Every September, Stoney Creek, ON hosts 3 of the mostly highly scouted events of the season. From September 8-10th, the U18 division teams from across Canada and the United States take the ice to compete. The following weekends host the U22 and U15 divisions, which we will report on separately. The following is our scouting report form the U18 weekend. Players are listed in descending letter grade order beneath their team name. Players will the same letter grade are in no particular order.

Anaheim Lady Ducks U16

Emily Olsthoorn #7 (Anaheim Lady Ducks U16, F, 2025) : Olsthoorn sniped a top corner goal from the top of the circles after a quick turn over. She shows us she can pick up the puck and find a shot lane to put on net. Also that she can accurately put a shot on the net and find her spot and put it there. Grade: B 

Mackenzie Williams #14 (Anaheim Lady Ducks U16, F, 2026) : Williams uses her speed and passing abilities to gain space and set up open teammates for scoring chances. She is successful in the faceoff circle, winning battles and drawing pucks back cleanly to start the play with possession. Her snap shot is quick and challenges the goaltenders. Field tipped a shot from the point to light the lamp on the powerplay. Williams is a strong skater with good puck skills. She is quick to jump into the offensive rush and has the puck skills to skate through opponents with some fakes and evasive moves. Grade: B 

Sofia Ripley #19 (Anaheim Lady Ducks U16, F, 2026) : Sophia is a strong skater who can handle the puck real well. She can carry the puck out of the d-zone, and into the o-zone. She has a hard wrist shot and a quick release. She scored on a wrist shot from inside the blueline under the crossbar vs Toronto Aeros. Ripley uses her good size to shield the puck from the opposition as she gains the zone to get in position and snap pucks on net. She controls and handles the puck with poise as she drives the net to create chances or send a smooth pass to a breaking teammate. Defensively, she gets in the shooting lanes and blocks shots. Ripleys active stick disrupts attackers and passing options. Grade: B 

Kylie Atzert #22 (Anaheim Lady Ducks U16, F, 2025) : Atzert makes smooth, accurate passes to move the puck up ice and to create chances. She stole the puck in the high slot to go in alone, fire a shot on net, and bury her own rebound for a well-earned goal. Grade: B 

Elle Gasseau #27 (Anaheim Lady Ducks U16, F/D, 2027) : Gasseau crushes slap shots on the fly to challenge the goaltenders. She received a pass in the slot to snipe the top corner to complete the catch and release. Gasseau has a wide skating stride and a long reach. She uses these features well to protect the puck and deke opponents in the offensive zone. In the defensive zone she supports board battles and quickly retrieves loose pucks to initiate the breakout. Grade: B 

Sara Field #11 (Anaheim Lady Ducks U16, D, 2025) : Sara has good size and is a strong quick skater, she has good awareness in her own end and is strong in 1v1 play. She has a very active stick and is very effective in front of her net. She can carry the puck and likes to jump into the rush. Field makes smart puck-moving decisions on the power play, finding open teammates with smooth passes and creating chances from the point with hard slap shots and quick wrist shots. Grade: B- 

Charlotte Crudale #17 (Anaheim Lady Ducks U16, F, 2025) : Crudale has quick hands on the draw, winning faceoffs clean to start the play with possession on special teams. She communicates well with her teammates. Crudale also creates good chances with quick and hard wrist shots to challenge goalies. Grade: B- 

Cameron Liu #36 (Anaheim Lady Ducks U16, G, 2026) : Liu sits in a tight butterfly and cleanly slides post to post. She is quick to recover and get out on shots, cutting down the shooters angle. She tracks pucks well through traffic and is quick to cover loose pucks. Grade: B- 

Rachel Vicente #86 (Anaheim Lady Ducks U16, F, 2027) : Rachel is a strong skater with quickness. She can handle and possess the puck for a long time to buy time and space for offense to develop. She has good vision in the o-zone and makes smart passes. Grade: B- 

Mia Kirrin #4 (Anaheim Lady Ducks U16, F, 2024) : Kirrin goes hard to the net and gets shots off quickly. She plays with high effort and is not afraid to sit around the net to create offense. Grade: C+ 

Thalia Luk #77 (Anaheim Lady Ducks U16, D, 2026) : Luk is an agile skater who controls the gap on the rush and keeps opponents wide. She makes sure she keeps the play in front of her to ensure she is in good position at all times. Grade: C+ 

Ancaster Avalanche U18AA

Reese Halliday #6 (Ancaster Avalanche U18 AA, F, 2026) : Halliday is able to score and create plays through her hands, crossovers and skating ability. She is able to find good areas of the ice, and get quality shots off that challenge goalies immensely. She contains a good, hard, accurate shot that is able to pick corners effectively. She additionally competes hard all over the ice, and frequently wins battles. Grade: B 

Madi O’Neill (Ancaster Avalanche U18 AA, F, 2026) : O’Neill is a playmaker, as she often looks to make unselfish plays to the slot for her linemates. She is very easy to play with since she plays a “give-and-go” game in the offensive zone. She is a quick player that moves her feet well on the attack. Grade: B 

Hayley Howarth #15 (Ancaster Avalanche U18 AA, D, 2024) : Howarth moves the puck smoothly with her partner. And speaking of height and reach, she is no pushover – a solid presence out there. Howarth can carry the puck out of the defensive zone with confidence, skating it up the ice and right into the opponents territory. When it comes to battling for the puck, she gets body position to separate opponents from the puck. Taking the puck hard to the net and dishing out smooth passes to create golden opportunities. And lets not forget that long reach of hers, great for protecting that puck. Grade: B 

Olivia Starr #97 (Ancaster Avalanche U18 AA, F, 2025) : Starr is a 200-foot player who can chip in on both sides of the puck. She has a great wrist shot and puck control around her body. She protects it well down low, and is also able to find open players around the crease areas for scoring chances. Grade: B 

Mary Hedgcock #24 (Ancaster Avalanche U18 AA, F, 2024) : Hedgecock is able to get to the dirty areas of the ice and use her skill to find loose pucks and convert on scoring chances in tight areas. She is fearless and plays with a high compete level. She also combines her game with an element of control, poise and skill. Grade: B- 

Barrie Sharks U18AA 

Allie Homick #10 (Barrie Sharks U18 AA, F, 2026) : Allie has good hockey sense, and has good speed. She uses her ability to carry the puck to gain the o-zone. She puts herself in good spots in the o-zone to break plays in transition. Homick uses her speed to quickly get in the zone to disrupt the D and force errors. Homick uses her speed on the forecheck and is not afraid to battle in the corners or in front of the opposing net. She battles for position in front of the net to put herself in a position to be able to tip pucks. She created a turnover on the forecheck, leading to her potting it in the back of the net. Grade: B+ 

Lacey Larmand #44 (Barrie Sharks U18 AA, F) : Lacey is a strong skater with good hockey sense. She is strong on the forecheck, and good in her own end. She shields the puck well with her body and she is strong in the faceoff circle. Larmand is successful in the faceoff circle, winning battles and drawing pucks cleanly to teammates to start the play with possession. Defensively, she gets into position to provide good coverage and support. Her strong stick check takes pucks off the opponents stick. She gets to open spaces to rip shots on goal. She communicates well with her teammates. Larmand races to pucks on the power play, recovering them to reset and keep the pressure on the opposing team. She finds the open lanes to create great scoring chances for her teammates. Grade: B+ 

Brooke Browne #3 (Barrie Sharks U18 AA, F, 2024) : Brooke is quick and mobile and uses her long reach effectively. She is effective at stealing the puck and is strong along the boards. She makes smart passes to her teammates. Browne received a pass on the off wing down low to rip a wrister off the post and light the lamp. Browne uses her body effectively to take good angles on the forecheck and penalty kill, taking away time and space. She has a good netfront presence and a hard, quick release that she uses to accurately beat goaltenders. Grade: B 

Kate Aistrop #4 (Barrie Sharks U18 AA, D, 2024) : Kate is a strong skater with good speed and has real good hockey sense. She supports her partner strongly in her own end. Her first pass out of the zone is tape to tape. She has the ability to carry the puck out of trouble, and her pinches are strong. Aistrop is agile on her skates, which allows her to create time and space for herself and separating from other players with her speed and agility. She has a low, hard, accurate point shot that is perfect for forwards to get a stick on in front of the net.  Grade: B 

Payton Burnett #12 (Barrie Sharks U18 AA, D, 2025) : Burnetts got a good eye for intercepting passes. She uses her size to her advantage, playing physically, taking the body and making opponents think twice. Quick, low snapshots from the point that create chances for the forwards to deflect. She wins pucks in the D-zone, taking it up ice and driving towards the net and creating chances. Grade: B 

Ava Palazzo #24 (Barrie Sharks U18 AA, F, 2025) : Palazzo battles in all three zones, applying good pressure on the backcheck, staying on the puck, and winning faceoffs to start the play with possession. She controls, handles, and protects the puck on net drives. Grade: B 

Kaia Harbec #11 (Barrie Sharks U18 AA, F, 2025) : Kaia is a smart player with deceiving speed. She handles the puck well and has good hands in tight areas of the ice. She is tough to move from the front of the net and strong in her own end. Grade: B- 

Mackenzie Newhook #13 (Barrie Sharks U18 AA, D, 2025) : Newhook controls and handles the puck with poise as she steps around checkers to get the puck deep. Newhook has a strong first pass on the breakout, finding the open player and getting her team up ice. Grade: B- 

Sara Cubello #33 (Barrie Sharks U18 AA, G, 2025) : Cubello communicates well with her teammates, providing encouragement, directing traffic, and creating awareness. Cubello kept her team in the game early when they were under pressure, making some key saves. Grade: B 

Abby Boose #88 (Barrie Sharks U18 AA, F, 2026) : Boose has excellent puck control, who always has her stick on the ice and is always ready and looking for opportunities on the ice. She forechecks and backchecks with intention and uses her body to separate opponents from the puck. Grade: B 

Ryley White #17 (Barrie Sharks U18 AA, F, 2025) : White has good height, which is always an advantage. Battles in the corners and gets in on the forecheck to force errors. When things get crowded in front of the net, she is not afraid to battle for space. She can control and handle the puck with poise. Grade: C+ 

Belle Tire U16

Mariana Valeri #6 (Belle Tire U16, F, 2025) : Mariana is very quick and can handle the puck with speed. She has good vision in the o-zone and makes smart passes. She moves to open ice and can roll off her checks to get open. She is strong in the faceoff circle. Valeri makes smart puck-moving decisions on the powerplay. Valeri has excellent patience on the PP, finding the open lanes and creating opportunities for her teammates. She came off the half boards on the powerplay to snap a beauty off the post for a PP goal. Grade: B+ 

Kayla Lunney #10 (Belle Tire U16, D, 2025) : Lunney is a strong, agile skater who uses her speed to jump up into the rush as an option and then gets back quickly to defend. She controls and handles the puck with poise as she weaves through the zones and drives the net to create opportunities. Lunney manages the blueline well and gets pucks to the net with a hard, low slap shot. Her puck-moving decisions on the powerplay create solid scoring opportunities. She has an accurate point shot that is hard and at the perfect height for forwards in front to tip. She keeps a good gap and takes the body 1 on 1, not allowing any chances for the offensive player. Grade: B+ 

Camilla O’Reilly (Belle Tire U16, F, 2027) : Camilla is very quick and can handle the puck, she goes to the net hard with her stick on the ice. She battles hard for loose pucks. She is good positionally in both ends. She will plant herself in front of the net and is hard to move and defend. Defensively, O’Reilly rushes the point with an active stick and blocks shots. Grade: B+ 

Madeline Loe #2 (Belle Tire U16, F, 2025) : Loe uses her long stride to generate speed, disrupt the D on the forecheck, get open on the attack, and apply pressure on the backcheck. She battles hard in all situations and uses her long reach to intercept passes. Her smooth puck handling allows her to get into spaces and quickly release shots on net to challenge goalies. Loe is a strong skater with a powerful stride who forechecks hard. On the faceoffs, she drives the lanes hard, leading to puck recovery and establishing possession from the faceoff. Grade: B 

Zoe Paolucci #3 (Belle Tire U16, F, 2025) : Paolucci makes smart puck-moving decisions on the powerplay and has success in the faceoff circle winning battles and drawing pucks cleanly to teammates to start the play with possession. Grade: B 

Maddy Martin #22 (Belle Tire U16, D, 2026) : Maddy is a strong quick skater, she gets back to pucks quickly to turn it up ice. She is patient with the puck, she makes smart choices and her first pass is tape to tape. Martin powers through pressure with the puck to quickly release shots on goal. Grade: B 

Lauren Waldo #26 (Belle Tire U16, F, 2025) : Waldo uses her long reach to stick-check puck carriers when defending or protecting the puck when driving lanes for shots on goal. Her passes are on the tape and she gets pucks to the net with a quick release. Waldo has excellent skills with the puck, making a beautiful move to undress the defensemen leading to her potting one in the net. She protects the puck and sees the ice well to find open players. Grade: B 

Mackenzie Flannigan #34 (Belle Tire U16, D, 2026) : Mackenzie has good speed and can handle the puck. She moves through the NZ quickly with the puck. Her wrist shot is hard and has a quick release. Flannigan moves the puck well with her partner and can hit the stretch to move the puck up ice quickly. She gets pucks to the net with a hard slap from the point for the forwards to deflect. Flannigan has good patience with the puck. She handles the puck well and follows up the play quickly up ice to always be an option for her teammates. Grade: B 

Caitlin Flannigan #43 (Belle Tire U14, F, 2026) : Caitlin is a player with good height who uses her body to lean on players to wear them down. She is hard on the forecheck, she is a presence in front of the net and is willing to get in the shooting lane to block shots. Grade: B 

Belleville Bearcats U18AA

Mykelti Potts #8 (Belleville Bearcats U18 AA, F, 2025) : Potts is a strong forechecker and skater who makes smart decisions with the puck. She is able to use her smooth skating technique to evade opposing players, while also creating space for herself to find her open teammates. Grade: B- 

Ava Vrana #24 (Belleville Bearcats U18 AA, F, 2026) : Vrana is a player who gets many offensive zone entries through her speed and skill. She has quick hands in-tight and consistently is one of the hardest workers on the ice. Grade: B- 

Claire Rathwell #26 (Belleville Bearcats U18 AA, F, 2026) : Claire is a strong skater with good hockey sense. She handles the puck well and makes good choices with the puck. She can find herself open ice and open players. Claire is a good skater who has good awareness on the D-side of the puck. She is additionally able to make great passes on the power play, frequently setting up her teammates for good scoring chances. Rathwell holds the blue line to keep the offensive threat alive. She controls the gap at the blue line, taking away the rush. She also makes tape-to-tape outlet passes to leave the zone. Grade: B- 

Ava Webster #38 (Belleville Bearcats U18 AA, G, 2025) : Webster battles through traffic to make saves and cover rebounds. She plays the puck by setting it up for her teammates. Grade: B- 

Ella Mulder #22 (Belleville Bearcats U18 AA, F, 2026) : Ella is a strong skater with good size, she is very quick. She is a strong forchecker and usually gets to pucks first. Mulder moves the puck well with tape-to-tape passes and helps create good possession for her team. Grade: C+ 

Reece Leeder #55 (Belleville Bearcats U18 AA, D, 2025) : Leeder is not afraid to go into the dirty areas of the ice, and is more than willing to engage physically. She has a good, active stick and is able to intercept attacking plays off the rush. She frequently makes strong slot passes to the middle of the ice for her teammates, setting them up for great scoring chances. Leeder wins the puck and quickly gets off the boards to the net and gets shots on. Grade: C+ 

Sienna Eberle #79 (Belleville Bearcats U18 AA, F, 2025) : Eberle is a fearless player who competes extremely hard, as she blocks shots and ensures she is contributing defensively, even as a forward. Her competitiveness is contagious for her team, and her hard-working play provides energy for her team. Grade: C+ 

Ainsley Phillips #92 (Belleville Bearcats U18 AA, F, 2026) : Phillips maintains great strength on the puck while being challenged by attackers down low in the offensive zone. She is able to force turnovers committed by opposing defenders through her speed and relentless skating ability. She is a hard worker that battles hard in all areas of the ice. Grade: C+ 

Biggby 16U

Olivia Lorelli #12 (Biggby Coffee U16, F, 2025) : Olivia can skate, she can handle and carry the puck well. She drives lanes in the neutral zone to open ice and push the puck back. She also puts herself in good positions in both ends of the ice. Grade: B 

Sequoia Vetter #19 (Biggby Coffee U16, D, 2027) : Vetter uses her size and strength to box players out and control the low slot. Vetter has good size and strength, as she uses it to her advantage. She also has good passing ability, as she is able to find her open teammates and advance the puck up the ice. This helps Biggby increase the pace and tempo of their game(s). Grade: B 

Lauren Hernick #35 (Biggby Coffee U16, G, 2025) : Hernick has a crease top challenge that she holds during a rush and net drive, cutting the angle on first shots and holding the rebound. She moves quickly with short lateral movements and seals the post tight. Grade: B 

Avery Hutchinson #21 (Biggby Coffee U16, F, 2026) : Hutchinson wins board battles to escape with the puck. She then can evade attackers and drive the net for a quick shot on net which we got to see in her games. Hutchinson is a hard back-checker that is skilled and talented around the net. She has a unique mix of good puck control and physicality to her game. She is willing to drive the net and cut into the middle in order to get a better shooting angle. Grade: B- 

Kennedy Cerne #27 (Biggby Coffee U16, F, 2026) : Cerne is a hard worker who competes down low and can win battles. She is hungry on the puck at all times, and provides energy to Biggby when they need it most. Grade: C+ 

Makenzie Copeland #86 (Biggby Coffee U16, D, 2026) : Copeland makes tape to tape outlet passes to initiate the breakout. She will get her team up ice and into the offensive zone to create offense. Grade: C+ 

Bluewater Hawks U18AA

Haley Waters #18 (Bluewater Hawks U18 AA, F, 2026) : Waters is a shifty forward who does well receiving the puck along the boards during breakouts. She has the speed to break into the zone and cut inside for a shooting chance through traffic. Grade: B 

Leah Carnochan #22 (Bluewater Hawks U18 AA, F, 2026) : Carnochan is a heads up player who reads the ice well on the forecheck. She is a step ahead and is able to pick off passes. She gets the puck in deep when needed and has a quick release shot. Grade: B 

Lowyn Weber #9 (Bluewater Hawks U18 AA, F, 2025) : Weber battled in a goalmouth scramble to find the puck and jam it home. She did that by establishing a good netfront presence and using good hand to eye coordination to locate the puck and whack it home. Grade: B- 

Lucie Duffy #17 (Bluewater Hawks U18 AA, D, 2025) : Duffy is a good skater who is able to recover and get back with timely stick checking to thwart attackers. Maintains an active stick and feet down low to win corner battles for the puck and keeps her head up to make crisp outlet passes. Grade: B- 

Olivia Minten #23 (Bluewater Hawks U18 AA, D, 2026) : Minten seals the wall well in the offensive zone and chooses good opportunities to pinch and rush the puck. She also takes the body in front of the net on the defensive end. Grade: B- 

Olivia Thompson #77 (Bluewater Hawks U18 AA, F, 2026) : Thompson is a quick skater who is tenacious on the forecheck and puts a lot of pressure on opposing players in the offensive zone, creating turnovers. Thompson is a positionally sound forward who can anticipate the play well. She defends in the neutral zone with active feet and active stick to force turnovers and win speed battles to 50/50 pucks. Grade: B- 

Lauren Stewart #4 (Bluewater Hawks U18 AA, D, 2026) : Stewart is a positionally sound defenseman who has good patience with the puck at the blue line. She makes a strong, accurate first pass on the breakout and helps her team exit the defensive zone. Grade: C+ 

Jeanette Legere #7 (Bluewater Hawks U18 AA, F, 2024) : Legere made an excellent pick up of a puck that was passed behind her, showing her stick skills and range. She also showed good hockey sense and anticipation of where the puck will be. Grade: C+ 

Lauren Laszlo #73 (Bluewater Hawks U18 AA, F, 2026) : Laszlo is relentless in the pursuit of the puck. She forechecks and backchecks hard, and is not afraid to battle in front of the net and in the corners. She always wants to get the puck back and gain back possession of the puck. Grade: C+ 

Brampton Canadettes U18AA

Jamie O’Toole (Brampton Canadettes U18 AA, F, 2026) : Jamie has good size and quickness, she is a power forward type player. She can handle the puck and has a great work ethic. She is very strong on the boards and an effective penalty killer. O’Toole has great hands and makes great plays to set up her teammates and generate offensive opportunities. She is not afraid to carry the puck herself as well. Grade: B 

Anika Mahon #9 (Brampton Canadettes U18 AA, F, 2026) : Anika is real quick with a strong work ethic. Her good hockey sense makes her strong positionally in both ends of the rink. Truly a solid 200 foot player. Grade: B- 

Maeve McLachlan #77 (Brampton Canadettes U18 AA, F, 2024) : Maeve is a very smart all around player. She is very quick and aggressive on the penalty kill. Her height and strength makes it very hard to move from the front of the net. Grade: B- 

Sophia Luviano #87 (Brampton Canadettes U18 AA, F, 2024) : Sophia is a strong quick skater, who handles the puck very well. She can beat the D one on one and has good vision to make good smart passes. Luviano is a great skater, who also uses her vision to generate offensive opportunities. She can find soft spots on the ice and forechecks hard to create turnovers. Grade: B- 

#21 (F): 21 is reliable on faceoffs and can find soft spots on the ice to generate offense Grade: B- 

#86 (F): 86 wants the puck on her stick and skates well with it, she plays with grit and makes smart passes to generate offense. Grade: B- 

Madelaine Macas #10 (Brampton Canadettes U18 AA, D, 2024) : Macas is not afraid to skate the puck and makes smart pinches. She makes smart plays and skates hard on the backcheck and to join the rush. Grade: C+ 

Ava Irwin #15 (Brampton Canadettes U18 AA, D, 2025) : Irwin is not afraid to skate the puck, she will generate offense and puts pucks on net to create opportunities for her team. Grade: C+ 

Brantford U18AA

Marissa Verrips #5 (Brantford Ice Cats U18 AA, D, 2026) : Verrips uses her size and reach to her advantage to stick-check puck carriers and steal pucks. She has good speed that gets her to where she needs to be on the ice. She also has a solid slap shot and quick snap from the point to create opportunities for the forwards to deflect pucks on net. Grade: B- 

Ellie Silva #16 (Brantford Ice Cats U18 AA, F, 2024) : Silva does a good job rushing the point on the PK to block shots. She gained the zone on the left wing to rip a wrister from the top of the circle and tickle the twine top glove. Grade: B- 

Blair Matthews #18 (Brantford Ice Cats U18 AA, F, 2026) : Blair has good speed, she can handle and carry the puck on the rush to move her team down the ice. She has good hockey sense and makes good choices with the puck. She is defensively responsible and makes sure she has her defensive assignment to prevent goals. Grade: B- 

Trinity MacDonald #21 (Brantford Ice Cats U18 AA, D, 2025) : MacDonald is a good-sized defender who uses her long reach and active stick effectively in the neutral zone to break up plays. She reads the play well to get into position to intercept passes at the defensive blueline. Her pinches are successful and she gets away a hard snap from the point to create chances. Grade: B- 

Emma Battler #34 (Brantford Ice Cats U18 AA, F, 2025) : Battler was all alone when she received a backdoor pass to fire a wrister by the goalie that trickled in to light the lamp. Grade: B- 

Teagan Vanrooy #76 (Brantford Ice Cats U18 AA, D, 2024) : Teagan skates well and has good size. She is a physical player and uses her stick well. She can handle the puck and makes good accurate passes.  Vanrooy creates net-front chances for the forwards with solid shots from the point. She steps around attacking defenders to get away a quick low snap or crushes slap shots through traffic. Grade: B- 

Tess Squire #83 (Brantford Ice Cats U18 AA, D, 2025) : Squire reads the play to intercept passes on the penalty kill. She gets in the shooting lanes and blocks shots. Her passes are smooth and on target to move the play up ice or create opportunities. Grade: B- 

Alexa Kuranc #87 (Brantford Ice Cats U18 AA, F, 2024) : Kuranc is a solid skater who forechecks aggressively on the PK to force errors and break plays. She applies good pressure on the backcheck. Her puck handling and control allows her to get into position and send crisp passes on the tape to her teammates. Grade: B- 

Sophie Carson #19 (Brantford Ice Cats U18 AA, F, 2024) : Carson is strong in the faceoff circle, winning draws cleanly to her teammates to start the play with possession. She controls and handles the puck smoothly to carry the puck deep on the attack or get the puck to the net quickly to set up a breaking teammate. Grade: C+ 

Burlington Barracudas U18AA

Marley Clarke #9 (Burlington Barracudas U18 AA, D, 2025) : Clarke has a great, accurate point shot that is able to get through, while also being extremely mobile and agile when walking the line. She can score goals from a distance, and contribute offensively, despite being a 200-foot, competitive defender. Grade: B 

Lily Crumpton #44 (Burlington Barracudas U18 AA, F, 2025) : Crumpton is quick to recover pucks on the power play and has good patience once she recovers the puck. She has a quick release shot and is able to get pucks through traffic to the net. Crumpton has good hands around the net and can maneuver her way around defenders with her hands and feet through crossovers. She is able to get shots through within high-traffic areas in the slot, and potentially score. Grade: B

Charlotte Payette #6 (Burlington Barracudas U18 AA, D, 2024) : Charlotte is a good quick skater who can handle the puck. She makes smart choices and tape to tape passes. She is strong on the boards and effective in 1v1 plays. Payette uses her body well to protect the puck from opponents and makes an excellent first pass on the breakout and when regrouping. Payette is a stay-at-home defender who can ensure her own net is “taken care of” before she switches to offense. She possesses good hands and is able to create space for herself with her skating techniques. Grade: B- 

Cayleigh Bowes #8 (Burlington Barracudas U18 AA, D, 2025) : Bowes is not afraid to rush the puck and on one occasion made an excellent rush to create a scoring chance. She has a quick release from the point and is a strong skater, both forward and backward. Grade: B- 

Holly Brimacombe #12 (Burlington Barracudas U18 AA, F, 2026) : Brimacombe is a two-way forward who plays her position well. She knows where to be on the ice to be an option for her teammates and defensively separates opponents from the puck. Grade: B- 

Ava Dubkowski #21 (Burlington Barracudas U18 AA, F, 2026) : Ava is not big, but she is very quick and can handle and carry the puck well. She is hard on the forecheck, she has a good work ethic in both ends. She is willing to drive the net with the puck, and she has a quick release. With her smaller size she is fast and uses her speed to her advantage. She pressures hard on the penalty kill and takes good angles on the forecheck. She has a quick release shot which catches goalies off guard. Grade: B- 

Madelyn Brouwer #35 (Burlington Barracudas U18 AA, G, 2026) : Brouwer was under siege in a 5 on 3 late in the game and made some key saves to keep her team in it. This shows her clutch and focus to stay in the game. Grade: B- 

Aly Pescetti #59 (Burlington Barracudas U18 AA, F, 2026) : Aly is a good quick skater, she can handle the puck with speed. She is very good positionally and verbal leader on the ice. Pescetti is great on the penalty kill, she blocks shooting and passing lanes with good stick position. She plays her position very well which allows her to be a threat on the ice. Grade: B- 

Addison Butler #81 (Burlington Barracudas U18 AA, D, 2026) : Butler is a puck-moving defender who can advance the puck up smoothly to her forwards, allowing Burlington to play with pace. She skates well and smoothly, while the left-handed D can make crisp tape-to-tape passes in all 3 zones. Grade: B- 

Allison Gauley #83 (Burlington Barracudas U18 AA, D, 2026) : Allison is a tall player who uses her long reach well. She is a quick strong skater. She gets her shots to the net, and is a strong net front presence. Gauley is a physical presence and applies her strength toward opposing attacking forwards. Grade: B- 

Sophia Gosselin #88 (Burlington Barracudas U18 AA, F, 2025) : Gosselin competes and battles hard at all times and moments of the game. Her hard-working tenacity, combined with physicality, makes it hard for defenders to control her down low. She often times can protect the puck down low behind the goal line, and walk out to make a play either to her defense for a point shot, or cycle it back down for her linemates. Grade: B- 

Cambridge Roadrunners U18AA

Campbell Lean #9 (Cambridge Roadrunners U18 AA, D, 2024) : Lean is a very hard working defenseman. Lean is very good at getting the puck up the ice and gives 100% every shift. Lean makes good decisions when it comes from having the puck on the point. She contributes to offense while in the O-zone, but prefers to be a stay at home defender. Grade: B 

Emma MacDonald #22 (Cambridge Roadrunners U15 AA, F, 2025) : MacDonald smoothly cradled a one-touch pass that she took to the net and ripped a wrister top glove to light the lamp. She is a smooth skater with a quick release that challenges goaltenders and creates opportunities. Grade: B 

Rachael Burt #93 (Cambridge Roadrunners U18 AA, F, 2025) : Burt is a feisty forward with good speed. She controls and handles the puck with poise to get into position for a quick hard shot on goal. Her slap shot challenges goalies and creates rebounds for chances. Burt plays positionally well in the defensive zone and is aware of everything going on around her, allowing her to pounce on loose pucks and escape the zone. She backchecks hard and has her body in the right position to steal the puck from her opponent. Grade: B 

Breauna Sanecki #63 (Cambridge Rivulettes U18 AA, F, 2025) : Sanecki is a quick skater who works hard away from the puck to get to open spaces. She has a strong work ethic and keeps her feet moving all over the ice. Grade: B 

Taylor Bond #5 (Cambridge Roadrunners U18 AA, F, 2024) : Bond is a hard working forward who gives 100% every shift. Bond is a great forechecker as well as back-checker. Bond is great at supporting her teammates in battles and in the D-Zone. Bond is a great player coaches can rely on to be that 200ft player who will give her best every shift. Grade: B- 

Maggie MacDonald #27 (Cambridge Roadrunners U18 AA, F, 2024) : Macdonald is a skilled forward. When she is pressured she will use her skill to get around the players. She is a hard worker and battles hard in every battle. She has a good accurate wrist shot and backhand that is deadly. She is a player who works hard every shift. MacDonald is a positionally strong forward, who covers for her defensemen when they rush the puck or pinch in the offensive zone. She pressures hard and is a force all over the ice. Grade: B- 

Kasey Bater #42 (Cambridge Roadrunners U18 AA, F, 2024) : Bater is a hard working player. Bater gives her best every shift and will give her best in battles and constantly competes every second of every shift. Bater has a good shot and forechecks hard making it hard for defenders to have time to make a play. Bater uses her tenacity on the forecheck to create turnovers on the forecheck. She forced a turnover on the forecheck, found the open player to create a great scoring chance. Grade: B- 

Avery Collingwood #86 (Cambridge Roadrunners U18 AA, D, 2026) : Collingwood uses her size and long reach to her advantage blocking shots and stealing pucks. She gets involved in the offense jumping into the rush as an option and dropping in as a shooter in the o-zone. Her wrist shot from the point is low and hard, creating opportunities for the forwards to deflect or grab rebounds. Grade: B- 

Ella Mason #44 (Cambridge Roadrunners U18 AA, D, 2025) : Mason is a hard working defenseman. Mason battles hard and makes sure to clear the net front. Mason is a very defensive defenseman and is reliable to be a player who works her best every shift. Mason has the ability to keep pucks in the O-zone and get puts to the net. Grade: C+ 

Central York Panthers U18AA

Sophia Liu #7 (LA Lions, F/D) : Sophia has good size and has good balance on her edges. She handles the puck well, and has a hard shot accurate shot to go with her quick release. She is very quick to loose pucks. Liu uses her good speed to rush the point, apply pressure, and block shots. She controls the puck with poise to shield it from the opposition and maintain possession. On the forecheck, she reads the play well and intercepts the breakout pass. Grade: B 

Abby Pak #13 (Central York Panthers U18 AA, F, 2026) : Abby is a strong quick skater, she can handle the puck with patience. She will drive the net with and without the puck. She can get the puck upstairs quickly from tight spots. Pak plays physically and gains body position to separate the player from the puck for a smooth pass to an open teammate. She has silky mitts to dangle opponents in tight and create opportunities. The forward is quick on loose pucks and is frequently first to the puck in the corners. Pak can use her great passing ability to create offensive chemistry with her linemates. The right-handed forward is agile and uses her good puck control to be effective in all 3 zones of the ice surface. Grade: B 

Noa Marincola #27 (Central York Panthers U18 AA, F, 2025) : Noa is a quick skater who has a good hockey IQ. She can handle and carry the puck to gain the o-zone. She has good vision and her choices with the puck are smart. Marincola is successful in the faceoff circle winning battles and drawing the puck cleanly to teammates to start the play with possession. Her passes are crisp and on the tape. She battles hard in the corners and wins pucks. Marincola won the puck battle in a goalmouth scramble to jam it home for a well-earned goal. Grade: B 

Emma Hung #93 (Central York Panthers U18 AA, F, 2026) : Hung has great speed to separate from opponents for breakaway opportunities, win the puck on a chip and chase, and drive the net hard for shots on goal. She forechecks aggressively and forces errors. Her solid edgework allows her to make quick turns to escape pressure. Hungs passes are smooth, flat, and on the tape. Hung is a great passer who is able to draw players to her, and then dish it off to her linemates. She is willing to take the puck into the middle, and get quick shots off as well. Grade: B 

Elizabeth Janovski #97 (Central York Panthers U18 AA, F, 2026) : Janovski is successful in the faceoff circle, winning battles and drawing pucks back cleanly. She creates space to make crisp, accurate passes to open teammates. The forward controls and handles the puck with poise as she steps around defenders to drive the net for shots on goal. Janovski’s hard-working approach to the game, combined with her backchecking ability, makes her a 200-foot, complete player. Along with this, she can also chip in offensively with goals and points through creative playmaking and quick, accurate shooting. Grade: B 

Audrey Thomas #31 (Central York Panthers U18 AA, G, 2024) : Thomas tracks pucks and gets to the top of the blue paint to challenge shooters and cut down angles. She has good lateral movement, steers pucks to safe areas, and stands firm on net drives. Thomas holds her post challenge on net drives. Grade: B 

Caroline Wo #4 (Central York Panthers U18 AA, F, 2025) : Wo uses her speed effectively to snag loose pucks and gain possession. Defensively, she gets her stick in the passing lanes to break plays, intercept pucks, and deny opportunities. Wo skates very fast and is a hard worker in the D-zone. Her hard work, combined with smooth skating, makes it hard for attacking forwards and defenders to contain her. Grade: B- 

Emily Daniels #11 (Winnipeg Avros, F, 2019) : Daniels is a good shooter who is able to use a quick release and get open for her teammates with her speed. She is an energy forward that values D-zone play equally as much as offense, as she frequently ensures her net is taken care of before going on the rush. Grade: B- 

Kaitlyn Brown #12 (Central York Panthers U18 AA, F, 2024) : Brown has good hands around the net, and can get great shots away in dangerous scoring areas. She is a competitive, hard worker who is strong positionally in the D-zone. Grade: B-

Breanne Hurley #18 (Central York Panthers U15AA, D, 2026) : Breanne is a strong skater who uses her size and long reach to push plays to the outside. She is strong in the battles on the boards. She can carry the puck out of her own zone, she also moves across the blueline in the o-zone real well. Hurley rips hard snap shots and crushes slap shots to the net to create chances. Grade: B- 

Kayla Lyn #23 (Central York Panthers U18 AA, F, 2026) : Lyn is frequently first to the puck in net-front battles and on the forecheck. Her passes are crisp and on the tape. Lyn has good hockey-sense and ensures that she plays every shift like it is her last. Her high compete level is noticeable, particularly when on the PK, when she is applying pressure on the opposing defenders. Grade: B- 

Clara Liu #65 (Central York Panthers U18 AA, D, 2025) : Clara is a good skater with good size. She is very effective with her stick and is quick to close down on players in her own end. She is strong in front of her net. When she has the puck, she protects it with her body. Liu moves the puck back and forth smoothly with her partner. She does a good job covering for her partner. Grade: B- 

Brooklynn Vito #66 (Central York Panthers U18 AA, D, 2026) : Vito plays physically and does a good job taking the body. She steps up with an active stick to break up plays. Her puck movement with her partner is smooth and on target. Grade: B– 

Allie Dinsmore #91 (Central York Panthers U18 AA, F, 2025) : Dinsmore uses her speed to get into open space as an option and then get back quickly to defend. She controls and handles the puck with poise through the neutral zone to gain the attacking end. Her puck movement with her linemates is smooth. Grade: B- 

Chatham-Kent U18AA

Dakota Marchand #14 (Chatham Kent Crush U18 AA, F/D, 2024) : Marchand can score goals and create plays, being a key part of Chatham-Kent’s offense. She is able to use her good puck control and elusive shot to beat goalies from a distance, while also being able to finish her breakaway chances in tight. Grade: B 

Abbey Mazzela #17 (Chatham Kent Crush U18 AA, F, 2025) : Mazzela is a hard worker that contains a high level of offensive zone vision. She is a threat to score, while also playing a 200-foot game. She is a good positional player in all 3 zones, and is rarely caught as the last skater back into the Chatham-Kent D-zone. Grade: B 

Jacqueline Does-Rosiers (Chatham Kent Crush U18 AA, F, 2026) : Does Rosiers is a good finisher of her chances, as she is able to convert in tight in the crease area. She has the ability to get breakaways and get behind the defenders of the opposition, and when she is in alone, she is able to use good dekes and dangles to score. Grade: B 

Erin Adamson #30 (Chatham Kent Crush U18 AA, G, 2026) : Adamson is a mobile goalie who can see shots through traffic, using her athleticism to compete hard in net. Her mobility is an asset that allows her to slide from post-to-post in a quick manner. Grade: B- 

Addison Tope #31 (Chatham Kent Crush U18 AA, G, 2025) : Tope catches right, and she uses that to her advantage by having a quick glove, snagging many shots that were originally labeled for the top shelf. She is technically sound and square to the puck on a consistent basis. Grade: B- 

Savanah Smith #67 (Chatham Kent Crush U18 AA, F, 2024) : Smith can get shots off in high-traffic and prioritizes getting shots off from anywhere in the offensive zone. This challenges opposing goaltenders to stay honest and not cheat when she is able to get shots off from any angle. Grade: B- 

Ella DeMaeyer #9 (Chatham Kent Crush U18 AA, D, 2025) : After she jumps into the rush to create offense for Chatham-Kent, DeMeyer skates equally as hard back to her position and recovers effortlessly. She is frequently in a good position when playing within a “box plus one” D-zone system. Grade: C+ 

Libby Pink #58 (Chatham Kent Crush U18 AA, D, 2025) : Pink is a physical defender who plays her opposing forwards hard in the corners. She tries to contain attackers by pushing them to the outside, and trying to slow them down at the blue line. Grade: C+ 

Chicago Mission 16U

Addison Stewart #17 (Chicago Mission U16, F, 2025) : Stewarts speed allows her to get open to receive passes on the fly, drive around the D for shots on goal, and force errors on the forecheck. She snaps a rocket off her stick to challenge goalies and create chances. Stewart snagged a loose puck in a scramble in the slot to slam it home for a well-earned goal. Stewart is a smooth passer, picking up awkward passes and sending them to teammates’ tape. Grade: A-

Madison Gaines #26 (Chicago Mission U16, F, 2025) : Madison has a high hockey IQ, she is very quick and she reads and reacts to the play on the ice quickly. She goes to the net hard without the puck with her stick on the ice. She has a quick release and is strong in the faceoff circle. Gaines scored a beautiful short side goal with her quick release shot and creates opportunities for her teammates by finding the open player after creating time and space for herself to make a play. Gaines effectively angles players through the neutral zone to keep the puck. Grade: A-

Mia Winterkorn #81 (Chicago Mission U16, D, 2026) : Mia is a very good skater, she is tall and uses her long reach to push rushes wide to the outside. She is a physical player, who is effective on the boards both pinning players and winning battles for the puck. She is strong support for her partner, and moves the puck up ice smartly. Winterkorn reads the play and steps up to intercept passes and gain the zone for opportunities. She fires a hard snap from the point for the forwards to deflect. Winkerton takes away time and space from her opponents, putting them under pressure and creating turnovers. She pinches at the right opportunities in the offensive zone. Winterkorn plays a fast and physical game. She makes accurate passes effectively providing options for herself and executes a regroup through the neutral zone. She effectively jumps into the offense, at one point creating traffic in front of the offensive net. Grade: B+

Aruba Skiston #9 (Chicago Mission U16, D, 2025) : Aruba has quickness and can carry the puck out of her own end or make a first pass that is accurate. She has good gaps in the NZ and closes quick in the d-zone. Her pinches are strong and her shot is a quick release and on net. Skiston pounced on a loose puck in the high slot, made a quick turn, and sniped a rocket top glove to tickle the twine. When Skiston has the puck in the offensive end, she is a threat with her quick release shot and ability to see the open lanes. She makes time and space for herself by cutting back away from pressure. Skiston holds the line in the offensive zone to keep the offensive threat alive. She makes accurate tape-to-tape passes and distributes the puck effectively to create scoring chances and maintain possession. Grade: B

Emerson Tuvell #8 (Chicago Mission U16, D, 2026) : Emerson is a strong skater with great quickness, her hockey sense and vision produces tape to tape passes in the offensive end. She gets her shots to the net. She is not in a hurry to pull away from the b-line. She likes to stand up and make plays in the neutral zone. Tuvell has a good physical component to her game, pinching successfully and taking the body. Tuvel also keeps her head up in the defensive zone allowing her to see and capitalize on bank pass options behind the net with her partner and execute outlet passes. Grade: B 

Laine Rettell #11 (Chicago Mission U16, F, 2026) : Laine has good height and is a strong skater with good quickness. She likes to force pressure in the o-zone. She is very active and always moving. She is able to find herself open ice. Her snap shot is hard and accurate. Rettell has quick hands in the faceoff circle, winning draws cleanly and consistently to start the play with possession. Rettell uses her size to her advantage, using her body to protect the puck from opposing players. She drives the net hard with her stick on the ice and in one instance of driving the net hard, scored a beautiful tip-in goal off a pass coming from the outside. Grade: B

Kyla Schneider #20 (Chicago Mission U16, F, 2026) : Schneiders passes are smooth and on the tape to regroup and move the play up ice, find a breaking teammate, and set up scoring chances. She uses her speed to blow by the D and snap quick shots on goal for chances. She also saw her find the back of the net with a sweet low snap. Grade: B

Vanessa Magsino #27 (Chicago Mission U16, D, 2026) : Magsino made a beautiful first pass on the breakout to spring an odd man rush leading to an excellent scoring chance. She uses her body effectively in the defensive zone to separate opponents from the puck. Grade: B

Samantha Knutson #32 (Chicago Mission U16, G, 2025) : Knutson has a top-of-crease challenge and is mobile on her skates. She tracks rebounds well, has a strong glove and is quick to cover rebounds. She sits tall in her butterfly allowing her to take away the top of the net with shoulder saves. Grade: B

MaKenna Regan #38 (Chicago Mission U16, F, 2027) : Makenna is not big, but has breakaway speed. Her speed  will push the D back off the blueline. She has a very quick release and she hits the net. Regan applies pressure at both ends of the rink, forcing errors on the forecheck and picking up open players on the backcheck. Grade: B

Ella Skotty #61 (Chicago Mission U16, F, 2026) : Ella has good edge work, she uses her quickness to be aggressive on the forecheck. She uses the D for a screen on the rush with her quick release. Grade: B

Morgan Link #88 (Chicago Mission U16, F, 2026) : Link is a strong two-way center who reads the ice well. She forechecks and backchecks with urgency, often breaking up plays on the backcheck. She is able to see where her teammates are going to be and makes area passes for them to skate onto. Grade: B

Kiera Hanczar #97 (Chicago Mission U16, F, 2025) : Hanczar has a long strong skating stride that allows her to pick up speed through the neutral zone and keep checkers at bay. Grade: B

Lily Babnik #10 (Chicago Mission U16, F, 2025) : Babnik uses her speed on the forecheck to create turnovers and keep the pressure on in the offensive end. She is relentless in her pursuit of the puck and created multiple turnovers that led to scoring opportunities for her teammates. Babnik battles for position in the slot and creates screening traffic net-front. Grade: B-

Olivia Kumiega #21 (Chicago Mission U16, D, 2025) : Kumiega is a smooth passer, who can put the puck on her teammates tape. She moves the puck well in all areas of the ice which allows her team to play a high fast paced game. Grade: B-

Quinn Schwartz #2 (Chicago Mission U16, D, 2026) : Schwartz is agile on the blue to hold the line and keep the offensive threat alive. Grade: B- 

Lily Myers #46 (Chicago Mission U16, F, 2026) : Myers battles effectively along the boards and uses her strength and angling to win puck battles and keep possession of the puck for her team. Grade: B-

Clarington Flames U18AA

Sydney Fergusson #22 (Clarington Flames U18 AA, D, 2024) : Sydney has good balance, she is very aware of where she is in the D-zone. She plays with very good gaps. She makes very good choices with the puck. She has the ability to log a lot of ice time. Fergusson is able to jump into the rush and take the puck to the net when she decides to rush it up the ice. She goes wide, and is able to drive into an open area, creating chances for her team to score. Grade: B

Madeline Watters #24 (Clarington Flames U18 AA, F, 2026) : Madeline is very quick with good hockey sense. She plays with high energy and intensity. She is strong positionally in both ends, she supports the D and breaks up plays in the neutral zone. Grade: B

Aliana Gibson #16 (Clarington Flames U18 AA, F, 2025) : Gibson can make great moves while having the puck on her stick, as she displayed a good move to the backhand on a clear-cut breakaway. Combining this with her competitiveness and hard work in all 3 zones, she is able to be a complete player for Clarington and produce offense while also keeping pucks out of her own net. Grade: B-

Samantha Hogan #11 (Clarington Flames U18 AA, D, 2025) : Hogan competes hard in the corners and in battles. She is not afraid to engage physically, as is frequently looking to grind in the corners to win pinned pucks along the wall. Grade: C+

Savannah Payne #14 (Clarington Flames U18 AA, F, 2024) : Payne is fast and makes creative plays on 2-on-1s. She is strong on the puck, on her skates, and is able to fend off defenders with her good puck control. Grade: C+

Regan Briese #17 (Clarington Flames U18 AA, F, 2024) : Briese is effective in tight spaces, as she works extremely hard to come up with 50/50 pucks. She is a good passer in the offensive zone, and frequently is looking to make a pass back door to the open forwards on her team. She uses her speed to her advantage as it allows her to gain an extra split second with the puck to delay her decision, which makes her deceptive from an opposition’s perspective. Grade: C+

Jeevin Khehra #19 (Clarington Flames U18 AA, F, 2026) : Jeevin has size and skates well. She is effective getting open in the O-zone and will find open teammates in the O-zone to create offense for not only herself but her teammates. Grade: C+

Daria Manarin #20 (Clarington Flames U18 AA, F, 2026) : Manarin has poise with the puck, making her a threat to either score or dish it off to her linemates. She can hold on to the puck in the O-zone, while drawing players to her, as this creates space for her teammates. Grade: C+

Durham West U18AA

Kennedy Riches #7 (Durham West Lightning U18 AA, F, 2025) : Riches knows how to find the back of the net when given the opportunity. She has an accurate shot and creates chaos down low making it hard to defend her. She has a solid stride and battles hard for pucks. Grade: B+

London Cann #10 (Durham West Lightning U18 AA, F, 2026) : Cann is a tall forward with a long stride. She battles hard for pucks, wins races for loose pucks and gives her all every shift. She is good at covering players in the D-zone and makes simple plays. Cann is a strong forward who is shifty with the puck for her size. Has the ability to beat multiple defenders on the move with quick handles and misdirection. Grade: B

Madison Sialtsis #16 (Durham West Lightning U18 AA, F, 2026) : Sialtsis, as F3, reads the play on the forecheck to intercept breakout passes and keep the attack alive. Her passes are crisp, accurate, and on the tape. She has soft hands in tight to create opportunities. Sialtsis is a dynamic forward with strong positional awareness. Constantly looking to create, she probes for open space in the offensive zone and is patient with the puck on both ends. Sialtsis is a willing passer and looks to create chances with her vision and anticipating the defense. Grade: B

Willow Davidson #19 (Durham West Lightning U18 AA, D, 2026) : Davidson makes smart, accurate passes with her partner to regroup and calmly escape pressure to find an open teammate on the fly. Willow is quick to retrieve loose pucks and joins the rush as an option. Her slap shot from the point is low and hard, making it easy for the forwards to deflect. Grade: B

Taia MacDonald #65 (Durham West Lightning U18 AA, D, 2026) : MacDonald applies good back pressure and ties up the puck carrier to stop a breakaway. Her stretch pass hits the tape to move the play up ice quickly. She steps around oncoming opponents to drive the net and fire a hard snap shot on net to challenge the goalie. Grade: B

Olivia Cote-Wawryszn #66 (Durham West Lightning U18 AA, D, 2025) : Cote-Wawryszn stands up at the defensive blueline and uses her active stick to cause turnovers that transition to O-zone entries. She crushes low, hard slap shots that get through traffic and on net to create chances. Cote-Wawryszn is a solid puck moving defender with offensive skills to allow her to jump into the rush as an extra attacker. Very proficient with the puck and often makes defenders miss with her speed and puck carrying ability on the rush. She does well to be patient with the puck and can make crisp passes through traffic. Grade: B

Katie Belk #87 (North York Storm U18 AA, F, 2026) : Belk is a fluid skater and has good top end speed with the puck moving downhill. A quick decision maker and willing passer allows her to make tight reads and passes along the boards and through traffic. Executed the breakout very well along the boards by chipping past the D or drop passes to set up the breakout. Grade: B

Isabella Lane #88 (Durham West Lightning U18 AA, G, 2026) : Lane has a top of crease challenge. She moves smoothly in pad slides directing pucks safely to the corners. She contributes to team play by playing the puck. Grade: B

Caprie Chaulk #91 (Durham West Lightning U18 AA, F, 2026) : Chaulk communicates well with her teammates. She has soft, silky hands to control the puck in tight spaces, weave up ice, split opposing D, and dangle opponents for a sick backhand opportunity. Her quick hands contribute to her success in the faceoff circle, winning draws cleanly to her teammates to start the play with possession. Chaulk is a strong skater who is fluid with the puck and has solid mechanics with edge work. Chaulk looks to attack vertically with the puck and puts pressure on the defense to step up and challenge her with the puck. Grade: B

Uma Peterson #97 (Toronto Aeros U18 AA, F, 2026) : Peterson, a good taller forward, is a smooth skater who wheels, weaves, and dances around opponents to drive the net for quality shots on goal. She makes smart playmaking decisions to send a precise pass on the tape of an open teammate. Her speed allows her to quickly retrieve loose pucks to regain possession. Peterson is a smart passer with the puck in the offensive zone and works the cycle very well through her vision and strength on the puck. She has good vision and knowledge of where the next pass should be, and is always thinking ahead to the next pass and where she should be. Grade: B

Keira Mitchell #11 (Durham West Lightning U18 AA, F, 2025) : Mitchell battles hard in the corners and wins pucks. Her passes are crisp and on the tape. She has success winning draws to start the play with possession of the puck. Grade: B-

Olivia Smith #12 (Buffalo Bisons U19, F, 2017, Buffalo State) : Smith drops in as an option in the attacking zone and uses her speed to get back quickly and win a puck race. Her cross-ice passes are crisp and on the tape to hit a breaking winger and advance her team up ice. Grade: B-

Eden Bergman #67 (Durham West Lightning U18 AA, F, 2026) : Bergman is a strong forward who does well down low in puck battles with her effort and willingness to win the puck. She has solid agility with the puck and is able to evade pressure with tight turns and quick feet with the puck. Grade: B-

East Ottawa U18AA

Tegan Thompson #19 (East Ottawa U18 AA, F, 2025) : Tegan has a quick accurate shot and is very quick, she can handle the puck and make good passes. She will rush into the O-zone quick turn up to set up in the zone. She is also effective on the forecheck. Grade: B-

Kakwi Thomas #21 (East Ottawa U18 AA, D, 2025) : Thomas uses her long reach and active stick to steal pucks and contain attackers. She picks up open players and battles hard in the corners. Her snap from the point gets through traffic to create chances. Grade: B-

Ella Robertson #65 (East Ottawa U18 AA, F, 2026) : Ella is a strong quick skater, She has a strong work ethic. She is strong in the D zone, she is willing to get in shooting lane and block shots. Her choices with the puck are usually smart and safe. Robertson controls and handles the puck with poise as she exits the zone to move up ice. Her strong, wide skating base allows her to protect the puck on zone entries to go deep and drive the net to create scoring opportunities. Grade: B-

Emily St-Pierre #9 (Gloucester Cumberland Lady Grads U18 AA, D, 2024) : Emily has good size and mobility. She can carry the puck out of trouble. She is also strong in net front battles. Grade: C+

Etobicoke U18AA

Maija St-Pierre #1 (Etobicoke Dolphins U18 AA, G, 2027) : St. Pierre is a mobile goaltender who recovers quickly from the butterfly, stays big when moving post to post, and gets out on shots to quickly take away the angle.  She plays with a determination to get to pucks with occasional sprawling saves, an active stick to bang away loose pucks net front and a tracking through traffic.  She made many saves in this tight game giving her team a chance to win. Grade: A-

Eva Ouellette #24 (Etobicoke Dolphins U18 AA, D, 2027) : Ouellettes size and long reach combined with her puck control and handling allow her to go around the opposition and get into position to rip wristers on the net. Her passes are crisp and on target. Ouellette is a lengthy left-handed D with reach and has an active stick. She can intercept plays from attackers, while also being able to make smart plays in both her own zone and the O-zone. Ouellette effectively uses her size and reach to win board battles and protect the puck.  She makes space for herself and then uses it to effectively distribute the puck to team mates or ripe shots on net. Grade: A-

Kate Pasma #13 (Etobicoke Dolphins U18 AA, D, 2027) : Pasma plays physically and does a good job taking the body. Her passes are smooth and on target as she regroups with her partner, hits a forward on the fly, or sets up chances in the o-zone. She gets the puck off her stick quickly, snapping darts from the point and through traffic to create chances. Pasma can shoot very hard, and possess a very accurate snap snot from the point. She also is not afraid to block shots when needed. Grade: B

Bianca Harte #18 (Etobicoke Dolphins U18 AA, F, 2026) : Harte is a gritty and feisty player who loves to have the puck on her stick, she puts a relentless amount of pressure on her opponents and forces turnovers. Harte is also a skilled player who has great hands, as she can make great breakaway moves in tight. Her backhander is quick and accurate, and she is not afraid to use it off the fly. Her versatility of skills is complimented by her hard work and competitiveness. Grade: B

Neve Thatcher #25 (Etobicoke Dolphins U18 AA, F, 2027) : Thatcher controls the puck very well, and places it in optimal areas around her body so that it evades opposing attackers. With this, she is able to pass well and find her teammates once she eludes defenders. She is also able to take advantage of defenders who are either flat-footed or a bit slower, as she will be able to speed by them wide on the offensive zone entry. Grade: B

Ashley Austin #71 (Etobicoke Dolphins U18 AA, F, 2027) : Austin can shoot hard and maintains a quick release. She protects the puck well down low and is able to cut in hard towards the net when she gets a step on opposing defenders. She battles hard and competes for loose pucks, while additionally applying hard pressure on opposing defenders, often making them cough up the puck. Austin is a speedy player with strong puck skills.  She drove the net hard looking to score, but instead drew the penalty putting her team on the power play. Grade: B

Beatrice Tamburro #88 (Etobicoke Dolphins U18 AA, F, 2026) : Tamburro can finish off nice passing plays, showing off her hands and scoring touch in and around the net/crease. She is able to get open for her teammates in the high slot, making it very easy for her linemates to establish chemistry with her. Her hockey sense is comparatively high. Tamburro forechecks with speed and purpose, disrupting the opponents breakout. She plays a heads up game and sees the ice well, moving the cross-ice on the rush to a driving net bound team mate. Grade: B

Mia Venusio #8 (Etobicoke Dolphins U18 AA, D, 2027) : Venusio moves the puck with crisp passes to her partner along the blue line.  She walks the line to find shot lanes and puts the puck on net with hard, low tippable shots. Grade: B-

Scarlett Calvieri #21 (Etobicoke Dolphins U18 AA, F, 2024) : Calvieri has great edges and can easily beat her opponents with her elite speed and allow her to backcheck and forecheck hard. She causes turnovers to generate offensive chances. Calvieri is fast and quick on her feet, as she can make quick cross-over skating maneuvers to pick up speed at a quick pace. Her edgework is strong, as she backchecks hard to round out her 200-foot game and assist her defense. Calvieri is an intense forechecker who causes turn overs and disrupts opponents breakout.  She has a quick release shot that get on net. Grade: B-

Celeste Harte #58 (Etobicoke Dolphins U18 AA, F, 2024) : Harte has strong puck skills and is not afraid to skate the puck through traffic to generate offensive opportunities. Harte is a strong offensive player who goes to the hard areas of the ice to score. She has great chemistry with her sister, and can carry the puck to the middle of the ice willingly into high-traffic. She has a great deking ability and can get around defenders solely through her deceptiveness and creativity. Grade: B-

Sophia Fabro #91 (Etobicoke Dolphins U18 AA, F, 2026) : Fabro is a hardworking player who seems to always have the puck on her stick, she is always trying new things and works hard every second she is on the ice. Fabro drives the net on the attack, that creates scoring opportunities. Grade: B-

Kiana Taylor #98 (Etobicoke Dolphins U18 AA, D, 2025) : Taylor makes strong first passes out of the zone, and possesses a high hockey IQ. This was frequently exemplified when she used her “indirect passing” ability off the end-boards to find her open forwards, being able to advance the puck up the ice with ease. Taylor is agile with the puck, holding the blue line with evasive moves and keeping the attack alive. Grade: B-

Etoiles Laurentides U18

Maika Gauthier #51 (Etoiles Laurentides-Lanaudiere U18AA, F, 2026): Gauthier crashes the net, fearlessly battling to chip pucks on goal and displaying remarkable finesse in tight spaces. Her ability to win draws gives her team possession to start each play. Her vision and awareness allow her to make precise passes and control the puck with grace. That top-glove snipe in the slot was a thing of beauty, showcasing her skill and composure under pressure. Grade: B+

Lexia Gagnon #31 (Etoiles Laurentides-Lanaudiere U18AA, G, 2025) : Gagnon made some key saves early in the first to keep her team in the game She is square to pucks and also allows very little high scoring rebounds. Grade: B

Elli Allard #58 (Etoiles Laurentides-Lanaudiere U18AA, F, 2026) : Allard is a good-sized forward who uses her active stick on the forecheck to force errors. She shields the puck to create space for a simple dish pass to an open teammate and goes to the net to pounce on loose pucks. Grade: B

Anais Leprohon #71 (Etoiles Laurentides-Lanaudiere U18AA, D, 2026) : Leprohon is a good-sized defender with speed and a long reach who likes to join the rush as an option. She has a good offensive upside finding the seam to set one up with a smooth pass and driving the net to deke the goalie and bury another. Leprohon likes to join in offensively, frequently joining in on the rush. She also keeps a good gap defensively and is not afraid to block shots in the defensive zone. Grade: B

Maude Rochon #73 (Etoiles Laurentides-Lanaudiere U18AA, F, 2025) : Rochon, a smooth skater, cruised into the slot to receive a pass and send a one-timer past the goalie to light the lamp. Rochon finds herself in the open space on the breakout and often gets the puck out cleanly the first time it comes to her. Grade: B 

Ann-Laurence Dutil #59 (Etoiles Laurentides-Lanaudiere U18AA, F, 2026) : Dutil is successful winning draws to start the play with possession. She makes smart passes to set up scoring opportunities. The solid skater drives the net hard and gets pucks on net. Dutil battles hard below the redline and wins pucks. Grade: B-

Amelie Lebreux #60 (Etoiles Laurentides-Lanaudiere U18AA, G, 2026) : Lebreux sits tall in her butterfly covering a lot of net. She cuts down the angle to show less net and moves well side to side. Grade: B-

Justine Mallette #76 (Etoiles Laurentides-Lanaudiere U18AA, D, 2025) : Mallette ripped a wrister from the point through a screen to find the back of the net. She has good vision for the ice that allows her to find shooting and passing lanes. Grade: B-

Fraser Valley U18AAA

Cassandra Kehler #5 (Fraser Valley Rush, D, 2025) : Cassandra is a strong skater with real good quickness, she has the ability to change directions quickly. Her first pass in her own zone is tape to tape, she also can carry the puck out when needed. After the rush she is quick to get back in position. She sees the ice real well from the b-line on the PP. Her shots do not get blocked and get to the net. Kehler is a feisty defender who plays with an edge. She moves the puck up ice quickly in the neutral zone on the powerplay. The defender curls with the puck to escape pressure and make a tape-to-tape pass. Kehler ripped a snap shot from the point to find the back of the net with only seconds left in the game. Grade: B+

Hannah Dods #19 (Fraser Valley Rush, F, 2024) : Hannah is a strong skater that is very quick, she handles the puck with speed and possesses the puck for a long time. Her good vision helps her make good passes, especially in the o-zone. She rolls off checks to get open ice. Dods maintains her speed with and without the puck. She races to open areas to support her teammates and is able to possess the puck and keeps her head up and making passes through lanes to her teammates. Grade: B+

Katherine Leroux #15 (Fraser Valley Rush, F, 2024) : Katherine skates well and has good size and speed. She has good hockey sense. She is effective in both ends of the rink, she is also a big net front presence. She protects the puck with her body and is real strong on the boards. She is also a strong penalty killer. Grade: B

Madeline Collins #21 (Fraser Valley Rush, D, 2025) : Collins plays physically, battles in all situations, and jumps in to join the rush. She steps up in the neutral zone to win pucks and gain zone entries. The defender dangles opponents and gets open to crush slap shots on the fly. Collins battled below the redline, won the puck, and came out front to fire a backhand past the tendy for a well-earned goal. Grade: B

Anna Mckee #22 (Fraser Valley Rush, F, 2025) : Anna has real good quickness and a quick release. She handles the puck well below the red line in the O-zone. Has an outstanding one timer from faceoff dot. She is also strong in the face-off circle. Grade: B

Nahvin Bal #18 (Fraser Valley Rush, D, 2024) : Bal is a technically sound, agile and quick skater who uses her speed to rush the puck and create offensive opportunities. She has good patience and decision making in the defensive zone, helping her team on the breakout. Grade: B-

Greater Vancouver U18AAA

Rowan Hu #2 (Greater Vancouver Comets, F, 2025) : Hu works hard in all areas of the ice. Her hard back check caused a turnover which she quickly turned up ice with a stretch pass that created a scoring chance. She also scored the go-ahead goal in a tight game with a net drive and quick-release shot. She can be used in any situation as well. Grade: B

Paige Riley #4 (Greater Vancouver Comets, D, 2025) : Riley is a strong, agile skater, who uses this to evade oncoming forecheckers. On the rush, she takes away the opposing player’s body, separating them from the puck and not allowing them to get through to the net. Riley is a strong defender who is able to pin evasive players. She disrupts rushes with an active stick and strong pins and quickly turns the puck up ice. Riley distributes the puck quickly and smoothly in all parts of the ice.  In the offensive zone, she gets hard shots on net. Grade: B

Cameryn Shiels #8 (Greater Vancouver Comets, F, 2026) : Shiels used her quick and agile skating to delay in the offensive zone and find her teammate in the middle, leading to a goal. She sees the ice very well and sets her teammates up for success. She uses her body well to both protect the puck and separate others from the puck. Shiels is a speedy player who creates her own chances and capitalizes. Her strong forecheck caused a turnover that she turned into a goal with some sweet hands under pressure and a quick-release hard shot. Grade: B

Simone Duifhuis #16 (Greater Vancouver Comets, F, 2024) : Duifhuis is a two-way forward who plays well both offensively and defensively. She uses her body to her advantage, using it to create time and space. She made a great cutback in the offensive zone to evade her opponent and take the puck to the net. Grade: B

Olivia Tran #35 (Greater Vancouver Comets, G, 2025) : Tran is a steady goaltender who holds her team in games. She has a crease top challenge that she hold on 1v1s. She holds rebounds and directs pad saves to the corners. Her tight butterfly makes her a wall through traffic. She sets the puck up for defenders and made a game-saving blocker stretch save in the dying minutes of a tied game. Grade: B

Alaniya Johal #5 (Greater Vancouver Comets, F, 2025) : Johal plays heads-up on the rush by making passes and making herself available. She drives the net and makes quick decisions to pass or shoot. Grade: B-

Emma Hikida #7 (Greater Vancouver Comets, D, 2027) : Hikida moves the puck smoothly with tape-to-tape passes along the blue line and through the breakout. Grade: B-

Alyssa Worsley #10 (Greater Vancouver Comets, D, 2026) : Worsley stands up net crashing players and makes sure know one can pick up any rebounds. In the offensive zone she lets off low slap shot from the point that create offense and scoring chances. Grade: B-

Finley Elliott #17 (Greater Vancouver Comets, F, 2026) : Elliot drives the net with speed and puck protection to get quality shots on net. She uses her body to shield away opposing players and keep possession of the puck. Grade: B-

Chelsea Clark #19 (Greater Vancouver Comets, D, 2025) : Clark moves the puck quickly and smoothly with her partner behind the net when under pressure and tape to tape along the blueline. She is a good puck mover that assists her in breakouts as well. Grade: B-

Grace Chamberlain #21 (Greater Vancouver Comets, F, 2026) : Chamberlain is a quick skater who keeps her feet moving all over the ice. She forechecks and backchecks with authority and keeps her stick on the ice, always ready for the puck to come to her. Grade: B-

Sadie Mulligan #22 (Greater Vancouver Comets, F, 2025) : Mulligan has soft hands, crisp passes and a hard snap-shot that make her very effective in the offensive zone. We also have no doubt she can be quite the force on the powerplay. Grade: B-

Guelph U18AA

Tessa Elliott #10 (Guelph Jr. Gryphons U18 AA, F, 2025) : Elliot has good speed, off face-offs she has a quick 3 strides that give her the speed to blow by her opponents and create odd player chances. Grade: B-

Emma Collier #11 (Guelph Jr. Gryphons U18 AA, F, 2024) : Collier has patience and can slow down the game. She is reliable on faceoffs and is a good option to move the puck to so offense can be created. Grade: C+

Kaitlyn Broeckel #25 (Guelph Jr. Gryphons U18 AA, F, 2025) : Kaitlyn has good speed and a strong work ethic. She can carry and handle the puck, she has the vision of a playmaker. She is strong in her own end and plays with a gritty nasty side and physicality. Grade: C+

Gianna Melchionna #26 (Guelph Jr. Gryphons U18 AA, D, 2024) : Gianna has good size and is very mobile. She is physical and strong on the boards. She uses her long reach to push plays wide. In the O-zone her pinches are effective. Grade: C+

Chloe Prince #91 (Guelph Jr. Gryphons U18 AA, D/F) : Prince is smart with her rushes and if she has the room she will take advantage of it. She also uses her body to protect the puck and makes good plays to her teammates to create offense. Grade: C+

Hamilton Hawks U18AA

Giulia Fanara #8 (Hamilton Hawks U18 AA, F, 2026) : Fanara has good outside speed to blow by the D and get into position to snap a beauty from the off-wing for chances. She gets in the shooting lanes and blocks shots on the penalty kill. From behind the net, the forward swept the puck on goal to have it trickle in and light the lamp. Fanara uses her speed and skill to easily maneuver around her opponents, she has an elite toe-drag that works almost every time and she generate offensive opportunities. She skates in all areas on the ice and works hard in the defensive zone. Fanara is a fast skater who works hard to establish offensive zone pressure. She looks to engage in all areas of the ice, and does not shy away from the dirty-areas of the ice. Grade: B-  

Shannon Henshaw #27 (Hamilton Hawks U18 AA, G, 2026) : Henshaw tracks the puck well and has good lateral movement. She battles in scrambles, recovers quickly to face second and third attempts, and smothers pucks quickly when she senses her team is in trouble. Grade: B-

Courtney Beeksma #39 (Hamilton Hawks U18 AA, G, 2027) : Beeksma is not afraid to come out of her net and play the puck, she can stretch herself out and has good reactions to the play. Grade: B-

Jade McNicol #71 (Hamilton Hawks U18 AA, F, 2025) : Jade is a strong skater with good speed. she can carry the puck through the NZ. She can gain possession of the O-zone. She plays hard in both ends and is strong on the boards. McNicol has a strong net-front presence when providing screens during 5-on-4 situations. She is able to take the eyes away from the opposing goalie, while being fearless in high-traffic areas of the ice. She is able to score in tight through her quick hands, and is not afraid to make unselfish passes. Grade: B- 

Alyiah Finch #84 (Hamilton Hawks U18 AA, F, 2025) : Alyiah is a real good quick skater, she handles the pick with her head up all the time. She is a player that the puck finds her, she has a quick release. Finch is a good offensive player who tries to create offence through her hard work and relentlessness on the forecheck. She forces players to cough up the puck and rush their decisions, causing turnovers, and potential chances for Hamilton. Grade: B-

Jenna Quinlan #4 (Hamilton Hawks U18 AA, F, 2025) : Quinlan looks to battle and competes hard below the goal line in the offensive zone. She does not shy away from physical play, making her a great penalty killer and defensive forward. Grade: C+

Josie Clarke #40 (Hamilton Hawks U18 AA, D, 2025) : Josie is big and mobile, uses her reach to push plays to the outside. She is vey good in front of the net. She handles the puck with patience in the D-zone, and makes good choices with the puck. Grade: C+

Addison Bridgewater #48 (Hamilton Hawks U18 AA, F, 2025) : Bridgewater is a great skater, she uses her speed on the forecheck to cause turnovers she can capitalize on, or to make her opponents make mistakes and take penalties against her. She is not afraid to battle and plays in all areas on the ice. Grade: C+

Kendra Hill #88 (Hamilton Hawks U18 AA, D, 2025) : Hill is a physical defender who uses her size to her advantage when defending down low in the d-zone. Grade: C+

Graece Fowler #93 (Hamilton Hawks U18 AA, F, 2024) : Fowler is a grinder, she works hard every second she is on the ice and she has some skill she uses when she has an opportunity to. Grade: C+

Morgan McKeraghan #7 (Hamilton Hawks U18 AA, D, 2024) : McKeraghan is able to successfully pinch from the blue line in the offensive zone to help Hamilton keep and establish offensive zone puck possession time. She is a puck-moving D that can advance the puck up quickly and effectively. Grade: C

Honeybaked U18AA

Vivian Eckerman #4 (Honeybaked U19, D, 2026) : Vivian is a smart player, her first pass is on the tape. She is very strong positionally. She uses her stick effectively and has a very hard shot from the point and gets it on net. Grade: B

Fiona Sierens #91 (Honeybaked U19, F, 2025) : Sierens plays at a high tempo, controlling and handling the puck with speed and poise, driving the net hard, and staying on the puck. Her passes are accurate, especially on the powerplay where you see her smart puck movement. Her quick hands let her win faceoff battles on the powerplay to start with possession and snap the puck off her stick with a quick release. She battles hard along the boards and gets into position to provide good defensive coverage and support. Grade: B

Ella Petroski #44 (Honeybaked U19, F, 2026) : Petroski has success in the faceoff circle winning battles and drawing pucks back cleanly to her teammates to start the play with possession. Her speed allows her to exit the zone and weave up ice with the puck to gain the attacking end and start the offense. She drives the net hard to tap passes on goal. Grade: B-

Elisa Petroski #88 (Honeybaked U19, D, 2025) : Petroski uses her long reach and active stick to deny breakaway opportunities from the opposition. She does a good job taking the body. Her passes are crisp and on the tape, and she rips a hard low wrister from the point to the net for chances. Grade: B-

Intrepide de Outaouais U18

Laurence Lafleur #10 (L’Intrepides de L’Outaoucais U18AA, F, 2026) : Lafleur drives the offense for the Intrepide. Her hockey sense, patience, and creativity make her a scoring threat every time she is on the ice. A smooth skater with a strong stride, she controls and handles the puck with speed, including taking it in her feet and moving it to her stick. She dangled her way out of the corner to rip a wrister on net that led to a rebound goal. Lafleur corralled a bouncing puck and outwaited the goalie to send one home, and dangled the D to bury a second one through the 5-hole. Her vision while carry the puck makes her a strong playmaker and ability to handle puck in tight spots are eceptional.  Lafleur is an offensive threat who can create and score timely goals.  She has the sweet hands under pressure and skating skills to evade defenders and create a buzz around the net.  She drives the net with speed consistently and scored a tip-in on the drive.  She is a creative playmaker who moves the puck quickly and accurately.  She has speed in her skating allowing her to get a step on defenders and speed in her shot, picking the 5-hole on goaltenders.  She is tenacious on the attack and level-headed to walk away from taunts. Grade: A  

Kelia Gilbert #88 (L’Intrepides de L’Outaoucais U18AA, F, 2026) : Gilbert has great chemistry with Lafleur, driving the offense for the Intrepide. Her smooth skating and silky scoring touch make her someone to watch every time she is on the ice. She drove the net for a shot that turned into a rebound goal. Gilbert grabbed a rebound in the slot to sweep it home with a one-timer and received a pass in a two-on-nothing to bury a deke for a sweet goal. Gilbert is an offensive threat with her playmaking and finishing.  She sets people up, used give-and-go passing for an assist and faked a shot then slide over the pass for an assist. Gilbert is a clutch player who steps up her game when needed.  She scored two goals in this medal-round game. One was a backdoor slapshot that the goalie did not have a chance on and the second was a quick off-the-face-off snipe to tie the game. Grade: A

Genevieve Godin #13 (L’Intrepides de L’Outaoucais U18AA, F, 2026) : Godin quickly gathers loose pucks to snap darts on net for chances. She battles along the boards to create turnovers and win pucks. The forward drives the net to snag rebounds for scoring opportunities. Godin effectively angles and pins along the boards to win pucks and turn the play. She has great supportive positioning and the speed to jump into open space and take away opponents’ space. She goes to the net for rebounds, scoring on a quick snaper. She reads the play well to intercept passes and set up teammates. Grade: A-

Abigael Blais #40 (L’Intrepides de L’Outaoucais U18AA, F, 2027) : Blais has quick puck agility to evade defenders and separates herself from attackers with a jump in speed.  She effectively uses give-and-go passing and drives the net for scoring chances and rebounds, scoring on a net drive from a give-and-go from the corner.  Blais picked up a stretch pass that sent her on a breakaway, scoring top shelf. Grade: B+

Elyssa Lalonde #55 (L’Intrepides de L’Outaoucais U18AA, D, 2026) : Lalonde makes smart puck-moving decisions, hitting breaking wingers for zone entries, sending forwards out of the d-zone, and finding open teammates through the seam for scoring chances. She reads the play well in the neutral zone to intercept passes and break plays. Grade: B

Gabrielle Roy #65 (St. Paul’s School, F, 2020, Boston College) : Roy has good skating speed to separate herself from defenders.  She drives the net and protects the puck well forcing players to haul her down for penalties.  She scored a shot goal on a breakaway but using the speed to give herself some space and time. Grade: B

Justine Taillefer #87 (L’Intrepides de L’Outaoucais U18AA, F, 2027) : Justine has the size to be a power forward, she has good hockey sense and is positionally strong. She moves to open ice in the O-zone, and leads with her stick on the forecheck. She is strong on faceoffs and is an effective penalty killer. Grade: B

Marielle Seguin-Letourneau #1 (Intrepide de L’Outaouais MAAA, G, 2026) : Seguin-Letourneau tracks the puck well through traffic, battles to cover and never gives up on the play.  Shown with some big stretch saves.  She made a huge poke check save on a breakaway in the last minute of a tied game. Grade: B-

Anabelle Favreau #25 (L’Intrepides de L’Outaoucais U18AA, D, 2027) : Favreau plays with hustle to get to loose pucks. She gets her point shots on net. Grade: B-

Gabrielle Brochu #26 (L’Intrepides de L’Outaoucais U18AA, D, 2026) : Brochu keeps point shots low, hard and tippable. Grade: B-

Noemie Germain #33 (L’Intrepides de L’Outaoucais U18AA, G, 2027) : Germain challenges at the top of the crease and seals the post well. Her quick legs kick out pad saves. Grade: B-

Megane Cronier #60 (L’Intrepides de L’Outaoucais U18AA, D, 2026) : Cronier was an effective penalty killer by consistently getting pucks deep into the opponents zone. Grade: B-

Marie-Eve Auger #93 (L’Intrepides de L’Outaoucais U18AA, D, 2027) : Auger moves the puck well with tape to tape passes. Grade: B-  

Paige Dubeau #11 (L’Intrepides de L’Outaoucais U18AA, F, 2026) : Dubeau consistently wins foot races to loose pucks with her speed and ability to take the lane. 

Japan Ice Hockey Federation 16U

Umeka Odaira #14 (Japan U18, F, 2027) : Odaira is great at backchecking, as she is physical in battles and willing to block shots. She is supportive down low in the d-zone and has smooth hands. Odaira is a quick, powerful forward who reads the ice well on the forecheck. She has good patience at the net, making sure to settle the puck prior to getting off a hard, accurate shot. Grade: B

Saika Kiyokawa #16 (Japan U18, F, 2028) : Kiyokawa reads the play well, and has good positioning while she is supporting or involved in puck battles. Kiyokawa struggles with puck watching though as she is unaware of her surroundings. Kiyokawa can score goals in tight with her quick release around the hash marks. Her overall skill and creativity in the offensive zone is evident, as she can draw players to her to allow her linemates to have an extra split second with the puck to make a decision. Grade: B

Azumi Numabe #19 (Japan U18, F, 2027) : When handling the puck, Numabe showcases good poise as she dances through defenders to create scoring opportunities. She is the go-to shooter when it comes to the powerplay, and her decision-making on the man advantage is very smart. What really sets her apart is her ability to find open spaces and use her solid edgework to gain a positional advantage. She is a hard worker who battles relentlessly in all three zones. Her slap shot is strong and is a good asset in her offensive bag of tricks. Numabe is a very offensive player, as well as a 200ft player. She is good at retrieving pucks in the o-zone as she has some skill with the puck. She uses her size well, protecting and getting the puck. She is a hard worker who supports her teammates in battles and has a good one-timer. Numabe is a quick and agile skater who has excellent skill. She uses her smooth hands to keep the puck from her opponents. Her strong skills allow her to dictate the game and creates numerous opportunities. Numabe is a natural scorer that is able to get quick shots off by getting herself open in the slot. She possesses good hands and size. Grade: B

Mayu Hosogoe #2 (Japan U18, D, 2027) : Hosogoe reads the play well, as she has good stick positioning in the d-zone, she is good at supporting her partner and has good edges. Hosogoe does struggle with jumping up in the play to contribute to defence and is fairly weak on her stick. Grade: B-

Riko Nishiuchi #6 (Japan U18, D, 2028) : Nishiuchi, a smooth skater with patience, regroups easily with her partner, finds the opening to send passes on the tape, and waits for puck carriers to commit before stealing the puck with a solid stick check. Her slap from the point gets through traffic to create opportunities. Nishiuchi is very physical when it comes to battles and uses her size well. She is willing to play her offside and has a good shot. Nishiuchi struggles with her hockey IQ as well as keeping her head up when it comes to making plays and shooting from the blueline. Grade: B-

Lily Sato #9 (Japan U18, D, 2028) : Sato is very big and physical and is hard to beat when it comes to battling for the puck. She is good in the d-zone of her surroundings and covering players in front of the net. Sato has a hard shot, but it is not very accurate. Grade: B-

Nanaho Yamaguchi #11 (Japan U18, F, 2027) : Yamaguchi is a hard worker and good at angling opponents out. She is small, but a good skater and supportive in the d-zone as she is a very defensive forward. Grade: B-

Momona Fukuzawa #13 (Japan U18, F, 2028) : Fukuzawa has above average speed and reads the play well. She plays the game 200ft as she is supportive in the d-zone and dangerous in the o-zone with her speed and edges. Fukuzawa is a great shooter and possesses quick skating ability. Her hockey sense is noticeable, particularly when she is seen finding her teammates in high-potential scoring zones in the crease. Grade: B-

Reina Kakuta #17 (Japan U18, F, 2028) : Kakuta communicates well on the ice with her teammates, as she is a big play maker and very offensive. She is supportive in the d-zone, but also very unaware of her surroundings and her player. Grade: B-

Koko Ruike #3 (Japan U18, D, 2028): Ruike takes very quick shifts, but does her job in the d-zone well. She is willing to play her offhand, but has a downfall as a defenseman of being weak on her stick. She is a stay at home defenseman who likes to sit back and do her job then get off the ice. Ruike plays a more defensive style of game, but is effective in creating turnovers in her own zone and making a good first pass on the breakout. Ruike is a good passer who is able to advance the puck up the ice in a quick manner. She makes smart choices with the puck and is rarely caught out of position. Grade: C+

Kika Terauchi #4 (Japan U18, D, 2027) : Terauchi is a good-sixed tough defenseman. She is good at making heads up plays, although her passing is not very accurate. She is hard on loose pucks and has a good shot. Terauchi is a patient defensemen, waiting for the right opportunity to move the puck to her teammates. She has a good gap defensively 1 on 1, taking away time and space. Grade: C+

Rino Tada #5 (Japan U18, D, 2027) : TADA moves the puck smoothly, sending wingers with a first pass to exit the zone, regrouping with her partner, and hitting forwards on the fly for zone entries. Her slap from the point is strong, gets through traffic, and creates opportunities.  Tada has good defensive positioning in the d-zone and is willing to play her offside. She has a good stick in the d-zone as she is a very defensive defenseman. She is not the best at 1v1 as she is also not the strongest at backwards skating. Tada is physical down-low and competes hard. She makes firm, strong passes that are often tape-to-tape, as she uses her D-partner on a frequent basis to relieve pressure off herself. Grade: C+

Momoka Okamura #10 (Japan U18, F, 2026) : Okamura is good at tying up opponents on draws, as well as supporting her teammates in both d-zone and o-zone. She is small but physical and very good at being a 200ft player, as well she does not let her size affect her as she is tough in battles and good at screening the goalie. Okamura does struggle with shooting as she does not have a very hard and accurate shot. Grade: C+

Tsumugi Ito #15 (Japan U18, F, 2028) : Ito has above average speed, and is a hard worker. She stops on pucks and is good at supporting her teammates in the d-zone and o-zone. Ito downfall is she is a puck watcher and unaware of her surroundings most of the time. Grade: C+

Nana Akimoto #18 (Japan U18, F, 2028) : Akimoto is very good at puck retrieval and relaxed when she has the puck. She is not the best at draws and struggles with decision making. Grade: C+

Kemptville U18AA

Camryn Brown #26 (Rideau St. Lawrence Thunder U18 AA, F, 2025) : Brown is a playmaker and is able to finish her chances in tight areas and in high-traffic areas like the slot. She gets herself open on 2-on-1s, and is able to drive the net hard to the far post, showing hard work and relentlessness. Grade: B

Jordan Pickard #77 (F, 2025) : Pickard can score goals with her accurate shot off the rush. She is a good contributor on the power play and also possesses a high level of hockey sense in the offensive zone. Grade: B

Norah Nyaba #97 (F, 2027) : Nyaba is a smart player that has good edges and turning ability. She is able to find the soft areas of the ice in order to get shots off and catch the opposing goalie off guard. She is able to score goals and make plays, as she is always looking to drive the net once taking opposing defenders wide on her o-zone entries. Grade: B

Kingston U18AA

Jessie Gerlsbeck #0 (Kingston Ice Wolves U18 AA, G, 2025) : Gerlsbeck has a calm demenor about her, deflecting pass outs and moving laterally as if she is floating.  She reacts quickly to shots and battles through traffic to cover. Grade: B-

Jillian Milton #5 (Kingston Ice Wolves U18 AA, F, 2025) : Milton is a good skater that can accelerate very quickly in tight areas of the D-zone. The left-handed forward uses her feet and speed to her advantage, frequently seen blowing by defenders and taking the puck wide, then pivoting to find an open teammate. Grade: B-

Sophie Splinter #12 (Kingston Ice Wolves U18 AA, F, 2025) : Sophia has good size and is very good positionally. She is a strong forechecker She is a presence in front of the net. Splinter is a good skater that takes the puck to the middle of the ice willingly and fearlessly. She is a shooter that looks to transport the puck to the best possible spot where she feels she can score. Grade: B-

Ava de-Almeida #27 (Kingston Ice Wolves U18 AA, F, 2025) : Ava has good size and uses her long reach effectively to push plays to the outside. She has speed to carry the puck into the O-zone, will curl up to the wall to set plays. She is strong positionally which puts her in place to support the d-zone. She showed off her puck control and agility with an end to end rush that she finished with a goal. De Almeida is a hard worker who maintains a quick release off the rush, as she competes hard down low. She provides energy for her team, and allows Kingston to gain momentum when they need it most. Grade: B-

Sydney Johnson #44 (Apple Valley, D, 2020, Wisconsin Eau-Claire) : Johnson is a good-sized forward who plays physically and takes the body to separate the player from the puck. She wins pucks in the slot to snap on net for scoring opportunities. Her strong battles below the red line result in turnovers to take to the net for chances. Johnston uses her size to create space for herself.  She drove the zone, then cut back, protected the puck and got a solid shot on net.  Her wrist shot is solid, finding a straight path from the blueline. Grade: B-

Abigail Webster #96 (Kingston Ice Wolves U18 AA, F, 2026) : Webster is a strong skater with good speed. She picked up a loose puck, gained the zone, and cut to the high slot to tickle the twine with a well-placed wrister top glove. Her speed lets her get in the zone quickly to forecheck the D and force errors. Grade: B-

Charlotte Grace #19 (Kingston Ice Wolves U18 AA, D, 2026) : Grace moves the puck well with tape to tape outlet passes and effective puck distribution with her partner across the blue line. Grade: C+

Aly Ingram #31 (Kingston Ice Wolves U18 AA, G, 2024) : Ingram battles hard through traffic to find pucks and makes saves. Grade: C+

Reegan Hoogwerf #43 (Kingston Ice Wolves U18 AA, D, 2026) : Reegan is a strong skater, she can skate the puck out of her own zone. She is patient with the in the D-zone and makes tape to tape passes. She is effective on the boards either winning pucks or pinning the opposition. Hoogwerf jumps into the rush and protects the puck well on the net drive to get a shot on target. Grade: C+

Abigail McDonald #58 (Unknown, D) : Abigail skates well and has quickness. She is strong in her own end. She goes to good spots to get open. She picks up puck off the boards and is hard to move from the front of the net. McDonald feeds the slot with many scoring opportunities. She controls the puck wide and slides it into the slot for driving team mates. Grade: C+

Brynn Bowman #90 (Kingston Ice Wolves U18 AA, D, 2025) : Bowman makes tape to tape outlets pass to clear her zone.  On the offensive blue line she contributes to scoring threats with a hard low point slap shot that gets on net through traffic and by jumping into the play driving low slot for a scoring chance. Grade: C+

Kitchener U18AA

Olivia Hymers #22 (Kitchener Lady Rangers U18 AA, F, 2025) : Hymers battles hard below the red line and stays on the puck. She drove the net and stayed with the play to complete a sick give-and-go and bang one home. Hymers is a quick skater who applies extensive pressure on the forecheck, creating turnovers. She backchecks hard taking away time and space for opponents. Grade: B

Mikaela Robertson #23 (Kitchener Lady Rangers U18 AA, F, 2026) : Robertson is a good-sized forward who plays physically and battles in all situations, including in front of the net where she wins pucks and creates chances. Grade: B

Leah Murray #88 (Kitchener Lady Rangers U18 AA, F, 2025) : Murray has a good offensive upside. Her passes are on the tape, and she worked a smooth give-and-go to set up a sweet goal. With a strong stick check, she won the puck and completed a sick catch and release to find the back of the net. She battles in all three zones, forcing errors and applying solid pressure. Murray constantly wants to have the puck on her stick when she is on the ice, she generates opportunities using her speed and skill. She could work on her wide turns but that comes with time. Grade: B

Quinn Carswell #9 (Kitchener Lady Rangers U18 AA, F, 2025) : Carswell is a smart forward who keeps her head up and is always looking for the open player. She has the ability to make passes to her teammates that create opportunities to drive the net or evade pressure. Grade: B-

Carly Henry #14 (Kitchener Lady Rangers U18 AA, F, 2025) : Henry is vextrmely effective when she is using her speed, she has the confidence to carry the puck and generate offense and she creates turnovers when she forechecks using her speed. Grade: B-

Brooke Voll #77 (Kitchener Lady Rangers U18 AA, D, 2025) : Voll is a quick skater who made an excellent rush from the defensive end up the ice to get the puck in deep in the offensive end, completely shifting the pressure on the ice. She takes good angles and reads the ice well. She made an excellent read on the forecheck, creating a turnover then a hard accurate shot for a goal. Grade: B-

Ashley Kraemer #91 (Kitchener Lady Rangers U18 AA, F, 2026) : Kraemer has good hands and can see the ice pretty well, she applies pressure on her opponents to force them to loose the puck. Grade: B-

Little Caesars 16U

Maeve Casey #5 (Little Caesars U16, F, 2025) : Casey is a hard working player. She has great edges which helps her make moves around the defenders, as well as puck protection. Her size helps her in battles along with how aggressive she is. She will block a shot when it is needed and stops on pucks and works hard to retrieve it again. Casey is a player who brings lots of effort and hustle on the ice. Battles hard in corners and behind the net, and can beat the defence wide with speed to establish zone control. Casey is a tenacious player in all areas of the ice.  She backchecked hard to steal the puck and turn the rush up ice.  She jumped into the rush, drove the net with the puck, battled through a check and got a hard accurate shot on net that the tender needed to make a big glove save on. Grade: B

Madelyn Slocum #7 (Little Caesars U16, F, 2025) : Slocum is a skilled forward with good skating mechanics who has the speed to beat defenders wide consistently. She has tight handles with the puck and can carry the puck coast to coast with ease. Slocum is a great puck distributor and makes plays from either end of the ice. Also a willing shot blocker, which led to a breakaway chance on the Pk and scored with a nice high wrist shot. Slocum is a strong and stable player with strong puck and skating skills and great ice vision.  She sees the play and executes smooth passing plays with her teammates. She has speed and good skating angles on the forecheck to interrupt breakouts. Grade: B

Taylor Morrison #9 (Little Caesars U16, F, 2026) : Morrison is a very aggressive forward. She works hard in every battle and forechecks with a desire to get the puck back in her possession. Morrison is a great angler and knows when to engage the player to make the player make an unwanted play. Morrison as well is great at causing trouble in front of the net, causing conflict and making it hard for defenders to move her out of the way and good at screening the goalie. Morrison hustles and skates hard and has a desire to have the puck on her stick. She defends well in the neutral zone with active stick and feet and has the speed to be first to loose pucks for chances the other way. Morrison skates hard on the forecheck and disrupts the breakout. She moves the puck smoothly between teammates, creating passing plays and scoring chances. Grade: B

Kathryn Spyhalski #19 (Little Caesars U14, F, 2027) : Spyhalski is a solid defensive forward who emphasizes backchecking and battling in the corners. She is a solid skater who can fly up and down the ice without the puck. Grade: B

Emily Mitchell #22 (Little Caesars U16, D, 2025) : Mitchell is a big strong defender. Mitchell uses her size very well to protect the puck and win battles. She has a hard and accurate shot that causes trouble whenever she shoots. She is aggressive and is willing to block a shot. Mitchell also contributes to the offense with jumping up in the play and rushing the puck. Mitchell is a dangerous player who contributed to offence as well great at defending. Mitchell is a strong defender who knows when to step up and when to back off. She does well at holding the blue line and has an active stick to check forwards and cause turnovers in the offensive zone. Mitchell has a wicked slapshot from the point and can work give-and-go’s with teammates to get great slot chances.  Mitchell is a powerful defender. She ties up in front of the net to take away scoring and rebound opportunities. She uses her strength to angle out and pin attackers along the boards. Her puck control and skating allow her to step around forecheckers and send the outlet pass. She plays open to the play in preparation to let off one-timer point slap shots. Mitchell’s howitzer of a point slapshot overpowered the goaltender for a goal. Grade: B

Natalie Joiner #23 (Little Caesars U16, F, 2025) : Joiner has great speed up the wings and is fluid with the puck on stick. She scored a beautiful goal from the wings by cutting inside, beating the defender with a toe drag, and snapped a goal top shelf from the slot.  Joiner wins face-off battles and has a solid point shot on the power play. Grade: B

Nina Geric #66 (Little Caesars U16, F, 2026) : Geric is a 200ft player. She is always giving her best effort every shift by contributing to offence as well supporting in the D-zone. She is a fast player with good hands which makes her a threat on the offensive end. Geric is always aggressive on pucks and battles very hard to get the puck in her possession. Geric has good hockey IQ making smart decisions in both the O-zone and D-zone. Geric is a great skater with the puck and has great agility with and without the puck. She does well to evade pressure with tight turns and misdirection with her eyes and body positioning. Geric attacks vertically with the puck and puts pressure on the defence with her goalie screening in front. Geric’s strong puck control and skating make her a threat.  She keeps defenders guessing, as she will take advantage of lanes to the net by letting go of a hard shot on net, or she finds the passing lanes to teammates on the rush. Grade: B

Mia Kraut #6 (Little Caesars U16, F, 2026) : Kraut is a mosquito player. She is everywhere and always hard on the pucks whenever it is loose. She is great at forechecking and forcing the D to make unwanted plays. She supports her D when it is needed and covers for them as well. Kraut is good at tying up and winning draws as well. Kraut is a battling player who finds lanes to the net and battles through pressure to get shots on. She forechecks with speed, creating high-pressure situations for the opponents. Grade: B-

Delila Polick #13 (Little Caesars U16, F, 2026) : Polick is a fluid skater with the puck and can break into the zone wide with speed and puck shielding ability. Grade: B-

Katelyn Balagna #16 (Little Caesars U16, D, 2026) : Balagna is a very smart defender. She is hard working along with knowing where the play is going to be. She has good gap control mostly forcing the opposing forwards to dump it in and is quick to get back and retrieve the puck. Balagna is also very good at clearing the front of the net and being aggressive in battles. Balagna reads the play well and uses her timing and strength to pinch and hold the line.  Her active stick interrupts the play in both ends of the ice. Grade: B-

Ciara Gilbert #21 (Little Caesars U16, F, 2026) : Gilbert is a very hard working forward. Gilbert has a good hockey IQ and knows how to read a play. She is aggressive on forechecks and makes the defender do what she wants them to do. She stops on pucks and is quick to react whenever a situation happens. Gilbert uses her body well to protect the puck as well as battle to gain possession for it. She is a player you can always rely on to back check when it is needed. Grade: B-

Mila Bosev #33 (Little Caesars U16, G, 2025) : Solid positionally and controls rebounds well. Plays angles along the posts well and uses the paddle to check any skater with the puck around the crease. Bosev has a solid glove hand and tight butterfly making her a wall in tight. She gets down to the post hard on breakaways and is quick to cover any loose pucks. Grade: B-

Maggie Weiss #91 (Little Caesars U16, D, 2025) : Weiss is a very good defender. She has great gap control and always forces players where she wants them to go. She is smart on pinches and holds the blueline. Weiss gets pucks to the net, and she also is quick to transition back up the ice when the puck is in the D-zone. Grade: B-

Sophia LaColla #8 (Little Caesars U16, D, 2025) : LaColla gets low driven pucks on net for rebounds and strafes along the blue line well with crossovers and good body positioning to maintain zone posession. LaColla keeps her hard point shots low and on target, great for tipping and redirecting. Grade: C+

London U18AA

Olivia Caron #4 (London Devilettes U18 AA, D, 2025) : Caron moves the puck smoothly back and forth with her partner. She has good speed and gets back quickly to get in position and face the attack. Her wrist shot from the point gets to the net for the forwards to deflect or grab rebounds. Her first pass out of her zone is on the tape.And her vision from the point on the PP is real good. Grade: B-  

Ava Straughan #6 (London Devilettes U18 AA, D, 2024) : Straughan came on the ice hard and went right into a battle, won it, brought it off the wall and sniped up high. Grade: B- 

Julia Ritchie #9 (London Devilettes U18 AA, F, 2025) : Julie has good size and likes to be physical. She has a strong work ethic, and is good positionally. She plays hard on the boards as well as in front of the net. Grade: B-

Vanessa Stevenson #12 (London Devilettes U18 AA, F, 2026) : Stevenson does her job and she does it well. She makes simple plays and keeps the puck in the offensive zone. Grade: B-

Vanessa Harrington #17 (London Devilettes U18 AA, D, 2026) : Harrington moves the puck well, sliding smooth passes back and forth with her partner, sending a crisp first pass to start the breakout, and finding a winger on the fly with a nice tape-to-tape. Harrington has great edges and sees the ice well, making smart plays and anticipating the puck. She generates offense. Grade: B-

Paige Smith #10 (London Devilettes U18 AA, D, 2025) : Smith is first to pucks consistently and she plays a gritty and hardworking game. Grade: C+

Clare Purdy #14 (London Devilettes U18 AA, D, 2026) : Purdy likes to carry the puckw when she has room, she could be a little quicker on going back to her position though. She is always looking to jump into the rush and generate offense. Grade: C+

Markham-Stouffville U18AA

Serenity Birta #73 (Markham- Stouffville Stars U18 AA, F, 2025) : Birta is a good penalty-killing forward, with strong skating abilities and passing senses. Her versatility in the line-up makes her a valuable asset to Markham’s Stouffville’s special team situations. She is additionally a great playmaker, getting many assists and creating great plays for her teammates to shoot and potentially score. Grade: B

Kaitlyn Bayer #17 (Markham- Stouffville Stars U18 AA, D, 2026) : Bayer is a right-handed, versatile defence that is effective on the powerplay with a great, quick, seeing-eye shooting ability. She is able to distribute the puck well at the point while on the powerplay and can use her teammates well. She is also very aware of oncoming forecheckers while in her own zone. Bayer has a low hard point shot that gets to the net. Grade: B-

Ana Alberola-Almenara #28 (Markham- Stouffville Stars U18 AA, F, 2025) : Alberola-Almenara has good hockey sense and can pass well in the offensive zone. Her offensive zone instincts are strong, while also ensuring she plays a 200-foot, complete game, making her a reliable option in all situations for her team. Grade: B-

Ruby Owen #48 (Markham- Stouffville Stars U18 AA, F, 2024) : Owen is a good shooter off the fly and can get quick shots off with ease. She oftentimes takes opposing defenders wide upon her zone entries, and attempts to beat them with speed. Her hard work and compete level are evident in the corners, as she is able to draw many penalties for her team as a consequent result. She gets many offensive zone chances due to her being in a good position in the offensive zone, always being open in the slot for a shot. Owen jumps into the offensive play. She stepped up in the neutral zone, deked around three, and set up a scoring chance. Grade: B-

Erika Edwards #94 (Markham- Stouffville Stars U18 AA, F, 2026) : Edwards can draw players to her in order to create space for her teammates. Her ability to use her feet in sync with her hands makes her a threat to create offense on a consistent basis. Edwards plays heads-up on the attack. She looks for and hits the driving player with timely passes. Grade: B-

Ava Barich #13 (Markham- Stouffville Stars U18 AA, D, 2024) : Barich uses her size and strength to clear the front of the net.  She makes tape-to-tape outlet passes and has the patience and skill to maneuver to find those open passing lanes. Grade: C+

Amelia Simpson #15 (Markham- Stouffville Stars U18 AA, D, 2025) : Simpson gets low wrist shots on target from the point. Grade: C+

Abigail Mak #23 (Markham- Stouffville Stars U18 AA, D, 2025) : Mak kept the feet moving to battle through a tight check and take the zone. Grade: C+

Milwaukee Jr. Admirals 16U

Aerin Rabe #6 (Milwaukee Junior Admirals U19, F, 2027) : Rabe controls and handles the puck smoothly on the fly to get shots on goal. Her strong forecheck forced a giveaway on the PK to set up a shorty. Grade: B+

Ava Eernisse #4 (Milwaukee Jr. Admirals U16, F, 2026) : Eernisse is a smooth skater with good speed. She is quick to pounce on loose pucks in the neutral zone and drive to gain the zone. She snagged the puck on a giveaway to rip a wrister from the high slot past the tendy to light the lamp for a sweet shorty. Grade: B

Claire Gilman #8 (Milwaukee Jr. Admirals U16, F, 2027) : Gilman smoothly cradled a pass to complete a catch and release from the slot and tickle the twine. Grade: B-

Mississauga Hurricanes U18AA

May Helm #16 (Mississauga Hurricanes U18 AA, F, 2026) : Helm is a player a coach can rely on to give 100% every shift. Helm supports her teammates in both zones as she has good speed to backcheck and forecheck. Her speed gives her the ability to create good scoring chances, but her downfall is she has a hard but not accurate shot. Grade: B+

Victoria Lanni #22 (Mississauga Hurricanes U18 AA, F, 2024) : Lanni is a 200ft player that will contribute to both offence and defence. She battles hard on draws and has good speed that helps her be that 200ft player. Lanni also has the ability to read the play and knows where the puck is going to be and where she should be before the play happens. Grade: B+

Laura Bach #87 (Mississauga Hurricanes U18 AA, F, 2026) : L.Bach is a skilled talented player. L.Bach has extremely good edges that help her when she has the puck to protect it. She has learned how to use her body to win battles and protect the puck from the opponent. L.Bach is able to control the play when she has the puck by slowing down the play. She is a very confident offensive player and is dangerous when she has the puck in the o-zone. She contributes in the d-zone with blocking and getting in shooting lanes, as well supporting her teammates in the o-zone and d-zone. Grade: B+

Ashna Johal #5 (Mississauga Hurricanes U18 AA, F, 2025) : Johal is a big player who uses her size to her advantage. Her size gives her the ability to successfully protect the puck and win battles with her aggression. Johal has a dangerous shot due to it being hard and accurate, making it hard for goaltenders to contain that lead to scoring opportunities. Grade: B

Katie Mahoney #14 (Toronto Leaside Jr. Wildcats, F, 2023) : Mahoney is a hard working player. She has the ability to retrieve pucks when needed as well she is very consistent at making sure what she needs to do gets done. Mahoney as well will block shots when needed and take away passing lanes for the opposing team with good positioning in the d-zone. Grade: B

Julia Mcintosh #15 (Mississauga Hurricanes U18 AA, F, 2026) : McIntosh is a hard working player. She is a player you can count on to back check when needed, as well she is big and has a long powerful stride. McIntosh has good edges which she uses to her advantage in the o-zone to keep control of the puck and takes control over the game with her patience carrying the puck waiting for a play to set up. Grade: B

Brina Bottos #19 (Mississauga Hurricanes U18 AA, D, 2026) : Bottos is a hard working defenceman who uses her body to her advantage in battles and holding the blueline. She has good gap control and is a player that does her job and gets the puck transitioned up as fast as she can. Grade: B

Ashley Minor #47 (Mississauga Hurricanes U18 AA, D, 2026) : Minor is an offensive defenceman who contributes both ways. She has the ability to play in the o-zone and protect the d-zone. She uses her body well in battles and protecting the puck, as well she is aggressive and is excellent at clearing the front of the net. Grade: B

Vivian Bach #55 (Etobicoke Dolphins U15AA, F, 2026) : V.Bach is an aggressive hard worker. She is a 200ft player and excellent at reading where the play is going to be before it happens. She is the first one on a loose puck and supportive to her teammates. She is very big on making the pass rather than shooting and is an amazing playmaker with her patients and ability to see the ice. Grade: B

Irelynn Duffy #77 (Mississauga Hurricanes U18 AA, D, 2025) : Duffy is an offensive defenceman who as well has the ability to play her offside. Duffy protects the net front and will block shots. Duffy has a long powerful stride as well as a good hard snapshot which helps her contribute to offence with creating scoring chances for herself and her team. Duffy is able to transition the puck up fast to get her team going towards the opposing teams end again. Grade: B

Olivia Minor #93 (Mississauga Hurricanes U18 AA, D, 2024) : Minor is a great playmaker. She has the ability to slow down the game and let a play set up. She has good positioning in the d-zone and has great gap control. Minor has a hard and accurate shot, as well outstanding edges that helps her puck protect and space herself out from the opposing team. Minor contributes to offence by jumping up with the rush when necessary and then knows when it is time to fall back as well with her knowledge and high hockey IQ. Grade: B

Jessica Mergelas #12 (Mississauga Hurricanes U18 AA, F, 2024) : Mergelas is a big player who has a long and powerful stride which leads to her gaining speed and being dangerous on the ice. Mergelas struggles to contain the puck as she is weak on her stick, but makes up for it by her backchecks and as well she is always supporting the put in both d-zone and o-zone. Grade: B-

Nicole Bezaire #24 (Mississauga Hurricanes U18 AA, F, 2026) : Bezaire is a 200ft grinder. She loves to try to get the opportunity to catch the opposing D off guard by flying the zone. She is a great forechecker, but struggles to stay strong on her stick. Grade: B-

Yenna Robson #71 (Mississauga Hurricanes U18 AA, D, 2024) : Robson is an offensive defenceman who can play in both ends. Robson has good support for her teammates and uses her size well in battles as she is aggressive and hunts the puck down with her speed. Robson not only has an excellent shot, but also will sacrifice herself to block a shot for her team. Grade: B-

Reese Dilworth #72 (Mississauga Hurricanes U18 AA, D, 2024) : Dilworth is an aggressive and strong defenceman. She has the ability to clear the front of the net and has good positioning in the d-zone. She holds the blueline and battles hard. Dilworth will sacrifice to block the shot when it is needed. Grade: B-

Nepean Wildcats U18AA

Maggie Hughson #24 (Nepean Wildcats U18 AA, F, 2027) : Maggie has good speed with good hockey sense, can handle the puck. Her speed  pushes the D back and she is a threat to be the D on the rush. Her speed helped her score a shorthanded goal on a breakaway. Grade: B+

Harper DSouza (Nepean Wildcats U18 AA, D, 2024) : Harper is tall and quick. She uses her long reach well and is strong in 1v1 plays. She closes down on the opposition quickly in the D-zone. Her passes out of her own end are accurate. Grade: B

Sara Martin #37 (Nepean Wildcats U18 AA, F, 2026) : Martin is a strong skating forward. Martin when the opportunity is given can find the back of the net. Martin is a hard worker who battles hard. She is excellent keeping track of her D in the D-zone and taking away options. She is a reliable player to play the entire 200ft game. Grade: B

Rio Francis #72 (Nepean Wildcats U18 AA, D, 2026) : Francis is a solid defender. Getting an assist to help her team put a goal on the scoreboard with her hard work. Francis is able to read the play well and attack any loose puck. She is able to lead players where she wants them to go using good positioning and her aggressiveness. Grade: B

Samantha Keil #43 (Nepean Wildcats U18 AA, D, 2026) : Samantha is tall and quick she is effective in her own end. Her first pass is on the tape. She moves across the b-line with puck real well and can make good passes in the o-zone. Grade: B-

Molly Cote #92 (Nepean Wildcats U18 AA, D, 2026) : Cote is a solid defender. She used her body well in battles to get the puck and attacks every loose puck fast. She will get in shooting lanes to block shots as well take away options for the opponents with her quickness to attack the player. She is a decently strong skater that gives her all. Grade: B-

Courtney Campbell #94 (Nepean Wildcats U18 AA, D, 2025) : Campbell is a hard working defender. Not much of an offensive player but more of a stay at home defender. She gives her best every shift and makes the easy plays to get the puck out of her end. Grade: B-

Abigail Seddon #61 (Nepean Wildcats U18 AA, F, 2024) : Seddon has a strong stride. Seddon makes smart plays with the puck and will slow down the game. She does not rush things and most the time does not throw it away and makes a play. She is good at covering her defender in the D-zone with having her head on a swivel looking for supposing threats in her D-zone and gets right on them. Grade: C+

Rylie Lemay #68 (Nepean Wildcats U18 AA, F, 2024) : Lemay is a solid skater. She has her head up to make plays and makes smart decisions most of the time. She is a hard worker with smooth hands. When opponents try and get the puck from her she uses her body well and puck protects. She has a decently accurate shot and makes the quick and easy plays. Grade: C+

New Jersey Colonials 16U

Hannah Rosenheck #16 (NJ Colonials U16, F, 2026) : Rosencheck is a solid two-way player who impacts the game on both ends of the ice. Does very well backchecking and engaging in puck battles down low and along the boards. Rosencheck keeps an active stick on defence and clogs up passing lanes in the neutral and defensive zone. Able to take the puck coast to coast effectively with top end speed, and has a great snapshot release and can get it off through traffic breaking into the zone. Rosencheck sees the play as it develops, and can make tight passes through traffic. Rosencheck is a good passer with a high level of hockey IQ, as she makes good decisions with the puck and does not force plays that are not presented to her. She is willing to hold on to the puck, and use her speed to create a scoring chance. Grade: B+

Olivia Fagan #3 (Greenwich, F, 2025) : Olivia is a speedy player who can handle the puck, She can beat the D to the outside. She will drive the net with the puck. and without the puck she can find the open ice. She is the type of player that the puck seems to find. Fagan is a feisty player that competes hard, and combines her hard work with a high level of skill. She is quick, aggressive on the forecheck, and creates energy for the team. She sees the ice well and finds her teammates in good scoring spots in the offensive zone. Grade: B

Molly Brozowski #9 (NJ Colonials U16, D, 2026) : Brozowski uses her accurate point shot to create offensive scoring chances for team, as the right-handed defender has the capability to score goals from a distance. She makes good first passes out of the zone. Grade: B  

Eloise Downes #88 (NJ Colonials U16, F, 2026) : Downes is a smooth skater with silky mitts with the puck. Very fluid skater with her head up and makes crisp passes to streaking teammates. Her agility and change of direction with the puck is elite and create space for herself to operate down low with the puck. Often beats the defence with speed and hustle with long strides and solid skating mechanics. Downes is strong on faceoffs and makes great passes in the offensive zone, reflecting her great vision and hockey sense. She is creative offensively and makes great plays for her teammates. She is also not afraid to get shots off herself. Grade: B

Sienna DeAngelis #5 (NJ Colonials U16, F, 2027) : Strong skater for a defender, has head up constantly with the puck and makes effective breakout passes up the ice. DeAngelis is a solid skater with quick hands to often make defenders miss. She is able to beat the defence in 1-on-1 situations to attack the slot for scoring chances. Keeps her head on a swivel with the puck and uses tight turns and edge work to evade pressure with the puck on both ends. Grade: B-

Elle Pothacamury #13 (NJ Colonials U16, F, 2026) : Pothacamury is a shifty skater with good positional awareness on both ends of the ice. Makes herself open in the offensive zone and is always moving into open space to be effective. She keeps an active stick on the point in the defensive zone, and forced a turnover which lead to a 2-on1- chance the other way. Grade: B-

Sarah Nacinovich #71 (NJ Colonials U16, D, 2026) : Nacinovich is a very quick skater with often wins speed battles for loose pucks. She does well to beat defenders wide with speed and edge work and cuts inside for scoring chances from the slot. Moves the puck quickly and with purpose, and gives effort along the blue line to maintain zone control. Nacinovich is a very mobile puck-moving defender who rushes up the puck and creates great chances for her team solely off her quick skating ability. The right-handed D is able to compliment her offensive game by also committing hard to the D zone, and angling off attackers into the perimeter with ease. Grade: B-

Savannah DeFino #61 (NJ Colonials U16, F, 2025) : Savannah is real fast and a strong penaty killer. She can handle the puck and will drive the middle of the ice. She can beat the D to the outside. DeFino battles hard down low and uses her good shot in high-traffic areas. Grade: C+

North Bay U18AA

Ava Assinewai #7 (North Bay Ice Boltz U18 AA, F, 2024) : Assinewai is a good-sized forward who uses her long reach effectively to steal pucks. She plays physically and does a good job using her body to separate the player from the puck. Her speed allows her to get in the OZ quickly on the forecheck to force errors and disrupt the defense. The center battles successfully on draws to win faceoffs and start the play with possession. She controls, handles, and protects the puck to create space to dish to an open teammate or fire a crisp pass to create an opportunity. Assinewai is a tall strong forward with good speed and skating mechanics. Uses crossovers with the puck effectively to build momentum and attacks the slot vertically with the puck. Works the cycle very well down low and battles along the boards for 50/50 pucks very well. Grade: B

Taylor Yeo #8 (North Bay Ice Boltz U18 AA, F, 2024) : Yeo is successful in the faceoff circle, winning battles and drawing pucks cleanly to start the play with possession. A solid skater, she uses her speed to blow by the D to take the puck deep, drive the net hard for rebounds, or gain the puck on a dump and chase. In the D zone, her positioning to provide coverage and support is solid. Yeo is a great skater especially in transition where she can use speed to get ahead of defenders and backchecking forwards. She is able to receieve the puck on the move and seamlessly through pivots in the neutral zone as well. Yeo is strong on the puck down low and often wins corner puck battles through effort and active stick/feet. Yeo does well creating with the puck as there is no panic under pressure and used edge work and tight turns to create space for herself. Grade: B

Danika West #17 (North Bay Ice Boltz U18 AA, F, 2024) : West is a strong physical forward with solid skating fundamentals. She is creative with the puck and can make passes and set up plays with limited space/time. West has good hands and can make defenders miss with quick toe-drag moves on the wing to create chances. West does well carrying the puck with speed into the offensive zone and firing shots through traffic on net. Constantly threatening with her speed and creativity with the puck. Grade: B

Kiana Fortin #4 (North Bay Ice Boltz U18 AA, F, 2026) : Fortin applies pressure on the backcheck to get into position and provide good defensive coverage and support. She battles in all three zones.  Fortin is a quick skater and works well on edges while beating the defense wide with the puck. She is able to establish zone control down low and use shielding to maintain puck control, and drew a penalty through effort and strength with the puck. Grade: B-

Grace Ouellette #15 (North Bay Ice Boltz U18 AA, F, 2026) : Ouellette patrols her wing, forechecking to force errors and hustling on the backcheck to clog lanes and pick up open players. Oullette is smart with the puck and does not panic in her own end when pressure mounts. Able to turn out of pressure and make the next pass up ice. Grade: B-

Hannah Brunton #30 (North Bay Ice Boltz U18 AA, G, 2024) : Brunton is calm between the pipes, tracking pucks and getting out to the top of her crease to challenge shooters. Brunton stays tall through traffic and comes out to challenge shooters breaking into the zone. Effective use of the paddle to steer away shots and control rebounds. Grade: B- 

Jade White #44 (North Bay Ice Boltz U18 AA, F/D, 2026) : White works the boards with energy, battling for space and chipping pucks out to exit the zone. Grade: B-

Gracie Roynon #52 (North Bay Ice Boltz U18 AA, D, 2024) : Roynon plays physically and takes the body. She covers the open player and gets in the shooting lanes to block shots. Her wrist shot from the point is quick and low to get through traffic and create net front opportunities. Grade: B-

Chloe Frank #81 (North Bay Ice Boltz U18 AA, F, 2024) : Frank forechecks relentlessly and pounces on loose pucks to drive the net hard for chances, occasionally drawing penalties. The forward curls to create time and space for a smooth pass to an incoming teammate. She has a good net-front presence. She pressures the point and keeps her stick in position to block shots and chip pucks off the boards to clear the zone. Grade: B-

Chloe Chemery #2 (North Bay Ice Boltz U18 AA, F, 2024) : Chemery battles hard in all three zones, forcing errors and creating opportunities. Grade: C+

Jenna Kim #77 (North Bay Ice Boltz U18 AA, D, 2025) : Kim is a tall, long defender who is quick for her size and uses long strides to track back and establish defensive positioning. She uses her stick effectively down low to force turnovers and along the blue line pinching and maintaining zone control for the team. Grade: C+

North Halton U18AA

Emily Shamblaw #39 (North Halton Twisters U18 AA, G, 2024) : Shamblaw, calm and poised between the pipes, has good lateral movement as she reacts and recovers for tip shots and battles through traffic. She came across the crease to make a huge split save in overtime to keep her teams chances alive.  Shamblaw sits tall and challenges at the top of the crease.  She has quick leg reaction to make a great save on a slot one-timer. She has a solid glove hand and holds rebounds limiting teams’ second chances.  She holds her challenge on net drives. Grade: B+

Georgia Cunliffe #4 (North Halton Twisters U18 AA, F, 2025) : Cunliffe uses her speed effectively on the attack. She gains the zone and curls to create time and space for a smooth pass to an incoming teammate and she is first to the puck on a chip and chase. The forward battles hard in all situations. Cunliffe snapped a beauty low to beat the tendy for an OT winner in the shootout. Grade: B

Emma Croft #71 (North Halton Twisters U18 AA, D, 2024) : Croft is a fluid skater with good top end speed to go end to end with ease with the puck. She can break into the zone with speed and cut inside for a shot or a drive to the net. Grade: B

Lauren Aguiar #88 (North Halton Twisters U18 AA, F, 2025) : Aguiar, a power forward, plays physically and powers through the opposition on hard net drives with the puck. She battles hard in the corners and forechecks to force errors, intercept passes, and cause turnovers. Aguiar is a powerful forward who is always moving her feet. She is a force down low and on the forecheck, and often wins battles along the boards with active feet and effort. Grade: B

Kennedy Sundvall #97 (North Halton Twisters U18 AA, F, 2024) : Sundvall is a speedy winger who can beat defenders wide or vertically with speed, and cut inside for a shot through traffic. She has tight handles in tight spaces and can anticipate the puck and where to be positionally. Grade: B

Abby Fletcher #92 (North Halton Twisters U18 AA, F, 2025) : Fletcher battles successfully for space on the attack. She gets in on the forecheck to disrupt the D, force errors, and cause turnovers. The forward drives hard to the net with and without the puck. Grade: B-

North York Storm U18AA

Sydney Bowness #27 (North York Storm U18 AA, F, 2027) : Sydney is a strong skater, she has good hockey sense and good vision with the puck.She is positionally strong in both ends. She goes to good spots without the puck. Bowness scored a timely goal with a net drive tip.  She gets shots away quickly. Bowness can score both through her quick-release shot off the fly, and her poise with the puck off the offensive zone cycle. The accuracy of her shot is exemplary, and she can score “top-shelf” with ease. Grade: A-

Aubrey Biase #9 (North York Storm U18 AA, F, 2026) : Aubrey has good size and is a very strong skater. She handles the puck real well. She is a strong forechecker with a real quick release. She scored a real nice goal coming in on her wrong wing with a short side wrist shot under the cross bar. Grade: B+

Annabella Van-Berkel #12 (North York Storm U18 AA, F, 2027) : Van Berkel has strong skating and puck skills that allow her to evade defenders while keeping the puck and separate herself from attackers with a great first three-step acceleration. Annabella is a hard worker who has quick turning ability and elusiveness. She can cause problems for opposing defenders and force them to cough up the puck through her relentless speed and forechecking. She makes great breakout plays and has a scoring touch around the net. Van Berkel is a key contributor is creating momentum, both offensively and defensively, for North York. Grade: B+

Olivia VanSickle #20 (North York Storm U18 AA, D, 2027) : VanSickle sees the ice well and uses that vision to make things happen.  She jumps into the offensive play and threads passes through the neutral zone. In the offensive zone, she hit a great backdoor pass from the point for an assist.  Her strong puck skills allow her to dance around defenders as she looks for the pass. VanSickle has a lengthy stickhandling wing-span is able to protect the puck with her reach. She can easily make good break-out passes, or simply skate the puck out of traffic through her skating. She makes good offensive-zone entries and can be seen as a threat to score from the blue-line. Grade: B+

Lily Paisley #22 (North York Storm U18 AA, F, 2027) : Paisley has the skills and creativity to score goals.  She stepped into the play, toe dragged around the D and picked glove side from a steep angle for a goal.  She effectively backchecks as well, with a hard skate back, stick check and steal to stifle an offensive threat and create her own. Grade: B+

Hannah Ahlberg #3 (North York Storm U18 AA, D, 2027) : Hannah is a strong skater with good size, she uses her reach and stick well. She keeps good gaps and pushes the rush outside. She has the ability to skate the puck out of trouble. Ahlberg is a rangy-D who has good reach and size. Grade: B

Demi Lazarou #5 (North York Storm U18 AA, F, 2027) : Demi is real quick with good hockey sense, and a strong work ethic. She handles and carries the puck really well. She has a hard quick-release shot. She can get the puck up quickly in tight spots. Her speed is a big tool on the PK. Lazarou can be elusive and quick on her edges, as her transition game up to North York’s forwards is efficient. She has good 1-on-1 dekes, and shows unselfish play by passing off to open teammates, whether that would be off the D-zone breakout or in the offensive zone slot. She can attack the middle and show offensive confidence. Grade: B

Maren Capannelli #10 (North York Storm U18 AA, F, 2025) : Capannelli is always on the move.  She keeps herself open to play and available all the time.  Her deceptive skating gets defenders going the wrong way and gives her the 2 second space to create offensive chances like her back door positioning where she quickly controlled and shot forcing the goaltender to make a big save. Capannelli battles very hard to compete for loose, 50/50 pucks, while also being a good net-front presence in all situations. She plays well in the defensive zone (in terms of positioning) and can break-up cross-ice passes from attackers. Grade: B

Geneva Tan-Roy #33 (North York Storm U18 AA, F, 2026) : Geneva is a quick hard worker, she protects the puck with her body. She can hold on to the puck for long time.  Tan-Roy plays a heads up game, always looking for the shot or pass option.  She creates action in the offensive zone and moves the play through with tape to tape neutral zone passes. Grade: B

Brigitte Armatys #36 (North York Storm U18 AA, G, 2024) : Armatys has good sizes and uses it well to take away the net with a strong challenge.  She sits tall in lateral movements and is quick to get up down and into position early to make the first save. Armatys breaks up plays by intercepting pass out from the behind the net.  She plays dump ins and starts breakouts with tape to tape passes. Grade: B

Lucy Terzievski #71 (North York Storm U18 AA, D, 2027) : Terzievski is a quick, agile defender that can make good use of her quick hands. She is able to make a good first pass out of the zone, and set the tone offensively when North York attacks off the rush. Grade: B

Cassie Kalic #24 (North York Storm U18 AA, D, 2027) : Kalic drives the net on the rush and gets shots on target. Grade: B-

Oakville Hornets U18AA

Autumn Kelly #28 (Oakville Hornets U18 AA, F, 2026) : Kelly found the puck in a net-front scramble to jam it home for a well-earned goal. Grade: B

Miwa Carter #82 (Oakville Hornets U18 AA, D, 2026) : Miwa is a strong skater with quickness. She can carry the puck out of her zone, and likes to rush pucks into the O-zone. She likes to join the rush late.   Carter plays physically, battling in the corners and pinching successfully. Her snap from the point on the powerplay is quick, gets through traffic, and creates chances. Grade: B

Sadie DAngela #21 (Ancaster Avalanche U18 AA, F, 2025) : Sadie has good size and can carry the puck. She will drive the net with the puck. She will plant herself in front of the net.  D’Angela is strong on her skates and strong on the puck. She is patient around the goalmouth using her long reach effectively to create chances. Her passes are crisp and on the tape. Grade: B-

Katie Thresher #65 (Oakville Hornets U18 AA, D, 2024) : Katie skates well and has good awareness in the D-zone. She keeps good gaps. She gets back to pucks quickly. She has good patience with the puck.  Thresher gets good inside body position on puck carriers to cause turnovers. Grade: B-

OHA Prep U18AA

Alicia Fausch #20 (OHA Prep MAA, D, 2028) : Fausch is a strong defensive player that moves the puck very well up the ice. She skates very fast up and down the ice, and can easily recover if and when she joins the attack with her forewards, ensuring she is rarely caught out of position. She works hard in the D-zone, while additionally being looked upon to score and gets shots through late in the game. Fausch is a speedy skater who effectively uses the back board to bank passes with her partner, making for easier breakout. She has a strong backhand clearing pass used when excessive pressure is on. Grade: B-

Tahlia Vasseur #33 (OHA Prep MAA, G, 2025) : For the amount of shots she gets, she is pretty solid in net. Vasseur can really stretch herself out and can track pucks pretty well. She could work on her rebound control more. Vasseur hold a crease top challenge even when teams are crashing the net.  She holds her ground on walk in and battles to make saves as seen with a few long leg stretch saves. Grade: B-

Amelia Leonard #68 (OHA Prep MAA, D, 2026) : Leonard is able to score and get shots through from the point. She is able to shot through traffic, and able to beat goalies from long ranges in the offensive zone. Grade: B-

Adriana Pepe #92 (OHA Prep MAA, F, 2027) : Pepe is a skilled player, who tries to use dekes and dangles to get around opposing defenders. Her high hockey IQ makes her easy to play with, and she prefers to get shots off the fly rather than set up in the zone. She makes strong tape to tape passes with team mates. She has speed on the wide drive to beat defenders and get to the net. Grade: B-

Meredith Henderson #10 (OHA Prep MAA, F, 2025) : Henderson can carry the puck with speed and make smart passes to generate offense for her team. Henderson plays fearlessly and works very hard, as she is willing to block shots and do anything it takes for her team to win. This is a testament to her evident team-first approach, as she works hard in all areas of the ice, including the dirty areas like the o-zone corners. Grade: C+

Johanna Tischler #25 (OHA Prep MAA, D, 2026) : Tischler has a quick release from the point and can get shots through, so that OHA forwards can potentially get tips and/or deflections on them. She makes it difficult for attackers to play her, due to the fact she plays with an edge and can angle off forwards well into the boards. Grade: C+

Solange Basque #86 (OHA Prep MAA, F, 2024) : Basque has a good low centre of gravity, making it hard for opposing forwards to knock her off the puck. She protects it very effectively and is able to create chances for her linemates by holding on to the puck for an extra split second, drawing players to her and freeing up her linemates. Basque is tough to move from the front of the net, she anchors herself, causes traffic and is quick to get shots on the net. Her hard quick shot gives goalies trouble, often creating a juicy rebound. Grade: C+

Sarlota Styblova #88 (OHA Prep MAA, D, 2026) : Styblova has a good shot from the point and commands the puck, if she has the chance to skate it she will. If shes first oin the puck she forechecks hard then skates hard back to her position. Styblova gets pucks to the net with a strong wrister from the point. Grade: C+

Yuan Han #89 (OHA Prep MAA, F, 2026) : Han is a heads up player who can read when to make strong tape to tape passes through the neutral zone or skate it through.  She gets pucks to the net in the offenizve zone. Grade: C+

Piper Thompson #11 (Anaheim Lady Ducks U16, F, 2025) : Thompson seizes the opportunity to get pucks to the net with a quick release shot. Grade: C

Ottawa Lady 67s U18AA

Doris Gaspar #88 (Ottawa Lady 67’s U18 AA, F, 2024) : Gaspar is strong in the faceoff circle and made a beautiful play to go forward to herself on the draw in the offensive zone to get a good chance on net. She has good netfront presence and made a nice tip in front. Grade: B+

Kyla Brennan #15 (Ottawa Lady 67’s U18 AA, F, 2024) : Brennan is a good-sized, strong forward who plays physically. Her pursuit on the forecheck is aggressive. She works the top on the powerplay and crushes hard slaps from the point to create chances. Brennan forechecks and backchecks hard, taking the right lanes to be able to pick off passes on the backcheck. She creates pressure for her opponents all over the ice. Grade: B

Amelie Card #19 (Ottawa Lady 67’s U18 AA, F, 2025) : Card snagged the puck in a net-front scramble to chip it by the goalie to light the lamp. Defensively, she gets in the shooting lanes and blocks shots. Grade: B

Maude McCarthy #5 (Cornwall Typhoons U18 AA, F, 2026) : McCarthy uses her speed to forecheck aggressively on the penalty kill and then get back to defend. She is quick on loose pucks and battles hard below the redline. Grade: B-

Lindsey Durant #9 (Cornwall Typhoons U18 AA, D, 2025) : Durant is an excellent defensemen who plays the body well 1 on 1. She is able to separate opponents from the puck and makes good heads up first passes on the breakout. She made an excellent read on the forecheck in offensive zone to keep the puck in. Grade: B-

Isabelle Delorme #31 (Ottawa Lady 67’s U18 AA, G, 2025) : Delorme gets out to the top of the crease to square up, challenge shooters, and take away angles. She communicates well with her teammates. The goaltender battles hard in scrambles and recovers quickly to face rebound attempts. Grade: B-

Ava Holmes #44 (Ottawa Lady 67’s U18 AA, D, 2026) : Holmes is an agile defender who is quick on loose pucks, blocks shots, and moves the puck smoothly with her partner on the powerplay. Holmes does an excellent job directing the powerplay from the top and knows when to step offensively and when to back off. Grade: B-

Karenhaitronhtha Johnson #81 (Rideau St. Lawrence Thunder U18 AA, F, 2024) : JOHNSON is a good-sized forward who uses her long reach and speed to her advantage. She gets in the shooting lanes with her active stick to block shots on the penalty kill and is frequently first to the puck when forechecking. Johnson sees the ice well and is patient when she has the puck. She plays well both offensively and defensively and has a quick release shot that makes it hard for goalies to know when she might shoot. Grade: B-

|Noemie^Prud’homme^Foster| : Prud’homme-Foster rushes the point to cause turnovers that lead to zone entries. She has a quick release to get pucks to the net. Her forechecking on the penalty kill disrupts the D and forces errors. Grade: C+

Ottawa Lady Sens U18AA

Olivia Wallace #8 (Ottawa Senators U18 AA, F, 2026) : Wallace uses her speed effectively when driving the wing to take the puck to the net. She frequently wins puck races and makes crisp accurate passes. Wallace made a beautiful pick up of a pass that was behind her, showcasing her skating agility and smooth hands. She reads the ice well, picking off passes on the forecheck and gets the puck deep in the offensive zone, creating races to the puck that she often wins. Grade: B-

Avery Jones #11 (Ottawa Senators U18 AA, D, 2027) : Jones is a tall defender with quick feet and active stick. She has a long reach and plays physical in the corners down low. Grade: B-

Keara Kiley #18 (Ottawa Senators U18 AA, F, 2026) : Kiley is a two-way forward who takes care of her responsibilities defensively before transitioning to offence. She is a quick skater who forechecks and backchecks with authority. Kiley is a strong skater with solid fundamentals. She moves her feet quickly with the puck and keeps head up constantly. Solid edge work with the puck to maintain body poisitioning and create space for herself upon entering the zone. Grade: B-

Kira Whelan #20 (Ottawa Senators U18 AA, D, 2025) : Whelan is a quick skater with good agility and acceleration fundamentals. She is patient with the puck and uses tight turns to evade pressure on both ends, and makes crisp cross-ice passes to teammates moving with speed through the Neutral Zone. Grade: B- 

Grace Stewart #9 (Ottawa Senators U18 AA, F, 2025) : Stewart positions her body well and has excellent angles to take away time and space from opposing players. Grade: C+

Alexa Kocourek #12 (Ottawa Senators U18 AA, F, 2025) : Kocourek battles hard in all three zones, gets inside body position to cause turnovers, and stays on the puck.  Kocourek can take the puck up the ice with confidence and see’s passes through traffic to enter the zone. Grade: C+

Piper Cochrane #17 (Ottawa Senators U18 AA, F, 2025) : Cochrane works hard on the forecheck and backcheck, using her speed to take time and space away. She has good patience with the puck and is able to find the open lanes. Grade: C+

Peterborough U18AA

Olivia Lewington #13 (Peterborough Ice Kats U18 AA, F, 2026) : Lewington is a natural goal scorer with a great shooting ability to get shots off quickly off the cycle and rush. The left-handed shot can find the soft areas of the ice to get good, quality shooting/scoring chances off. She possesses a strong slap shot and backhander, reflecting her versatility of skills around the net when it comes to scoring. However, she is not afraid to pass up chances to find her teammates for a potential chance. Grade: B+

Brea Leahy #1 (Peterborough Ice Kats U18 AA, G, 2026) : Leahy is a technically strong goalie that is quick and square to the puck. She cuts down the angles of opposing shooters well, and can take up a lot of net because she is frequently in an optimal position in the crease. Grade: B

Carissa Jones #10 (Peterborough Ice Kats U18 AA, F, 2025) : Jones is a good skater that can get quick shots off, as she frequently tries to shoot through screens in order to catch goalies off guard. She can willingly get involved in the corners and below the opposing team’s goal line, reflecting her relentless compete level in all 3 zones. She drives the net hard and can be rewarded by scoring goals. Grade: B

Austin Littlejohn #27 (Peterborough Ice Kats U18 AA, D, 2026) : Littlejohn is a right-handed D that plays with a stay-at-home approach. She ensures that her Peterborough team limits the shots allowed, by being physical on attackers and angling them to the outside. She is also not afraid to pinch along the offensive zone wall in order to keep puck possession time alive. Her breakout ability is also strong and noticeable. Grade: B

Lily Legault #47 (Peterborough Ice Kats U18 AA, F, 2024) : Legault blocks shots and plays with a fearless approach to the game. She also is able to play effective offence by finishing her breakaway chances and being creative on odd-man rushes like 2-on-1s and 3-on-2s. She plays the game at a quick tempo and uses her speed to her advantage when she enters the offensive zone. Grade: B

Brooke Jeffery #2 (Peterborough Ice Kats U18 AA, F, 2025) : Brooke has good size and uses it to be wide and protect the puck on the boards. Her size and strength make her a hard player to move from the front of the net. Grade: B-

Mylee Jackson #3 (Peterborough Ice Kats U18 AA, D, 2025) : Jackson is a good skater that can break the puck solely herself through her skating, or through good passing up to her forwards. She sees the ice well, and can be relied upon in all special team situations. She can get herself in and out of trouble if she needs to just through her skating. Grade: B-

Danica Werry #4 (Peterborough Ice Kats U18 AA, F, 2025) : Werry is a smooth skater who is extremely elusive and quick on her edges. She plays with a “chip” on her shoulder, while also adding some offensive potential to her game. She ensures she is always in a good D-zone position, as she is an effective PK’er as well. Grade: B-

Samantha Merriam #6 (Peterborough Ice Kats U18 AA, F, 2024) : Merriam values both ends of the ice, as she is able to make creative plays on 3-on-2 situations, while also exemplifying great “takeaway” abilities on the backcheck. She plays hard and physical, which makes it difficult for opposing players to compete against her. She is willing to go into the corners and win 50/50 battles. She can also score and chip in offensively. Grade: B-  

Lauren Guest #17 (Peterborough Ice Kats U18 AA, D, 2024) : Lauren has good size and mobility. she uses her good hockey sense to read and react plays. She can handle the puck and moves well across the offensive blueline with the puck. Grade: B-

Philadelphia Jr. Flyers 16U

Teagan Flod #10 (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers U16, F, 2026) : Flod is a good-sized skater with a long stride who controls and handles the puck with speed for multiple zone entries. Flod is a quick skater who uses her speed to create odd man rushes. In one instance, she blew past a defensemen to create a 2 on 1 and made a nice pass to create a great scoring chance. On the power play, she does an excellent job at the top, using her hard point shot and ability to see the ice to create opportunities. Grade: B

Ella Rutter #7 (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers U16, F, 2027) : Rutter is a very fast skater who uses her speed to get to pucks on the forecheck and create pressure on the backcheck. She is skilled with her hands and keeps her head up while she has the puck, allowing her to make plays quickly. Grade: B-

Olivia Drexelius #8 (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers U16, D, 2026) : Drexelius has excellent patience on the ice, using her speed and smooth hands to her advantage. She plays defence positionally well, pinching at the right times and keeping a good gap when retreating. She has her head up and finds the open player, making accurate passes. Grade: B-

Jillian Sano #68 (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers U16, F, 2026) : Sano is a quick and agile skater who uses her speed on the forecheck to create turnovers. In one instance, she created a turnover leading to a goal. She uses her agility to avoid pressure and create time and space for herself. Grade: B-

Jamison Hirsh #5 (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers U16, F, 2025) : Hirsh controls and handles the puck with poise as she shields it from the opposition on hard net drives to make a sweet set-up pass to an incoming linemate. Grade: C+

Pittsburgh Pens Elite 16U

Emma Gnade #3 (Pittsburgh Penguins Elite U16, F, 2025, Syracuse) : Gnade is a great goal-scorer with an offensive touch around the net. Her quick shot and poise with the puck make her a threat to score on a frequent basis. She is able to tuck the puck in on in-tight plays, and shots from a distance. Defensively, she is committed to playing players hard in the corners, and is consistently in a good position. Grade: A- 

Neely Hawn #8 (Pittsburgh Penguins Elite U16, F, 2025) : Hawn makes crisp accurate passes and wins draws cleanly to start the play with possession. She shielded the puck as she drove the right wing to the low circle where she sniped a beauty top blocker to light the lamp. Hawn has speed and puck protection on the rush.  She drove the net and quickly released a snipe shot goal. Hawn is able to get good shots off the right side by using her speed and poise with the puck. Grade: A-

Natalia Disora #63 (Pittsburgh Penguins Elite U16, F, 2026) : Disora is a hard working heads up forward whose forecheck causes turn overs and backcheck disrupts the attack. Disora is a natural play maker that makes crisp passes to her linemates, setting them up for good chances. She is also able to get points off rebound chances and odd-man rushes. This makes her an offensive threat every time she steps on the ice. Grade: A-

Alaina Whitesell #19 (Pittsburgh Penguins Elite U16, F, 2025) : Whitesell plays with her head up.  She spots opportunities and threads passes through to create offensive opportunities. Whitesell plays with a high hockey IQ and awareness of where her teammates are on the ice. This allows her to always be an option for a potential pass receiver or support option for the puck-carrier. She has a good shot release, specifically with her snap shot, and can get it through bodies in front. Grade: B+

Kayla McCarthy #30 (Pittsburgh Penguins Elite U16, F, 2026) : McCarthy is a solid skater with good size. She creates multiple opportunities on the powerplay with a quick snap from the half-boards and strong slap shots from the point.  She finds the holes and gets pucks on net through net front traffic. She has speed on the rush to drive defenders back. Grade: B+

Isabel Powers #15 (Pittsburgh Penguins Elite U16, D, 2025) : Powers shows good puck movement on the powerplay, finding the seam to set up teammates with crisp passes and crushing slap shots from the point to create chances. She controls and handles the puck smoothly to gain the zone and start the powerplay with a smooth pass to an open forward. On the penalty kill, she gets in the shooting lanes and blocks shots.  She jumps into the offensive plays, driving the net with speed and purpose, scoring a pretty one timer off a corner pass out. Grade: B

Jacqueline Sullivan #16 (Pittsburgh Penguins Elite U16, F, 2026) : Sullivan is a heads up player with quick foot speed and net drive.  Her first three steps propel her past opponents allowing her to win corner foot battles.  She won the corner foot race to win the puck, quickly came off the boards and sniped under the bar goal. Grade: B

Talia Mertens #17 (Pittsburgh Penguins Elite U16, F, 2026) : Mertens is a heads up player with good intuition.  She read the play, intercepted a breakout pass quickly turned to the net and scored with a quick release shot top corner glove side. Grade: B

Erin Judge #29 (Pittsburgh Penguins Elite U16, G, 2025) : Judge gets to the top of the blue paint and gets square to shooters. She battles in scrambles, finds pucks and smothers rebounds. Grade: B

Madyson Kirsch #82 : Kirsch reads the ice well and has the skills to take advantage of what she sees. Her team play was seen as she had a give’n’go with her D to propel her through the nuetral zone, she attacked the zone with speed driving the defender, then pulled a fake and evasive move wide, sliding the puck back to the slot for her driving forward.  A very pretty and well earned assist. Grade: B

Emerson Webster #64 (Pittsburgh Penguins Elite U14, F, 2026) : Webster moves the puck smoothly with her partner across the blue line, doing regroups and breakouts. Grade: B-

Kendra Raypholtz #77 (Pittsburgh Penguins Elite U16, F, 2026) : Raypholtz is a speedy player who pursues the puck with purpose.  She causes turn overs and threads tape to tape passes once she has possession. Grade: B-

Rochester Youth Hockey 16U

Shayla Beaudette #5 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U16, D, 2026) : Beaudette is a smooth skater with good edgework. She is patient on the powerplay, gaining the zone and setting up to fire hard snap shots from the point to create chances. Beaudette is a tall defender with agile skating and strong puck skills. She danced through a few defenders and released a quick snap shot on net. She skates the line, finding better shot lanes and distributing the puck well with tape to tape passes in the offensive zone. Beaudette sees the ice well, she makes smart passes and can anticipate plays. She is also aware of when she can jump and join the rush or take the puck herself and generate offensive opportunities. Grade: A  

Chloe Brinson #6 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U16, F, 2026) : Chloe is a strong skater with good quickness. She has a strong work ethic and likes to play physical. She battles real hard on the boards. Brinson clogs the passing lanes in the neutral zone to intercept pucks and transition for zone entries and shots on goal. In the D-zone, she gets in the shooting lanes and uses her active stick to block shots. She drove the net with her stick down to receive a pass and send a one-timer to the back of the net for an overtime winner. Brinson has a fierce stick check that immobilizes opponents.  She makes tape to tape passes and is a vocal communicator in directing the breakout. Brinson is a offensive player that plays with pace, quickness and agility. She is able to score goals in a variety of ways, whether it would be through an accurate shot, or quick move, or hard-nosed garbage goal on a rebound. Grade: B+

Annika Stock #18 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U16, F, 2026) : Stock is a hard working and effective player in both ends.  She angles and pins out opponents in the D-zone to turn the puck over and gain possession.  She fakes and pulls on 1v1 situations and scored a one timer back door goal on the power play. Grade: B+

Lia Nevo #55 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U16, G, 2025) : Although Nevo was not tested much in this game, she showed a quickness to get down into the butterfly and and a controlled glove hand.  She leaves the net to play the puck with confidence and helps start up the breakout. Grade: B+

Avery Ide #4 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U16, D, 2026) : Ide uses here agile skating and puck skills to evade pressure along the boards. Ide is a strong skater and will skate the puck if she has the room to. She will forecheck hard and get back hard to her position if she does not come out of the battle with the puck. Grade: B

Cady Kowalow #8 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U16, D, 2027) : Kowalow wheels on the powerplay to carry the puck out of the zone, through neutral ice, and into the attacking end to start things up with a crisp accurate pass. Kowalow makes tape to tape outlet passes.  In the offensive zone she controls the puck while stepping around defenders and consistently gets low tippable shots on net. Kowalow slows down the game and makes smart passes. She is a strong skater and uses her IQ to find open ice. Grade: B

Brooklyn Asbach #11 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U16, F, 2027) : Asbach is a nifty little player, she can easily get around opponents using her skill and speed. She is quite small but she has found ways to not let it stop her from generating offensive opportunities. Asbach utilizes her chances, quickly looking and picking top glove corner with a snap from the slot. Grade: B

Addison Tremel #20 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U16, F, 2026) : Addison is a strong skater who is real quick. With her speed she can beat the D wide and then drive the net. She can find herself open ice, and she uses her body well to protect the puck. Tremel controls and handles the puck with poise as she maintains possession to find the best opening to take the puck to the net. Her snap shot gets off the stick quickly to challenge the goalies. She wins draws cleanly on the powerplay to start with possession. Defensively, she gets in the shooting lanes and blocks shots. Tremel can set up her teammates very well and catch them in good areas of the offensive zone to get grade-A chances off. She looks to make the extra pass, while looking to be unselfish. Grade: B

Kayla Gerson #26 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U16, F, 2026) : Gerson positions herself well in the offensive zone to support the play and capitalized on a rebound by popping home a short side goal. Grade: B

Erin Healy #27 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U16, D, 2027) : Healy puts her passes on the tape to move the play up ice or set up open linemates on the powerplay. She carries the puck out of the zone and up ice into the attacking end with poise and confidence. Defensively, she gets into the shooting lanes and blocks shots.  Healy drops into the attack in the offensive zone getting shots on net. With tape to tape passes she distributes the puck well across the blue line and into the offensive zone. Healy loves to skate the puck, she uses her skill and speed to find open ice and create her own opportunities. She always jumps into the rush if she can and gets back to her position. Grade: B

Micayla Hunt #81 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U16, D, 2027) : Micayla is a strong skater with good quickness.. She can handle and carry the puck into the O-zone and has a quick release.  Hunt controls the space on the ice well, keeping the attack wide, takes the lane to pucks and protects the puck well when she has it. Grade: B

Sophia Garner #92 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U16, F, 2027) : Garner is a complete player that uses her speed, skill and competitive level to produce for her team. She is a well-balanced player in terms of point production and defensive play. She is able to play forwards and defenders on the opposing team physical, while also being elusive when she grabs a hold of the puck. Garner plays with speed and can hold possession of the puck when she needs to and make a smart play. She finds soft areas and is constantly producing offensive opportunities. Grade: B

Lia Cericola #21 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U16, F, 2026) : Lia is very quick and is a good stick handler. She plays with high energy. She moves to open ice without the puck. She has an accurate shot and a quick release.  Cericola covers her zone well on the penalty kill, getting her stick in the shooting lanes and blocking shots. Cericola has speed and skill to carry the puck end-to-end and generate scoring chances. She uses the ice given to her and gets shots on net to generate opportunities. Grade A-

Saugeen Maitland Lightning 

Josephine Jarmuth #19 (Saugeen Maitland Lightning MAA, D, 2025) : Jarmuth carries the puck out of the zone with poise, escaping pressure and skating up ice into the attacking end. She moves the puck back and forth smoothly with her partner. Her communication with her teammates keeps everyone ready and in position. The defender pinches successfully on the powerplay and gets pucks to the net with a quick snapshot from the point. Jarmuth manages space well with agility, anticipation, communication, and good decision-making. She pinches and holds the offensive line, supports teammates, anticipates and intercepts passes, and takes open ice.  She is quick to cover net-front on the PK and holds the line in the attacking zone. Grade: B+

Nicole Alexander #1 (Saugeen Maitland Lightning MAA, G, 2024) : Alexander is a tall goaltender who takes away the upper net.  She clears high blocker shots with a clean redirect to the corner on straight shots and through traffic.  She moves efficiently post to post on rushes to make saves. Grade: B

Gillian Dinsmore #2 (Saugeen Maitland Lightning MAA, F/D, 2024) : Dinsmore stepped off the half-boards and took the puck to the net to snap a dart top blocker and light the lamp. She likes to join the rush as an option. She is a strong skater who moves across the blueline with the puck and makes good choices and tape-to-tape passes.  Dinsmore makes tape-to-tape outlet passes to leave the zone. She quickly gets up on the play and closes the Gap on any turn-overs.  She moves smoothly across the line in the offensive zone and finds shot lanes, getting the puck to the net with hard wrist shots, or one-timer slap shots.  Always keeping her shots low, hard, and on target. Grade: B

Reece Cameron #4 (Saugeen Maitland Lightning MAA, D, 2025) : Cameron uses strength and positioning to clear the front of the net.  She distributes the puck well with her partner and is quick to jump into open space on the rush. Grade: B

Dani Strong #15 (Saugeen Maitland Lightning MAA, F, 2024) : Strong rushes the point and blocks shots in even strength and penalty-kill situations. She plays physically, battling along the boards and in all three zones. A solid skater with speed, she chips the puck out of the zone to speed up ice and into the opponent’s end to start the attack. Strong snagged the puck off a broken play to bat home a beauty.  Strong plays with hustle, effectively forechecking to disrupt breakouts and providing strong back pressure through the neutral zone.  Her speedy forecheck allowed her to steal the puck and get a quick shot on net that challenged the goaltender. Grade: B

Annan Moffat #27 (Saugeen Maitland Lightning MAA, F, 2025) : Moffat is successful winning faceoff battles to start the play with possession. She gets inside body position on the backcheck to deny opportunities. She snagged a loose puck off the faceoff to snap it top blocker and light the lamp. Moffat scored a steep-angle goal, picking the top corner from the goal line. Grade: B

Parker Talbot #61 (Saugeen Maitland Lightning MAA, F, 2026) : Talbot plays on the defensive side of the puck, providing good coverage and support in the D-zone and applying pressure on the backcheck. She has strength on her skates, patience, and strong puck protect skills that she uses to drive the net and create scoring opportunities repeatedly. Grade: B

Alexa Todd #88 (Saugeen Maitland Lightning MAA, G, 2025) : Todd holds a crease top challenge and stays with the play, patiently waiting out shooters making high shot saves look simple.   She holds high shots in the glove and pins on her chest.  She is mobile and sets up pucks for her defense. Grade: B

Charlee Gethke #7 (Saugeen Maitland Lightning MAA, D, 2025) : Charlee has a good hard shot that she gets to the net. She is aggressive when pinching, at good times.  She comes in off the point to provide support and offensive pressure. Grade: B-

Danielle Harmer #8 (Saugeen Maitland Lightning MAA, F, 2026) : Harmer plays with speed and intensity on the special teams creating opportunities on the powerplay and killing off time on the penalty kill. She is frequently first to the puck on the powerplay and penalty kill. Her forechecking is relentless as she battles and frustrates the D.  Harmer is an effective penalty killer, using speed and patience to create pressure. Grade: B-

Katlyn Strong #16 (Saugeen Maitland Lightning MAA, D, 2024) : Strong makes tape-to-tape outlet passes.  She gets strong low-point shots on target, giving forward the opportunity to tip.  Her active stick in the defensive zone disrupts scoring threats. Grade: B-

Jillian Alexander #21 (Saugeen Maitland Lightning MAA, D, 2024) : Alexander has a strong forecheck where she stole the puck, and created a good scoring chance on a 1v1.  She battles net front creating traffic and chaos. Grade: B-

Jolie McKnight #54 (Saugeen Maitland Lightning MAA, D, 2024) : McKnight is situation-aware, checking the time on the PK. She holds the line and gets pucks in deep.  She plays big, quickly getting to pucks, battling hard along the boards and communicating with teammates. Grade: B-

Grace Adriaanse #72 (Saugeen Maitland Lightning MAA, F, 2024) : Adriaanse rushes the point and blocks shots. She stays on the puck and uses her speed to gain the zone. Her long stride creates good acceleration and speed. To go with her speed she can handle the puck well. With and out the puck she drives the net hard. Adriaanse effectively uses speed and agility to angle players out of the play, separating them from the puck and causing turn-overs. Grade: B-

Haddie Mclaughlin #91 (Stratford U18 AA, F, 2024) : McLaughlin makes smart passes on the tape to create scoring chances, has a good net-front presence on the powerplay, and wins faceoff battles.  McLaughlin plays with her head up and poise, making tape-to-tape passes under pressure.  She back-checks hard, disrupting the rush. Grade: B-

Sault Ste Marie U18AA

Riley Petit #3 (Sault Ste. Marie Jr. Greyhounds U18 AA, F, 2027) : Petit plays physically and relentlessly, while playing with a high confidence when taking the puck to the middle of the ice. She works hard down low below the goal line in the offensive zone, and is also able to play strong defence within Sault Ste Marie’s “box plus one” D zone structure. Grade: B-

Paige Lortie #17 (Sault Ste. Marie Jr. Greyhounds U18 AA, F, 2024) : Lortie can score goals and make plays. She is a threat on the powerplay and holds a versatile range of skills, such as quick hands, good edges, and high hockey smarts. She is a key contributor and driver of Sault Ste Marie’s offence, and they look to her to come up with a big goal or play when they are in need of momentum. Grade: B-

Annika Babineau #19 (Sault Ste. Marie Jr. Greyhounds U18 AA, F, 2024) : Babineau can score on the powerplay and produce offence for her team. She makes good passes in all 3 zones, and has strong chemistry with her linemates. She is an easy player to play with due to her hard-working mentality and the relentless pressure she applies toward opposing defenders. Grade: B-

Matea Glavota #2 (Sault Ste. Marie Jr. Greyhounds U18 AA, D, 2024) : Glavota makes hard passes out of the zone and passes the puck with authority. She is additionally able to walk the line well and smoothly, with swift edges that are quick and agile. As a defence, she is able to angle off opposing forwards and keep them to the outside, helping her team reduce the shots on goal they give up. Grade: C+

Maiana Boissoneau #7 (Sault Ste. Marie Jr. Greyhounds U18 AA, D, 2024) : Boissoneau is able to score goals in all situations, such as powerplay and in even-strength play. She is still able to contribute offensively, despite being on defence. The righthander is able to move the puck up well to her fellow forwards and teammates, by playing “heads-up” hockey with a high-level of awareness. Grade: C+

Avery Stephens #12 (Sault Ste. Marie Jr. Greyhounds U18 AA, F, 2024) : Stephens is a strong passer with good offensive zone vision. She is able to find her open teammates, and set them up for quick chances off the fly. Stephens is unselfish and will very consistently advance the puck up forward when teammates are ahead of her, showing increased hockey sense and awareness. Grade: C+

Scarborough U18AA

Freya Flook #11 (Scarborough Sharks U18 AA, F, 2026) : Flook controls and handles the puck smoothly and with speed. Her passes are on target and she drives hard to the net for rebounds. Flook plays with speed all over the ice. She is often the first to the puck on the forecheck, creating offensive opportunities for herself and her teammates. She is aware on the breakout and finds the open person, whether it be a direct or area pass for her teammates to skate onto.  Flook is a strong skater who can be scrappy in front of the net and in corner puck battles. She worked well to establush a screening position in the slot and battled for the scrambling loose puck in the slot for a goal. Grade: B+

Ashley Hush #76 (Durham West Lightning U15AA, F, 2024) : Hush plays physically, battles hard, and does a good job taking the body. She uses her speed to disrupt the D and force errors on the forecheck then hustles on the backcheck to get back and defend. Her puck control on zone entries allows her to get into position to fire a quick wrister from the slot. Hush is relentless on the forecheck, causing havoc for opposing defensemen. She has a long, powerful stride, which she uses effectively on both the forecheck and backcheck to turn the puck over. Hush is a strong forward and a good skater for her size and length. She has the speed to beat defenders wide with the puck and can center the puck on tape to teammates on the move. She did well to establish positioning in the slot and tipped in a shot from the point through her own screening. Grade: B

Breanna Fox #9 (Scarborough Sharks U18 AA, F, 2026) : Fox is a tenacious forechecker and causes chaos for opposing defenders with her feistiness and effort. Always keeps her feet moving and stick active to thwart breakout chances for the other team. Grade: B-

Mia Southern #12 (Scarborough Sharks U18 AA, D, 2026) : Southern is a smart defensemen who reads the play very well. On one occasion, she made a terrific read on the pass coming up to the winger to maintain pressure in the offensive zone. She makes strong, accurate passes on the breakout enabling her team to transition back to offence effectively. On the penalty kill, she made a critical clear the length of the ice to relieve sustained pressure. Southern is a good skater for a defender and hustles extremely well in her own end. She is strong on the puck and does well at pinning opposing forwards along the boards and has an active stick to regain puck possession for breakout chances. Grade: B-

Jessica Kovac #13 (Scarborough Sharks U18 AA, D, 2026) : Kovac has a wicked shot from many angles on the ice. She scored a beautiful PP goal with a one-timer slapshot beating the goalie high through traffic. Grade: B-

Katelyn Galuszka #26 (Scarborough Sharks U18 AA, G, 2024) : Galuszka is a solid all-around goaltender. She kept her team in the lead late with many nice saves. Has really solid rebound control and uses the paddle to effectively stick check and corral rebounds in the crease. Grade: B-

Jesslyn Bach #66 (Scarborough Sharks U18 AA, F, 2024) : Bach is an agile skater and fluid with the puck. Has nice crossovers and tight turns to evade pressure and create space and time for herself. Grade: B-

Bailey Radovich #93 (Scarborough Sharks U18 AA, F, 2025) : Radovich is a good-sized forward who controls and handles the puck with poise. Her passes are on target, and she works a smooth give-and-go to drive the net for quality shots on goal. She has slick hands to bring down passes out of the air. Radovich is a great skater who effectively uses edgework, crossovers and changing direction to maintain puck possession. She works the breakout perfectly along the boards with one-touch passes when receiving the puck and is dynamic with the puck in the offensive end. Grade: B-

St. Albert Slash U18

Jordan Brown #7 (St. Albert Slash, D, 2025) : Brown is an effective communicator, letting teammates know when they are under pressure and what options they have.  She controls the GAP on the rush and angles offenders on the rush.  She gets pucks to the net with a hard wrist shot from the point. Grade: B

Kate Brady #10 (St. Albert Slash, F, 2026) : Brady is a solid skater with good size who snaps a rocket on net to challenge the goalies. Her passes are crisp and hit the mark and she uses her size and long reach to gain body position to cause turnovers. Brady has a quick shot from the slot that surprises and beats goaltenders. She gets herself in high chance shooting lanes often and consistently gets shot on target. Grade: B

Paige Smith #14 (London Devilettes U18 AA, D, 2025) : Paige is a quick strong skater, She can handle the puck on the rush, and in tight spaces. She has a quick release and accurate shot.  Smith has a hard shot that she gets on target. Grade: B

Keelyn Pisani #15 (St. Albert Slash, F, 2025) : She is an effective player along the wall. Keelyn is a small speedy player who can handle the puck. She has good vision and is a good passer.  Pisani goes to the net and stirs things up.  She plays with intensity and hustle, playing a physical game along the boards where she consistently separate player from puck.  She is quick to release her shot on net when given the opportunity. Grade: B

Kennedy McQuade #18 (St. Albert Slash, D, 2025) : Kennedy is a strong skater, she has an ability to read and react to plays quickly. She plays good gaps in the NZ. She also can run the PP from the point.  McQuade makes solid tape to tape pass in all areas of the ice.  She gets point shots on target, creating good scoring chances. Grade: B

Cadence Richards #19 (St. Albert Slash, D, 2025) : Cadence is a quick strong skater, she plays good gaps and make good choices when pinching. She has a good active stick in the D zone. She can handle puck bringing it up ice.  Richards clearly communicates with team mates by directing traffic and warning them of changing situations.  She has a physical presence in front of the net, controlling sticks and boxing players out. Grade: B

Faith Fedyniak #20 (St. Albert Slash, F, 2025) : Fedyniak forechecks with speed and a plan.  She scooped up a loose puck and quickly turned it into a scoring chance. Grade: B

Madison Terry #22 (St. Albert Slash, D, 2026) : Madison is a strong skater who is quick to pucks.  Her lateral movement is outstanding. She plays in her own zone from one side of the rink to the other. She is a physical player. Terry is an agile skater with good Gap control that interrupts the offensive rush or keep sit wide. In the offensive zone she walks the blue line to get better shooting angles, releasing a hard wrist shot on net. Grade: B

Kathleen Frost #31 (Rocky Mountain Raiders, G) : Frost made many saves in this tight game, earning herself the shutout.  She has a solid challenge and waits out shooters making many saves off the shoulders and directing low shots to the corners.  She battles through traffic and quickly covers loose pucks. Grade: B

St. Catharines U18AA

Samantha Bramwell #12 (St. Catharines U18 AA, F, 2024) : Bramwell can score in many ways, as she can use a quick shot or quick move in tight. She uses her relentless skating ability to create offense for her team, while also looking to make nice passes in the offensive zone. She can elude attacking defenders by using her agility and quick turning capabilities. Grade: B

Regan Flynn #34 (St. Catharines U18 AA, G, 2025) : For the amount of shots she faces, Flynn is able to hold her own in net, she can move well laterally and uses her size to her advantage, she can spread herself out and tracks pucks pretty well. Flynn was getting peppered with shots and was able to keep her team in the game for the first two periods. She has good rebound control and maintains good positioning through traffic. Grade: B

Chloe McNeil #11 (Unknown, F, 2020, Providence) : McNeil is a hard-working, undersized player that attempts to bring a good two-way game to the table. She is a competitive player that plays with a combination of speed, smarts and aggressiveness on the forecheck. Grade: B-

Keira Flus #24 (St. Catharines U18 AA, F, 2024) : Flus is a strong skater and she is confident when skating with the puck. She uses her speed to forecheck hard against opponents and force turnovers, creating scoring chances for her team. Grade: B-

Emma Gravelle #15 (St. Catharines U18 AA, F, 2026) : Gravelle can create chances, she has good speed and uses it to skate the puck and generate Grade: C+

Stoney Creek U18AA

Cassandra Randell #88 (Stoney Creek Sabres U18 AA, D, 2026) : Randell is a good-sized defender who is strong on her skates and strong on the puck. Her first pass is smooth to start the breakout, her one-touch pass is precise to keep the tempo high, and passes to hit a breaking forward are crisp. She joins the rush as an option and uses her active stick and long reach to her advantage She defends with good gap control and physicality. She is very effective in front of her own net.  Randell sees the ice well, threading a pass through the neutral zone that sent her teammate on a breakaway.  She distributes the puck very well with tape-to-tape passes on the breakout, moving the puck quickly through the neutral zone and initiating scoring chances in the offensive zone.  She plays a physical game, giving no easy lanes to the net in her zone. Grade: A-

Mikayla Barnes #94 (Stoney Creek Sabres U18 AA, F, 2027) : Barnes has quick hands on the draw to win pucks cleanly and start the play with possession. She forechecks relentlessly and frustrates the D. The forward has great acceleration to get to top speed quickly. Defensively, she gets into position to provide good coverage and support. Barnes has a great scoring touch, burying one off a wraparound and coming in front to snipe a backhand bar down for a second. Her speed and hands help her beat the D playing 1v1. Her quick hands and stick are effective in stealing pucks. Barnes is relentless on the forecheck and uses her speed to create turnovers. She has great patience with the puck and finds her open teammates, making hard accurate passes and creating scoring chances.  Barnes owns the face-off circle, winning the majority of draws.  She has sweet hands in tight, dangling and getting off quick and challenging shots. Grade: A-

Ryan Coddington #17 (Stoney Creek Sabres U18 AA, D, 2024) : Coddington pinches successfully and gets pucks through traffic and to the net with a hard wrist shot from the point. She sees the ice well and finds the seam to put passes on the tape. The good-sized defender battles hard in all situations. She can carry the puck out of trouble, and makes good choices to get the puck out of her own end. Coddington is a very aware defensemen, both offensively and defensively. She sees the ice extremely well and finds her teammates through open lanes on the breakout and in the offensive end. Grade: B+ 

Sara Hillock #44 (Stoney Creek Sabres U18 AA, F, 2026) : Hillock’s got a cannon of a shot and is strong on her skates. Staying in her lane, she plays physically and does a good job taking the body. She reads the play like a book, intercepting passes that often lead to quick transitions and deep puck movement. And when it comes to forechecking, she is forcing errors and creating chaos for the opposition. Hillock has a quick shot that she takes from a distance, giving goalies trouble. Grade: B+

Maya Valeri #66 (Stoney Creek Sabres U18 AA, F, 2025) : Valeri controls and handles the puck with poise to smoothly send passes to her open linemates. She forechecks with purpose to force errors and disrupt the D. she does a good job winning draws cleanly to start the play with possession She plays with grit and a bit of a mean streak.  Valeri battles in the circle, tying up her opponent.  She uses the cycle well and takes advantage of open lanes by walking out of the corner and getting off quick-release shots. Grade: B+

Ryleigh OBrien #4 (Stoney Creek Sabres U18 AA, F, 2026) : Obrien patrols her wing, getting in quickly to forecheck the D and applying pressure on the backcheck. She covers for the D in the o-zone. Her passes are on the tape and she has a good net-front presence. Obrien has speed and puck skills.  She scored a nice goal with a hard drive down the wing and a quick and accurate shot over the goalie’s pad. Grade: B

Sadie Allen #6 (Stoney Creek Sabres U18 AA, F, 2026) : Allen is a smooth skating allows her to control the puck with poise and drive hard to the net for quality shots on goal. Her ability to cover for the D and get in on the forecheck to force turnovers creates scoring opportunities. Her vision and playmaking skills move pucks up ice and create chances. Allen does a good job winning draws to kickstart plays. Her sweet drag and snap when changing her shooting angle keeps goalies guessing. Grade: B

Nicole Spencer #10 (Stoney Creek Sabres U18 AA, F, 2027) : Spencer rushes the point to snag loose pucks and separate from the defenders for breakaway chances. She stays focused on the puck and forechecks aggressively. Her passes are crisp and on target. She shows good patience on the sidewall with the puck on the sidewall. She handles the puck well and can posses it for along time.  Spencer scored a beautiful breakaway goal after slipping behind the D and receiving a thread pass from (88), she took advantage, finding her spot and snipping.  She is effective on the half board, keeping the puck in and the attack on. Grade: B

Ashlyn Armstrong #21 (Stoney Creek Sabres U18 AA, D, 2026) : Armstrong reads the play to step up, intercept passes, and take the puck into the attacking end. She moves the puck well back and forth with her partner to regroup and escape pressure. Good puck protection allows her to skate the puck out of the zone when under pressure. Grade: B

Mackenzie Ferguson #39 (Stoney Creek Sabres U18 AA, G, 2026) : Ferguson is a steady tender who challenges crease top and holds the challenge on walkouts.  She stays with the play and covers or clears rebounds to corners. Grade: B

Madison Mallone #71 (Stoney Creek Sabres U18 AA, F, 2024) : Mallone followed up on the rush, picked up the high pass releasing a quick shot off the post and in for a goal. Grade: B

Lily Farago #74 (Stoney Creek Sabres U18 AA, D, 2026) : Farago moves the puck smoothly with her partner to regroup, escape pressure, and move the puck up ice. She controls and handles the puck with poise when skating it out of the D-zone. Her quick puck retrievals allow her to make a crisp first pass on the tape to exit the zone, or patiently step around forecheckers to deliver a smooth first pass to start the breakout. She jumps up in the rush as an option. Grade: B

Aubrey Lagrotteria #77 (Stoney Creek Sabres U18 AA, D, 2026) : Lagrotteria reads the play and steps up to intercept passes and break plays. Her first pass is crisp and on the tape to exit the zone. She hits the breaking forward to move the puck up ice quickly. She releases a hard blast from the point that gets through traffic to create chances. Grade: B

Trinity Clark #89 (Stoney Creek Sabres U18 AA, F, 2025) : Clark is a good-sized forward who intercepts passes to take to the net for snapshots on goal. She gets on the D quickly when forechecking and uses her active stick and body positioning to cause turnovers. Her passes are smooth and on the tape when moving up ice and creating scoring chances. She handles the puck well and uses the D as a screen when shooting off the rush. Clark forechecks with speed causing turnovers and disrupting the breakout. Her passing is crisp and on the tape. Grade: B

Emma Beatty #8 (Stoney Creek Sabres U18 AA, F, 2024) : Beatty has a deceptive shot that gives goalies trouble and produces rebounds. Grade: B-

Stratford U18AA

Kendal Middleton #3 (Stratford U18 AA, F, 2025) : Middleton is a complete player, who can chip in offensively, while also being positionally reliable on the D-side of the puck. She is an energy forward with a good level of skill to produce chances for not only herself but her linemates as well. Middleton repeatedly got pucks to the net. She scored a hard-working goal after stealing the puck on the forecheck in the dying seconds of the game, sliding one home for an empty net goal. Grade: B+

Victoria Campbell #4 (Stratford U18 AA, F, 2025) : Campbell is an evident goal scorer with a great shot that she is able to get off in tight, high-traffic areas. She possesses a great finishing ability and touches around the net, which separates her from her peers. She is a key contributor to Stratford’s offence and is heavily relied upon to produce to keep her team competitive. Campbell’s aggressive forecheck caused turner-overs and allowed her to create a solid scoring chance. Grade: B+

Kiara McGregor #9 (Stratford U18 AA, F, 2025) : McGregor is a spark plug for her team, and provides high levels of energy when they need it most. She plays with pace and quickness, helping Stouffville establish opposing team turnovers and make them cough up the puck. Kiara can also score and produce for her team at key times of the game. McGregor is an effective forechecker with speed and anticipation.  She forechecked her own dump-in, winning the puck and getting to the net for a shot. Her first three steps separate her from others allowing her to jump in plays and cycle effectively. She jumped into the play getting a quick shot on net, forcing a big save from the goaltender. She is effective in the faceoff circle and goes to the net with the puck to get shots on. Grade: B+

Leah McPhee #10 (Stratford U18 AA, F, 2025) : McPhee can score, as she plays with confidence around the net. With her good hands and high level of hockey IQ, she is able to convert on her chances, and ensure she is a force offensively on a shift-to-shift basis. McPhee shows a high hockey IQ in the offensive zone by making timely jumps and pauses to make the cycle work, walking-out and getting shots on net and distributing the puck to teammates. Grade: B+

Danielle Heard #6 (Stratford U18 AA, D, 2025) : Heard makes tape-to-tape passes to distribute the puck in the offensive zone.  She finds the shot lane and gets pucks to the net.  She plays a heads-up game, looking for options and making quick decisions. Grade: B

Maeve Turner #7 (Stratford U18 AA, F, 2025) : Turner used some heads-up play, speed and agility as she walked out of the corner, pulled the goaltender and ripped one home. Grade: B

Taylor Van-Hooydunk (Stratford U18 AA, D, 2025) #12 : Van Hooydunk is able to get shots through from the point, with pin-point accuracy so that her forwards can potentially get tips and deflections on her shots. She is able to play opposing forwards hard down low below the goal line, and makes it hard on them to get shots through to Stratford’s goalies. Grade: B

Jaden Greenlee #16 (Stratford U18 AA, D, 2025) : Greenlee has good edges, making tight turns to evade forecheckers and start the breakout.  In the offensive zone, she finds shooting lanes in a variety of ways.  She let off a rocket of a one-timer from the point and walked the line to let off wrist shots on net. Grade: B

Julia Papalia #18 (Stratford U18 AA, F, 2025) : Papalia can get to the middle of the ice with confidence when entering the zone, and is additionally able to make plays to her teammates through great passing. She competes extremely hard and it seems as though she prides herself on ensuring that she does not get beat to 50/50 puck battles. She sometimes comes up with the puck when it is pinned against the boards for extended time periods. Papalia provides great puck pressure.  Her speed and drive on the forecheck drew a penalty. Grade: B

Ella Gracey #31 (Stratford U18 AA, G, 2025) : Gracey has a strong glove hand and tracks pucks well through traffic to make saves. She competes for pucks, making a great stretch pad save in a goal-mouth scramble. Grade: B

Sudbury U18AA

Madison Hollohan #91 (Sudbury Lady Wolves U18 AA, F, 2024, Windsor) : Hollohan makes smart puck-moving decisions, finding open teammates on the fly to move the play up ice, finding the seam to create scoring chances, and hitting the tape to regroup and escape pressure. She controls and handles the puck with poise and finesse, cradling passes on the fly to drive the net hard and snap hard low shots on net. The good-sized forward backchecks hard and gets into position defensively to provide good coverage and support. She snagged a loose puck to bury a rebound for a well-earned goal. MR Hollohan is a quick skater with solid positional skills. she knows where to be on the defensive end and plugs passing lanes to force turnovers. Hollohan works well with an active stick and feet on the defensive blue line to force a turnover, be first to the puck with speed in the open ice, and ripped a top shelf goal late to seal the game Hollohan attacks the middle of the ice fearlessly and allows herself to score in high-traffic areas. She makes good passing plays and possesses good strength on her skates. Grade: A-

Kate Jacques #10 (Sudbury Lady Wolves U18 AA, F, 2024) : Jacques uses her speed to drive the wing and go hard to the net for shots on goal and rebounds. She has a good net-front presence. The forward battles in the corners and does a good job taking the body. Her passes are crisp and on the mark. Jacques found the loose puck in a scramble to tap in and light the lamp. Grade: B+

Sarah Mckechnie #1 (Sudbury Lady Wolves U18 AA, G, 2025) : McKenchnie is a very flexible goalie who can sprawl out and make great desperation saves. Her athleticism makes her a great goalie who competes hard in the net. Her quick mobility post-to-post makes her quick to cut down the angle on opposing players, as the right-catching tender can throw off shooters. Grade: B

Laryssa Mayer #9 (Sudbury Lady Wolves U18 AA, D, 2025) : Mayer, a good-sized defender, gets pucks to the net, dropping in to fire snap shots on goal, ripping wristers from the point through high traffic, and crushing rocket slaps from the point on the powerplay. Her puck-moving skills get the puck up ice quickly with crisp stretch passes, regroup smoothly with her partner, and find breaking wingers in the neutral zone. Mayer works the blue line well on the powerplay and commands the offence through her passing ability from the point. Hard slapshot from the point, low and driven through traffic to get pucks on net. Grade: B

Kendra Shanks #11 (Sudbury Lady Wolves U18 AA, D, 2024) : Shanks is a very hard working player. She uses her body well to protect pucks as well using her body well in battles and positioning player to where she wants them to go. She can get pucks to the net and makes smart decisions on the blueline. Overall Shanks is a solid consistent defender. Grade: B

Chloe Martin #19 (Sudbury Lady Wolves U18 AA, F, 2026) : Martin battles in the corners, in front of the net, and below the redline to force errors, create chances, and cause chaos. She uses her speed to stay on the puck, and gain the zone for net drives and shots on goal. Martin makes seeing-eye passes that can have the potential to spring her teammates on breakaways. Grade: B

Kynlee Cresswell #71 (Sudbury Lady Wolves U18 AA, F, 2025) : Cresswell is a 200ft hard working player. She is always on the hunt for the puck and gives her all every shift. Cresswell can score on breakaways and in-tight areas around the crease, while additionally having a great backhander. She is a great, unselfish passer that competes hard to come out with the puck in the corners. Grade: B

Adrielle Charette #77 (Sudbury Lady Wolves BAA, D, 2027) : Charette gets pucks to the net in even strength and man-advantage situations with a quick snap or hard wrist shot from the point. She has good speed and moves the puck back and forth smoothly with her partner. She crushed a slap from the point that got through the screen to find the back of the net. Charette is a fluid skating defender with a solid ability to move the puck with her head up. Does well to maintain puck possession moving backwards and probing for a pass. Grade: B

Payton Cyr #21 (Sudbury Lady Wolves U18 AA, D, 2026) : Payton is a strong skater who is very fast, she reads and anticipates the play well. She plays good gaps and has an active stick. She can rush the puck into the O-zone and has good patience with the puck when she has possession. Cyr makes good moves to get away from attackers, while also showing the ability to join the rush with her forwards on odd-man rushes. Grade: B

Ayla Lagace #24 (Sudbury Lady Wolves BAA, F, 2024) : Lagace is a very good skater with her head up with the puck attacking from the neutral zone. Does well on edges in own end to find outlet passes wiht the puck. Grade: B

Maija Potvin #79 (Sudbury Lady Wolves U18 AA, F, 2024) : Potvin is successful in the faceoff circle winning battles and drawing pucks cleanly to her teammates to start the play with possession. She battles hard in all situations and earns a good net-front presence. Her speed allows her to gets to pucks first on a chip and chase. She is a speedy skater who can handle the puck, she has good vision and makes good passes. She is willing to take the puck to the net. Potvin is a good goal scorer who can make good finishing plays around the net, frequently converting on her offensive-zone chances. She is able to finish off 2-on-1 chances with ease, and can get herself open for breakaways. Grade: B

Payton Stos #97 (Sudbury Lady Wolves U18 AA, F, 2024) : Stos is a solid defensive winger with a strong shooting ability as well. Stos is willing to engage in battles in all areas of the ice, while always working hard down low. Her 200-foot game makes her hard to play against and a distinct asset to her team Grade: B

Jillian Landry #5 (Sudbury Lady Wolves U18 AA, F, 2025) : Landry is a grinder. She does her best every shift, skates her hardest to win every race to the puck, forechecks hard as well back checks and overall is simple and just does her job with her best effort. Landry is able to make plays and unselfishly set up her teammates, as she holds on to the puck well to draw opposing players to her, consequently leading to open teammates. She is strong on her stick along the walls, and makes smart decisions with the puck. Grade: B-

Danika Gray #27 (Sudbury Lady Wolves U18 AA, F, 2024) : Gray is a good-sized forward who is successful in the faceoff circle, winning battles and drawing pucks cleanly to start with possession on the powerplay. She controls and handles the puck with poise, weaving around and deking the opponents to drive the net for chances. Grade: B-

Gabrielle Gallagher #34 (Sudbury Lady Wolves U18 AA, D, 2025) : Gallagher is a solid defense man. She makes sure she battles hard to win the race and battle on every loose puck and clears the front of the net. She is a solid skater both forward and backwards. Grade: B-

Tessa Ranger #55 (Sudbury Lady Wolves U18 AA, F/D, 2025) : Ranger is a hard working player. She has strong skating and has the ability to play forward and defense correctly. She is a player coaches can rely on to work hard every shift and work hard in every battle. Ranger makes smart plays with and without the puck. Grade: B-

Team Illinois 16U

Grace Taylor #2 (Team Illinois U16, F, 2026) : Taylor is a quick forward who races to pucks on the PP. She recovers them so that her team can maintain pressure on the PP. She has quick hands and is able to evade defenders combining her speed with her skilled hands. She uses her body to protect the puck in the offensive zone to maintain possession.  Taylor combines agility, speed, puck skills and patience to contribute greatly in many situations for her team.  Her forecheck on the penalty kill hemmed the opponent in their end and killed and good amount of time.  She is patient with the puck, looks for her opportunities, finds exit lanes when pressured and finds attack lanes to the net.  She dangled around a D and the Goaltender for a well earned highlight goal. Grade: A- 

Olivia Vertucci #18 (Team Illinois U16, D, 2027) : Vertucci is a positionally aware defensemen who keeps attacking players to the outside on the rush. She has a strong point shot that is hard, accurate, and tippable for forwards in front of the net. She does an excellent job sealing the wall on the forecheck to maintain pressure. Vertucci has great lateral movement across the offensive zone blue line, pulling pucks to better shooting lanes and preparing to distribute the puck. Grade: B+

River Kirk #20 (Team Illinois U16, D, 2026) : Kirk is a fast and agile skater who keeps a good gap on attacking players. She has a hard, quick release shot from the point and was able to find multiple cross ice passing lanes on the power play.  With hustle and strong positioning, Kirk took away a breakaway opportunity. Grade: B+

Charlotte Dukovac #10 (Team Illinois U16, F, 2026) : Dukovac made a great cut to the middle to draw a penalty. She sees the ice well and finds lanes to pass to her teammates. She made a beautiful pass on the PP to set up a goal.  Dukovac battles hard net front for position and puck control.  She scored a quick release goal on the power play from the slot. Grade: B

Talon Sorce #4 (Team Illinois U16, F, 2027) : Sorce positions herself well in puck races, taking away the lane to give her the advantage and win. Grade: B-

Addisyn Baird #16 (Team Illinois U16, F) : Baird battles hard along the boards to win puck possession and walks the lanes to the net getting her shot off quickly. Grade: B-

Audrey Coomber #79 (Team Illinois U16, F, 2026) : Coomber supports with positioning in the offensive zone, she keeps pucks in and the attack going when her defence pinches. Grade: B-

Avery Villacorta #94 (Team Illinois U16, F, 2027) : Villacorta is a quick, hard working player who keeps her feet moving all over the ice. She stops on pucks and races to loose pucks in the corner and in front of the net. Villacorta effective forecheck on the penalty kill earned her possession and a scoring chance.  She ties up her check in the defensive zone, blocks point shots and pins opponents on the half boards to disrupt the offensive threat. Grade: B-

Olivia Bernardi #53 (Team Illinois U16, D, 2025) : Bernardi controls the Gap in the defensive zone well and takes away the lane to the net.Grade: C+

Emilie Cobillas #87 (Team Illinois U16, D, 2027) : Cobillas is an agile skater with good puck skills.  She evades checkers with tight turns and strong puck protection. Grade: C+

Thunder Bay U18AA

Kiera Stokaluk #10 (Thunder Bay Queens U18 AA, F, 2025) : Stokaluk is a quick skater who sees the open player. She keeps her head up while she has the puck and is able to find her teammates to create scoring chances in the offensive zone. Grade: B

Peyton Borton #17 (Thunder Bay Queens U18 AA, D, 2026) : Borton shows good patience when making smart decisions during the play. She does a good job getting to the middle on the powerplay to make a smooth pass or rip a hard, low wrister on net for chances. The defender does a good job taking the body to separate the player from the puck. Grade: B

Addison Chown #6 (Thunder Bay Queens U18 AA, F, 2026) : Chown battles hard in the corners and gets in on the forecheck to force errors, cause chaos, and create turnovers. She has the speed to pull away with the puck and separate from defenders for breakaway opportunities. Her passes are smooth and on the tape. Chown snagged a rebound in a scramble to jam one home. Grade: B-

Brynn Hannula #7 (Thunder Bay Queens U18 AA, F, 2025) : Hannula is a quick skater who is a good 2-way forward. She offensive ability, but is also able to shut down her opponents defensively. She sees the ice well and can find the open lanes for herself and when passing to her teammates. Grade: B-

Bridget Cameron #9 (Thunder Bay Queens U18 AA, F, 2024) : Cameron rushes the point to apply pressure and cause turnovers that lead to zone entries for shots on goal. She uses her size and speed to protect the puck and create space on net drives for shots on goal. The forward crushes slap shots on the fly to challenge the tendys. Her playmaking skills create multiple scoring opportunities. Grade: B-

Abby Wills #35 (Thunder Bay Queens U18 AA, G, 2024) : Wills is a positionally sound goaltender who made some key saves to keep her team in the game. Grade: B-

Brooklyn Voortman #8 (Thunder Bay Queens U18 AA, F, 2024) : Voortman is a good sized forward who sees the ice very well. She is able to find her teammates all over the ice, finding lanes and opportunities for area passes. She uses her speed and size to create havoc for defensemen on the forecheck. Grade: C+

Avery Olenik #12 (Thunder Bay Queens U18 AA, F, 2024) : Olenik has good patience in the offensive zone. She was alone on the rush and made a good cut back to buy time and wait for support. She makes smart changes and reads the ice well, picking off passes and closing the gap on the backcheck. Grade: C+

Toronto Aeros U18AA

Sarah Staley #66 (Toronto Aeros U18 AA, F, 2026) : Sarah is small speedy playerwho handles the puck well, and uses her  body to protect the puck. She will teke the puck to the net. She has some grit and is strong on the face-offs. Grade: B

Toronto Leaside U18AA

Greer Thompson #17 (Toronto Leaside Wildcats U18 AA, F, 2026) : Thompson is a very quick skater with strong puck instincts. She has good positioning in the defensive zone to force blocks or turnovers with effort and active feet. She keeps her head up with the puck and has solid edge work with the puck in the offensive zone to open up and face the slot with the puck. Grade: B-

Talya Rumstein-Ellis #34 (Toronto Leaside Wildcats U18 AA, G, 2024) : Solid fundamentally, and does well at controlling rebounds in tight situations. She is able to recover well from cross ice chances and challenges shooters breaking into the zone. Grade: B-

Elizabeth Shapira #44 (Toronto Leaside Wildcats BAA, F, 2027) : Elizabeth is a strong quick skater, who can change directions quickly. She handles the puck well and makes good passes in the o-zone. Grade: B-

Blake Givelas #81 (Toronto Leaside Wildcats U18 AA, F, 2026) : Blake is quick and can handle the puck, she can beat the D 1v1. She has good vision and her passes are on the mark. Grade: B-

Chloe Nakamura #19 (Toronto Leaside Wildcats U18 AA, F, 2024) : Nakamura is a smart player with the puck, and makes the right decisions most of the time. She works effectively on the PK with hee hold up play and strength down low to maintain puck possession, and uses the boards to make self-passes to create chances down the ice. Grade: C+

Katie Downey #22 (Toronto Leaside Wildcats U18 AA, F, 2026) : Downey is a solid grinder who battles in all three zones and below the redline. Her passes are on the tape, she drives the net hard with and without the puck, and she fires the puck on net quickly off the draw. Grade: C+

Abby Carr #77 (Toronto Leaside Wildcats U18 AA, D, 2026) : Carr is a quick defender with a strong offensive skillset. She has quick hands with the puck in tight with pressure and uses shields and tight turns to calmly evade pressure down low. Carr had a nice play where she carried the puck out of the defensive zone, chased her dump in and won the puck battle in the corner, leading to an assist from a centering pass from behind the net into the slot. Grade: C+

Waterloo Ravens U18AA

Grace Kipfer #39 (Waterloo Ravens U18 AA, G, 2026) : Kipfer uses her tall frame and tight butterfly to cover a lot of net.  She moves well laterally and holds her challenge in traffic and net drives. She is quick to recover from a save and set for the next shot.  Her ability to hold pucks with a strong glove hand and cover in physical battles allows her to provide a breather for her defenders. Grade: A-

Claire Jacklin #5 (Waterloo Ravens U18 AA, F, 2024) : Jacklin sniped a beauty from the low circle to light the lamp. Jacklin blocks shots in the D-zone, drives hard on the rush and goes to the net with shots.  She forechecks to provide pressure on her opponents.Grade: B

Jadis Howden #22 (Waterloo Ravens U18 AA, F, 2025) : Howden uses her size and speed effectively on a chip and chase to forecheck and frustrate the D. She controlled the puck to split the D and chip one by the goalie to find the back of the net for a well-earned goal. Howden positions herself well in the neutral zone to angle the attacker out and stop the rush.  Her tight backcheck takes players out of the rush. Grade: B

Brienne Brezynskie #77 (Waterloo Ravens U18 AA, F, 2025) : Brezynskie forechecks well to provide pressure on the breakout.  She goes to the net with purpose, scoring a rebound goal over a sprawled goaltender with her net drive. Grade: B

Molly Adams #4 (Waterloo Ravens U18 AA, F, 2026) : Adams has speed, agility and puck control to support her work ethic.  She forechecks effectively to disrupt the breakout. Her agility with the pucks allows her to dance through opponents and take the zone. Grade: B-

Grayson Karges #10 (Waterloo Ravens U18 AA, F, 2025) : Karges’ first three steps provide excellent acceleration and allow her to jump into situations such as checking in the corners, getting to loose pucks in the corners and taking away space in the neutral zone. Grade: B–

Anushka Jawkar #87 (Waterloo Ravens U18 AA, F, 2025) : Jawkar pinned and moved the puck along the boards, using strength and awareness to eat a good amount of time off the Penalty Kill. Grade: B-

Jamie Goodman #1 (Waterloo Ravens U18 AA, G, 2025) : Goodman positions herself well to make the first save.  She deflects low shots with her stick to corners and snags high glove shots. Grade: C+

Sylvanna Legault #16 (Waterloo Ravens U18 AA, D, 2024) : Legault hustles on the back check and provides effective back pressure. Grade: C+

Kylie Rayfield #19 (Waterloo Ravens U18 AA, D, 2026) : Rayfield uses her skating agility to keep players wide on the rush, angle and pin along the boards. She reads her opponents well to execute timely pinches to hold the line and keep the offense alive. Grade: C+

Whitby U18AA

Irelyn Death #10 (Whitby Wolves U18 AA, F, 2026) : Death chips the puck in to start the attack and gets in quickly to forecheck the D and force errors. She battles hard in all situations and gains a good net-front presence. Her passes are smooth and on target. Grade: B

Sasha Garrido #0 (Whitby Wolves U18 AA, G, 2025) : Garrido has quick lateral movement to get across and square to shots.  She has quick leg reaction, kicking out pucks. Grade: B-

Sophie Stefik #3 (Whitby Wolves BAA, D, 2026) : Stefik patiently controls the puck as she gets into position to put a crisp cross-ice on the tape of a breaking winger, move the puck back and forth with her partner, or go glass and out to clear the zone and find a teammate up ice. She maintains good gap control and keeps pucks deep. Grade: B-

Sophie Fife #4 (Whitby Wolves U18 AA, D, 2026) : Fife moves the puck smoothly as a first pass or when regrouping with her partner. She does a good job clearing the front of the net. Her wrister from the point gets through traffic to create net-front chances. Grade: B-

Neve Murphy #7 (Whitby Wolves U18 AA, F, 2027) : Murphy, a solid skater, controls and handles the puck with poise, making smart passes to create scoring chances. She applies good pressure on the backcheck. Grade: B-

Caileigh Kirby #26 (Whitby Wolves U18 AA, D, 2026) : Kirby is a good-sized defender who gets pucks to the net from the point with a quick snap shot or a hard slap shot. She plays physically and uses her long reach and strong stick check to deny puck carriers. Her speed allows her to get back and catch breakaways. Grade: B-

Naomi Bursey #31 (Whitby Wolves U18 AA, G, 2025) : Bursey sits tall in her butterfly and moves swiftly from post to post.  She battles to track pucks through traffic and covers quickly avoiding goal mouth scrambles. Grade: B+

Haedyn Leeson #81 (Whitby Wolves U18 AA, F, 2026) : Leeson has good size and a long reach.  She received a pass to go in on a breakaway and rip one by the tendy to light the lamp. Grade: B-

Allegra Newell #89 (Whitby Wolves U18 AA, D, 2026) : Newell engages in physical play, taking the body, battling in the corners, and blocking shots with an active stick. She gets pucks to the net from the point with a hard snap. Grade: B-

Windsor U18AA

Elizabeth Arthrell #28 (Windsor U18 AA, F, 2026) : Arthrell has speed and skill and can make her opponents look silly if they look at the puck. She uses both to create offensive opportunities and score goals. Grade: B  

Kayla Gomes #2 (Windsor U18 AA, F, 2024) : Gomes is not afraid to get into the dirty areas and play gritty, she can find loose pucks in the blue paint and cause havoc for her opponents. Grade: B-

Brynn Bellmore #4 (Windsor U18 AA, F, 2026) : Bellmore is a gritty, hardworking centre who will win faceoffs and is not afraid to go into a battle for the puck. Grade: B-

Shawna Isbister #13 (Windsor U18 AA, G, 2024) : Isbister patiently tracks pucks and gets square to the shooter with her smooth movement. She battles hard and recovers quickly. She made two big saves on the second and third chances. Isbister gives a good challenge on the rush that takes away a lot of net. She has a strong glove hand that she uses to control the pace of the game. Grade: B-

Emily Owen #17 (Windsor U18 AA, F, 2026) : Owen loves to have the puck on her stick and she will get pucks on net as much as she can, she helps her team generate offensive opportunities. She forechecks hard and cause turnovers for her to capitalize on. Grade: B-

Jordin Whiteye #6 (Windsor U18 AA, F, 2024) : Whiteye goes to the net in the hunt for rebounds. Grade: C+

Maysa Rutt #18 (Windsor U18 AA, D, 2026) : Rutt plays with strength along the boards, pinning players out and winning board battles. Grade: C+

Addison Minello #96 (Windsor U18 AA, F, 2026) : Minello drives the net and gets shots on. Grade: C+

Windy City Storm 16U 

Sydney Lamb #28 (Windy City U16, D, 2025) : Lamb is a tall, strong defender who is a good skater for her size and length. She has a wicked slapshot from the point which makes the opponent nervous to block. She is a force down low in her own zone and often wins puck battles through strength and keeping a strong stick. Does well to clear out the slot for her goalie and ties up oncoming forwards with her stick. Lamb is patient with the puck and does not force any passes when pressure mounts. Lamb has solid puck handling skills as well, and is able to make a quick move on the blue line to step up and shoot from the top of the slot. Grade: B

Julia Carrigan #8 (Windy City U16, F, 2025) : Carrigan is a solid skater who is confident carrying the puck through traffic to get through into the zone. She attacks the slot vertically upon entering the zone and scored from a nice wrist shot through traffic. Grade: B-

Sydney Tinerella #15 (Windy City U16, F, 2027) : Tineralla is a tall, quick skating forward who excels with the puck. She can make multiple defenders miss with tight handles and crossovers, and can navigate through traffic effectively with the puck. Grade: B-

Mia Kozak #24 (Windy City U16, F, 2026) : Kozak is a strong forward with a wicked shot from all angles of the ice. She probes with and without the puck for space and can circle the zone with the puck with ease to maintain possession. She is a fluid skater with strong edge work to create space while maintaining good body position. Kozak battles hard down low and along the boards with her strength and balance on the puck. Grade: B-

Francesca Pipitone #75 (Windy City U16, D, 2025) : Pipitone is a solid skating defender who does well at getting pucks on net from the point through traffic, and can attack the slot from the point with the puck. She is patient with the puck and does not panic when forwards put pressure on. Grade: B-

Alexis Brown #88 (Windy City U16, F, 2025) : Brown probes for open space well in the offensive zone, and is creative with the way she moves the puck around. Makes herself available and opens up for shooting chances on the PP, and ringed the bar with a strong shot from the circle. Grade: C+

Winnipeg Avros 

Ella Speechley #4 (Winnipeg Avros, F, 2025) : Speechley always wants the puck, she hungry for it and commands it. She is a strong forechecker who uses her speed to cause turnovers and generate offense, she is always looking for loose pucks in the paint and finding rebounds. Grade: A

Rio Pierre #9 (Winnipeg Avros, F, 2026) : Pierre is a calm, strong skater who is quick on loose pucks. She has quick hands in tight. Pierre controlled the puck with poise as she drove the left wing to gain space and snap a hard low shot five-hole to light the lamp. Defensively, she gets into position to provide good coverage and support. Pierre has great accuracy and loves having the puck on her stick, she forechecks hard to generate offence for herself, she can find soft spots on the ice and makes smart passes. She could skate harder on the backcheck and be more helpful in the defensive zone. Grade: A

Sydney Haggart #10 (Winnipeg Avros, F, 2025) : Haggart is a good-sized forward with soft hands to dangle opponents in tight areas. She gained the zone on the right wing to snipe a snap shot bar down to light the lamp. Haggart is a strong forechecker and can cause turnovers. Grade: A

Isabela Huculak #17 (Winnipeg Avros, F, 2024) : Huculak has a good scoring presence, completing a smooth give-and-go to set up one and receiving a pass to send a snipe top blocker to bury another. Grade: B+

Liberty Aime #16 (Winnipeg Avros, F, 2025) : Aime controls and handles the puck with poise to go deep in the zone to start the attack. On the powerplay, she is successful in winning draws cleanly and gains a good net-front presence to deflect point shots. Grade: B

Selene Wozney #19 (Winnipeg Avros, F, 2025) : Wozney is strong on her stick as she controls the puck to curl and create time and space for a smooth pass to an incoming linemate. She worked a sweet give-and-go with 17 to bury a beauty. Grade: B

Jenna Turner #15 (Winnipeg Avros, D, 2026) : Turner is a strong skating defender who makes accurate passes, crushes slap shots from the point and has good footwork to stop puck carriers from deking. Grade: B-