puck deep and set up the attack Markakis provides reliable support positioning to her team-mates which allows her to quickly jump in on loose pucks. Grade: B+
Mackenzie Allen #48 (Burlington Jr. Barracudas, D, 2024): Allen holds the line and stands players up to keep the offensive threat alive. She quickly gets pucks to the net with a solid snapshot and looks for the pass-tip options. Her agility allows her to create space on the regroup and get the offense going with tape-to-tape passes through the neutral zone. Grade: B+
Kate Manness #20 (Burlington Jr. Barracudas, D, 2025, Minnesota): Manness is a smart puck-moving defender who sees the ice well. She shows good puck movement on the powerplay, finding the seam to send crisp, smooth passes to open teammates. Her first pass is on the tape to start the breakout and she finds breaking wingers with a precise lead pass to move the play up ice. Manness dropped in to join in on a goalmouth scramble and slam home the rebound to light the lamp. Manness distributes the puck well in the offensive zone with tape-to-tape passes. She threaded a pass through the neutral zone on the rush. She assisted a power-play goal with a backdoor pass and scored even strength with a quick-release point shot that was low. Grade: B+
Avery Holmes #17 (Burlington Jr. Barracudas, F, 2024): Holmes, quick on loose pucks after a draw, is often the first to react and secure possession. Her relentless drive to the net, whether with or without the puck, is a good asset in her tool-kit. Her ability to quickly close in on a chip and chase illustrates her speed and determination, providing ample opportunities to pressure the opposition. The quick snapshot in her arsenal not only creates scoring chances but also presents a real challenge for goalies. Her ability to control the puck with poise while navigating through defenders allows her to gain the offensive zone and initiate attacks. Her capability to receive and cradle passes seamlessly on net drives ensures she can unleash accurate and powerful shots on goal. Holmes anticipates the play well and intercepts passes. Grade: B
Lauren Mooney #33 (Burlington Jr. Barracudas, G, 2024): Mooney earned herself the shutout in this game, although not really tested. She holds the challenge on the rush and controlled rebounds well with either a clear or holding. Mooney set the puck up for defenders on the dump in, helping her team maintain possession. Grade: B
Avery Peters #34 (Burlington Jr. Barracudas, F, 2024): Peters is relentless on the forecheck, taking the body and separating the player from the puck to cause turnovers. Her passes are smooth and accurate, and she calmly cradles passes on the fly to drive the net and snap shots on goal. Peters knows her role off the face-off. She walked the hash seam the face-off and got a quick release shot on the net that gave the tender trouble. Grade: B-
Kalysta Song #81 (Burlington Jr. Barracudas, D, 2024): Song has the puck skills to pass, flip, or chip out pucks while under pressure. She finds clearing chances on the PK that kill the clock. Song keeps attackers wide on the rush. Grade: B-
Ella Humphrey #22 (Cambridge Roadrunners U18 AA, D, 2024): Humphrey contributes greatly in the offensive zone by playing a heads-up game, distributing the puck on the PP, finding shot lanes and getting low solid snap shot on target. Defensively she controls the GAP and stands players up on the blue line, takes away the lane to the net and makes accurate tape-to-tape outlet passes. Grade: B-
Cambridge Rivulettes
Kylie Kerr #20 (Cambridge Jr. Rivulettes, F, 2023): Kerr is a physically strong, playmaking forward with solid skating mechanics. She keeps her feet moving without the puck and is always probing for open space to operate. Grade: B+
Reese Reid #4 (Cambridge Jr. Rivulettes, D, 2025): Reese is strong quick skater, her hockey sense is top notch. In the neutral zone she keeps real good gaps. She has the ability to carry the puck through the NZ with speed. She makes smart choices with the puck and her passes are on the mark. Reese operates the blueline effectively on the powerplay, making crisp passes and setting up the play through her vision and decision making. She can get pucks on net from the point and steps up often to pinch the blue line and maintain possession. Grade: B
Maddy Kim #7 (Cambridge Jr. Rivulettes, D, 2026): Kim had a solid offensive presence, burying a few and setting up some as well. Grade: B
Mave O’Hagan #9 (Cambridge Jr. Rivulettes, F, 2023, St. Lawrence): O’Hagan is a very physical forward who is tenacious attacking the puck. She is solid defensively and is the main penalty killer with her effort and scrappiness. Despite her frame she is a smooth skater who can create space for herself and has great passing ability through tight windows. Grade: B
Avery Diljee #16 (Cambridge Jr. Rivulettes, F, 2024): Avery has good size and is a strong skater, she is strong positionally. She can carry the puck and is a good passer. She is strong in the face-off circle, and is defensively responsible Diljee is a strong downhill skater with strength and balance to shield the puck upon zone entry and maintain puck control. She can get going quickly for her frame and has tight handles to beat defenders in tight or to make quick passes in tight situations. Grade: B
Dayle Chinnick #18 (Cambridge Jr. Rivulettes, D, 2023): Chinnick is a strong skater who uses her speed to jump up on the attack as an option and then quickly hustle back to defend. She steps around oncoming defenders to quickly rip a snap from the point and create chances. Her cross-ice passes are crisp and on the tape. She moves well across the blueline with the puck, and is strong in 1v1 play. Grade: B
Bronwyn Langis #22 (Cambridge Jr. Rivulettes, F, 2026): Langis battles hard below the red line, wins pucks, and makes smart passes to open teammates in front. She drives hard to the net to release a quick snap and quickly hustles to retrieve any rebounds or loose pucks. As F2, she makes smart decisions to support and retrieve loose pucks. Grade: B
Sydney Hood #6 (Cambridge Jr. Rivulettes, D, 2023, Brock): Hood is a good-sized defender who plays physically and does a good job taking the body. The strong skater jumps up into the rush as an option. She controls and handles the puck with poise to make a first pass on the tape to start the breakout. Hood sniped a snap to find the back of the net and light the lamp. Grade B-
Eva Mackay #14 (Cambridge Jr. Rivulettes, D, 2023, St. Mary’s): MacKay is a good-sized defender. She is a strong skater who uses her stops and starts to escape pressure and make a crisp pass. Her puck control and handling allow her to make smooth passes in the neutral zone, hit the stretch to move the play up ice and send pucks through the seam to create scoring chances. MacKay is a smooth skating defender who can create offence with her puck control and speed along the wings. Battles hard defensively and uses her stick to check at the right time. She can win the puck and carry the puck up ice herself, and make cross ice passes to set up scoring chances. Grade: B-
Alexis Cupolo #19 (Cambridge Jr. Rivulettes, F, 2024): Cupolo is a very strong defensive forward who has a knack for disrupting the opponents offence in the neutral and defensive zones. She is a solid passer who can hit tight windows and split the defence with crisp tape to tape passes. Works the dump and chase very well as she has the speed and strength to win the puck battles, and attack the slot for shooting chances from the hash marks. Grade: B-
Kate Maloney #21 (Cambridge Jr. Rivulettes, F, 2023): Maloney is a fluid skater with good puck handling skills. She can make defenders miss in tight spaces along the boards and anticipates the flow of the play and where she should be. She has a nasty shot release from the slot and can fit shooting chances through tight windows. Grade: B-
Myriam Parnell #24 (Cambridge Jr. Rivulettes, F, 2023): Myriam has good size, speed and plays a physical game. She will take the puck to the middle of the ice, and is not afraid to drive the net with the puck. She is strong and effective on the boards. Parnell is a fluid skater with the puck and has good size and strength to be a force down low. She can make multiple defenders miss with tight handles and shiftiness with the puck. She is confident attacking vertically with the puck and can stop on a dime to collapse the defence and draw attention towards her. Grade: B-
Central York Panthers Jrs.
Cheyenne Degeer #87 (Central York Jr. Panthers, F, 2025, St. Lawrence): Degeer is great at taking pucks to the net. She works hard to win every race and every battle and most the time ends up coming out with the puck. She always is looking for a play and makes simple decisions. She plays the whole 200ft game and a solid player both offensively and defensively. Degeer has a nice touch around the net. She received a pass at the top of the goalmouth to chip one in and stole the puck on an aggressive forecheck to shoot and bury the rebound for a sweet shorty. Plays at a high tempo. She makes creative choices in odd man situations that she delivers on. She is gritty in front of the net and also effective in the slot. Extremely productive with catch and release or tip chances. Grade: B+
Hailey Maguire #97 (Central York Jr. Panthers, D, 2024, Dartmouth): Maguire is excellent at holding the blue line. She will do whatever it takes to make sure the puck stays in deep. She makes quick plays to help her team get up ice. She always makes sure the puck either gets to the net or down low. She is extremely good at clearing the front of the net and picking up open players in her D-zone. Maguire snagged the puck in a scramble to jam one home. She has a hard shot that make it on net. She is mobile on the blue, willing to slide down as a back door option or drive lanes for strong side shots. Grade: B+
Rhaea Flint #3 (Central York Jr. Panthers, D, 2025): Flint steps up to intercept passes and cause turnovers at the defensive blue line. She stays on the puck when under pressure at the offensive blue line. She hits the stretch pass to move the play up ice and joins the rush as an option. She has good size that generates a lot of power in her shot. She can work on quickening her release to allow her hard shots to get through more frequently. She has great backwards mobility, able to play a tight gap on fast opponents. She uses her stick well to intercept, go stick on puck, and poke. Grade: B
Zoe Li #7 (Central York Jr. Panthers, F, 2025): Li is a very consistent forward. She may not have the prettiest stride but she still moves fast. She plays her part and just makes things simple. She always looks to pass first. Li does both back checks and forechecks and often with her compete makes the opponents turn over or fumble pucks. Li is a great hard working player to watch. Li controls and handles the puck with poise to get into position, rip a quick shot on goal, and create chances. She gets inside body position to separate a player from the puck for a turnover. She is patient and willing to take space back if she needs it. Plays with her head up and is a reliable decision maker. Grade: B
Kenzington Lehman #13 (Central York Jr. Panthers, F, 2025): Lehman is a very hard working player. She has the scoring ability as well a nice long stride. She is able to bury chances given to her and is a player who will put up a fight while battling for the puck. Lehman is not the biggest player but acts like she is. She has fast speed. Can beat icings. She is a determined player who gives her full effort every shift. Grade: B
Amber Esterbrooks #24 (Central York Jr. Panthers, F, 2024, Windsor): Esterbrooks has a great accurate shot. She is a hard worker and great on the forecheck. Esterbrooks controls the puck with speed to get into open spaces and send a crisp pass to an open linemate. She gained the puck on a broken play to fire a shot on net and bury the rebound. Grade: B
Hannah Clarke #65 (Central York Jr. Panthers, D, 2023, Providence): Clarke is a very high IQ defenseman. Clarke slows down the play and does not rush plays. She makes smart quick decisions. Clarke has a great shot that mostly get through to the net. She is aggressive and has great gap control. She is a very talented player and a solid defender. She is aware and reliably uses inside body positioning to take over lanes from her opponents and win pucks. Grade: B
Ella Newman-Mixon #88 (Central York Jr. Panthers, D, 2025): Newman-Mixon has great edges. She is willing to go down low in the opponents end to battle. She has great size which helps her in battles and she uses her size to help her shoot. On the PP she is always down near the net trying to look for the rebounds. She is a very offensive defence man. Newman-Mixon uses her speed effectively to quickly retrieve pucks, wheel out of the zone and carry the puck into the attacking end for shots on goal, and get back to get into position to defend. She pinches successfully to keep pucks in and does a good job taking the body. Her first pass is smooth and on target to start the breakout. Grade: B
Avery Johnston #6 (Central York Jr. Panthers, F, 2025): Johnston is a hard worker. She competes in every battle and works her hardest every shift. She may not accomplish much but she is a reliable player for contribute to both offence and defence. She may not be the biggest but battles like she is. Johnston has a nice shot and makes simple easy plays. Role player on the penalty kill where she keeps an active stick and clears pucks. Grade: B-
Amy Clements #10 (Central York Jr. Panthers, D, 2025): Clements makes a smooth first pass to start the breakout and finds breaking wingers with a precise lead pass to gain the zone. She gets pucks through traffic and to the net for chances with a hard slap shot from the point. Executed a sweet no-look drop pass in one game this weekend that has us excited about her vision and puck skill. Grade: B-
Hannah Franz #94 (Central York Jr. Panthers, D, 2023): Franz controls and handles the puck through traffic to gain space for a crisp pass to an open teammate. She jumps up to join the rush as an option. Her slap shot gets through traffic and to the net for chances. Grade: B-
Alessia Stoikos #96 (Central York Jr. Panthers, F, 2025): Stoikos plays physically and takes the body. Her speed on the forecheck disrupts the D and forces errors. She has quick, soft hands to cradle a pass on the fly and negotiate her way through tight spots for a snap shot on goal. She is hard working to gain positioning to loose pucks. She has the grit to get shots off and battle for shooting lanes. Scored a goal vs. Team Illinois that way. Uses her body well to protect pucks. Grade: B-
Erica Buckley #98 (Central York Jr. Panthers, F, 2024): Buckley forechecks aggressively, battling below the red line and forcing errors. She drives hard to the net to rip shots on goal and has quick hands to dangle in tight. She can make the smart pass without time to set up. Grade: B-
Champlain College
Lorie Van Winden #5 (Champlain-Lennoxville, D, 2026): Van Winden does a good job from the point setting up forwards for goals. Grade: B
Naomi Morin #9 (Champlain-Lennoxville, F, 2024, Ottawa): Morin is a strong defender with active feet and stick defensively. She works the blue line well and pinches effectively to maintain zone control. She is strong on her stick defensively and gets low pucks on net from the point. Grade: B
Catherine Proulx #11 (Champlain-Lennoxville, F, 2024): Proulx is a solid defensive forward who clogs passing lanes and uses quick feet and stick to force turnovers on both ends. Works hard on the forecheck and battles in the corners for loose pucks. Proulx has solid hands and can make tight turns and changes of direction with the puck to keep the defense guessing. Grade: B
Frederike Verpaelst #14 (Champlain-Lennoxville, F, 2025): Verpaelst works well to probe for open space to receive passes and works the cycle well down low. She has a knack for knowing where to be and scored off a nice one-time shot from the slot. Verpaelst has the speed the beat defenders wide with the puck and cut inside to pressure the defence. A smart passer who can make quick passes in tight situations. Grade: B
Marie-Jeanne Gagne #19 (Champlain-Lennoxville, F, 2026): Gagne is a powerful forward with good skating for her frame. Bring effort on both ends of the ice, and does well at disrupting the opponent in the neutral zone. Did well to pressure the opponent into a neutral zone turnover and deked the goalie for a breakaway goal. Grade: B
Sandrine Larouche #22 (Champlain-Lennoxville, F, 2026): Larouche bring effort every shift and battles hard down low and in corner battles. She does well with the puck at her feet down low to use strength and balance to maintain puck possession. Larouche has solid handles in tight and uses the toe drag to create space for a pass. Grade: B
Beatrice Roger #13 (Champlain-Lennoxville, F, 2024): Roger is a tall and strong forward who is a menace on the forecheck with her speed, long strides and tenacity for the puck. Solid positionally on both ends and often forces neutral zone turnovers with positioning and defensive instincts. Grade: B-
Chicago Mission 19U
Iris Cheng #55 (Chicago Mission U19, F, 2026): Cheng, a strong skater, uses her quick hands to control and handle the puck with ease. She sees the open spaces and takes the puck to the net to quickly rip shots on goal. The forward applies good pressure when forechecking on the PK. Youngest player on the roster but plays with poise and experience. She is well balanced in her skill set, sharp passes, hard quick shots, good reads, and a tireless work ethic. Can be understated at times as she is so well positioned and good at taking care of the small details, however, she will expose space and options in front of her, making her impossible to ignore. Cheng has a bright future in the game. Grade: A
Rosie Klein #9 (Chicago Mission U19, D, 2023, Princeton): Klien has incredibly fast feet. She accelerates to top speed quickly. She is nimble and shifty all over the ice. Makes crafty plays with a high hockey IQ. Always plays with her head up, assessing ways to push the puck forward. Makes reliable and clean breakout passes and is excellent in transition. Grade: A-
Ella Pukala #77 (Chicago Mission U19, F, 2025): Pukala was a force at this event. She used her size to protect pucks and take the physical advantage all over the ice. She unleashed her powerful accurate shot to tally points. She is far more than just a goal scorer, she is creative, intelligent, and has a high end work ethic to match her skill set. Grade: A-
Carla McSweeney #44 (Chicago Mission U19, F, 2024): McSweeney, a physically strong forward, protects the puck to gain position and fire a challenging backhander on net, wins puck battles, and gets shots on goal. The forward fights below the red line. The center won a clean draw and advanced to get a quality shot on goal. Grade: B
Dallas Stars Elite 19U
Josselyn Drayson #16 (Dallas Stars Elite U19, F, 2023): Josselyn is a real strong quick skater with great hockey sense. Her anticipation is outstanding in both ends. She makes accurate tape 2 tape passes. She is an outstanding stick handler with real creativity with ability to beat defenders in 1v1 plays. To go with it she has a quick release and hard shot. Grade: B-
Aspen Lukasezck #26 (Dallas Stars Elite U19, F, 2024): Lukasezck can put the puck in the net and find herself in optimal areas of the ice to potentially score. This is a testament to her high hockey IQ, as she is able to get shots through in traffic and play with a “shoot-first” approach. She competes hard and uses her shot to her advantage during 1-on-1 play with opposing defenders. Grade: B-
Tessa Moore #2 (Dallas Stars Elite U19, D, 2025): Tessa is tall quick and mobile, She likes to stand up at the O-zone blueline and force the puck up the wall. Her size and reach help her to cover a lot of area in the D-zone. She gives up her body to block shots and is an effective penalty killer. Grade: C+
Dawson College
Hailey Neil #4 (Dawson College, D, 2025): Tall defender who is strong on her skates. Puts her body in good position to block the lane and can protect the puck with her physicality. Players bounce off of her. Can deliver passes through a tight seam accurately. Grade: B/+
Lea Salem #13 (Dawson College, F, 2024): Quick player with smooth and nifty hands. She keeps her head up so she can see through space. She is smooth around the offensive zone while maintaining possession. Quickly attacks through lanes that open up. Grade: B
Robyn Peck #77 (Dawson College, F, 2025): Peck has quick feet and she is able to accelerate quickly and play with agility. She has a high motor, working hard off the bench to raise the pace and win possession. Plays with her head up and finds reliable options. Grade: B
Delta Prep Green
Maisie Cope #29 (Delta, G, 2025): Cope is an agile tender with many strengths in her game, she held her team in the game against a strong opponent. She consistently reacts and adjusts to the play, moving smoothly to stay with the puck. She is quick to close down the angle on shooters by getting out on the play. With an active stick, she pokes and deflects passes coming from behind the goal line. She tracks the puck well through traffic, enabling her to make numerous big stretch saves with the glove and blocker. She anticipates well, making good decisions about when to commit and when to wait. She stoned her opponent on a high-speed rush, going post to post sending a gasp in the audience. Grade: A
Scarlett Jones #10 (Delta, F, 2024): Great edges and smooth skater. Very good on outside of ozone, keeps possession with puck protection and uses her speed to keep opponents guessing. Very fast speed. Grade: B+
Mackenzie Galick #2 (Delta, D, 2025): Galick plays with patience and a calm about her. She evades pressure on the point with agile turns and strong lateral movement, creating time and space for herself to execute tape-to-tape passes and keep the offence alive. This same calmness is seen in the D-zone as she evades forecheckers and hits outlet passes tape-to-tape. Grade: B
Karington Mollin #11 (Delta, F, 2024): Keeps control through tough pressure. Released a very hard back hand shot in stride. Grade: B
Kismet Dogan #91 (Delta, F, 2024): Dogan has very silky and controlled hands. She is smaller in size and wheels around space with ease. She plays tough on pucks and shows her good hockey sense with her positioning and decision making. Grade: B
Erica Barnard #16 (Delta, F, 2025): Barnard drives the net with speed and purpose. Finding lanes and looking for opportunities to deflect shots and pounce on rebounds. She pressure the breakout and cause turn overs, quickly getting the puck to the net. Grade: B-
Audrey Church #18 (Delta, D, 2025): Church plays with her head on a swivel, showing awareness of the threat of the player without the puck by anticipating and taking away their involvement with stick checks and angling out. She battles hard in corners and net-front keeping good positioning on the opponent. Grade: B-
Madison Batch #44 (Delta, D, 2026): Batch effortlessly separates her opponent from the puck with well-timed angling, speed and strength. She controls the GAP well through the neutral zone and stands players up high in her zone to force turn overs. Grade: B-
Sadie Isfeld #71 (Delta, D, 2025): Isfeld is an offensive threat from the blue line by finding quality shot lanes and quickly releasing shots on target when under pressure. Her quick release shot gave the goaltender some trouble and created a rebound opportunity. First few steps are quick. She is able to make easy moves around pressure to start the breakout with a crisp pass. Mobile and active in ozone. Grade: B-
Katie Olfert #88 (Delta, F, 2026): Olfert is an agile skater with strong puck skills. She dangles around opponents in tight-spaced areas. Grade: B-
Lily Zohner #19 (Delta, D, 2025): Zohner holds a tight Gap through the neutral zone and steps into the play to join the rush. Grade: C+
Durham West Junior Lightning
Martina Accardi #6 (Durham West Jr. Lightning, F, 2025): Her quick stick check allows her to efficiently steal pucks from opponents, disrupting their plays and creating opportunities. Her ability to deliver precise passes that land right on the tape is a valuable asset, setting up scoring chances and maintaining offensive control. She consistently wins draws cleanly, giving her team a significant advantage in gaining possession and initiating plays. Her agility is highlighted by her quick reactions to loose pucks in the offensive zone, ensuring she can pounce on opportunities and maintain offensive pressure. Her strong net presence allows her to get her stick on the puck, and create scoring opportunities. Her tenacity in battles, whether in the corners or throughout all three zones, shows her commitment to winning puck battles and maintaining control of the game. Accardi has a laser of a shot. This snipe of a shot came off the back of the net as fast as it went in. Grade: B+
Sadie Hotles #11 (Durham West Jr. Lightning, F, 2024, UConn): Her physical style of play, ability to win battles, and willingness to take the body disrupts opponents. On the powerplay, she demonstrates her quick instincts by pouncing on loose pucks off the draw, setting her team up for advantageous offensive situations. Her ability to shield the puck on the powerplay and deliver smooth passes to her linemates creates opportunities in man-advantage situations. Aggressive forechecking is another one of her strengths, and her active stick comes into play as she aggressively pursues the puck. This leads to quick, high-quality shots on goal and can create unexpected scoring opportunities. Her determination is evident behind the net as she aggressively forechecks to generate turnovers, putting pressure on the opposing team. Her separation speed allows her to pull away from defenders, setting her up for high-quality shots on goal. This speed, combined with her exceptional vision, enables her to find open teammates with crisp passes. Her drives the net with purpose and routinely gets off high-quality shots. She is a patient player with great puck control and releases a very quick shot. Grade: B+
Kaileigh Quigg #16 (Durham West Jr. Lightning, F, 2024, Cornell): Quigg is a versatile player with a well-rounded skill set. Her smooth skating and strong stride grant her the ability to generate impressive speed, allowing her to be a force on the ice in both offensive and defensive situations. Her size becomes a valuable asset as she uses it effectively to protect the puck and drive deep into the offensive zone. Her quick release in the high slot enables her to create chances and challenge opposing goaltenders effectively. This quick decision-making and shooting ability make her a scoring threat. Quigg pounces on loose pucks in the offensive zone. She uses her soft hands to navigate tight spots and snap off shots on goal, adding a layer of unpredictability to her offensive game. The forward battles in all situations, whether it is along the boards or in front of the net. Quigg forechecks with speed disrupting breakouts and causing turnovers. She wins puck battles along the boards and is quick to get into positions that support her teammates. Grade: B+
Jessie Pellerin #27 (Durham West Jr. Lightning, F, 2024, Providence): Pellerin is a 200-foot player with a strong focus on playmaking and defensive prowess. Her faceoff skills are pivotal, consistently allowing her team to gain control of the puck and launch their plays with possession. She makes smart playmaking decisions, showcasing her keen vision by delivering crisp, accurate passes to open teammates to generate opportunities in the offensive zone. Pellerin employs an active stick to clog passing lanes and disrupt the opponents plays. Her commitment to backchecking with pressure and physicality further exemplifies her two-way game. Her ability to maintain puck control and poise under pressure is noteworthy. Her forechecking is significant, as she effectively clogs passing lanes, applies pressure, and forces errors. In the defensive zone, her positional play ensures solid coverage and support for her team. Pellerin has a strong net-front presence, she drives the net with speed and gets off quality shots forcing big saves from goaltenders. She consistently wins face-off battles allowing her team to start with possession. Defensively she takes ice away from opponents to slow the play and alter their plans. Grade: B+
Ella Klinkhammer #3 (Durham West Jr. Lightning, D, 2025): Klinkhammer puts crisp passes on the tape, sending off a winger to start the breakout, regrouping with her partner, and finding a forward breaking through the neutral zone. She creates opportunities by getting pucks to the net with her low snap shot or hard slap shot from the point. The defender carries the puck out of the zone with poise and travels through the neutral zone into the attacking end to find an incoming forward with a smooth flat pass. Grade: B
Karianne Engelbert #17 (Durham West Jr. Lightning, F, 2023, Union): Engelbert forechecks aggressively and forces errors. She has good hand-eye coordination to pick off passes in the air and turn them into scoring opportunities. Her quick release challenges goalies and creates scoring opportunities. Engelbert buried a snap from the slot. Grade: B
Zoe Ziotas #18 (Durham West Jr. Lightning, F, 2024, RIT): Ziotas controls and handles the puck with poise and confidence. Her patience with the puck allows her to get into good areas to make a smooth setup pass or rip a quality shot on goal. She gained a loose puck from a broken play to take it in and snap one home through the five-hole and buried a backhand from the low slot for a second goal. Ziotas scored a beauty goal with great off-the-puck anticipation as she drove the net looking for a rebound, picked it up then walked around a D before sliding it past a sprawled goaltender. Grade: B
Taylor Leemrijse #21 (Durham West Jr. Lightning, D, 2025): Leemrijse is a skilled player with a keen understanding of the game. She possesses excellent vision and a strong ability to read the ice, allowing her to make well-informed decisions in various situations. Her passing skills are highlighted by the smooth, tape-to-tape first pass she delivers to initiate breakouts, lead passes for wingers to skate onto, and the effortless ease with which she moves the puck back and forth with her defensive partner, showcasing her poise and control under pressure. Her willingness to jump into the rush as an offensive option while also quickly transitioning back to a defensive role illustrates her hockey IQ and strong two-way play. She engages in physical play with her ability to gain body position on opponents and take the body effectively. Her active stick, particularly on the powerplay, forces errors and creates opportunities. Her ability to get pucks through traffic and to the net, whether through a quick snap shot or a low slap shot from the point, demonstrates her offensive contributions from the blue line. Grade: B
Madison Campbell #45 (Durham West Jr. Lightning, G, 2025): Campbell controls rebounds well and is quick to recentre to the puck on any rebounds. She makes strong blocker saves, stretching to put rebounds out of harms way. Grade: B
Abigayle Poitras #58 (Durham West Jr. Lightning, D, 2024, Merrimack): Her ability to move the puck efficiently with her partner allows for seamless transitions out of the defensive zone, showcasing her poise and decision-making. With a keen eye for finding openings and threading crisp passes, she creates numerous offensive opportunities for her teammates. Defensively, Poitras employs a combination of physicality and intelligence. She uses her long reach to separate opponents from the puck effectively. Her active stick and strong positioning enable her to intercept passes and break up plays, leading to turnovers and counterattacks. On the penalty kill, she gets into the shooting lanes and blocks pucks. Grade: B
Dorothy Copetti #64 (Durham West Jr. Lightning, F, 2025): Copetti uses her size and strength to her advantage, controlling and handling the puck with poise and finesse under pressure. A strong skater, Copetti possesses the agility and speed necessary to excel in a fast-paced game. Her effective forechecking on the penalty kill disrupts opposing power plays and creates turnovers. Her physicality is a key aspect of her playing style, as she consistently takes the body to separate opponents from the puck. Copetti is a patient heads-up puck-controlling player who evades opponents with her agile skating and puck control. She dangles through opponents while under pressure and creates goal-scoring opportunities. Without the puck she finds good scoring spots, sliding into a back door position and ripping home a quick one-timer forcing the goalie to make a huge save. Grade: B
Darby Oakes #67 (Durham West Jr. Lightning, G, 2026): Oakes comes out to play the puck and sends a pass in the air to a forward up ice. She stops and sets up the puck for her D. Calm between the pipes, she tracks pucks, squares up to the shooters, and stands firm. Grade: B
Ella Inglis #72 (Durham West Jr. Lightning, F, 2024, Dartmouth): Inglis boasts both good size and speed. Her quick reaction to loose pucks in the neutral zone showcases her agility and ability to seize opportunities. She demonstrates excellent puck control and handling skills, maintaining possession and making accurate passes. In the slot, her quick release allows her to create scoring opportunities. Her willingness to engage in battles in the corners adds a physical element to her game. Inglis uses her long reach to her advantage, effectively taking pucks away from oncoming opponents. Her active stick is a key tool when backchecking, applying pressure, and stealing pucks. Inglis has ice vision, puck control and agility to be a real difference maker. Her deceptive puck control fooled the D and goaltender as she dangled into the zone, faked and sniped a beauty for her first goal. Later in the game she demonstrated her puck distribution and play-making skills as she set up some give-and-go plays, drove the net and deflected home her second goal of the game. Grade: B
Madeline McCullough #93 (Durham West Jr. Lightning, F, 2026): McCullough is a smooth skater who gets into open spaces. She can control and handle the puck with the D draped over her. Defensively, she gets in shooting lanes and blocks shots. McCullough deflected a point shot and won the goalmouth battle to jam home the rebound. McCullough has speed, puck skills and ice vision. Her general speed pressures the play and causes mistakes in opponents. She forechecks, backchecks and play-makes, having nice hands in tight and deceptive moves that keep opponents a half step behind her. Grade: B
Hayley Thompson #7 (Durham West Jr. Lightning, F, 2027): Thompson uses her speed and strength to drive the net and cause trouble. Grade: B-
Cameron Crawford #34 (Durham West Lightning U18 AA, F, 2025): Crawford battles in front to get in position to deflect point shots for chances. She uses her speed to drive the off-wing and let go a hard snap shot on goal. In the defensive zone, she pressures the point and blocks shots to take through the neutral zone and gain the attacking end. Great ice vision, agility and control to cleanly and efficiently distribute the puck. Grade: B-
Georgia Sambrano #44 (Durham West Jr. Lightning, D, 2023, Colgate): Sambrano sees the ice well as she patiently waits for an opening to feed a crisp pass on the tape to an open teammate. She steps up to break plays and intercept passes at the defensive blueline and in the neutral zone. Her active stick creates turnovers and takeaways. Hard slap shots and quick wrist shots from the point get through traffic and to the net for chances. Sambrano gets in the shooting lanes and blocks shots. Grade: B-
Sarah Steinbacher #55 (Durham West Jr. Lightning, D, 2024): Steinbacher moves the puck smoothly with her partner, regrouping behind the net, exiting the defensive zone, and across the blue line in the O-zone. She angles puck carriers into position to take the body. The defender gets in the shooting lanes and blocks shots. Steinbacher manages the blue line well, keeping pucks in and getting shots through traffic for deflections and rebound opportunities. Grade: B-
Sarah Rowe #77 (Durham West Jr. Lightning, D, 2024, Holy Cross): Rowe controls the Gap well, standing up the rush at her blue line. She is an agile skater who is consistently in a supportive position for her teammates. She finds puck lanes and jumps into the offensive threat in the O-Zone. Grade: B-
East Coast Valkyries 19U
Reese Negus #34 (East Coast Wizards U19, F, 2027): Negus is a good, quick, right-handed forward who has an accurate shot and good release on her snapshots. She plays with a fast pace and an increased level of competitiveness against her opposing team. She can score goals through high-traffic areas, and connect on her chances. She scored nice goals against New Jersey through shooting by a couple of defending bodies. Her natural goal-scoring ability helps the Valkryies produce offence. Grade: B+
Emma Walling #19 (East Coast Wizards U19, F, 2026): Walling is a 200-foot player who does not cheat the game. She competes hard on both sides of the puck and works hard down low for loose pucks. She is able to walk out from the corners and get good shots off, generating rebounds and scoring chances for her team. Walling is a dynamic forward with good skating mechanics with the puck. She does well receiving the puck on the move into a pivot to maintain speed through the neutral zone, and can beat defenders wide with speed to gain zone control. Walling is a solid passer who can hit teammates in stride up the ice, and has a wicked snapshot where she scored from the right circle. a strong player, with great iq. A deceptive puck carrier. She is able to easily cut seams, make plays to the d, or shift the dynamic of the play within special teams. She sets girls up well in the slot, and leads her line on the ice. She plays with a chip on her shoulder, being able to recover the puck well in the ozone and make players choke in the dzone. Grade: B
Maya-sofia Popova #9 (NJ Rockets U14, D, 2027): Popova activates well, uses her body to hold the blue line and is quick with her edges. Works with her partner well and is very vocal, she creates space for herself on the line, opening up lanes to shoot. She can both get a solid shot from the line or spot high chance passes in the slot. Grade: B-
Katie Johnson #22 (East Coast Wizards U19, F, 2024): Johnson can move well and pass the puck with authority. She can see the ice well and her timing is very good. She knows when to make smart decisions, whether it would be with or without the puck. Leads her team well going into the faceoff dot, she carefully analyzed opponents set up and quickly recognized to adjust her wingers, which in turn a successful demonstration of a faceoff play with her winger getting a shot off. She finds open space well and demonstrates a string f3 presence, being able to angle players well into checks. Grade: B-
Alexa Bricko #27 (East Coast Wizards U19, F, 2026): Bricko is a smooth skater with silky mitts with the puck. Often makes players miss with tight handles and crossovers through the neutral zone, and changes her angle of attack well keeping her body facing the goal and using edge work. Grade: B-
Ashley Edmonds #74 (East Coast Wizards U19, F, 2026): Ashley has great ozone presence, being able to move the puck quickly and drive into high chance areas like the backdoor or causes chaos in front of the net. She does not stop moving her feet, even along the boards in battles helping her find success. She reads the d well in the dzone, and is string on walking off the wall with the puck, to move up ice. Edmonds is a solid defensive forward who does well on the defensive end. She has an active stick and feet to disrupt opposing players and positions herself in passing lanes. Grade: B-
Edge School
Shannon Pearson #4 (Edge School Prep, F, 2025): Pearson is a physically strong forward who excels down low and in the slot. She has good puck carrying ability and can make quick stops and changes of direction with the puck to maintain possession or create new passing angles. She battles hard in front of the net as the screener and was rewarded with an easy tap in goal from her effort and strength in front. Grade: B
Brooklyn Deck #10 (Edge School Prep, F, 2025): Deck is a physically strong forward with good speed for her frame and size. She does very well shielding the puck with both hands to create time and space. Deck is a force on the forecheck with her quick feet and tenacity on the puck. Deck has good edge work with the puck and can open herself up with the puck along the wings while on the move and head up. She battles hard for loose pucks and attacks the slot with the puck for chances. Grade: B
Sade Sandilands #12 (Edge School Prep, D, 2025): Sandilands is a tall and strong defender with solid puck carrying skills for her size. She does well working along the blue line to keep the puck in the zone with timely pinching and often gets pucks on net to create rebounds. Makes solid stretch passes to wingers moving with speed and can make people miss along the blue line with quick handles and puck control. Grade: B
Samantha Baker #14 (Edge School Prep, F, 2025): Baker is a creative player with good fluidity with the puck on her stick. She is a good skater with crossovers and head up puck carrying with speed. She has quick hands to beat defenders who commit and uses the boards effectively to chip the puck to herself upon zone entry. Grade: B
Cassia Severin #17 (Edge School Prep, F, 2026): Severin is a very shifty player with the puck and has good positional awareness without the puck to make herself available on offence. Severin has nifty handles and can weave through tight areas with the puck and works the cycle down low effectively and is always probing for where the puck will end up. Grade: B
Elle Lorenz #2 (Edge School Prep, D, 2025): Lorenz is a solid defender in her own end with active stick and feet to rush the opponent and apply pressure. She is calm under pressure down low and can make stretch passes up ice to set up break-in chances. Grade: B-
Marin Jugnauth #7 (Edge School Prep, D, 2025): Jugnauth is a quick and agile defender with willingness to jump into the rush as an extra option. She makes herself available on the wings off turnovers with her speed and is calm with the puck down low and along the blue line. Grade: B-
Hannah Deck #22 (Edge School Prep, D, 2024): Deck is a great skater for a defender both forwards and backwards. Often jumps into the rush with speed and uses crossovers and long strides to gain separation and beat defenders wide with the puck. Grade: B-
Edouard Montpetit
Marie-Maxim Payette #26 (Edouard-Montpetit, F, 2026): Payette drives the offense on a shift-to-shift basis. She is able to shoot through screens and get pucks through opposing defenders. She possesses a knack for arriving at the right time in front of the net, to score goals and produce. She gets many scoring chances during games due to her high smarts and intelligence on the ice. Grade: B
Lea Turcotte #27 (Edouard-Montpetit, F, 2025): Turcotte is a leader for her team and leads by example. She never cheats for offense and is always on the correct side of the puck. She takes care of her own end first, and then can transition quickly into offense with the help of her skating quickness, and hockey IQ. She works hard down low and wins many of her 50/50 puck battles. Grade: B
Leona Tuniq-Frechette #16 (Edouard-Montpetit, F, 2026): Frechette is a quality playmaker who can pass the puck and create offensive chances for her team. She can drive the net hard, and cause havoc in front of the net. Grade: B-
Etobicoke Junior
Mackenzie Alexander #7 (Etobicoke Jr. Dolphins, F, 2024, Princeton): Alexander is an unselfish player who is a playmaker around the net. She can produce points for her team at critical times in the game, as she can always find her linemates in the high slot ready to shoot. Mackenzie is an offensive threat due to her patience with the puck, along with her hockey IQ. She is able to delay in the offensive zone and draw players to her, then dish it off for a scoring chance. She is an elite playmaker who is a top player in the U22 loop. Grade: A
Jenna Smellie #87 (Etobicoke Jr. Dolphins, F, 2024, Clarkson): Smellie is a hard worker who competes every shift. She gets around the net at the right moments and is able to convert on her chances with her quick hands and shot. Her work ethic separates her from her competitors on the ice. She is a key offensive contributor for her team. Grade: A
Emma Venusio #21 (Etobicoke Jr. Dolphins, D, 2024, Wisconsin): Venusio makes great passes out of her zone and is able to hit the Etobicoke forwards at full speed up the ice. This allows her team to play at a quick tempo and pace throughout each game. She skates very swiftly, and is smooth on her edges. Her skating technique is elite, and it compliments her playmaking ability when she jumps into the rush as a defender. Grade: A-
Reese Logan #93 (Etobicoke Jr. Dolphins, F, 2024, Minnesota Duluth): Logan possesses great size and strength on the puck, as she is able to protect it down low with ease. As she is strong on her skates, she puts herself in great scoring areas on the ice, displaying a high hockey IQ around the net. She has a great shot that can score from any distance in the offensive zone, as she compliments her high skill with a high compete level all over the ice. She plays with an edge, and is not afraid to engage physically. Grade: A-
Aynsley D’Ottavio #3 (Etobicoke Jr. Dolphins, D, 2023, Quinnipiac): D’Ottavio is a very mobile and agile defender who has a great shooting ability from the point. She can score from any distance, and get shots through with bodies in front of her. She has poise and patience with the puck in high-traffic areas, and she does not rush her decisions with the puck. She always ensures that her passes are crisp, and easy for her teammates to receive. Grade: B+
Sofia Ismael #16 (Etobicoke Jr. Dolphins, F, 2026): Ismael is a very skilled right-handed forward who can use her skating and hands to get around defenders. She is a high-end playmaker who can move very well up and down the ice. Her speed, combined with her hands, makes her a key contributor to the offence. Her vision in the offensive zone is evident, as she is able to find her linemates all over the ice. She can pass through and around sticks and feet, along with being willing to shoot when she gets the opportunity. She scored a big shootout-winning goal in the semi-final against RHA Kelowna, displaying how she can rise up to the big occasions. Grade: B+
Emma Beauchamp #29 (Nepean Jr. Wildcats, F, 2024): Beauchamp is a work-horse on the ice, using her tenacity and quick skating ability to push the pace for Etobicoke on a consistent basis. Her aggressive forechecking ability forces turnovers, and she is very effective at engaging physically down low. With this, she additionally has great skill around the net, having quick hands and smarts. She can score goals with her good moves and dekes. The combination of her quickness/tenacity with her skill makes her a lethal player that opposing teams have to keep an eye on. Defensively, she is frequently able to box players out and push them to the outside when needed. Grade: B+
Adriana Milani #43 (Etobicoke Jr. Dolphins, F, 2027): Milani is an elite playmaker. Her quickness combined with her skill makes her a threat to score or set up a teammate every shift she is on. She is a slick/smooth skater, whose game revolves around making plays and playing at a quick tempo. She is entertaining to watch simply due to her high skill level and the chemistry she has with her linemates. Defensively, she gets in shooting lanes and is willing to block shots at key moments. Grade: B+
Hannah Clark #56 (Etobicoke Jr. Dolphins, G, 2024, Minnesota): Clark comes out of her net to play the puck up to an open teammate. She has smooth lateral movement. Clark battles and recovers quickly to make big saves at timely moments in the game. Grade: B
Rachel Piggott #72 (Etobicoke Jr. Dolphins, F, 2026): Piggott uses her speed to skate on to flip passes and gain the zone. She has soft, quick hands in tight to bury a few. Her aggressive pressure on the penalty kill disrupts and frustrates the opposition. Grade: B
Keira Healey #97 (Etobicoke Jr. Dolphins, D, 2024, Boston University): Healey joins the offense as an option, drives the net hard, and then gets back quickly to defend. She gets pucks to the net for chances with a hard slap shot from the point. Healey manages the blue line well, getting her stick in the passing lanes to intercept breakout attempts and keep pucks in. Grade: B
Tristan Thompson #27 (Etobicoke Jr. Dolphins, D, 2024, Northeastern): Her size and speed is the first attribute that is noticeable while she skates up and down the ice. Her size and reach give her a clear defensive advantage, as she can cover a lot of space on the ice. She is not afraid to engage physically and is also willing to jump into the rush offensively speaking. As a right-handed D, her services are very valuable, being able to make crisp breakout passes out of her zone. Grade: B-
Taylor Thompson #42 (Etobicoke Dolphins U18 AA, D, 2024): Thompson controls the puck with poise as she curls to escape pressure. She makes a crisp first pass to start the breakout. The defender gets back quickly and picks up the open player. Thompson gets pucks through traffic and to the net with a quick snap shot from the point. Grade: B-
Florida Alliance
Madisyn Ryan #6 (Florida Alliance U19, G, 2024): Ryan gets out to the top of the blue paint to track pucks. Her quick pads and lateral movement allow her to get across quickly to handle low shots and bounce back up to face rebound attempts. She uses her stick effectively to take away the passing lane for any backdoor attempts. Grade: B-
Alyssa Allen #9 (Florida Alliance U19, F, 2023): Allen has the ability to win draws or tie up the opponent. She supports her teammates and is quick to attack opponents. She picks up open players and is great using her body to protect the puck. She is aggressive in battles and has a nice long stride. Grade: B-
Abigail Schum #13 (Team Colorado U19, D, 2024): Schum is a solid defender. She has good gap control and is very defensive. She pressures opponents to make unwanted decisions and takes quick shifts. Her entire shift she gives her all and is great defensively. Grade: B-
Isabella Tomasso #17 (Florida Alliance U19, D, 2024): Tomasso is a hard working solid defender. She gets the puck up to her forwards quick unless the option is taken from her then she does not force things and takes her time. She gives herself time and space and makes the game simple for herself and her team. Grade: B-
Anna Warren #36 (Florida Alliance U19, D, 2025): Warren is calm and patient as she waits for puck carriers to commit and then takes pucks away with a quick stick check. She makes smart puck-moving decisions on the powerplay, sliding passes back and forth with her partner to create space and finding open forwards through the seam for scoring chances. Grade: B-
Sophie Bywater #92 (Florida Alliance U19, F, 2024): Bywater is a hard working player. She had a good stride and nice edges. She is able to get the puck out of her zone and as well is always looking to be an option breaking out. She is great at forechecking and plays a whole 200ft game. Grade: B-
Emma Bardwell #44 (Florida Alliance U19, F, 2024): Bardwell has great size and a long stride. On PK she is great pressuring opponents and getting in shooting lanes. She uses her stick well to angle players. She has a good but not accurate shot and cannot finish on chances given to her, but overall a solid player. Grade: C+
Samantha Faatz #45 (Florida Alliance U19, F, 2024): Faatz is a very patient player. She takes things slow and is very relaxed with and without the puck. She will indeed though attack players when the timing is right. She is great at covering her D and angling players to go down low. She is a hard working player. Grade: C+
Gilmour Academy 19U
Lauren Riccobelli #13 (Gilmour Academy U19, F, 2024): Lauren has a strong work ethic, focused and jumps well into battles, she is able to carry puck through crowd, as well as successfully jumps on pucks and creates offensive opportunities off the draw. A strong quick release. Many times she was able to rush to puck and keep it in zone, rather than choking under pressure or throwing puck away in tight spots, she looks to move the puck east to west, or creates cycles low. Grade: B
Anna Lisac #21 (Gilmour Academy U19, F, 2024): Anna has good size and is a quick skater, she can handle and rush the puck. She uses the D as a screen on the rush and protects the puck. She has a hard accurate shot and has a presence in front of the net. had some very strong ozone opportunities, she locates the pucks well and recovers with aggression. She uses both her d and quick release skills to drive the net, many opportunities with tipping through the feet and floating in the house, does not hesitate to take an opportunity in the ozone. Great power play presence that poses a bog threat on the power play, showing good puck handling skills, and moving the puck efficiently. Grade: B
Makenna Crouse #11 (Gilmour Academy U19, D, 2024): Mckenna is a big player who uses her long reach effectively, she plays good gaps and pushes plays to the outside. She is physical on the boards and in front of her own net. In the O-zone her shots get to the net. Grade: B-
Addison Wagner #12 (Gilmour Academy U19, D, 2025): Addison is not a big player but is a quick player who moves the puck well. Grade: B-
Shayna Parry #17 (Gilmour Academy U19, D, 2025): Shayna communicates well with her team, points out opponents strategy to teammates on the draw. Has a good scope of the ice, both from behind the net and in the ozone. Great edges and does not hesitate to activate in the ozone, she set herself up many times for an assist walking around girls with ease, while setting up forwards for 1 Ts in the slot. Grade: B-
Gloucester Cumberland East
Janelle Mentor #11 (Gloucester-Cumberland Jr Lady Grads, F, 2024): Mentor is a very fast skater that has a high degree of skill. She is an incredible passer, as her vision is very strong in the offensive zone. Her game revolves around speed, skill and scoring. She really pushes the offence for her team in a big, noticeable way. Grade: B
Mylene Langlois #19 (Gloucester-Cumberland Jr Lady Grads, D, 2025): Langlois can score from the point with her accurate, seeing eye shooting ability. She has good edge-work and skating ability while being a strong defender when it comes to boxing out opposing forwards around the crease area in the defensive zone. Grade: B
Alexandra Parvin #72 (Gloucester-Cumberland Jr Lady Grads, F, 2024): Parvin battles with the D net front to gain space and create chances. Her playmaking decisions and tape-to-tape passes create scoring opportunities for her teammates. Pavin has excellent puck recovery in the offensive zone when there is a loose puck or turnover. She gets to the puck quickly and is able to sustain the offensive pressure. Pavin is a smooth skater who has quick hands and offensive instincts. She uses quick cross-overs and agile skating to break free and escape from oncoming pressure, which makes her a good playmaker consistently. Her passing ability is noticeable, frequently sets up her teams on a consistent, shift-to-shift basis. Grade: B
Madison Wardle #86 (Unknown, F, 2022): Wardle is a hard worker that has an active stick and she is extremely effective at stripping pucks aways from opposing attackers. She possesses a great, accurate shot and looks to get pucks on net from all distances and areas of the ice. Grade: B
Ava Boyle #88 (Gloucester-Cumberland Jr Lady Grads, F, 2024): Boyle is relentless on the forecheck and is able to read the play well, picking off passes and creating turnovers. She communicates vocally with her teammates on the ice so they know where she is. Grade: B
Alicia Mcdonald #4 (Gloucester-Cumberland Jr Lady Grads, F, 2024): McDonald uses quick stick checks to steal pucks in the O-zone and get shots on goal. She gets the puck off her stick quickly in the high slot to create chances and challenge the goalies. Her acceleration and speed allow her to pull away from the defenders for breakaway opportunities. McDonald effectively uses her speed to turn pucks over, makes one or two moves and then moves the puck to her teammates. She is strong on the backcheck, taking away passing options for her opponents. Grade: B-
Emma-Mae McKenzie #10 (Gloucester-Cumberland Jr Lady Grads, F, 2024): McKenzie is excellent at getting pucks out on the breakout, whether it be a clean pass, chip off the boards, or battle at the blue line; she does not give up until the puck is out. She plays her position well and is often in the right spot to receive a tape to tape pass from her teammate. Grade: B-
Kloe Lewis #23 (Gloucester-Cumberland Jr Lady Grads, F, 2023): Lewis gets in the shooting lanes and uses her active stick to block shots. She clogs the passing lanes on the backcheck to intercept pucks. Her speed enables her to get on the D quickly when forechecking to force errors. Lewis sees the ice well and made a beautiful area pass for her linemate to skate onto on the breakout to relieve pressure. Grade: B-
Natasha Dube #73 (Gloucester-Cumberland Jr Lady Grads, F, 2025): Dube uses her speed to frequently be first to the puck or to drive wide around the D on the off-wing for a chip shot on goal. Dube is a quick skater who is tenacious on the forecheck. She is able to find the open lanes in the offensive zone, setting up her teammates for prime scoring chances. She uses her body effectively to separate opposing players from the puck. Grade: B-
Jessica Delazzer #77 (Gloucester-Cumberland Jr Lady Grads, D, 2023): Delazzer makes a solid, accurate first pass on the breakout. She sees the ice well and is able to find her teammates for support when she is under pressure. Grade: B-
Honeybaked 19U
Maddie Miller #3 (Honeybaked U19, F, 2022, UMass Boston): Miller works very hard and competes at both ends of the ice. Her ability to contribute to both the offence and defence is key to Honeybaked. Her good scoring ability came close a few times. Grade: B-
Pacey Lannet #29 (Honeybaked U19, F, 2024): Lannet is a strong defensive player that plays a 200-foot game. She is able to compete hard and backcheck equally as hard as he forecheckers against opposing defenders. Her commitment to the D-zone coverage system is evident in the teams “box plus one” formation. Grade: B-
John Abbott College
Sienna D’Alessandro #14 (John Abbott College Islanders, F, 2025): Sienna is a strong quick skater who handles the puck well. She goes to the net with speed, She has a quick release when shooting in the slot. She is an effective penalty killer. Size, speed. Tough, drives hard down the wing. Out muscle to the net, can score short side. Most of game currently played on the outside but does well there. Solid on the blue line during the powerplay, threading backdoor passes. She drives the net with a hard and accurate shot, scoring on the net drive. Scored a snipe from the goal line under the bar. Grade: A
Jade Barbirati #17 (John Abbott College Islanders, F, 2025): Barbirati has a soft offensive touch to dish to the best option. She has a keen eye for the net with an excellent finish. Finds holes goalies give and exposes them in a flash. She has a high level of hockey IQ and is a true goal scorer. Barbirati thrives around the net. Her net drive with the puck is tough for defenders to handle. She makes crisp passing to create great scoring opportunities. She scored a beautiful back door one timmer goal and had another great look on a breakaway, making a nice dangle move and forcing the tender to come up big. Grade: A
Manon Le Scodan #21 (John Abbott College Islanders, F, 2025): Manon is a real good skater with good speed, she reads the ice real well She breaks up plays in the NZ.She can handle the puck and will drive the net. She has soft hands around the crease. Good hands net front, poppedone in in goalmouth scramble. Grade: A
Clara-Mai Van Houtte-Cachero #97 (John Abbott College Islanders, D, 2026): Size and power. Can protect. Joins the rush. Initiates break out. Uses space well, up ice vision. 2026 with huge upside.great at offensive blue to be an option or drive it into the zone to set something up. Van Houtte Cachero is fast an plays a physical game. She controls the GAP well and takes away space on the rush. Offensively she has a solid point wrister. Grade: A
Naomi Forand #7 (John Abbott College Islanders, D, 2025): Naomi is a quick physical player, who follows up plays up ice closely. She can skate the puck out trouble if necessary. She is a strong penalty killer. Hard shot from the point, and shoots a lot. Brought it in around the ozone. Not a huge player but she plays a big game. High-end vision from the point. Made one beautiful pass to #22 on the back door for their 6th goal vs Washington. Forand has puck control and agility to evade attackers, maintain puck control and start the attack. She has a solid point shots that she gets on target. Grade: B+
Megane Larrivee #5 (John Abbott College Islanders, D, 2024): Larrivee makes good decisions on the offensive blue line to hold the line and keep the attack alive. She controls the GAP well and stands players up 1v1 on the attack. Grade: B
Toby Graham #15 (John Abbott College Islanders, F, 2025): Toby has good size and is a strong skater. She is quick and a real good puck handler. She is aggressive on the forecheck, creating scoring chances. She works the give and go on the side wall. She can get her snap shot upstairs quick. Graham gets into the scoring spaces and jumps on opportunities,scoring a backdoor rebound goal. Grade: B
Anaelle Gagne #31 (John Abbott College Islanders, G, 2025): Great size, fills a ton of holes. Aggressive out to pucks. Not tested a ton vs Washington, but tracking well and comes up big when there is a chance on net. Gagne is a quick and big tender who holds her ground and takes away the top of the net. She has a tight butterfly and sticks with pucks, making some sprawling saves. Grade: B
Mahely Charbonneau #88 (John Abbott College Islanders, F, 2025): Smaller and quick. Finds space back and wheels out of battle. Can look to bring those rushes inside the dots. Good hands, brings big energy into her battles, winning most. her quick skating helps her breakdown plays as equally as getting the puck up ice, and establishing systems in zone by being patient with the puck. Grade: B
Daphnee Gagnon #2 (John Abbott College Islanders, F, 2025): walks off the wall well, and is able to hit difficult passes up the ice and in the ozone. few times vs east coast she sent the puck back down to d to begin regroup after not having options. Is not in a rush to move the play up, focuses on efficiency. Grade: B-
Valerie Lamoureux #6 (John Abbott College Islanders, F, 2025): Lamoureux battles well on the boards, pinning players out to gain possession. Communicates very well with teammates. Grade: B-
Gabrielle Lalonde #16 (John Abbott College Islanders, F, 2025, Clarkson): Lalonde is a big player with a big presence, she buckles down hard on pucks, and brings energy and aggression into her battles, her pk presence is strong as she is eager to jump on fumbling pucks or players who hesitates, able to capitalize on other players mistakes. she picks up well in the dzone, and communicates well with her d. puck recoveries and calming down the play in the dzone. Grade: B-
Ellie Lacombe #27 (John Abbott College Islanders, F, 2025): Lacombe is quick on the skates and provides a great deal of pressure on the points. Grade: B-
Kingston Jrs.
Peyton Armstrong #80 (Kingston Jr. Ice Wolves, F, 2024): Armstrong has strong puck control attributes and delays well in the offensive zone, which enables her linemates to get open for her and increase their time/space with the puck when she passes to them. She moves very well and skates smoothly on the ice, as the shot compliments her already strong offensive abilities. She put Kingston on the board vs. Milwaukee with a couple of strong handles around net front bodies then sank it off the post and in. Very convincing goal. Grade: A-
Peyton Cormier #98 (Kingston Jr. Ice Wolves, F, 2025, Quinnipiac): Cormier is an offensive threat every time she steps on the ice. She is a very skilled player that uses her speed, skill and smarts to create scoring chances for her and her teammates. She uses her suburb deking ability to fake out defenders, and she takes advantage of vulnerable defenders by blowing past them with speed. She creates space for herself by having patience and poise with the puck, and is a top offensive player in the U22 loop. Grade: B+
Alexis Brunet #9 (Kingston Jr. Ice Wolves, F, 2023, RPI): Brunet uses her quick hands and passing ability to create an offensive flow for her Kingston team. She is strong on faceoffs and competes hard down low. Her booming shot is quick and she is able to score goals off the rush with it. Her quick shot is something that separates her from her peers, as her teammates try to set her up in areas where she can utilize that asset of her game. Grade: B
Grace Campbell #34 (Kingston Jr. Ice Wolves, F, 2023): Campbell moves very well on the ice and her skating is very strong/smooth. She protects the puck very effectively by placing the puck in areas around her body that are out of reach of attackers. She willingly gets to the middle of the ice on odd-man rushes, while also shooting hard and accurately. She is a smaller player with quick feet and a high motor. Her stride is very efficient, allowing her to conserve energy and play with that pace all game long. Grade: B
Quinn McFarlane #51 (Kingston Jr. Ice Wolves, D, 2026): McFarlane has tremendous hockey sense in all areas of the ice, as she sees the ice very well, always knowing where all her teammates are around her on the ice. She passes the puck hard and with a purpose, which in turn, allows them to gain extra time with the puck and additionally “decision-making” time with the puck. Grade: B
Kaylynn Fisher #94 (Kingston Jr. Ice Wolves, D, 2026): Fisher makes a good first pass out of the zone and helps her strong forwards get the puck more often. This is because she is quick to ensure the puck advances up the ice as quickly as possible sometimes catching the opposing team unprepared and off guard. She has smooth hands and skating ability, while being positionally strong in the D-zone. Grade: B
Sydnie Johnston #44 (Kingston Jr. Ice Wolves, D, 2024): Johnston has size and a powerful stride. She can get her head up and has no problem skating it up if there is space in front of her. Clears her zone effectively. Grade: B-
Limoilou Cegep
Rosalie Breton #16 (Limoilou, D, 2026): Rosalie has good size and is a strong skater, she handles the puck well and makes easy to handle passes. She can rush the puck out of trouble. She has good vision in the O-zone. Breton controls and handles the puck with poise and precision dancing around defenders, creating space, and then delivering those crisp, tape-to-tape passes. She drops in as an option on the attack, receiving the pass, and then lightning-quick, the puck is off her stick to set up another teammate. And when she hits the ice, you cannot help but notice her smooth skating and that powerful stride. She is got good inside-body positioning. Pinching successfully, she wins those pucks and does not hesitate to make those accurate passes. Patiently, she waits for the right moment, then slides a pass up to a breaking forward. Grade: A-
Eloise Caron #19 (Limoilou, F, 2024): Caron is a playmaker with a keen eye for the play. She smoothly delivered a pass right on the tape to set up a sweet goal. She has got this effortless glide on the ice, a smooth skater with a powerful stride that helps her maneuver through the opposition. The forward sees the whole rink like it is a chessboard, always finding those open spaces to receive passes and set up her teammates for scoring chances. Her poise and precision, which she brings to her puck control allows her to weave and dance through traffic with effortless ease. Her slap shot—it is a cannon, delivered low and fast to challenge those goalies. Grade: A-
Julianne Labbe #17 (Limoilou, F, 2025): Labbe has a good touch around the net. She puts passes on the tape to set up chances and battles in close to bury a few. The forward found Cossette alone in front with a smooth pass that Cossette buried with a one-timer. Her soft hands cradle passes for a quick catch and release. Labbe received a pass in the slot to snap top glove and light the lamp. The forward battles in goalmouth scrambles and finds loose pucks. Labbe won the puck in a goalmouth scramble to jam it home for a second goal. Grade: B+
Catherine Fournier #18 (Limoilou, F, 2025): Catherine has size and quickness, she battles hard on the boards. She can handle the puck well, She makes smart passes off the boards moving up ice. Fournier gained space in front of the net to bang home a rebound on the powerplay. Grade: B+
Alexia Cote #20 (Limoilou, D, 2024): Alexia is a good skater with speed, She handles the puck well, she also likes to jump into the play in the O-zone. She will get below the red line in the o-zone and make good passes . She will drive the net from the side boards. Cote corralled the puck off a broken play to cut across the slot and send a well-placed wrist shot past the goalie to light the lamp. Grade: B+
Marie-Pier Cossette #14 (Limoilou, D, 2026): Cossette cradles passes smoothly and gets the puck off her stick quickly. She was alone in front and received a pass to fire a one-timer by the tendy to tickle the twine. Grade: B
Juliette Leroux #25 (Limoilou, F, 2025): Leroux, alone and unattended in front, snagged the puck to tap one in while the goalie was looking the wrong way. Grade: B
Alexandra Giguere #32 (Limoilou, F, 2024): Alexandra stayed on the puck to deke the defender and gain the high slot to rip a wrister top blocker to light the lamp. Grade: B
Little Caesars 19U
Paige Cline #4 (Little Caesars U19, F, 2024, Lindenwood): Cline is a feisty forward who uses her speed effectively to be first to the puck frequently. She fires off quick snap shots to get pucks to the net and challenge the goaltenders. Cline deflected a shot to create a rebound and stayed on the puck to chip one past the tendy for a well-earned powerplay goal. Cline rang a quick release shot off the post from the weak side on the power-play. Grade: B
Drew Dyczkowski #13 (Little Caesars U19, F, 2024): Dyczkowski scored a beauty goal with a net drive to pick up a rebound and finished with a top-shelf shot in tight. Grade: B
Addison Spitz #17 (Little Caesars U19, F, 2024, Colgate): Her ability to control and handle the puck allows her to send a lead pass to a breaking teammate to gain the zone. Her toe-drag to change the shooting angle before snapping pucks on net leaves defenders and goalies baffled and frustrated. Spitz is a smart playmaker, patient and crafty, putting passes on the tape to set up her teammates. She is got a knack for finding those high-percentage scoring chances and is not afraid to go to the dirty areas in front of the net. Spitz plays like a whirling firecracker. She has speed, puck control and vision to create plays and cause havoc for defenders. She continuously engages with her opponent, driving the net (with great puck protection), battling for net front position and getting off quick shots. Grade: B
Madisyn Stetson #24 (Little Caesars U19, G, 2023): Stetson holds a crease top challenge as she follows the play and players crash the net. She tracks pucks well through traffic, holding onto shots with her tight butterfly. Stetson confidently plays the puck by passing up to team mates on dump ins. Grade: B
Maggie Kime #44 (Little Caesars U19, D, 2024, Merrimack): Her good size and her puck-moving abilities make her a valuable asset on both ends of the ice. She is precise when it comes to moving the puck back and forth with her partner, maintaining control and creating opportunities. Defensively, she has a strong stick check that shuts down opponents at the defensive blue line. She has a keen eye for her teammates, and her crisp stretch passes get the play up ice quickly. She unleashes a cannon snap from the point that can cause chaos in front of the net. Grade: B
Taylor Senecal #62 (Honeybaked U19, D, 2025): Senecal holds the line in the offensive zone. She moves the puck well with her D partner to start the playmaking. Senecal pulls pucks off the boards and finds good shooting lanes to create offensive opportunities. Grade: B
Tatum Lund #8 (Little Caesars U19, F, 2024): Lund has a good net-front presence gaining inside body position on the D to tip point shots. She controls and handles the puck with poise to get into position and fire hard shots from good percentage areas. The forward released a snap from the low circle to create rebound chances, worked her way around the top of the circle into the high slot to rip wristers on net, and completed a smooth give-and-go that allowed her to drive the net to snap pucks on goal. Grade: B-
Ella Lucia #18 (Little Caesars U19, F, 2024, Harvard): Lucia forechecks with speed to disrupt opponents breakouts. She stole the puck, pulled an evasive move on the boards and distributed the puck to her winger. Grade: B-
Maggie Hunter #11 (Little Caesars U19, D, 2024): Hunter makes tape to tape outlet passes. Grade: C+
London Devilettes Jr.
Lexi Stanat #4 (London Jr. Devilettes, D, 2024, Mercyhurst): Lexi has real good size and is mobile. She gets back to pucks and moves them up quickly. Her passes are on the tape, she closes down on opponents quickly in the D-zone. She pushes play to the wall and uses her strength to keep it on the wall. In the O-zone she moves to good lanes to get her shot to the net. Grade: B
Avery Dowson #7 (London Jr. Devilettes, F, 2024): Dowson battles hard in all three zones, getting inside body position to win pucks in the D-zone, using her quick stick check to steal pucks in the neutral zone, and using her speed to get in quickly on the forecheck to disrupt the D and force errors. Grade: B
Calla Woodcroft #9 (London Jr. Devilettes, F, 2023, RPI): Calla is a big quick skater who can carry the puck with speed. She uses the D as a screen with her quick release. She can uncheck herself to find open ice. She has strong hockey sense and vision. She is defensively responsible and positionally good. Grade: B
Ali Altiman #19 (London Jr. Devilettes, F, 2025): Ali has a powerful stride and has deceiving quickness, she can beat the D to the outside, she is a smart player who can find open ice with out the puck. She plays hard in her own end, puts pressure on the puck and will block shots. She is strong in the faceoff circle as well. Grade: B
Mya Farr #81 (London Jr. Devilettes, D, 2024, Robert Morris): Mya is tall mobile and quick. Her gaps are very well maintained in the NZ. She uses her long reach to push the play on the rush to the outside. She moves to good lanes to get her very hard shot on the net. Farr is calm and patient when under pressure. She curls and handles the puck smoothly to regroup and move the puck to her partner. Grade: B-
Milwaukee Jr. Admirals 19U
Aerin Rabe #6 (Milwaukee Junior Admirals U19, F, 2027): Rabe is a quick skater who keeps her feet moving with and without the puck, on the forecheck and on the backcheck. She has strong hands and can escape with the puck from small spaces with her smooth hands and skating ability. Grade: B-
Samantha Brittain #11 (Milwaukee Jr. Admirals U16, F, 2025): Brittain is a quick, shifty player who uses her deception to throw off defensemen on the rush. She has smooth hands and often beats the first defender using the combination of her speed and strong skill with the puck. Grade: B-
Abigail Sandler #16 (Milwaukee Junior Admirals U19, D, 2024): Sandler is an agile skating defensemen who uses her strong skating to evade forecheckers through cut backs and crossovers. Once she has the time and space she is created, she makes a good, crisp first pass to her teammates. Grade: B-
Audrey Hetman #22 (Milwaukee Junior Admirals U19, D, 2024): Hetman uses her body to her advantage to create space and time and protect the puck. She reads the breakout in the offensive zone to cut off passes and apply pressure to opposing forwards to keep the puck in and pressure on. She is a quick skater who takes good angles and is not afraid to block shots and battle in front of the net. Grade: B-
Minnesota Ice Cougars 19U
Sara Cooney #5 (Holy Angels, D, 2024): Cooney can skate the puck out of traffic thanks to her great skating ability. She can skate the puck out on the break out individually, then find an open winger to dish it off to crisply. The right-handed defender is agile, and plays the game hard every shift. Grade: B-
Sophia Sears #7 (Minnesota Ice Cougars U19, F, 2025): Sears can score great seeing-eye goals from a distance in the offensive zone. She plays a quick transition game through her quick/smooth skating and high hockey IQ. She rushes the puck up and gets back hard on the backcheck. Grade: B-
Sophia Braverman #10 (Minnesota Ice Cougars U19, F, 2024, Manhattanville): Plays with a high pace and gives her team momentum by her hustle and hard work. She overcomes her size disadvantage by her increased level of competitiveness in comparison to her peers. Grade: B-
Annabelle Morse #27 (Minnesota Ice Cougars U19, D, 2024): Morse is a quick skater and is able to use her good wrist shot off the fly to challenge opposing goalies. She is a tenacious forechecker and frequently forces turnovers due to her quick skating making defenders rush their decisions with the puck, making them cough it up. Grade: B-
Hailie Holman #6 (Minnesota Ice Cougars U19, F, 2024): Holman is a smaller player who works very hard. She has good hands and quick puck-control abilities. She competes well for 50/50 loose pucks, and oftentimes will win them due to her tenacity on the puck. She provides her Minnesota team with great energy. Grade: C+
Gianna Neist #8 (Minnesota Ice Cougars U19, F/D, 2025): Neist plays physical and is a stay-at-home defender. She has an active stick and can intercept passes from opposing forwards very effectively. Neist is a strong positional player, always taking care of her own net before she jumps on the offensive attack/rush. Grade: C+
Mississauga Jr. Hurricanes
Maxine Cimoroni #17 (Mississauga Jr. Hurricanes, F, 2025): Cimoroni is a tenacious player who thrives on physicality and is not afraid to engage in battles and body checks. A heads-up player, her exceptional puck control and handling skills show poise and confidence when in possession, making smart decisions under pressure. She has a soft touch to place pucks in perfect spots for her linemates to skate on to. Her skill for creating time and space allows her to execute smooth passes to her linemates, setting them up for scoring opportunities. Her playmaking prowess shines through in these moments. Her agility and stickhandling enable her to deftly maneuver around opponents, creating prime shooting areas. This agility comes in handy as she wires wrist shots on net, consistently generating chances and making life difficult for opposing goaltenders. She brings her active stick and quick forecheck into play, forcing turnovers and disrupting the D. Grade: A
Cassie Barnes #14 (Mississauga Jr. Hurricanes, F, 2025): Barnes uses her size and speed to forecheck aggressively and receive passes on the fly for zone entries. She drove the left wing and snapped a rocket top blocker to light the lamp. She uses her fast speed to beat icings. She has great edges and changes direction on a dime to lose pressure. She can set up big plays in the offensive zone. Successful in the corners, coming out with the puck. Grade: B+
Victoria Damiani #26 (Mississauga Jr. Hurricanes, D, 2024, Brown): Damiani is a smooth skater who controls and handles the puck with poise and finesse. She makes smart puck-moving decisions, getting to the middle finding open teammates with a smooth pass, and working back and forth with her partner to regroup. her successful pinches keep pucks in and maintain pressure in the attacking end. She QBs the powerplay well with good mobility and strong puck support. She picks up sticks. Plays a quick game with good energy. Grade: B+
Olivia Fantino #43 (Mississauga Jr. Hurricanes, F, 2023, Brown): Smooth speed. Inside body positioning. Carries the puck well, protecting to the outside of her body and carving through small spaces. Sets things up on the PP. Grade: B+
Maddy Nelson #11 (Mississauga Jr. Hurricanes, F, 2025): Nelson pounces on loose pucks quickly in the d-zone and makes a pass on the tape to move into the neutral zone. She battles in front of the net to earn space and deflect point shots. Grade: B
Gulianna Kalpakis #16 (Mississauga Jr. Hurricanes, D, 2026): Kalpakis moves the puck back and forth smoothly with her partner across the o-zone blue line. She gets pucks through traffic and to the net with a hard slap shot from the point. Kalpakis rolled off the boards to crush a slap shot through a screen to find the back of the net for a well-placed goal. Grade: B
Annabelle Kruzich #19 (Mississauga Jr. Hurricanes, F, 2025): Great puck control. Able to complete forehand or backhand passes after she has controlled it through tight space. Gets her head up and identifies holes in the goalie quickly for her to release her hard shot. Grade: B
Scarlett Nowakowski #23 (Mississauga Jr. Hurricanes, D, 2024): Nowakowski steps up and uses her active stick to intercept passes, steal pucks, and disrupt the opposition attack. She uses her speed and puck protection to exit the zone when under pressure. Her puck movement with her partner is smooth and precise. Her hard, low slap shot from the point gets through traffic to create opportunities for the forwards to deflect pucks. Grade: B
Phoenix Richardson #63 (Mississauga Jr. Hurricanes, F, 2023): Hard accurate shot. Scored top corner with a quick release vs Bigby for the first goal of the game. Grade: B
Olivia Aquino #10 (Mississauga Jr. Hurricanes, F, 2025): Aquino controls and handles the puck with poise. She shields the puck from opponents as she gets into position to send a crisp pass to an open teammate. The forward battles in the corners. Grade: B-
Keana Fernandes #13 (Mississauga Jr. Hurricanes, D, 2024): Fernandes gets inside position on puck carriers to take the body and bump them off the puck. She uses her speed and puck control to leave the d-zone, move through the neutral zone, and gain the attacking end to start the offense. Grade: B-
Kristen Hartman #66 (Mississauga Jr. Hurricanes, F, 2023, Stonehill): Hartman makes a quick one-touch pass on the tape to exit the zone, works the boards, and drives hard to the net. Great size. Hard working. Able to carry it up ice. Should look to bring her game inside the dots more quickly in the ozone with control, allowing her to generate more offensive opportunities. Grade: B-
Nepean Jrs.
Lexie Bertelsen #11 (Nepean Jr. Wildcats, F, 2025, Boston University): Bertelsen is a very smart player who uses her speed and quickness to her advantage. She exposes slow defenders and flat-footed opposing forwards by blowing by them wide on offensive zone entries. She battles hard in the corners and competes extremely hard for 50/50 puck battles. The left-handed shot forward has a strong centre of gravity when skating, and is a very balanced player. She additionally backchecks equally as hard as she forechecks. She is a big point producer who can chip in offensively in many differing ways, show elite versatility in how she gets her goals/assists. Grade: A-
Leila Ricciuti #15 (Nepean Jr. Wildcats, F, 2025): Ricciuti picks up and marks open players on the backcheck. Her decision-making skills on the powerplay show a keen sense of when to pass, shoot, or hold the puck. Her prowess in handling the puck allows her to gain the attacking zone with speed, navigating with precision to create scoring opportunities. Her capability to slide smooth passes back to the point highlights her playmaking abilities. In the offensive zone, her aggressive forechecking applies pressure to the opposition, consistently forcing errors that can lead to turnovers. When it comes to her offensive toolkit, Ricciuti boasts a formidable one-timer slap shot on the powerplay. She snagged the rebound off a point shot to snap home a well-earned powerplay goal. Grade: B+
Madelyn Pears #12 (Nepean Jr. Wildcats, F, 2024): Pears is a right-handed forward who plays with passion and tenacity. She is a relentless worker who has good puck skills and smarts. She is used in all situations, including special teams, as she is a reliable player for Nepean. She can be utilized to either score a goal late in the game or defend a one-goal lead. Pears is a feisty center who excels on the draw, winning more than sixty percent cleanly to her teammates to start the play with possession. Grade: B
Naomi Chambers #14 (Nepean Jr. Wildcats, F, 2025): Chambers is a hard worker who forces opposing team errors, making them frequently cough up the puck and increase her puck possession time. She scores hard-working goals around the net, whether it would be a “driving-to-the-net” goal, rebound goal, or loose puck tap-in. She scores in various different ways, and is a driver in offence. Grade: B
Ella Nancarrow #3 (Nepean Jr. Wildcats, D, 2025, St. Lawrence): Nancarrow manages the blue line well on the powerplay, maintaining pressure, getting shots to the net, and moving the puck with precision. Her puck handling and control allow her to easily navigate her way out of the D-zone, through the neutral zone, and into the attacking end to start the offense. Grade: B-
Alex Therien #4 (Nepean Jr. Wildcats, D, 2025, UNH): Therien uses her good size and long reach to her advantage, intercepting passes and frustrating the opposition attack. She maintains good gap control through the neutral zone. Her puck handling and control is smooth as she moves the puck back and forth with her partner to regroup. Grade: B-
Lily Spencer #16 (Nepean Jr. Wildcats, F, 2025): On the forecheck, Spencer relentlessly pressures opponents, often causing them to make mistakes under her persistent efforts. Her ability to control and handle the puck with poise and finesse allows her to navigate through traffic and find space to deliver crisp, on-the-tape passes to open teammates for chances. On the defensive side, Spencer stays with the open player on the backcheck to the red line, denying scoring opportunities. Grade: B-
Annika Lafreniere #19 (Nepean Jr. Wildcats, F, 2024): Her speed and smart decision-making, shine through, especially on the powerplay. Her ability to make quick, precise decisions in man-advantage situations is an asset on the powerplay. She brings a high level of intensity and urgency to every shift. In the offensive zone, Annika employs a strategic delay, allowing her to create opportunities by setting up her teammates with smooth, well-placed passes. Her skill in the faceoff circle allows her to consistently win a significant number of draws cleanly and provides her team with possession to start plays. Annika received a pass at the goalmouth to jam one home for a well-earned goal. Grade: B-
Reagan Whynot #20 (Nepean Jr. Wildcats, D, 2024, Stonehill): Whynot is an aggressive defender who plays a physical game, as she can keep opposing forwards to the outside and limit their scoring chances. With this, she helps reduce her shot allowed on her team, and she ensures that she is one of the hardest-working skaters on the ice. She plays with a team-first mentality, demonstrated by her willingness to block shots and get into shooting lanes. Grade: B-
Molly Dunn #25 (Nepean Jr. Wildcats, D, 2025): Dunn is a defender with good range and reach. She additionally can move well with good mobility and agility with the puck. If she gets out of position for a split second, she is able to recover in a quick manner. She has good passing capabilities, demonstrating a clear skill of making a good first pass out of the zone to her forwards. Grade: B-
Ella Hogan #33 (Nepean Jr. Wildcats, G, 2024): Hogan is focused as she tracks pucks. She gets out to the top of the blue paint, squares up to the shooter, and cuts down angles. She has smooth lateral movement and battles hard for every puck. Grade: B-
Addison Robillard #77 (Nepean Jr. Wildcats, D, 2025): Her role as a defensive catalyst is evident in her ability to make a smooth first pass, initiating breakouts and transitions effectively. She positions herself strategically with inside body position to create turnovers at the blue line. Robillard showcases her offensive abilities by getting pucks to the net with a quick and precise snap shot from the point. Her commitment to a physical style of play, consistently taking the body, makes her a presence in all three zones. Robillard is always ready to drop into open spaces and capitalize on opportunities with a quick, accurate shot on net. Grade: B-
Avery Norman #91 (Nepean Jr. Wildcats, F, 2023, Mercyhurst): Norman is a very quick skater who possesses a high level of strength with the puck and on her skates. She has a great shot and smooth puck control abilities, as the right-handed forward can dart in and out of traffic smoothly. She plays with a lot of pace to her game, always competing hard every shift. She can also convert on her chances, displaying great breakaway capabilities that lead to big goals for her team. Grade: B-
New Jersey Colonials 19U
Baylyn Shankman #31 (NJ Colonials U19, G, 2024, St. Olaf): Has size to fill the net. She is well positioned to cut angles and has success on the first shot. Willing and enthusiastic about playing the puck. She does well to get to rebounds in desperation, hard stretch a leg back to cover the post. Her glove is quick and she can hold onto pucks that come to it. To continue to improve her game, she should try to cover up rebounds a little more quickly to prevent hungry net drivers from getting that second attempt. Faced a ton of high quality shots against Chicago mission. Grade: B
Kathryn Kotchish #8 (NJ Colonials U19, D, 2025): Kotchish has great stickhandling ability and quick hands. She is able to make smart decisions with the puck. She scored a great goal of the fly when she moved into the middle of the ice against the East Coast Valkryies, and shot it through traffic low. She is a great shooter, smooth skater and uses her hockey sense well. Grade: B-
Abby Kauffman #3 (NJ Rockets U19, F, 2024): Kauffman battles hard down low below the opposing teams hash marks, and she tries her hardest to win loose puck battles. She protects the puck very well for a smaller player, and uses her body efficiently. She always demonstrates great compete level, The right-handed forward knows that she must be a hard-worker in order for her NJ team to gain momentum at key times in the game. Grade: C+
Kailin Kane #53 (NJ Colonials U19, F, 2024): Kane is a power forward with good size and strength. She can use her shots to her advantage by ripping them through defenders feet and making it challenging for goalies to make saves. She protects the puck well when she skates wide upon offensive zone entries, making it tough for defenders to push her to the outside. Grade: C+
Natalie Schmitt #92 (NJ Colonials U19, F, 2024): Schmitt is a relentless worker who competes super hard. She never gives up on a play and always tries her best to win loose pucks. Her skating ability makes her win foot-races and often comes up with the puck when it squirts loose in the corners. She additionally possesses good offensive instincts when around the net. Grade: C+
New Jersey Ironbound 19U
Silje Gundersen #96 (Ironbound u19, F, 2024): Silje uses her size and speed to be physical on the boards. She will play high in the slot to break up plays and plays hard in front of the opposing net. She has an active stick stealing pucks and is strong positionaly in the D-zone. Gundersen can willingly take the puck to the middle of the ice and drive the net hard upon offensive zone entries. She generates many scoring opportunities for both herself and her linemates through her high level of hockey IQ. She has a good quick-release shot with elite strength. Grade: B
Elin Rees #3 (OHA Juniors, D, 2025): Elin has good size and mobility, She moves across the blueline in the O-zone with the puck. She reads the zone well on the PP and can get her quick release shot to the net. Coming out of her own zone she makes smart choices and accurate passes. Grade: B-
Sasha Weiner #5 (Ironbound u19, D, 2025): Sasha is big and tall, she is strong and balanced on her skates. She uses her reach and length to push rushes to the outside. She is willing to block shots. She can carry the puck and uses good body position to protect the puck. Grade: B-
Ana Witmer #21 (Ironbound u19, F, 2025): Witmer is a right-handed forward that has great deking and stickhandling ability. She can get around defenders at the opposing blue line by being shifty and quick on her feet. She drives the net hard when on the rush, and is able to convert on her chances around the crease. She can collect bug rebound goals with the help of her high hockey IQ level usually knowing where to be on the ice to score. Grade: B-
Gabby Gross #25 (Ironbound u19, F, 2024): Gross is a quick skater who is an aggressive forechecker. She plays with a high level of tenacity and passion. While having the puck, she can shoot hard and accurately, getting many shots on goal and trying to make offence happen for her team. Grade: B-
Laura Nagy #55 (Ironbound u19, D, 2025): Nagy is a rangy, left-handed defender who uses her good skating ability to advance the puck forward and escape attacking forwards. She can pass the puck well and hit her teammates at full speed. She additionally possesses good size and strength. Grade: B-
Claudia Castellanos #88 (Ironbound u19, F, 2025): Claudia has good size and quickness, she is hard on the forecheck. she will use her body and be physical. She plays the game at a high tempo. She will look of the D on a rush and use her quick release to get shots to the net. She has the ability to log a lot of ice time. Grade: B-
North Shore Warriors Academy
Maggie-Kate Fitzpatrick #21 (North Shore Vipers U16, F, 2024): Fitzpatrick is a goal-scoring forward that looks to shoot before passing. She has a great shot, and can protect the puck well when she drives wide on the attack. She is a competitor down low, and can oftentimes hold the puck and draw players to her, creating open space/time for her teammates. Her linemates can easily establish chemistry with her because she gets open in prime scoring areas. Fitzpatrick is a dynamic forward with solid speed for her frame. Uses long strides to create space and build speed with crossovers. Able to make quick decisions with the puck in tight areas, and does well using self-passes off the boards to spring a rush up the ice. Grade: B
Jaylah Bottle #3 (North Shore Vipers U16, D, 2025): Bottle plays solid in the defensive end, clogging passing lanes and using her stick and feet to effectively pressure opponents. Bottles plays her angles very well on the back skate and keeps attackers in front of her at stick length and times her challenges well. Physically strong down low and disrupts the offence with her tenacity down low. Grade: B-
Kaida Okamura #8 (North Shore Vipers U16, F, 2026): Okamura hustles hard every time she is on the ice. She gives it 100% on a shift-to-shift basis, and is a great forechecker. She forces opposing defenders to make poor decisions with the puck, as she consistently applies relentless pressure on them. She is a fast skater and has a good stride. Grade: B-
Avery Wilson #13 (North Shore Vipers U16, D, 2025): Wilson is a stay-at-home defender who boxes opposing players out well on the penalty kill. She hustles hard and is a good backwards skater. She plays a good transition game when quickly passing the puck up to her forwards/wingers. Wilson is a physically strong defender who can make plays from her own end with passing ability. Does well to work the blue line to make herself available and gets pucks on net low and driven for rebounds. Grade: B-
Hyoseo Cheon #29 (North Shore Vipers U16, G, 2024): Cheon is a quick goalie who is fast between the pipes. She makes great glove saves that keep her team competitive and close at key times of the game. Grade: B-
Emily Gerdevich #44 (North Shore Vipers U16, F, 2026): Gerdevich is an offensive-minded player that can find high-scoring potential areas in and around the net very easily. She gets many shots on goal during her games, and is able to contribute defensively as well through hard backchecking and positional play. She can set up her teammates for a big scoring chance, or she can look to shoot the puck on the fly, showing offensive versatility to her game. Gerdevich is a solid player who works hard on both ends of the ice. Has solid puck carrying ability to take the puck up ice or to make plays with speed through the neutral zone. She kept an active stick and feet on the defensive end to cause turnovers. Grade: B-
Northwood School
Oceanne Thiffault #34 (Northwood School, G, 2026): Thiffault-Michel moves cleanly post to post on the PK taking away any clear shots. She stays with the shooter on close in 1v1 situations, getting out on shooters usually only allowing them one shot. Rebounds are cleanly deflected out of danger or held. She made several reaching blocker saves, with clearing rebounds. Grade: A-
Halle Mules #3 (Northwood School, F, 2024): Mules is an agile player who moves the puck very quickly, distributing with thought and accuracy. Grade: B
Eliza Quackenbush #17 (Northwood School, F, 2025): Her quick release from the off-wing is an offensive asset. It is quick, it challenges the goalies, and it creates chances. She has a knack for disrupting the oppositions plans, getting her stick in the passing lanes, breaking up chances, and frustrating the other team. When she is in possession, Quackenbush carries that puck with speed, exiting the zone and charging through the neutral zone to set up shop in the attacking end. And she is relentless on the forecheck, laying the body, separating players from the puck, and causing all sorts of havoc. Grade: B
Loelie Lachapelle #20 (Northwood School, F, 2025): Lachapelle has the speed to create pressure and opportunities. She rushes the point and blocks shots that lead to breakaways. The forward pulls away from defenders to go in for breakaway chances. Her snap from the half boards on the powerplay creates scoring opportunities. Lachapelle makes tape-to-tape passes with teammates. In the offensive zone, she moves to the net with her head up, getting shots on target and creating scoring chances. Her forecheck caused a turn-over that her team jumped on and turned into a scoring chance. Grade: B
Kristen Kiggen #5 (Northwood School, D, 2024): Kiggen makes smooth passes with her partner in the DZ to create breakout options. She controls the GAP well and steps up into the play when the opportunity presents itself. She evades attackers with good puck protection and makes tape-to-tape passes through the neutral zone. Grade: B-
Laura Dyke #22 (Northwood School, D, 2025): Dyke is a smart puck-moving defender on the powerplay. Her passes are crisp and on the tape. She sends the winger out of the zone with a smooth first pass on the tape. Her stretch pass finds the open forward to move the play up ice quickly and precise puck-moving decisions on the powerplay create multiple scoring opportunities. Grade: B-
Scout Oudemool #24 (Northwood School, F, 2024): Oudemool is a solid shot blocker on the penalty kill. Grade: B-
North York Jrs.
Jasper Petro #4 (North York Storm Jr., D, 2025): Jasper has good size, she handles the puck well and likes to jump into the rush. She moves well on the PP in the O-zone.She makes good passes. Grade: B
Jamie Porter #11 (North York Storm Jr., F, 2024): Jamie is tall and quick, she uses her long reach effectively on the PK. She plays with high energy and is physical. She handles the puck well and is hard to knock of the puck, she uses her body well to protect the puck Grade: B
Jordan McQuade #3 (North York Storm Jr., D, 2025): McQuade is a hard working defender. She makes sure to clear the front of the net whenever it is needed. She is aggressive when attacking the opponents. She makes smart decisions whether she should pinch or back up. Grade: B-
Leonie Bottcher #21 (North York Storm Jr., D): Bottcher has the ability to play her offside. She makes quick plays and steps up at the right moments. She has good gap control as well good body positioning. She has a great stick and works hard every shift. Grade: B-
Emma Lichterman #23 (North York Storm Jr., D, 2025): Emma is a strong skater who handles the puck very well. She has good vision and makes good passes on the PP, she moves to find open ice with out the puck. Grade: B-
Riley Del Monte #34 (North York Storm Jr., F, 2024): Del Monte is a skilled player. She has smooth hands and uses her skill to create chaos to the defenders. She has an accurate shot, but really only has offensive potential when she has the puck. Grade: B
Natasha Lange #95 (North York Storm Jr., F, 2023): Lange is good at tying up on draws. She is good F3 and supports her D. She is a great back checker and makes the simple plays. She is a very hard worker and is very good at making quick decisions. Grade: B-
Kennedy Jackson #15 (North York Storm Jr., F, 2022): Jackson has great size. She is tall and big and has a long stride. She is very aggressive in battles and her size helps with puck protection and out muscling a player. She has a good hard shot and as well shot blocks. Grade: C+
Kate Custance #19 (North York Storm Jr., F, 2023): Custance had a long stride. She forechecks hard and has great size. She is tall and big and very hard to defend when she has the puck. She has a hard and accurate shot and an excellent at screening the goalie. Her size makes it hard to defend against. Grade: C+
Emise Grande #88 (North York Storm Jr., F, 2023): Emise is quick and can handle the puck well. She has pull away speed. She is smart and good positionally in the D-zone. Grade: C+
Oakville Hornets U22/Jr.
Addie Kramer #47 (Oakville Jr. Hornets, D, 2025): Kramer is a smart defenseman who reads the play well. Multiple times she picked off breakout or regroup passes to cause a turnover and keep the pressure on. She makes a hard, accurate first pass on the breakout and gets up the ice quickly to support as an option. Makes excellent choices in her own zone and from the offensive blue showing her versatility and hockey sense. She can fake the shot or pass from the blue to deceive opponents. Kramer makes good pass choices to move the puck smoothly with her partner. She holds a tight GAP and supports the play in regroups, stands players up on their rush and pinches to hold the line. Her point shot is hard and on target, creating many scoring opportunities. Grade: A
Claire Sanford #12 (Oakville Jr. Hornets, D): Sanford is a strong defensemen who makes excellent passes all over the ice. She has patience on the PP but does not hold onto the puck too long – finding the lane and making a hard, crisp pass to her teammates. She finds lanes to drive the net when the opportunity present itself. Defensively, she maintains a strong gap and makes good stick checks on the offensive player. Can skate with it. Will jump into ozone of she is an option. Calls for the play to switch with forward. Calls for it well and accelerates through the puck. Sanford gets point shots on net. Using a hard low wrist shot to create scoring opportunities. Grade: A-
Caelin Martin #9 (Oakville Jr. Hornets, D, 2025): Made a risky pass alone. Busts back hard. Strong on skates. Hitting lots of good passes. Martin moves the puck smoothly with her partner across the blue line to maintain pressure in the offensive zone. Grade: B+
Sarah Callaghan #11 (Oakville Jr. Hornets, F, 2023): Works back well as F3. Good reads: sees big and high tempo plays. All over the ozone ready to pounce on loose pucks for chances. Gets back hard. Great team game. Handles the puck confidently. Plays with her head up. Callaghan plays with intensity. Her forecheck interferes with breakouts. She has a strong net drive and gets quality shots on net. Grade: B+
Ava Wood #29 (Oakville Jr. Hornets, F, 2025): Wood is a smaller forward with excellent speed. She uses her speed to create space for herself and is able to breakaway from defenders. She sees the ice well and makes hard, accurate passes to her teammates. She is a gritty player who gives full effort and raises the energy every shift. Wood has great puck control and evasion skills. She walks the seams from the corners and half boards and drives the net. She scored a beauty goal on a penalty shot deke; with a fake, pull and tucking it in behind the tender. Grade: B+
Jasmine Comeau #17 (Oakville Jr. Hornets, F, 2024): Comeau finds good scoring spaces. Anticipating the rebound she stuck post side and pounced on the rebound to score. Grade: B
Savannah Hicks #77 (Oakville Jr. Hornets, F, 2025): Hicks has speed and quick acceleration, which she used on the PK to breakaway from the defender and spring herself on a breakaway, getting a great chance on net. She finds time and space for herself by using her speed and then cutting back or delaying in search of support. She has good awareness and keeps her head on a swivel. Takes space that is given to her and has great puck skills to control it even if she has to turn back. Hicks is a magnet to the net. She drives the net with and without the puck. She wins battles along the board and walks the seams getting shots on net. She battles net front creating traffic, deflecting pucks and causing trouble for the defending team. Grade: B
Addison Gutcher #91 (Oakville Jr. Hornets, F, 2024): Gutcher has great hands and a physical presence. She protected the puck well as she drove the net and reached and pulled the puck in using the D as a screen for a troublesome shot for the tender. Grade: B
Claire Sleeth #7 (Oakville Jr. Hornets, D, 2024): Sleeth moves the puck smoothly with her partner in all zones. She plays an aggressive style with a tight GAP and quick pinches. Grade: B-
Maggie Pereira #8 (Oakville Jr. Hornets, F, 2024): Very fast speed that is smooth. Get to top speed in 2 strides. Can drive it to the paint. Pereira scored a hardworking goal, creating traffic in front, battling with the D and popping home the rebound. Grade: B-
Izzy Franco #18 (Oakville Jr. Hornets, F, 2025): Franco is a quick skater who made a great outside drive, protecting the puck with her body on a rush to create a goal in front for her linemate. Grade: B-
Avery McMann #19 (Oakville Jr. Hornets, F, 2024): McMann has great shot accuracy. She will snipe if alone with the goalie. Makes good plays to the net front from below the goal line. McMann has great hands in tight and shooting. She is constantly on the move distributing pucks to teammates and finding high-quality shooting lanes. She rang one off the crossbar after walking off the sideboards. Grade: B-
Megan Stock #24 (Oakville Jr. Hornets, D, 2024): Stock has strong puck skills and skating that she uses to aggressively pinch in the offensive zone. She keeps a tight GAP with the play and jumps into offensive opportunities. She gets pucks to the net. Her low hard point shot led to a goal. Grade: B-
Emilia Muhar #26 (Oakville Jr. Hornets, F, 2023): Muhar plays a heads-up and physical games. She protects the puck well on net drives and takes the lane to win puck races, boxing out her opponents. Her heads-up play behind the net created scoring chances. Grade: B-
OHA Tardiff Jrs.
Sophia Odermatt #9 (OHA Tardiff Jrs, F, 2025): Odermatt made a beautiful play in close in front of the opposing net to get a loose puck up quickly and over the goalie to pot one in the top of the net. Grade: B
Lucy DeCoteau #24 (OHA Tardiff Jrs, F, 2024): DeCoteau is a quick forward who sees the ice well. She has excellent skills with the puck and made a great move around a defensemen in the offensive zone to feed her teammate backdoor for a tap-in goal. Grade: B
Michaela Paulinyova #27 (OHA Tardiff Jrs, F, 2024): Paulinyova is a good finisher around the net, while she is frequently seen using her quick hands to convert on her chances. She is able to get open for her teammates and present herself as a good option off the breakout. Grade: B
Emma Hart #59 (OHA Tardiff Jrs, F, 2024): Hart can score goals and produce. She will be continuously looked upon to come up with a big goal or momentum-changing play. She oftentimes obtains increased levels of offensive-zone activity when this happens. Grade: B
Seoyoung Yoo #97 (OHA Tardiff Jrs, D, 2023): Yoo is a skilled defender with quick hands. She finds the right opportunities to rush the puck up the ice and knows when to stay back and play more defensively. Yoo is a steady defender who is poised with the puck. Yoo will oftentimes wait to find the most optimal solution, whether it would be offensively or defensively. She keeps opposing attackers to the outside perimeter, limiting them to what kind of threat can they be. Grade: B
Nayeon Kim #17 (OHA Tardiff Jrs, F): Kim is a quick and skilled player who is able to keep her speed while she has the puck. She keeps her head up and is able to find the open player while carrying the puck with speed. Grade: B-
Olivia Carter #19 (OHA Tardiff Jrs, D, 2023): Carter is a smooth skater who holds the line well when needed. She is a reliable, 2-way defender who can either join the rush on an offensive attack or “stay at home” and protect the net over a 1-goal lead. Grade: B-
Adel Marton #75 (OHA Tardiff Jrs, D, 2023): Marton is a smart defenseman who moves the puck quickly to her teammates, with hard tape-to-tape passes. She consistently has her head up and is reading the play as it develops. Grade: C+
Okanagan Prep
Madison Deschamps #9 (Okanagan Hockey Academy Prep, D, 2025): Deschamps is a solid offensive defender who is confident carrying the puck up the ice and through traffic. Uses crossovers, long strides and head up when attacking vertically. She has the speed to get back and recover on defence and can evade pressure easily down low with the puck. Grade: B-
Anna Kaposci #13 (Okanagan Hockey Academy Prep, F, 2025): Kaposci is a tall, strong forward with good skating mechanics for her size. Has good speed once she gets going with momentum, and can create plays from tight spaces and below the goal line. Grade: B-
Jaya Schippel #30 (Okanagan Hockey Academy Prep, G, 2026): Schippel has good rebound control on shots from the point and from the slot through traffic. Does well to challenge shooters attacking vertically and uses her paddle to effectively check oncoming forwards. Grade: B-
Ava Clavelle #27 (Okanagan Hockey Academy Prep, D, 2026): Clavelle is a quick skater with escapability in her own end through tight turns and edge work with the puck. Brings effort down low to win puck battles and can make crisp stretch passes up the ice to easily breakout. Grade: C+
Ottawa 67’s Jrs.
Zoey Dupuis #22 (Ottawa Lady 67’s U18 AA, D, 2025): Dupuis is very strong defensively and plays hard. She is willing to backcheck and pay the price, as she fearlessly is willing to block shots and make contact with opposing attackers in the corners. Her aggressive play fits well with her style, and it provides the 67s with an added physical defensive edge. Grade: B
Abby Glandon #24 (Ottawa Jr. Lady 67s, F, 2023): Strong in the faceoff dot, frequently winning them cleanly. Glandon is able to battle hard down low and win 50/50 puck battles through her increased level of competitiveness. She battles and often comes up with the puck when it is pinned against the boards below the goal line. Gladon also make smart passing attempts when trying to centre the puck in front of the crease. Grade: B-
Ella Dickson #77 (Ottawa Jr. Lady 67s, D, 2024): Dickson is a physical defender with good reach and length, which helps strip pucks away from attacking players and defenders. Dickson is a very aggressive player that will not shy away from any physicality within the game at all. Grade: B-
Ottawa Lady Sent U22/AA
Grace Outwater #18 (Ottawa Jr. Senators, F, 2024, Penn State): Powerful. Smooth puck handler. Hardshot. Loads legs and has a power stride with confidence to bust through lanes and deliver no dust passes or get a good shot on net. Pressures the puck hard and smart: takes a great angle and snaps into stick on puck. Grade: A
Jessica Cheung #11 (Ottawa Jr. Senators, D, 2024, Syracuse): Controlled skating, smooth with good puck control. Hard passes, makes the right play. Mobile and engaged, keeps her head up and hits passes. Knows when to back up, as defense covered first. At the offensive blue, she is evasive and can spin off pressure with ease. Grade: A-
Lexie Hatoum #16 (Ottawa Jr. Senators, F, 2026): Has some size. Strong and solid on her skates. Powerful stride and the puck sticks to her stick. Handles and drives into ozone lanes with purpose, protecting and using her physical advantage. Great upside. Grade: B+
Callie McLean #10 (Ottawa Jr. Senators, F, 2025): Well positioned in the slot, gets away from pressure and opens up. Got a pass from below the goal line vs Milwaukee that she caught and released a hard wrister into the back of the net to put Ottawa up 3-0. Grade: B
Juliette Thibault #27 (Ottawa Jr. Senators, D, 2026): Controls tough passes well, able to catch and control fast and start moving forward. Grade: B
Jordan Mulvihill #98 (Ottawa Jr. Senators, F/D, 2027): Playing D in the game we saw vs Milwaukee. Showed good mobility and got more and more comfortable with the puck as the game went on. Handles and controls well. Made some key punches, but was a more defensive defender. As she gains more confidence in this league, we see great potential. Grade: B
Kate Viel #77 (Ottawa Jr. Senators, D, 2026): Mobile, always has her feet moving. Supports the play well. Fast speed, can hut down pucks, finds another gear. Grade: B
Pacific Steelers
Maddy Rai #4 (Pacific Steelers, D, 2024, Western): Maddy is a quick smooth skater, she has good vision and makes an accurate first pass out of her own zone. She has the ability to handle and carry the puck out of trouble. She is quick to rush the puck into the O-zone. She has a quick hard shot which makes her a treat. She effectively rubs her opponents out along the boards. Grade: B-
Aurora Kahlert #7 (Pacific Steelers, D, 2025): Kalhert plays the game hard and is frequently in a good position defensively speaking. She possesses great puck control in all 3 zones, and has a great vision in the offensive zone, setting up her teammates for scoring chances. Through her quick/smooth skating capabilities, she generates offence, making her a threat to score every time she steps on the ice. Grade: B-
Jaia Freer #8 (Pacific Steelers, D, 2024): Jaia is a smooth skater with good hockey sense who reads the ice well, and brings a high level of intensity to the game. She is strong in both ends of the rink. She is hard on the backcheck, stealing pucks from behind and starting a quick transition. She gets to good spots for passes on the breakout. Freer is a long, rangy D that has good rach and can get shots through from the point. She is frequently used by her teammates at the blue line for a point shot option, and can fire the puck on the net through heavy traffic, missing the shin pads ahead of her. Grade: B-
Sydney Mackay #16 (Pacific Steelers, F, 2024): MacKay is a relentless forechecker that forces frequently opposing team giveaways, and makes them commit poor decisions with the puck. She skates hard and gets chances through her offensive instincts around the net. She is a hard player to play against because she is always moving her feet and applying pressure. She possesses good puck control and passing ability to, shows patience with the puck in the offensive zone. Grade: B-
Stella Hong #77 (Pacific Steelers, F, 2024): Hong is a hard worker and a strong competitor down low below the goal line. She works as hard as she can every shift to win loose pucks and drive the net once she is obtained possession. Despite her smaller size, she uses it to her advantage by skating with a low centre of gravity and getting under the shoulder of opposing defenders to get inside positioning. Grade: C+
Philadelphia Jr. Flyers 19U
Ava Thomas #11 (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers U19, F, 2025): solid skating and strong base give her the speed to gain the offensive zone, leave a drop pass for her linemate, and drive the net to cause chaos. That quick snap shot of hers from the right wing challenges goalies. She rips a low wrister from the point on the powerplay that threads a needle through traffic, creating scoring chances. Grade: B+
Stella Costabile #2 (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers U19, F, 2024): Costabile has soft hands to cradle passes and quickly release shots on goal. She drove the net hard and caught the pass to quickly snap on goal for a scoring chance. She quickly fired a snap from the low circle to create rebound opportunities. The forward makes smart decisions as F2, reading the play to intercept passes. Costabile has good success on the draw winning pucks cleanly to start the play with possession. Costabile is a strong skater who sees the ice well and plays her position well, putting herself in areas to pick off passes and create turnovers. She is a smart player who can read the play developing and get herself to the right spot to create both offensive opportunities and defensive stops. Grade: B
Maelee Ambrass #29 (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers U16, G, 2024): Ambrass plays with a calm and confident demeanor, moving smoothly about the crease. She clears rebounds to corners or out of bounds off her stick and holds any glove shots. She interrupts pass-out attempts with a poke check and quickly covers loose pucks. She really makes the game look easy. Grade: B
Ella Sennick #94 (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers U19, D, 2024, Quinnipiac): She has the size you want out there on the ice, and when she is on the powerplay, she controls and handles the puck with poise, and she has a knack for finding open space. The defender crushes a one-timer slap shot on the powerplay. Sennick knows how to create opportunities for her teammates. She can protect that puck, get into position, and then send a crisp pass to an open teammate. She is not afraid to get in front of the net, create some traffic, and make life difficult for those goalies. Grade: B
Shelby Shane #8 (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers U19, D, 2025): Her smooth, accurate passes with her partner move back and forth effortlessly. On the powerplay, she has this knack for finding the seams and threading crisp passes right on the tape of her teammates. Her quick wrist shot or that booming slap shot from the point can cut through traffic and really challenge the goaltender. She is not afraid to take the body to separate players from the puck. With speed, agility, and great ice vision Shane jumps in off the line to distribute pucks and initiate give-and-go net drive opportunities. Grade: B-
Ellie Dimatos #10 (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers U19/Lawrenceville School, D, 2025): Dimatos received a pass at the point and then snapped a beauty through a screen to find the back of the net on the powerplay. She drove the lane to snap a hard, low shot stick side to light the lamp for a second goal. The defender jumps up to join the rush as an option. Her calm demeanor and active stick take pucks away from puck carriers and deny chances. Grade: B-
Amanda Aslan #15 (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers U19, F, 2023): She has good size, making her presence felt out on the ice. She puts a backhand pass on the tape with effortless ease. She is not afraid to get in front of the net and create chaos, cause some traffic, and make life difficult for goalies. Protecting that puck with her frame, she gets in prime position to unleash some wicked shots on net on the powerplay. Her playmaking abilities are shown when she makes a crisp pass through the seam on the powerplay. Aslan has a quick release, extremely hard shot that was evidenced by a beautiful goal early in the game. In addition to her shot, she can also make tape-to-tape passes, making her a threat all over the ice. Grade: B-
Hailey Anderson #24 (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers U19, F, 2023): Anderson is a quick skater who keeps her feet moving all the time. She races to pucks on the forecheck and the backcheck. She is skilled with her hands and sees the ice well, finding her open teammates to keep possession. Grade: B-
Nicola Forth #72 (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers U19/The Hill School, F, 2024, St. Anselm): Forth has the acceleration and speed to pounce on loose pucks, separate from defenders, and take the puck in on a breakaway on the penalty kill. Her speed and relentless pursuit of the puck on the forecheck enables her to frequently be first to the puck on a dump and chase and aggressively get on the D to force errors. Grade: B-
Lucy Thiessen #92 (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers U19, D, 2024, Harvard): Thiessen gains control of a loose puck to enter the zone and drive the net for a shot on goal on the penalty kill. She gets pucks to the net with a quick snap from the point. Her first pass is smooth and on the tape to start the breakout. An agile skater, she glides from forward to backward and back to receive a pass on the fly with ease. Thiessen creates opportunities all over the ice. She sees the ice extremely well and uses her puck control and smooth skating to rush the puck. She made a beautiful step in from the blue line to feed her teammate in the slot for a goal. Grade: B-
Pittsburgh Pens Elite 19U
Aunna Schulte #72 (Pittsburgh Penguins Elite U19, F, 2024): Schulte has quick hands to win draws cleanly to start the play with possession. She gets in quickly on the forecheck to disrupt the D, force errors, and battle below the red line. Her speed and playmaking create scoring opportunities with passes on the tape to open teammates. Schulte has a good scoring touch. She skated onto a loose puck with speed and drove the net under pressure to fire one five-hole and light the lamp. Her separation speed led to a breakaway, where she sniped top glove to bury a second goal. Grade: B+
Emma Simon #5 (Pittsburgh Penguins Elite U19, F, 2023): Simon works well in the faceoff circle, drawing pucks back cleanly, winning faceoff battles, and staying with the center. She does a good job taking the body to separate the player from the puck. The forward shields the puck on hard net drives to get shots on goal. Grade: B
Avery Saba #16 (Pittsburgh Penguins Elite U19, F, 2024, Brown): Saba works well in the faceoff circle, drawing pucks back cleanly, winning faceoff battles, and staying with the center. She makes smart decisions as F2 when forechecking to provide support, intercept passes, and snag loose pucks. The forward gets on the D quickly when forechecking to cause chaos, frustration, and force errors. Her snap shot from the off-wing creates opportunities and challenges goalies. Grade: B
Keegan Sanderfoot #6 (Pittsburgh Penguins Elite U19, F, 2024): Sanderfoot aggressively forechecks and steals pucks with a strong stick check. She battles and earns a solid net-front presence. Her speed gets her into position to drive the lane and unleash a quick snap on goal for chances. Grade: B-
Kaylee Simon #9 (Pittsburgh Penguins Elite U19, D, 2024): Simon manages the blue line well, keeping pucks in and getting shots on goal. She gets pucks through traffic and to the net with a quick wrist shot or a hard slap shot from the point. The defender escapes pressure calmly and poised to send a smooth first pass to the winger to start the breakout. Grade: B-
RHA Kelowna
Makayla Watson #23 (Rink Academy – Kelowna, D, 2024): Watson has smooth skating allows her to navigate the rink effortlessly. She possesses excellent puck-handling skills, which enable her to glide past opponents and gain entry into the offensive zone. Her patience and intelligent decision-making are demonstrated on powerplays. Watson drops in as an option on the powerplay, providing additional support and opportunities for her team. She combines her agility with situational awareness to take the puck off the wall and navigate the blue line, setting up her teammates with smooth, precise passes. Her poise in controlling the puck is particularly noticeable. Her ability to create time and space through patient puck handling is an asset that allows her to avoid blocks, facilitate quick puck movement, or make crisp passes across the offensive blue line. Watson has strong skating and puck skills and great ice vision. She chooses times to pinch and hold the line to keep the attack alive. Watson wins pucks at the blue line and quickly pulls them to good shooting lanes, getting low shots on net. She reads the play well and jumps into the offensive play, getting shots on. Grade: A
Chloe Primerano #72 (Rink Academy – Kelowna, D, 2025): Chloe has it all, good size strong skater and quickness. She handles and carries the puck very well. She can turn and change direction quickly with or without the puck. She makes real good choices with the puck is a good passer from the blueline. She a has a strong shot from the point. She scored 2 goals vs Cambridge. Her ability to read the play and intercept breakout passes enables her to maintain offensive pressure. She takes the puck off the wall and transitions to a more central position, which allows her to fire off wrist shots from the point. Her speed and acceleration come into play here, as she weaves through the neutral zone with ease. Once in the attacking end, she unleashes a powerful and accurate snap shot, posing a constant threat to the oppositions goaltender. Her combination of speed, play-reading abilities, and scoring potential make her a dynamic force on the ice. Primerano has good speed with a very short acceleration period. She gets off a quick hard shot while driving the net. Primerano plays with patience and great ice vision, making tape-to-tape passes and finding breaking teammates. She controlled the puck on the rush, evading defenders drove the shot lane and sniped low glove for a goal. Grade: A
Danica Maynard #2 (Rink Academy – Kelowna, D, 2025): Danica has real good speed and plays good gaps in 1v1 play in the NZ. She holds the blueline well. She closes down real quick in the D-zone. When in possession of the puck her passes are tape to tape. Danica plays with skill and poise. She controls the GAP really well and stands people up at the blue line. When on the attack she has strong puck control and makes solid tape-to-tape passes. Grade: B
Kaitlyn Mallette #3 (Rink Academy – Kelowna, D/F, 2025): Kaitlyn is quick, she uses her long reach well to push plays to the outside. She is mobile for her size, she can handle the puck well. She battles and is strong in front of her own net. Mallette moves the puck well with her partner across the blue line to create plays and find good shooting lanes. She gets her low hard shot on target. Grade: B
Gracie Graham #4 (Rink Academy – Kelowna, D, 2024): Graham uses her size and long reach to her advantage when she steps up to clog passing lanes, steal pucks, and disrupt the attack. She jumps up in the rush as an option. Her passes are crisp and on target. Graham is an offensive threat from the blue line. She finds good shot lanes and drives the net looking through traffic and picking her spot getting her hard and accurate shot on. Grade: B
Alida Korte #10 (Rink Academy – Kelowna, F, 2026): Alida is a strong skater, she handles and carries the puck well and with speed through the NZ. Her hands are quick in tight spots. She goes to the net with her stick down, and knows how to uncheck herself. Grade: B
Jordan Blouin #12 (Rink Academy – Kelowna, F, 2025): Jordan is a strong quick skater with a strong work ethic. She has good hockey sense, she handles the puck well and makes good choices and strong accurate passes. Grade: B
Kennedy Sisson #13 (Rink Academy – Kelowna, F, 2026): Kennedy is a quick strong skater with good hockey sense. Her vision while carrying the puck make her a good passer. She moves to open ice without the puck. and her shot is hard and accurate. Sisson glided in smoothly to dangle the netminder with a dirty deke she slid through the five-hole for a sweet shootout goal. Sission finds the seams to the net and crashes the net with purpose. She scored after coming off the side board through the seam scoring low blocker. Grade: B
Emelia Mcdermid #14 (Rink Academy – Kelowna, F, 2025): McDermid uses her speed at both ends of the rink. On the attack, she protects the puck on hard net drives to slide a smooth backhand pass to an open linemate for chances. She is frequently first to the puck in the o-zone. On the backcheck, her speed allows her to clog the lane, pick up, and take the open player to the red line. McDermid battles hard below the red line. She gets away a hard, low wrist shot from the top of the circle that creates opportunities and challenges netminders. McDermid has vision on the attack. Grade: B
Sage Babey #16 (Rink Academy – Kelowna, F, 2024): Babey scored on a hard-fought net drive, deflecting the shot pass past the goaltender. Grade: B
Raedyn Spademan #18 (Rink Academy – Kelowna, F, 2024, Clarkson): Raedyn is real quick with a strong work ethic. She pressure hard on the forecheck creating scoring chances. She is a strong penalty killer. Spademan showed off her puck skills and scoring ability as she drove the net deep and sniped under the bar from in tight. Wowza of a goal. Grade: B
Madison Bowtell #88 (Rink Academy – Kelowna, G, 2024): Bowtell stays tall in her stance and butterfly, taking away the upper net. She is quick to pounce on loose pucks and makes long shots look easy, deflecting them to corners. Grade: B
Taya MacDonald #7 (Rink Academy – Kelowna, D, 2023, Penn State): Taya is tall and has an effective long reach. She is quick, mobile and can carry the puck. She has good zone awareness in her own end and it is strong in front of the net Grade: B-
Callie Rice #9 (Rink Academy – Kelowna, F, 2025): Rice deftly controls and handles the puck as she uses her speed to drive the lane, blow by the D, and rip a snap shot on goal for chances. She gets the puck off her stick quickly in the high slot to unleash a rocket snap shot on goal. She battles hard below the red line. Grade: B-
Brielle Kelly-Paquet #11 (Rink Academy – Kelowna, F, 2025): Kelly-Paquet, a smooth skater, gets in on the forecheck to disrupt the D, steal pucks with a quick stick check, and force errors. Her soft hands cradle passes on the fly to get into position to wire a snap shot from the slot and create chances. Grade: B-
Makenna Lloyd-Howe #19 (Rink Academy – Kelowna, F, 2025): Lloyd-Howe shows good anticipation and uses her speed to intercept passes and gain the zone for a crisp pass to an incoming linemate. She forechecks aggressively, battling hard and using her active stick to force errors. Grade: B-
Anezka Cabelova #21 (Rink Academy – Kelowna, F, 2025): Cabelova is an agile puck carrier. On the rush, she subtly delayed to create her own lane to the net. She has the ability to dangle through opponents and makes tape-to-tape passes. Grade: B-
Ava MacLeod #22 (Rink Academy – Kelowna, F, 2025): Her strong backcheck disrupted the attack and allowed her team to regain possession. Grade: B-
RHA Winnipeg
Camille Birch #8 (Rink Academy – Winnipeg, D, 2025): Birch is a good-sized defender. She controls and handles the puck with speed to gain the zone and start the attack. The defender steps into a slap shot to unleash a cannon blast from the point to create chances and frustrate goalies. Birch is a positionally sound defensemen who knows when to join the rush. She has a hard and accurate point shot and combined with traffic in front creates great scoring opportunities. She scored a beautiful goal off one of her point shots. Birch is a tall defender who makes smart quick decisions with the puck to breakout of the zone. She has the ability to carry the puck up ice with speed and crossovers to establish zone control for her team. Grade: B
Cassidy Bodnaryk #14 (Rink Academy – Winnipeg, F, 2024): Bodnaryk is a small, quick forward. She is a smart player who reads opposing passes well and picks them off to create turnovers. She takes the appropriate lanes to get in passing lanes and works hard without the puck to get open for her teammates. Grade: B
Shea Warnick #67 (Rink Academy – Winnipeg, F, 2027): Warnick has smooth hands and is a good skater with her head up and using crossovers to keep the defence guessing. She has tight handles to weave through traffic and can make defenders miss with misdirection and head movement. Grade: B
Tori Bear #25 (Rink Academy – Winnipeg, F, 2024): Bear is relentless on the ice, always giving 100% in battles for the puck. She works hard and keeps her feet moving the entire time she is on the ice and communicates vocally with her teammates to let them know where she is. Made a great play into the offensive zone off a pass from her goalie where she drove it hard to prevent an offside. Lead to a big chance at the net. Grade: B-
Ridley College
Jessica MacKinnon #29 (Ridley College, F, 2024): MacKinnon battles hard below the red line. She has soft hands to cradle a pass when driving the net to fire a solid backhand on goal. Her passes are crisp and on the tape. She received a pass to go in on a breakaway and deke the tendy to light the lamp. Jessica MacKinnon is a very fluid skater with great puck handling ability and a high hockey IQ with her decision making and creation of offence for her team. She has tight handles allowing her to weave through traffic effortlessly with the puck and is a constant threat on offence. MacKinnon is very calm under pressure and often makes the right plays to her teammates to relieve the pressure she draws from the defence. MacKinnon slides across the blue line and evades to find quality shot lanes. She gets off hard and low shots on target that are prime pucks to be tipped or redirected. Grade: B+
Reese Mason #16 (Ridley College, F, 2025): Mason is a strong forward who excels down low on both ends and along the boards in puck battles. Sheis able to make quick passes in tight areas on offence and works the cycle very well with teammates. She has a wicked shot from the wings and has nice vision to make passes through traffic and across the ice. great special teams player, she adjusts well and quickly to the pk. She is quick to jump on pucks and plays 200 feet on the pk. She successfully in two power plays vs Gilmour backchecked and caught a player, as well as causing turnovers by being patient for the D to make a decision with the puck. Grade: B
Madalyn Fillier #17 (Ridley College, D, 2024): Fillier leaves her zone with her head up. She makes strong outlet passes and often sees and hits the stretch pass through the neutral zone. Grade: B
Kali Boychuk #23 (Ridley College, F, 2024): reads opponents well in the dzone and very active as a winger in the house. She works to activate and transition into offensive drive fast and well. She anticipates the puck well and is able to skate the puck through seams well Grade: B
Laura Piroli #24 (Ridley College, G, 2025): stays square to puck well and moves side to side quickly and swiftly. She was able to flash the glove few times vs gilmour, head is on a Swivel being aware of where bodies are located on the ice- able to see puck most of game with d playing big and physical- would like to see her get tested with scrums/ pressure. Made great quick saves under one timers in the slot, as well as backdoor plays. A reason in the game why the score was not higher. Grade: B
Cassidy Blanchard #6 (Ridley College, F, 2024): Blanchard is a quick defender with good offensive skills and skating mechanics. She does well down low to battle for pucks with an active stick and effort, and can carry the puck up ice and create for her teammates. Able to receive the puck mid-pivot on the blue line and has the fluidity to beat defenders on the blue line with quick changes of direction and edge work with the puck. Grade: B-
Jaylee Mackinnon #28 (Ridley College, F, 2026): Jaylee Mackinnon is a dynamic forward with many offensive skills to constantly make her a threat on the ice. She is a very good skater with and without the puck using crossovers and changes of direction effectively to gain time and space with the puck. She scored a beautiful goal beating the defender wide with speed and puck shielding and scored off a wrap-around off the rush. MacKinnon battles very hard down low despite her smaller frame and always draws the attention of the defence with and without the puck. Grade: B-
Taylor Insley #36 (Ridley College, F, 2025): Insley is a great skater with good mechanics, crossovers and head up constantly. She is solid defensively with her stick and active feet in the neutral zone to thwart break-in chances and take the puck the other way. She did very well to force a turnover with her stick in the neutral zone which lead to a breakaway and scored with a nice snap shot beating the goalie high. She has a threatening shot and can get it off through traffic to fool the goalie. Insley is strong on the puck and can gain zone possession through balance and puck shielding on the wing. Grade: B-
Easton McComber #44 (Ridley College, D, 2024): McComber is a smart defender who makes the right plays with the puck. She is calm under pressure in own end and can make tight turns with the puck to evade pressure and gain space and time with the puck. Grade: B-
Maria Shea #68 (Ridley College, D, 2024): Shea is a very solid defensive defender who is strong on the puck down low. She is a confident skater with the puck moving up ice. Shea plays the angles on the backcheck and times her stick checking well. She scored a nice goal by being first to the loose puck in the neutral zone and used speed to beat the defender wide and ripped a snap shot from the hash marks to stun the goalie. Grade: B-
Rochester Youth Hockey BK Selects
Nela Lopusanova #88 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U19, F, 2026): Lopusanova is one of the top players in the tournament, as she frequently showed great patience with the puck, even when entering high-traffic areas of the slot. Her very quick hands and shot makes her an offensive threat every time she is on the ice. She demands the puck and forces her teammates to give it to her because she is always in the correct position to receive a pass from a teammate. Lopusanova, with quick, soft hands in tight, is a scoring threat every time she is on the ice. Her physical strength and high-tempo play keep opponents frustrated and busy trying to stop her. She has speed to burn and agility to match, effortlessly switching from forward to backward with her smooth skating. Her high hockey IQ and smart playmaking create multiple scoring chances. She is always where the action is, moving to open spaces and making smart decisions. The forward sniped a beauty from the top of the circle to beat the goalies top glove on the powerplay. She has a good work ethic and hustles every shift. Lopusanova is a hardworking player with exceptional puck-control skills. Her forecheck and puck retrieval skills are often play starters. She accelerates in small spaces and drives through traffic. She has great support positioning, quickly jumps on loose pucks and distributes them to teammates. She assisted a goal by retrieving the puck from a corner battle, walked out and saucered a pass to the back door for a goal. Grade: A
Anabella Fanale #97 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U19, F, 2025, Minnesota): Fanale controls and handles the puck with poise and finesse. She has quick hands to negotiate through traffic in tight and then fire a smooth pass on the tape to create scoring opportunities. The forward is quick on loose pucks of the draw. Fanale is a crafty player with great hands and puck control. She is able to make great passes in all areas of the ice, while also being an offensive shooting threat due to her great shot. She is very quick on her feet, and causing major problems for players attempting to defend her. Fanale puck control and speed make her a threat to all opponents. Her speedy forecheck caused turnovers that quickly became scoring chances because of her evasive puck control and acceleration away from pressure. She scored a highlight reel goal as she drove the net, received a pass from the corner and pulled a dangle move on the goaltender. Grade: A
Finley McCarthy #2 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U19, F, 2024, Wisconsin): McCarthy has quick hands to snap pucks on net from high-percentage scoring areas. Her good size and long reach allow her to run set plays off the draw successfully and get into position to set up goals on the powerplay with a crisp pass on the tape. McCarthy distributes the puck well with tape-to-tape passes in the offensive zone. She finds shot lanes and gets pucks hard and low to the net. She jumps into the offense and dangles around opponents when necessary. Grade: B+
Angelina DiGirolamo #3 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U19, F, 2024, Princeton): DiGirolama has speed and puck skills. Her speed on the rush drove back the defender, she then sent an on-the-tape pass to her driving teammate for the assist. She drives the net with strong puck protection and routinely gets pucks to the net creating messy scoring opportunities. Grade: B+
Ashley Mandeville #5 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U19, D, 2024, Mercyhurst): Mandeville is a quick, agile defender who is able to move the puck well and escape from oncoming attackers from opposing teams. She possesses the capability to score from the point with a seeing-eye, accurate shot from a distance. She is a complete player, known to work hard in all areas of the ice. Mandeville plays a confident game, stepping into the scoring opportunities in the offensive zone. She holds the line to keep the attack alive and gets pucks to the net by finding good shooting lanes. Grade: B
Megan Healy #17 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U19, D, 2025, Princeton): Healy is a defenseman who reads the play well and plays with her head on a swivel. When it is time to join the rush, she is right there as an option and gets back quickly to get in position for her defensive responsibilities. She drops in on the attack as an option for a shot or a pass. Healy pinches successfully. When she sees a loose puck, she pounces on it, sending it right back deep into the zone, creating opportunities and maintaining pressure. On the powerplay, her smart decisions, avoiding defenders, and creating scoring opportunities are good assets. Healy is a very agile defender who is entertaining to watch due to her mobility on the ice. Along with this, combining her versatility with her skills, poise and puck control, she frequently is able to establish offence from the D-zone. Grade: B
Rose Dwyer #26 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U19, D, 2024, Cornell): Dwyer is a mobile D who can walk the line very effectively. She centres the puck well in the O-zone for potential chances for her team. Grade: B
Emeline Grennan #32 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U19, G, 2025, Yale): Grennann simplifies the game. She sits tall in her butterfly is quick to recover and gets out on shooters to cut the angle. Grennann finds and holds pucks in traffic. She controls blocker rebounds very well, keeping pucks out of danger. Grade: B
Jillian Willis #91 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U19, F, 2023, Union): Willis is ready off the face-off and anticipates plays. She was quick off the puck drop to steal possession and get a quick shot on net. Grade: B
Kate Meinert #6 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U19, D, 2024, Boston University): Meinert is an agile player who uses her mobility to quickly get to pucks, take away opponents space and angle out attackers. Grade: B-
Paige Wallace #7 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U19, F, 2025, Clarkson): Wallace makes great moves and frequently exemplifies poise with the puck. The right-handed playmaker can oftentimes “get lost” in the slot in order to be set-up for a goal. She is able to obtain breakaways and be in alone against the goalie solely from her distinct speed during games. Wallace forechecks with speed to cause turn-overs. She plays good positional hockey in her own zone and blocks shots on the penalty kill. Grade: B-
Sadie Klein #9 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U19, F, 2025): Klein is a very skilled player who uses her right-handed stick-handling ability to her advantage. Her game revolves all-around skill, speed and smarts, which she possesses to a high degree. Grade: B-
Lucie Tenenbaum #11 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U19, D, 2024, Minnesota State): Tenenbaum takes away opponents space in the offensive zone by pinching and holding the line. She reads what is offered, finding quality shooting lanes and getting pucks to the net. Most of her point shots are low and hard, but reading the situation she scored a high glove quick release shot. Grade: B-
Rae Mayer #12 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U19, F, 2025, Minnesota Duluth): Mayer plays a heads-up game, always looking and aware of the play. She drives the net with purpose and anticipation of a pass. Mayer distributes the puck effectively with crisp passes. Grade: B-
Morgan Walton #15 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U19, F, 2025, Clarkson): Walton goes to the net with purpose and anticipation. She drove the net, redirecting a pass for a goal. Grade: B-
Greta Brezenski #21 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U19, F, 2024, Clarkson): Brezenski is a 2-way player. Offensively she drives the net with speed and puck protection and gets shots on net. Defensively she provides great back pressure that turned over the puck. Grade: B-
Shawnigan Lake School
Morgan Jackson #22 (Shawnigan Lake Academy, F, 2024): Morgan is a strong skater who can handle the puck and stick handle in tight spaces. She makes smart passes and will go to the net without the puck. She has a quick release and can get the puck up quickly. She makes herself available as an outlet in her own zone. Jackson is a strong two-way forward who backchecks hard and applies pressure on the forecheck. She is a quick skater who can handle the puck with speed and is deceptive to her opponents. Grade: B+
Zoe Cramer #2 (Shawnigan Lake Academy, F, 2026): Cramer is a quick and agile skater who keeps her feet moving all over the ice. She forechecks and backchecks relentlessly, creating pressure for her opponents. Once she gets the puck, she is able to use her skill to carry the puck out of tight spaces. Grade: B-
Taya Lonsdale #8 (Shawnigan Lake Academy, D, 2025): Taya is tall and very quick in three strides. She reads and reacts very quickly. She has a strong work ethic and works hard on the boards and is a battler in front of the net. Lonsdale has a quick release shot from the point, that is hard and on target, making it difficult for goalies to stop when there is traffic in front. She battles hard on the boards to gain possession of the puck back. Grade: B-
Neha Gill #12 (Shawnigan Lake Academy, D, 2024): Neha has size and is a strong skater. She is effective in 1v1 battle and rubs players out on the wall. Shs good gaps and likes to step at the blueline. Grade: B-
Esme Lichong #13 (Sno-King Jr. Thunderbirds, F, 2025): Esme is a quick player who handles the puck well on the rush. She has good vision on the O-zone. She plays well and deep in her own zone. Grade: B-
Alexandra Nelson #1 (Shawnigan Lake Academy, G, 2024): Alexandra is a quick high energy player, she plays real well in both ends of the rink
St. Louis Lady Blues 19U
Marina McCann #23 (St. Louis Lady Blues U19, D, 2024): McCann is a physical defender that competes hard down low and makes herself hard to play against. She pushes players to the outside and keeps them on the perimeter. McCann is not afraid to engage and plays the game with a chip on her shoulder. Grade: B-
Mia DeVivo #35 (St. Louis Lady Blues U19, G, 2024): DeVivo has the ability to hold her team in games. She moves well laterally and made a great post to post save on the rush. She tracks pucks well through traffic and holds her challenge as players drive the net. A breakaway save gave her team life. Grade: B-
Keira Reckley #22 (St. Louis Lady Blues U19, F, 2025): Reckley uses her speed in both directions, forchecking to interfere with breakouts and is quick to get back. Her back check disrupted the play and allowed her team to regain possession. Grade: C+
Megan Buesching #55 (St. Louis Lady Blues U19, D, 2025): Buesching controls the GAP well on the rush, she broke up a 2v1 forcing the pass and then getting across to stop the play. Buesching plays tough net front, boxing players out and blocking shots. Grade: C+
St. Mary’s Academy
Jakiah Curle #19 (St. Mary’s Academy, D/F, 2027): Jakiah is a good skater with good edges and speed. She plays good gaps all over the ice. She can carry the puck, she is patient with the puck on the rush, she can make the first player miss or turn up and find the late player joining the play. Curle is an agile skater with a good set of hands. She can stickhandle and weave through traffic and escape forecheckers quite well. She is a 200-foot player and ensures she backchecks equally as hard as she forechecks. Grade: B
Payton Henwood #2 (St. Mary’s Academy, F, 2026): Payton is quick in just a few strides, she carries the puck through the NZ with speed. She is patient handling the puck in the O-zone, finds open player driving the lanes. She uses her speed to be aggressive on the forecheck. She battles hard on the boards. Grade: B-
Quinn Sutherland #4 (St. Mary’s Academy, D, 2024): Quinn is tall and mobile, She has an active stick and uses her long reach to push plays to the outside, and keeps it in the passing lane. She plays good gaps in the NZ. She supports her partner when she is under pressure in her own zone. Her first pass out of her own end is accurate. Grade: B-
Maggie Nicol #6 (St. Mary’s Academy, D, 2025): Nicol is a great defender who angles off opposing forwards effectively, shows compete and hard work in all areas of the ice. She gets in shooting lanes, and limits the options of the opposition. She pressures them hard to force turnovers and giveaways, so that her team can obtain puck possession. Grade: B-
Mia Faseruk #17 (St. Mary’s Academy, F, 2024): Faseruk Is a tall player who shows good balance on the blades. She can handle the puck well and makes it easy to handle accurate passes. She has a strong work ethic and a level of intensity. She uses her size to rub players out on the boards,on the back check she picks up the correct player. She plays deep and supports the D in her end. Faseruk has a strong, accurate shooting release that can be performed in high-traffic areas in the high slot and around the hash marks She can catch goalies off guard and snipe to the top shelves of the net. Grade: B-
Stoney Creek Sabres Jrs.
Carly Sardine #44 (Stoney Creek Jr. Sabres, F, 2023): Sardine possesses a compelling combination of physicality, speed, and finesse that makes her a formidable presence on the ice. Her good size and strong skating provides both defensive stability and offensive opportunities. Her puck control, executed with poise and finesse, enables her to confidently navigate through challenging situations. She consistently demonstrates excellent playmaking abilities, with crisp and precise passes that hit the mark, setting up scoring opportunities for her teammates. Her aggressive forechecking style, coupled with her active stick, further cements her role as a well-rounded and impactful player in various aspects of the game. Sardine completed a sick give-and-go with Anzivino to bury a beauty. Grade: A-
Madison Burr #88 (Stoney Creek Jr. Sabres, F, 2025): Burr is a scoring threat every time she is on the ice. Her scoring toolkit includes dirty dekes, wicked wristers, and sick snipes. She is a two-hundred-foot player who plays with physicality and finesse, patience and precision, and high intensity and urgency. Grade: A-
Peyton Anzivino #22 (Stoney Creek Jr. Sabres, F, 2024): Her exceptional passing skills are marked by their precision and accuracy, consistently setting up numerous scoring opportunities in every game. Her ability to drive the net hard results in rebounds and creates offensive chances. Anzivino aggressively forechecks, secures inside body position, and effectively wins pucks. She demonstrates remarkable composure when handling the puck, combining poise with finesse to navigate through high-pressure situations. Her quick release, particularly evident when she crushes a powerful slap shot from the half-boards, adds a dimension of unpredictability to her offensive arsenal, frequently creating scoring opportunities for her team. Grade: B+
Chelsea Tiller #2 (Stoney Creek Jr. Sabres, D, 2026): Tiller is a smart puck moving defender. She showcases excellent composure as she skillfully curls to evade pressure and initiates a crisp, accurate first pass to commence the breakout. Her quick puck retrievals, enable her to swiftly execute first passes for a smooth zone exit. Her proficiency extends to facilitating seamless puck movement in the offensive zone, where she demonstrates fluidity in transferring the puck back and forth with her partner, particularly when navigating the opposing teams blue line. Grade: B
Sophia Chard #12 (Stoney Creek Jr. Sabres, F, 2025): Her speed allows her to drive outside past the D and take the puck to the net for shots on goal. She gets to open spaces and makes smart decisions on the cycle. Her quick hands contribute to her success in the faceoff circle. Chard cradled a pass from 94 and drove the net to deke the tendy and light the lamp. Grade: B
Jaela Carter #71 (Stoney Creek Jr. Sabres, D, 2025): Carter is a composed and reliable defenseman who excels in various aspects of the game. She showcases her proficiency by seamlessly moving the puck with her defensive partner in the defensive zone, contributing to effective breakouts. Her calm demeanor at the offensive blue line ensures that pucks remain deep in the opponents zone, allowing for sustained offensive pressure. Carter consistently engages in physical play, separating opponents from the puck with precision. Her passing skills are characterized by crisp and accurate passes that find their mark, even in tight spaces or through traffic. Her puck-handling capabilities are particularly noteworthy, especially when she exits the defensive zone and initiates offensive rushes. Grade: B
Jordyn Vandenakker #91 (Stoney Creek Jr. Sabres, D, 2024): VandenAkker moves the puck smoothly across the O-zone blue line with her partner to set up opportunities. She gets pucks through traffic with a low snap shot or a hard slap shot from the point. Her passes are flat and on the tape. She stepped in to send a pass on the tape to set up Burr for a beauty goal. VandenAkker steps up in the neutral zone to get pucks deep on the PK. Grade: B
Aubrey Morrison #93 (Stoney Creek Jr. Sabres, F, 2026): Her acceleration allows her to separate from the pack, split the D, and drive the net for scoring opportunities. On the penalty kill, she uses her aggressive stick and rushes the point to block shots and frustrate the powerplay. Her aggressive forecheck disrupts the D and forces errors. Grade: B
Clea Hastings #10 (Stoney Creek Jr. Sabres, F, 2024): Hastings is quick to pounce on rebounds in front of the net for chances. She is frequently first to the puck when forechecking. Her passes are crisp and on target. Hastings uses her speed effectively when backchecking and applies pressure to frustrate the opponents attack. Grade: B-
Holly VanNetten #27 (Stoney Creek Jr. Sabres, D, 2025): Her good size offers a physical advantage and her strength as a skater, characterized by good speed, ensures that she can navigate the rink effectively. She makes intelligent decisions when orchestrating plays, particularly evident on the powerplay. Her passes are precise, hitting the tape and creating chances. Her ability to communicate effectively with her defensive partner keeps them in sync and minimizes mistakes. Grade: B-
Darragh Browne #83 (Stoney Creek Jr. Sabres, F, 2025): Browne is successful in the faceoff circle, winning battles and drawing pucks cleanly to teammates to start the play with possession. She controls and handles the puck with soft hands to quickly release shots on goal. The forward gets into open spaces to create opportunities. Browne uses her speed to drive hard to the net with and without the puck. Grade: B-
Team Illinois 19U
Gabriella Donato #7 (Team Illinois U19, D, 2024): Donato is depended upon by her team to defend leads late in the game. She willingly gets into shooting lanes and blocks shots, as was rewarded with a big empty-net goal against the Minnesota Ice Cougars for her hard work. She pushes opposing players to the outside and boxes them out well when they have the puck at the point. Grade: B
Cassidy Morrison #17 (Team Illinois U19, F, 2024): Morrison has great hands and shooting ability in tight. She has great patience with the puck and frequently selects the right time to release it when she is skating down the wing. Grade: B
Avery Hayward #22 (Team Illinois U19, F, 2025): Hayward is a strong, smooth skater that protects the puck well. She can open her hips and use mohawk turns to elude defenders. She is strong on her skates and sees the ice very well, frequently making great passes across the ice surface in the offensive zone. The right-handed forward is agile and quick. Grade: B-
Emma Brandenburger #38 (Team Illinois U19, F, 2024): Brandenburger can individually skate the puck out of trouble in high-traffic areas in the offensive zone. She can break the puck out as a forward with her speed and skill, relying upon her agility and mobility with the puck. She possesses good hockey sense and smarts around the net to get quality chances. Grade: B-
Toronto Aeros
Kyla Fleming #3 (Toronto Jr. Aeros, F, 2025): Fleming provided good pressure and an active stick to interrupt the PP. Grade: B
Noa Brown #29 (Toronto Jr. Aeros, G, 2024): Brown has strong lateral mobility to get to second shots. She holds the challenge on net drives and sits tall in her butterfly. Brown tracks pucks well and has very clean blocker save, knocking pucks out of danger. Grade: B
Laura Williams #81 (Toronto Jr. Aeros, F, 2025): Williams takes the puck to the net by driving the seams and protecting the puck well. Grade: B
Lyla Mckinnon #98 (Toronto Jr. Aeros, G, 2023): McKinnon is a well rounded goaltender who kept her team in the game for all 3 periods. She comes out to challenge shooters and stays tall on breakaways and has quick reactions when the puck is in tight. Grade: B
Kylie Moir #6 (Toronto Jr. Aeros, F, 2023): Moir effectively killed a good amount of time on the penalty kill with a well-executed forecheck with her teammate (#19) that kept the opponents hemmed in their end. Grade: B-
Zoha Lila #10 (Toronto Jr. Aeros, F, 2025): Lila drives the net with speed and great puck protection. She gets pucks to net while under pressure. Grade: B-
Julia Power #13 (Toronto Jr. Aeros, D, 2025): Power is a solid defensive defender with offensive skills to allow her to jump into the rush. She moves the puck effectively on both ends and has the agility to evade pressure with tight turns with the puck. Had a really nice backhand saucer pass up the ice for a breakout. Grade: B-
Emma Lambert #19 (Toronto Jr. Aeros, F, 2025): Lambert is a tall, strong forward who excels down low and along the boards in puck battles. She is tough to move off of the puck and is a force in front of the net while screening the goalie. Lambert effectively killed a good amount of time on the penalty kill with a well-executed forecheck with her teammate (#6) that kept the opponents hemmed in their end. Grade: B-
Claire Stewart #21 (Toronto Jr. Aeros, F, 2025): Stewart is a good skater with crossovers and head up with the puck. She has fluidity in her puck carrying and can use her speed to gain zone entry wide and set up zone control. Grade: B-
Mia Marcello #88 (Toronto Jr. Aeros, D, 2024): Marcello controls the gap and stands players up 1v1. Grade: B-
Paige Semeniuk #55 (Toronto Jr. Aeros, D, 2024): Semeniuk controls her opponents space well with good timing to stand up players at her blue line and angle them out on the boards to end the rush. Grade: B-
Avery Steyn #12 (Toronto Jr. Aeros, F, 2023): Steyn has heads-up play to anticipate and pick off passes. Grade: C+
Kaitlyn Toner #20 (Toronto Jr. Aeros, D, 2025): Toner holds the line well to keep the attack going and distributes the puck well with her partner to support the attack. Grade: C+
Jaidyn Clipperton #94 (Toronto Jr. Aeros, D, 2024): Her active stick on the penalty kill was effective in disrupting opportunities. Grade: C+
Washington Pride 19U
Dede Tindall #2 (Washington Pride U19, F, 2024): Tindall is a smart player who is patient with the puck, not forcing anything up ice. She is a shifty skater who can change her angle of attack with the puck and open up passing lanes with her speed and probing in the offensive zone. Grade: B-
Kacey Blum #9 (Washington Pride U19, F/D, 2025): Blum is a great skater with offensive skills to make her a threat. She is confident carrying the puck with crossovers and quick feet to easily break into the zone from her own end. Grade: B-
Carly Hinz #10 (Washington Pride U19, F, 2024): Hinz is a player who brings lots of effort every shift. She is solid defensively on both ends, staying strong on her stick and always moving her feet. With the puck she attacks the zone vertically and pressures the slot from the corners. Grade: B-
Madeline Wojciak #18 (Washington Pride U19, D, 2024): Wojciak is a solid puck moving defender who is calm with the puck under pressure and makes smart, quick decisions in her own end. Works the blue line and pinches effectively, while getting pucks on net low and driven. Her head is always up and is always moving, scanning the ice to make an impact. Grade: B-
Katie Mcgee #20 (Washington Pride U19, F, 2026): McGee is a strong forward who has good speed and skating mechanics for her frame. She has a strong positional IQ and can anticipate the play very well on offence. McGee can make defenders miss with tight turns and changes of direction to gain space and time. Grade: B-
Alex Hemingway #21 (Washington Pride U19, F, 2024): Hemingway is a very good faceoff winner who does well at tying up opposing center and using feet to kick the puck. She does well on the dump and chase with effort and often wins the puck battles along the boards with strength and balance. Hemingway is a willing passer and keeps moving without the puck for a return pass. She has the speed to recover defensively and makes crisp passes through traffic. Grade: B-
Waterloo U22AA
Caitlin Kraemer #94 (Kitchener Waterloo Jr. Rangers, F, 2024, Minnesota Duluth): Kraemer is a formidable presence on the ice with her good size and strong skating abilities. She smoothly controls and handles the puck with poise and finesse, allowing her to navigate through the opposition with ease. Her game is defined by high-intensity play and exceptional speed, making her a dynamic force on both ends of the rink. Kraemer’s passes are precise and consistently find their mark. Her willingness to battle in the hard-fought areas below the redline and in the corners creates opportunities and frustrates her opponents. Her quick release—the puck is on and off her stick in the blink of an eye—keeps defenders and goalies on their toes. Grade: A-
Abby Stonehouse #14 (Kitchener Waterloo Jr. Rangers, F, 2024, Penn State): Stonehouse is lightning-quick off the draw, catching opponents off guard with her quick release. Her speed and puck protection make her a penalty-drawing machine; defenders cannot keep up and resort to fouling her. When she finds herself in the high slot, she gets the puck off her stick quickly to challenge and frustrate goalies. Stonehouse has a good scoring touch. She drove the net and stayed focused on the puck to slide it in on the far side. Grade: B+
Teigan McDonald #9 (Kitchener Waterloo Jr. Rangers, F, 2024): McDonald protects the puck and uses her speed to separate from defenders and get into open space to rip a snap shot on goal. She draws pucks cleanly and wins faceoff battles to start the play with possession. The forward battles hard below the redline causing chaos and creating opportunities. On the backcheck, she applies good pressure to disrupt the attack. Grade: B-
Rachel Walsh #10 (Kitchener Waterloo Jr. Rangers, D, 2025): Walsh shows good defensive awareness, picking up the open player on net drives. Her puck retrievals are quick and efficient as she works her way out of the zone. She gets pucks to the net for chances with a hard, low wrister from the point. Grade: B-
Ava Werstine #11 (Kitchener Waterloo Jr. Rangers, F, 2024): Werstine controls and handles the puck with poise and finesse to get in spaces and fire a smooth tape-to-tape pass on the stick of an open teammate. Her passes in the attacking end are crisp and on target to create scoring opportunities. Her soft hands and control allow her to cradle passes on the fly with ease. Grade: B-
Maryn Broderick #19 (Kitchener Waterloo Jr. Rangers, D, 2025): She makes smart puck-moving decisions on net drives and when she drops in on the attack. Her good size and long stride give her excellent reach and coverage. With her long reach, she clogs passing lanes with her active stick, disrupting plays and frustrating opponents. Broderick steps up in the neutral zone on the penalty kill, breaking up plays and turning defense into offense. On the powerplay, she uses her strength and puck protection skills to shield the puck, creating space for smart passes to her teammates. Her rocket slap shot from the point is a weapon that keeps the oppositions defense and goalie on high alert. Grade: B-
Abigale Kirk #21 (Kitchener Waterloo Jr. Rangers, F, 2025): Kirk forechecks aggressively on the penalty kill using her active stick to disrupt the D, frustrate the powerplay, force errors and cause chaos. She received a pass, drove the net, and made a sweet deke across the goalmouth to find the back of the net for a powerplay goal. Grade: B-
Avery Randall #42 (Kitchener Waterloo Jr. Rangers, D, 2026): Randall is a smart puck-moving defender. Her passes back and forth with her partner are smooth and precise in even strength and man-advantage situations. She gets pucks through traffic and to the net with a hard, low snap from the point. Grade: B-
Whitby Jrs.
Rylan Haslam #2 (Whitby Jr. Wolves, F, 2024): Fast mobility at the offensive blue on the power play, moving and switching with D. Speed and hard working. Grade: A-
Molly Farace #20 (Whitby Jr. Wolves, F, 2025): Molly is quick skater who handles the well. she has good vision and makes smart passes. She goes to open ice in the o-zone and seems to be a player who gets scoring opportunities. She is creative with the puck around the net. Grade: B+
Sydney Sawyer #24 (Whitby Jr. Wolves, D, 2025): Great puck control, made some slick moves to get past hard point pressure and take a quick hard shot. Grade: B+
Emerson Henry #23 (Whitby Jr. Wolves, F, 2024): Emerson is a big player with good balance, she is very smart and defnsivilly responsible. She leads with her stick on the forecheck and uses her stick to break up passes. She has a heavy net front presence. Steps into space to cut passes and quickly turn that into a scoring chance. Hard accurate release. Grade: B
Kali Maechtel #89 (Whitby Jr. Wolves, D, 2026): Kali is smooth quick skater who makes smart choices with the puck coming out of her own end. She likes to rush pucks into the o-zone, will pull up and find late coming teammate. She intercepted a pass at the o-zone blueline, beat 2 players the took a wrist shot from the faceoff circle short side goal. Grade: B
Paige Fong #96 (Whitby Jr. Wolves, D, 2024): Great sized player. Hits tough passes quick and with ease. Has nice hockey sense to read pressure and consistent accuracy delivering the puck to the option she identified. Grade: B
Shayne Desjardins #4 (Whitby Jr. Wolves, D, 2023): Active and mobile. She has good size, reach. Communicates very well which allows her to drive Down if there is space, with someone moving into cover. Heads Up. Hits up ice passes. Can battle along the boards and win it. Grade: B-
Kylah Kenyon #71 (Whitby Jr. Wolves, D, 2025): Kylah has size and is mobile player. She keeps good gaps and is a physical player along the boards. She can carry the puck out of her own zone, but she also makes a good first pass. Grade: B-
Chloe Fife #19 (Whitby Jr. Wolves, F, 2025): Speed. High tempo, jumps on loose pucks and makes timely good decisions with it. Grade: C+
Windy City Storm 19U
Helena Siska #2 (Windy City U19, F, 2025): Helena is quick smooth skater who can handle the puck, she will carry the puck into the O-zone. She has great vision sees the ice well to find open teammate. She turns her body into good position to shoot on the rush. Her good stick steals pucks on the back check. She scored on a nice wrist shot, using the D for screen from the top of the circle vs St. Marys. Siska applies good pressure on the backcheck, taking the body and separating the player from the puck. She battles hard below the red line. The center wins a high percentage of draws cleanly to start the play with possession. Grade: B
Sam Pacino #12 (Windy City U19, D, 2024): Pacino is a good-sized defender. Her long stride generates the speed she needs to get back quickly and get into position to defend. Her first pass to start the breakout is crisp and on target. She gets pucks through traffic and to the net for chances with a hard snap shot from the point. Grade: B-
Emma Lucchese #18 (Windy City U19, D, 2024): Emma is a smooth quick skater, who can handle the puck and likes to jump into the play. She is patient with the puck, and will dump to a place where it can be retrieved. Her gap control is good and in 1v1 play she will push plays to the boards. Grade: B-
Millie Ewing #40 (Windy City U19, F, 2024): Ewing uses her size to her advantage when engaging in physical play. She takes the body to separate the player from the puck. Add her speed, and she consistently powers through opponents to gain space to create opportunities. When in the high slot, she gets the puck off her stick quickly to create chances and frustrate the goalies. Grade: B-
Windsor Southwest U22AA
Maxine Blunt #13 (Southwest Jr. Wildcats, F, 2024): Blunt is an effort player who works hard on both ends of the ice. She has an active stick and feet to win the puck off dump-ins and is a go-to forward fore executing breakouts along the boards. Grade: B-
Carissa Hann #14 (Southwest Jr. Wildcats, F/D, 2025): Carrisa is a strong skater with a strong work ethic. She works hard on the boards pinning the opposition, She battles hard in front of her own net. Grade: B-
Ashley Quenneville #21 (Southwest Jr. Wildcats, F, 2025): Ashley is not big, but with a high level of compete and energy. She handles the puck well. Grade: B-
Sophie Brush #25 (Southwest Jr. Wildcats, D, 2025): Sophia is a good skater who is strong in 1v1 play. She plays strong gaps and likes to stand up at the blueline. She is a physical player who is strong on the boards. Brush is a good backwards and forwards skater, who can handle multiple attackers at once, playing angles and using her stick effectively to cut off passing lanes. Grade: B-
Emma McDonald #31 (Southwest Jr. Wildcats, G, 2025): McDonald has great rebound control, lateral movement and stays tall on shots through traffic in front. Does well at communicating with her defenders and uses the paddle to check oncoming forwards with the puck across the crease. Grade: B-
Hudson DeNure #10 (Southwest Jr. Wildcats, F, 2024): DeNure is a hard forechecker who uses her strength and frame to effectively maintain the puck and create offence. Grade: C+