From April 2-7, 2024, Neutral Zone was in Tampa, FL for the USA Hockey Tier 1 Girls Nationals Tournament. The following is our scouting report from the U16 Division. Players are listed in descending letter grade order beneath their respective team names. Players with the same letter grade are listed in no particular order.
Liberty
Minnesota Hardware
Maddy Kimbrel #20 (Orono High School, F, 2026): Kimbrel is a player who is best asset is her skating and feet. Her quick pace and forechecks makes her effective on each shift. She is also strong on the face off dot and can really apply great pressure to cause turnovers. She has an offensive mind, can dangle defenders then show off her ability to shoot to score. Got the game winner in OT vs Spitfires to keep their nationals run alive. KIMBREL uses her poised puck control and protection to gain zone entries with speed to start the attack. She hustles back and applies pressure on the backcheck to disrupt the oppositions attack. Grade: A-
Samantha Angellotti #7 (Andover High School, 2026): Angelloti is a strong defender who makes herself tough to play against. Defensively, she ensures nobody is left open net front and battles physically in the corners. She is extremely active on the offensive blueline, always following the play. Angellotti is rarely caught standing still as she is always engaged in the play and finding open ice. From the point she is able to deliver shots on net to generate scoring chances while also being able to find teammates in the high slot. Her hockey IQ is displayed through her excellent decision making on the breakout where she delivers crisp tape to tape passes buying herself an assist but is just as comfortable skating the puck up ice. Grade: B+
Alaina Gnetz #8 (Woodbury High School, F, 2026): Gnetz is a fast and high pace player who moves the puck real well and quick to her teammates. Her transitions up ice are strong and quick to get her team on the attack sooner. She is also always moving and has a high motor. Her speed is smooth and she has reliable edges to cut to the middle for chances. Very impressive ability to handle the puck, even when knocked to her knees, she can control it to the outside of her body and keep opponents away. Against Spitfires, she skated it into the ozone on the PK where she was tripped twice while still maintaining possession and getting a pass off to the front of the net. Gnetz has a quick first three steps and a quick stick to steal pucks in the neutral zone on the penalty kill for zone entries that lead to net drives for shots on goal. She plays on the defensive side of the puck, causing turnovers in the neutral zone to transition for zone entries, and getting body position on the backcheck to disrupt chances. Her patience and vision allow her to find openings for tape-to-tape passes and lanes to drive for chances. Solid physical play sees her battle in the corners and forecheck aggressively to draw penalties. Gnetz has success on the draw, winning battles and pulling pucks cleanly to her teammates. Grade: B+
Janie McGawn #30 (Blake School, G, 2026): Great depth in net, she stays at the top of the paint not giving players much to shoot at. In net vs Spitfires in a tight game, was able to give her team the opportunity to win. Calm and controlled energy. Showing a ton of potential with her ability to handle high pressure situations with poise. Grade: B+
Jaycee Chatleain #17 (Hill Murray High School, F, 2027): Chatleain has a good shot and strong awareness for the game to put the puck in good spots. Positionally she is strong and her poise makes her a great play maker to set up teammates in good areas to create offense or make a play. It is hard to believe some of the plays she makes with how little time she has to accomplish it. But she consistently makes you write her name down with her cerebral style of play. Chatleain is successful in the faceoff circle winning draws cleanly to her teammates to start the play with possession in even strength and odd man situations. She battles and earns a net-front presence to deflect point shots and pounce on rebounds. Grade: B
Addie Wethington #4 (Blake School, D, 2027): Wethington plays physically, pinching successfully to maintain pressure, stepping up in the neutral zone to cause turnovers, and getting body position to separate the player from the puck. She is a smooth skater who moves with effortless ease from forward to backward and uses good edges to curl and escape pressure before sending a crisp pass on the tape to a breaking winger. The defender gets her stick in the passing lanes to intercept breakout attempts at the offensive blue line. Grade: B
Grace Laager #14 (Centennial High School, F, 2027): Laager has great size. She angles well, particularly into the boards where she wins a lot of pucks. Laager plays physically, taking the body and bumping players off the puck. She battles in the corners and below the red line, winning pucks and creating chances. She cradles passes on the fly with ease and controls the puck with poise to gain the zone and fire quality wrist shots on net to challenge the keeper. Grade: B
Audrey Davis #10 (Edina High School, D, 2027): Davis scored a beauty off a net-front deflection against BK Selects. She is active in front of the net and can find ice to be a passing option. Grade: B
Ellie Stewart #12 (Benilde-St. Margaret’s, F, 2026): Stewart is a smooth skater with a strong stride that generates speed for her to create opportunities. She won a puck battle at the defensive blue line and gained the zone at speed to carry the puck deep and start the attack. Her puck control and handling allow her to get into position and send precise passes on the tape to her linemates. Stewart battles hard in the corners and along the boards. Grade: B
Katya Sander #19 (Holy Family, F, 2026): Excellent size and speed. Can drive pucks end to end with control and under estimated speed by her opponents. Sander keeps her head up as she winds and weaves with the puck to exit the zone and gain the attacking end. Her long reach allows her to cover a lot of ice. She gets pucks to the net with a hard wrist shot and puts pucks on the tape with smooth passes. Grade: B
Addison McLay #2 (Hill Murray High School, D, 2027): Mclay has great feet, fast and agile. She plays at a quick pace which is evident in her puck-handling skills. Combining her foot and hand speed, she is mobile up ice, easily finds and attacks lanes. She always has her head up looking for passing options and sticks to hit for tips and rebounds on net. Grade: B
Brooke Gnetz #5 (Woodbury High School, D, 2026): Gnetz has good skating ability matched with quick edge work. She escapes from pressure smoothly and is not afraid to explode up ice and confidently command the puck into the offensive zone. She is poised with the puck and her hands help her to create additional time and space for herself. Gnetz plays physically and battles hard in all situations. She gets to the middle of the ice to make smooth passes, fire pucks on net with a hard wrist shot, and move the puck back and forth with her partner to create chances. Gnetz got an assist with a well-placed wrist shot for a deflection that resulted in the first goal against BK Selects Grade: B
Emily Pohl #13 (Hill Murray High School, F, 2027): Pohl navigates through traffic with soft hands and good puck protection for net drives and shots on goal. She gains a good net-front presence to battle in scrambles and snag rebounds. Grade: B
Talla Hansen #21 (Benilde-St. Margaret’s, F, 2027): Hansen has a positive off puck presence which is especially showcased on break ins where she reads off her teammates before determining whether to drive the net or support high. She is excellent at supporting the puck all over the ice. Through the neutral zone, she quickly steps up with an active stick, immediately removing opponents time and space and picking pockets. She is a quick skater who contributes on the forecheck and backcheck. Grade: B-
Allison Ryan #9 (Minnetonka High School, F, 2026): Ryan is a fast pace player who moves the puck real well and positions herself in good areas of the ice to always be involved in the play. She is a taller and strong player who does good work along the boards to win pucks. Her edges also help her get around smoothly and explode into open ice. Grade: B
Mia Miller #6 (Northfield, D, 2026): Miller has a long stride and long reach. Makes herself an option from the point, but also likes to skate it up and generate off the rush. She is a fast skater and can create at top speed. Definitely has an offensive mind, loves to call for it and jump down to rip one timers. She takes risks but they are calculated and they work in her teams favor a high percentage of the time. Grade: B
Florida Alliance
Anna Lloren #49 (Florida Alliance U16, F, 2026): Hard shot. Lloren is very hard working on both the forecheck and backcheck. She reads the game well off the puck and is able to pick off passes. She has a rocket shot which she is able to get on net from all areas of the ozone. While skating up ice, she is hard on the puck and battles through checks. Despite a blow out game, her work ethic and compete stayed consistent. Grade: B
Ava Christensen #35 (Florida Alliance U16, G, 2025): Christensen is very structured and technical in her crease. She stays square and can snap her leg out to make big pad saves. Against the lady ducks she made a big save on a penalty shot by staying with the shooter and showing off her athleticism. She tracks pucks all the way through very well. When in her butterfly she is very controlled moving across the crease or having to quickly go post to post. Never see her slide out of control outside of the crease, which shows her lower body strength and edgework in her skating. She held her own coming in as relief versus Minnesota despite being under every fire, gave her team a chance versus Mass and Anaheim. Grade: B
Annie Banks #2 (Florida Alliance U16, D, 2026): Banks showed some good straight-line speed when the puck was on her stick with a little open ice. She is a good skater in both north and south directions and above average laterally. She showed strong gap control against the rush and attempted to force errors by the defensive blueline. However, she was missing the puck and the body often when playing on the right side as a left handed shot. When in moments of the game where she filled in on the left as during a switch or her partner pinched, she was much stronger and took better angles. Areas were she could greatly improve her game would be strength in battles, looking through the center of the opponent against the rush and not wildly swinging for poke checks. Offensively, she showcased some good rushes up ice and a quick release snap shot on net. If she is on the rush and takes the shot, she will 100% follow up her shot and god hard to the net. Grade: B-
Grace Riley #19 (Florida Alliance U16, D, 2025): Riley is an offensive minded defenseman who likes to creep down into the play and make herself a scoring option. She has a hard shot that comes off her stick accurately and in spots that create rebounds or make the goalie have to move. She sits at a good height and moves well to stay engaged in each play on the ice. She showed good anticipation on the penalty versus Mass and even created herself an shorthanded scoring opportunity because of it. On that scoring chance, Riley showed strength in puck protection as she dipped her should to drive to the middle while under pressure, so that she could make the goalie move laterally. Grade: B-
Lauren Shell #27 (Florida Alliance U16, F, 2026): Shell is excellent in the defensive zone as she is able to close passing lanes with her positioning while also applying pressure to the puck carrier. Shell is willing to put herself in shot lanes and make blocks. She is physically engaged in battles and does not shy away from contact. Her skating ability is strong and she is confident carrying the puck up ice. Grade: B-
Ellie Larrabee #22 (Florida Alliance U16, F, 2026): Larrabee is decently fast and hard working. An excellent assets is her ability to jump into the play right when her feet hit the ice off the bench. She is able to read the play well through the NZ allowing her to pick off passes. She portrays excellent off puck positioning in the dzone and is very rarely running around. Grade: C+
Hannah Grzybowski #16 (Florida Alliance U16, F, 2025): Grzybowski is very confident with the puck in the ozone, she is an agile skater allowing her to move swiftly into open areas. She is hard-working on the forecheck and backcheck. Her ability to move side to side is advantageous as a center allowing her to effectively follow the play in the dzone. Grade: C+
Cheyenne Porter #39 (Florida Alliance U16, F, 2025): Porter showed her strength when snapping passes tape to tape cross ice and when putting heavy wristers to the net from the point on the powerplay. She showed some straight-line burst of speed on occasion but not a lot of lateral movement even without the puck. She made a lot of good puck decisions but does everything from a stand-still. At the faceoff dot, she was lights out, winning the majority of her draws, and many of the cleanly. Her reaction skills and hand-eye coordination to win faceoffs on both her backhand and forehand with ease was excellent. Grade: C+
Jeays Matz #93 (Florida Alliance U16, F, 2025): Matz is smart in front of the net. She keeps her head up and reads the play, knowing where to jump to be an option and can deceive goalies with quick handles. She has the ability to lift quick, hard shots on her backhand. Grade: C+
Mass Spitfires
Violet Carroll #11 (Williston Northampton School, F, 2025, Holy Cross): Heads up player. She gathers pucks in her zone quickly, keeps her feet moving up ice and can hit tricky passes to send her team on rushes. Pushes the pace of offense. Transitions very quickly, opponents that make mistakes near Carroll should expect a quality chance against to follow. She will not just take over possession, she will get alone with the goalie and fire hard shots to good spots. Has a knack for finding the quiet areas and floating out of view of her opponent so she can attack the net before they can adjust coverage. Grade: A
Lindsay Stepnowski #29 (Loomis Chaffee School, F, 2026): Smooth skater, weaves through traffic with the puck on her way to the net. Gets a hard release on her shots. Moves very well off the puck to both draw opponents in, and to separate herself from them. She is an excellent forechecker, pressures the points hard to force turn overs and zone exits. Uses her stick to her advantage as she closes in on opponents allowing her to intercept sloppy passes or make them turn back. Grade: A-
Evelyn Lacey #31 (Charles River U16, G, 2026): Lacey has size in net. She can stretch to cover the full length of the net down low, seemingly in the splits. She is quick and engaged, tracks well and adjusts her depth as needed. Slides across for back door passes very nicely, still covering the top of the net while making a tight seal along the ice with her pads. Faced very talented offense on MN Hardware and seemed to thrive in the critical moments of the game. Great glove, watches pucks very easily into it for whistles. Controlled and confident with explosive movement. Grade: A-
Alaina Dunn #24 (Dexter Southfield School, D, 2025, Boston College): Dunn closes the gap quickly, taking time and space from her opponent. She stepped up perfectly in a 5 v 3 situation to deny a huge chance for her power playing opponent. Reads pressure well from the offensive blue, knowing when to pinch, hold, and poke. Takes the body in her own zone, willing to bump and fight for position in lose puck races. Grade: B+
Madison Funk #9 (Dexter Southfield School, F, 2026): Funk is a smaller sized player with a very prominent work ethic. She is quick footed and fast. Closes space on her opponent well, angling along the boards, going stick on puck, and taking the body. She moves the puck well and immediately gets herself into an open position. Handles the puck very well and makes plays in odd man situations. She back checks just as hard as she forechecks allowing her to impact the game at both ends of the rink. Grade: B+
Maddie Jaeger #18 (Noble and Greenough School, D, 2026): Jaeger is a smart transitional defender. She is in good support positions and easily steps up to take control of loose pucks. She plays a tight gap and uses her active stick to make opponents turn it over. Safe and reliable puck mover who immediately supports each pass she delivers. Active at the offensive blue, looking for an opportunity to pinch but making smart choices on when not to. Grade: B+
Lilly Shaughnessy #17 (Tabor Academy, F): Good size and reach. She makes clean, smart passes. Keeps her head up to read the play. Uses the boards to chip past pressure and create odd-man situations for her team. She has good hockey sense and ability to push the pace of the game. Grade: B
Susannah Ward #14 (Milton Academy, D, 2025): Can quickly take the space given to her at the offensive blue. Gets the shot off on net before the opportunity ends. Plays with urgency in all 3 zones. Grade: B
Gretta Hulbig #16 (Noble and Greenough School, F, 2026): Finds space with the puck on her stick. She is able to use that space to create plays. She hits passes, clears on the PK, and skates it out herself. Grade: B
Anika Singh #12 (Massachusetts Spitfires U16, F, 2026): Strong on her skates, she can handles contact along the boards and does not budge. It allows her to keep battling for pucks and win the physical advantage over her opponent. She is able to open up a bit of space for herself along the boards to make a play but staying strong on her feet. She has hockey sense as well, calling and reading plays where she wants to switch with a D. Grade: B
Catie Putt #21 (Williston Northampton School, D, 2026): Putt has great speed. Her hockey sense is well developed, allowing her to be patient and time her decisions well. Accurate and reliable at both ends. Grade: B
Jackie Wright #35 (St. Mark’s School, G, 2025): Wright drops quickly to seal the bottom of the ice, she keeps her stance tight and can smother shots, preventing rebounds. Good in desperation. Grade: B
Anaheim Lady Ducks
Kylie Atzert #22 (Anaheim Lady Ducks U16, F, 2025): Atzert showcased some solid foot speed. She has good straight-line speed and can create space with her edgework. She always opens up on the wings, never c-cutting and looking over her shoulder, but rather putting her stick in the middle of the ice she can see her next play. She made strong first moves off the wall when exiting the zone and showed some escapability. She finished with one assist in the tournament. Grade: B
Sofia Ripley #19 (Anaheim Lady Ducks U16, F, 2026): Ripley does a nice job of getting head up quickly and assessing her passing options coming out of her zone. She did not stand still, moved her feet to create space, and snapped strong first passes.She showed her strength in battles and when getting in the inside edge on an opponent when racing for 50/50 pucks. She generates a lot of power in her first step and gets to open ice or defensive area quickly. Ripley finished the tournament with one assist. However, in our viewings her team did not generate a lot of passing opportunities to the point while on the attack. If the puck came to her in the offensive zone she would have no doubt made quality plays to generate scoring opportunities. Grade: B
Emily Olsthoorn #7 (Anaheim Lady Ducks U16, F, 2025): Olsthoorn is a taller player who has a good reach to apply good pressure when she is forechecking and back checking. She uses her body to win battles and win possession of pucks. Offensively she finds space on the ice and always has her head up looking for shot and pass lanes. She also creates good offense herself by getting pucks to net and not being afraid to go into the middle of the ice. Olshoorn led her team in the tournament with 4 goals and 1 assist. She showcase quick hands during her penalty shot attempt vs Florida Alliance and deked the goalie out with ease. Unfortunately, the netminders desperation save attempt made the stop on what was a yawning cage for Olsthoorn to shoot into. Grade: B
Cameron Liu #36 (Anaheim Lady Ducks U16, G, 2026): Liu moves real well in net and is always square to pucks. She kept her team in games and was a big part the win over ace hardware. She has size and reacts with athleticism. Makes appropriate save selections and instills confidence in her team in front of her. Grade: B
Allison Lebret #12 (Anaheim Lady Ducks U16, F, 2027): Lebret showed some Hockey IQ with her passing. Making distance area passes on the rush up for her teammates to win foot races to, was pretty cerebral. While the idea did not always pan out, the execution from her end was excellent. Grade: B-
Michelle Lembcke #41 (Anaheim Lady Ducks U16, F, 2025): Lembcke loves to try to join the rush. She is active on the blueline while in the O-zone. She likes to do a little spin to get rid of opponents and create time and space. She is agressive and not afraid to throw the body around. She is quick to notice when to attack opponents and reads it well. Grade: B-
Rachel Vicente #86 (Anaheim Lady Ducks U16, F, 2027): Vicente is a hard working forward who has some skill to her game. Every shift she brings her best and battles hard along the boards and is strong on pucks. She also handles the puck well and can give her team solid offensive zone time that ups scoring chances. Grade: B-
Elle Gasseau #27 (Anaheim Lady Ducks U16, F/D, 2027): Gasseau has good IQ. She is quick to react to certain situations and always tries to be first to the puck. She gets pucks towards the net whenever given the oppurtunity. She has good movement on PK, taking away options. She has good stick positioning and timing when to attack the stick of the opponent with the puck. Grade: C+
Sara Field #11 (Anaheim Lady Ducks U16, D, 2025): Field is a hard working player. She gives her all every shift. She is big which helps her when she pinches and while in battles. Grade: C
NHL
Team North Dakota
Kenleigh Fischer #8 (Fargo North, D, 2026): Fischer played defense and forward and was effective at both. She moves really well and is a balanced skater who is tough to knock off balance. When she plays defense she gives off smart low point shots that we saw her score because of it. One on one she is also very engaged and is strong on her stick to cause turnovers and win the puck. Solid skater, if she is given the room to skate the puck she will. She has good hands and the speed to blow by opponents, using her body well to protect the puck and keep possession. She does not force plays, holding onto the puck until a good opportunity comes. She moves the puck well with Iverson and both cover each other well when the other rushes the puck. She keeps her shots low and they are effective, generating good rebounds or scoring chances. Grade: B
Riley Iverson #15 (Holy Angels, D, 2026): Good vision and edgework. She can find open ice and use her feet with to escape pressure and get to open ice to skate the puck to the ozone. She is confident in carrying the puck and uses her body well to protect the puck and drive around opponents. She gets good scoring opportunities out of it, then she directly goes back to her position. Grade: B
Taylor Reese #9 (Warroad High School, F, 2026): Plays the body in battles, pinning players to help gain puck possession. She uses her size to protect the puck and drive to the net, making nice moves and generating offensive opportunities. Grade: B
Lauren Terstriep #11 (Fargo North, F, 2027): Good skater. Typically she can win races to loose pucks and she is not afraid of physical play. She has got size and uses it. She is good support taking d side in battles. Grade: B-
Rochester Youth – BK Selects
Shayla Beaudette #5 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U16, D, 2026): Beaudette is a really smooth skating taller defenseman who is elite. She makes great first passes on the breakout and if needed she will take ice herself to get the puck deep. Her head is always up and her poise with the puck allows her to make great decisions with the puck and be truly effective in all 3 ends. She also plays at a fast pace and can allow the game to be played however she wants. In the game against Magazine she proved just why she is so elite. Clean skating stride, combine with her top notch offensive instincts and playmaking to make her an absolute threat. A fantastic PP facilitator with good vision and shooting with a deceptive release to match. Beaudette proved she is a clutch performer. Beaudette manages the blue line well. She battles at the offensive blueline and keeps pucks in to maintain pressure. She set up her partner for a beauty powerplay goal from the point with a precise pass against Minnesota Hardware. Grade: A
Gigi Martin #7 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U16, D, 2027): Martin is a smooth puck moving defender who is so confident with the puck. She does a good job on the breakout making sure the puck moves up ice as quickly as it can. Her quick feet accelerate herself up ice real well and get her team on the attack sooner. She also moves along the blue line real well and can handle a high pace game well. She shows good elements of offensive instincts, and safe smart plays. Taking another step with her play creativity could really propel her game to the next level. Grade: A-
Lia Cericola #21 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U16, F, 2026): Cericola is a fast forward who plays at a quick pace and wants to catch defenders by surprise. Her edge work is strong which gets her to angle players off strongly because she can handle any moves the opponent gives her. She also battles hard and after winning the puck she can maneuver out of traffic and create plays. Grade: A-
Addison Tremel #20 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U16, F, 2026): Tremel is patient with the puck, moving it well and taking chances herself when she can. She can win back loose pucks and generate opportunities. Addison picks up top speed real easily and quickly. She is great with the puck and is a real pain to cover due to her very high pace of play and ability to always be moving. Tremel is successful in the faceoff circle winning battles and drawing pucks cleanly to her teammates to start the play with possession. She communicates well with her teammates to set up positioning for each draw. Grade: A-
Megan Meola #9 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U16, F, 2026): Meola is a creative and crafty forward who may be small but she is slippery with the puck. Her quickness matched with her hands make her really tough to cover without body contact. She does her best below the dots in Gretzkys office to draw defenders to her and move the puck towards the slot to create strong scoring chances. This is made even more effective with her smart mobility as she is always moving to open lanes offensively or blocking lanes defensively. She has above average vision and decent skating that compliments her game. She excels at exerting pressure on the opposing team. Serves as a power play asset for the BK Selects. Grade: B+
Kayla O’Donnell #88 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U16, F, 2026): O’Donnell is a solid skater and has great hands. She works hard and backchecks hard, stick checking and bringing the puck back into the ozone. She supports well in the dzone as well. Kayla has real quick hands that get her into open space and up ice smoothly and effectively. Off the puck she plays physical and uses her body to separate pucks from bodies as well as shield pucks from incoming pressure on her. O’Donnell snagged the rebound and fired a well-placed wrist shot to find the back of the net for the OT winner against Minnesota Hardware. Grade: B+
Annika Stock #18 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U16, F, 2026): Stock is a taller forward who is strong on pucks and on her stick. She is tough along the boards and can win battles with her stick and body. Her grit and physicality really shine especially in-zone and on the boards. She can pick up speed well, and her inside edges are noticeable with strong acceleration. She also uses head fakes to keep the defense guessing. She is unselfish and looks to make passes even if she is in a shooting spot which was nice to see. Stock gets in the shooting lanes and blocks shots. She is successful winning draws cleanly to start the play with possession. Grade: B+
Chloe Brinson #6 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U16, F, 2026): Generated a goal by coming in off the faceoff and gaining puck possession for her team. Against Magazine Brinson showed good awareness, with a relatively active stick, defensive awareness, and a touch of physicality that made puck elusiveness of the opposing team significantly more difficult. Her soft hands allow her to control the puck and navigate through traffic and tight spaces. She plays physically and grinds the opposition with battles in the corners and below the red line. Her strong stick check creates turnovers to take to the net for chances. Brinson wins draws cleanly on the penalty kill and stays on the puck. Grade: B+
Avery Ide #4 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U16, D, 2026): Her game stands out the most in defensive transition and zone play as she maintains strong gap control mixed with in-zone defensive positioning. Defensive instincts and poise are an asset. In addition Ide appears to have special teams use along the halfway. Skating is about average with decently powerful crossovers. Grade: B
Cady Kowalow #8 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U16, D, 2027): Kowalow plays a solid puck moving and protection based game. She is a competent defender that is quite positionally aware and an above average facilitator with decent vision and puck skills. She is a special teams asset. Grade: B
Erin Healy #27 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U16, D, 2027): Healy makes smart puck moving decisions on the power play, finding open teammates to start the attack from the defensive blue line with a smooth lead pass and creating opportunities in the O-zone with precise passes to open forwards. Grade: B
Lucy Fitzsimmons #3 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U16, F, 2027): Defensively responsible, with positioning, stick use, and neutralizing chances. A competent special teams member as well. Grade: B
Sophia Garner #92 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U16, F, 2027): Moves the puck well on the PP, can find open lanes and make east to west plays to generate offensive opportunities. She has a high level of hockey IQ and poise with the puck. Delivers hard and accurate passes to smart options. Grade: B
Olivia Olesen #10 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U16, F, 2027): Olesen displayed good puck skills, passing, and on the ice awareness for her teammates. She provided decent play support to her linemates but struggled with finishing skill on the chances that her team generated. Grade: B-
Philadelphia Jr. Flyers
Jayne Gamburg #3 (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers U16, D, 2025): Gamburg shows elements of physicality and grit in her game, not afraid to slow the game down both in-zone and in transition. To make her game even more effective we look forward to growth in her on-ice senses as she sometimes loses players allowing for increased quality of chances against. Gamburg plays with compete and aggression. She does not force plays, she is patient and waits for a play or pass to open up for her to make. Grade: B
Olivia Drexelius #8 (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers U16, D, 2026): Drexelius keys to her game against the Magazine were puck retrievals in her own zone, often racing against opposing forwards with pace. Where she shines is in transition as she occasionally has bursts of speed that can lead to quick zone entries and chance generation. These chances are furthered as Drexelius has elements of deception to her game and decent passing and release. Grade: B
Eibhleann Knox #16 (NJ Colonials U16, F, 2025): Knox is a player in development, but shows promise with her above average senses, and on-ice awareness. Defensively she is relentless on the forecheck with a above average compete level and motor tracking down pucks. This is furthered by her awareness of her stick positioning making the forecheck slightly more effective. In transitional play she likes to create lanes for herself with or without the puck. Both on defence and offense she likes to keep the play alive with adequate play support. Knox is a good skater who has vision. She is a solid forchecker, playing with aggression and speed to track down pucks and force turnovers, she uses a good stick and is relentless. She sees the ice well, finding open lanes to skate the puck and keep possession for her team. Grade: B
Kalyn Freeman #25 (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers U16, D, 2026): Freeman was one of the more noticeable defenders in for the Jr. Flyers as she has decent hockey IQ, and can make good reads. She attempts to be a defensive transitional disrupter. She showed good instincts that may lead to more success against other teams. One area we look forward to seeing improvements in is situational awareness as oftentimes when Freeman tried to positively influence the game she simply did not get enough support against the Magazine. Freeman has IQ, she can intercept plays and make good reads. She pinches and keeps a good gap to force players down the wall or to do what she wants them to do. She is not afraid of physicality and battles hard for puck possession. Grade: B
Jamison Hirsh #5 (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers U16, F, 2025): Hirsh is an active forechecker that has a good competitive edge. Her skating does not particularly stand out, but she has a good hustle on the backcheck and can be positionally responsible. She tends to be a bit more of a defensive and conservative player hitting where she can best nullify chances. Hirsh has about average puck skills and release. Grade: B-
Ella Rutter #7 (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers U16, F, 2027): Her mobility is one of the more noticeable elements of her game as she has decent crossovers, power, and a rapid clean stride. In transition she can keep pace with the speed of the play. In both transition and rush she has decent play anticipation and shows flashes of creativity with the puck. One area we hope for improvement in is her puck skills. Grade: B-
Teagan Flod #10 (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers U16, F/D, 2026): Flod uses her reach and stick to bring defensive relief to plays when he team is trapped. She scans the ice in a decent manner and identifies some play, pass, and defensive options. In transition and in-zone she loves to have the puck on her stick, and loves to shoot, which is matched with an above average release, but sometimes questionable shot selection. Grade: B-
Billi Roman #21 (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers U16, D, 2025): Roman showed some elements of creativity and puck mobility throughout the game against the magazine. Further improvements to on-ice awareness would solidify her game. Grade: B-
Andrea Strasser #35 (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers U16, F, 2027): Good skater, she plays with grit and grinds. She makes good passes and is good support on the breakout, being a good passing option. She backchecks hard, playing hard on the body and getting puck possession back. Grade: B-
Delaney Howard #56 (Pittsburgh Penguins Elite U16, F, 2025): Howard is a hardworking player who shows willingness to block shots and get in lanes. Her positioning in her defensive zone is still developing. She is a solid team player. Grade: B-
Jillian Sano #68 (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers U16, F, 2026): Sano has a high motor, and relatively O.K skating stride, and edgework that means she can get around the ice with ease, and is noticeable in transition and zone play. She often disrupts plays, and tried to generate chances with mixed success. Areas that are of minor concern include risk assessment in senses and maintaining puck protection. Grade: B-
Maddison Vitali #77 (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers U16, D, 2025): Vitali has good size on the blue line. She plays physical and uses her body well to put herself between the puck and her opponents. Her reach helps her to intercept passes and catch flying pucks to gain back puck possession. Strong and smart defender. Grade: B-
Minnesota Magazine
Teagan Kulenkamp #19 (Centennial High School, F, 2025): Kulenkamp has good vision. Able to control it well around the offensive zone. She finds passing lanes and hits her target. Found the back door driver for a huge chance vs Spitfires. She is a playmaker who has creativity and a strong fundamental skill set. Grade: A-
Macy Rasmussen #13 (Orono High School, F, 2025, Ohio State): Picks up speed with the puck glued to her stick. She is loaded and ready to release her shot. Dangerous on the rush with her speed, mobility, (quality outside edges), puck control/protection, and ability to connect on passes. She back checks hard and forces turn overs. Grade: A-
Lily Pachl #5 (South St. Paul, D, 2025, Harvard): Pachl is an excellent skater. She has very fast top speed with a smooth stride. She is able to handle around defenders who have a hard time matching her speed. Once she is past a defender, there is no way they are catching her. She is crafty around the net, creating plays or shooting for rebounds. She also has a natural ability to shoot to score. Upon zone entry she absorbs any pressure well and can be a capable facilitator. Grade: A-
Maya Engler #14 (Andover High School, F, 2025, St. Thomas): Engler has great size to be able to protect pucks well. Back checks effectively, keeping her head on a swivel and reading and adjusting coverage. Flew into the zone on the pp in the semis and ripped a shot just below the cross bar to put her team on the board. Elements of physicality to her game. Grade: B+
Lorelai Nelson #12 (Edina High School, F, 2026): Well positioned to create plays, makes herself an option in ozone, and when she receives it she shoots to score. With her shot it maintains a healthy balance of power and deception with a quality release. She keeps offensive zone possession well, cutting back to support if necessary then powering up for another chance on net. She possesses quality instincts that make her a threat anywhere on the ice. Pressure the puck hard and well, going stick on puck and taking a physical advantage over a lot of players here this week. She keeps the puck moving and raises the pace of play when wheeling out of those situations along the boards. Grade: B+
Mackenzie Jones #6 (Andover High School, D, 2025, Wisconsin): Great reads from the point and from the flank on the power play. Her offensive decisions are excellent. Back checked hard to catch a breaking opponent, was able to steal possession from behind with a clean stick check. She has a hard, accurate shot. Going up ice with the puck she is lights out, makes great decisions, can not take the puck from her, and she creates. In her own zone there were a couple of shifts where we thought she was a bit too focused on offense and lacked some awareness of her opponents positioning. Against the Philly Jr. Flyers she displayed many of the previously mentioned elements. She has great point activations and possesses very good offensive senses. Her skating is second to none, combined with her motor and hustle she is very hard to remove from any play. Ran into significant discipline issues in their final against BK selects. Grade: B+
Ashlyn Hazlett #1 (Minnetonka High School, G, 2025): Hazlett controls perimeter shots with easy. Makes the correct save selection and deflects to the corners. Has great rebound control and reads the shooter well, able to time her movement. Grade: B+
Nora Hannan #35 (Edina High School, G, 2025, St. Thomas (Minn.)): Hannan was solid this week but really turned heads in the semis. She was lights out, stopping low shots, high shots, tips, rebounds, and odd man rushes. Proved that she can withstand heavy pressure in all forms to keep her team in a game. Grade: B+
Mika Cichosz #7 (Albert Lea, D, 2025): Cichosz cuts at the hands and competes physically. Against the flyers her smart physicality was once again on display. It has elements of deception as the physicality mixed in with puck control and protection can make her a difficult player to read. Grade: B
Campbell Rucinski #2 (MN Jr. White Caps White, D, 2025): Rucinski is the new age offensive defender. Makes herself an option, can drop down to the wall for a pass. Willing to jump up join the offense while being aware of when to hop back. She has good vision toward the net so her willingness to be engaged and active offensively allows her to create scoring chances. Made a beautiful back door read vs Spitfires that is did not quite connect but showcased her impact. In defensive transition she often jumps up and gets sticks in lanes breaking up chances against at zone entry before they even emerge. Grade: B
Josie Linn #9 (Holy Family, F, 2025): Linn has good size. She is a danger around the net, screening, tipping, and getting lost on the back door. Was able to position herself perfectly back door and hammer a one timer in for MNs second goal vs SSM. Linn also show excellent changes of pace to her game allowing her to facilitate quick and deceptive zone entries. In the offensive zone, she is constantly scanning looking to take advantage in high danger areas and this combined with quality puck skills makes her a threat anywhere. Grade: B
Courtney Little #3 (Andover High School, D, 2025): Little had noticeable skating, as her inside edgework was above average leading to a clean stride and decent acceleration. She also demonstrates quality instincts and play reading from the point. Grade: B
Hannah Christenson #8 (Andover High School, F, 2025): Great body control. She is able to stop on a dime and lose a defender. She has offensive vision and the tool kit to back it up, skating, puck skill, and IQ. Her hands get her to the ozone untouched reliably. When she enters the zone she has a plan for where she wants the puck to go and reliably executes. Christenson is second to none with play support, creative one routes and creates lanes. She often has quick entries and that combined with her great puck protection skills means she excels in chance creation. Grade: B
Kendall Hassler #10 (Benilde-St. Margaret’s, F, 2025): Smart penalty killer. She has above average play anticipation, and hustle. She recognizes open player and moves to cover them, recovers to the middle, and keeps her head on a swivel. Strong on her skates, and always on the move. She made a miraculous play to save the puck from rolling into her own net, moments later her team scored. Grade: B
Josie Skoogman #4 (Hill Murray High School, D, 2025): Skoogman has good d zone awareness. She plays a strong 1 v 1. Great awareness at the offensive blue to keep pucks in. She also demonstrates quality gap control in transition limiting the quality of chances against. In addition Skoogman displays a quick semi-deceptive release that can fool goalies not positioned correctly. Grade: B
Kennedy Meier #11 (Farmington High School, F, 2025): Meier Is a defensively responsible skater that exerts pressure well and has an active stick both in transition and in-zone. We look forward to improvements in her shot selection. Grade: B-
Senja Leeper #16 (Minnetonka High School, F, 2025, Bemidji): Leeper is a great forechecker. She takes a good angle of attack, has the speed to close in quick, and forces turnovers. Grade: B-
Sophie Stramel #17 (Rosemount High School, F, 2025): Very quick release lead to MN getting on the board in quarters. Picked up a bad pass by her opponent and zipped the puck upstairs. Grade: B-
Olympic
Belle Tire
Mary Snyder #44 (Belle Tire U19, F, 2025): Snyder possesses a versatile skill set. Her effort and ability on the forecheck to angle and force opposing players causing turnovers in dangerous areas of the ice, leading to a goal. Her wrist shot is released in a blink and has no trouble finding the corners of the net. Her off-puck presence should be noted as she is able to follow the play and stay engaged while looking for open ice. She is incredibly fast and attacks the zone with speed, through the neutral zone she is also able to find teammates where she can dish a tape to tape pass at high speeds. Grade: A
Madeline Loe #2 (Belle Tire U16, F, 2025): Loe is a hard working and aggressive forechecker. Takes away space quickly and willing to dig below the goal line. She reloads well and challenges the breakout of her opponent. Her high pressure style forces turnovers, aids in her picking pockets, and sustains offensive pressure. She goes to all the dirty areas of the ice and wins battles against players bigger than her consistently. She uses her low center of gravity leverage under opponents and her quick feet to escape. She ultimately did not register a point in the tournament, but she was definitely an offensive catalyst. Grade: B+
Sophia Paolucci #3 (Belle Tire U16, F): Paolucci is a fast skating and hard-working forward. She is able to consistently attack loose pucks thanks to her ability to anticipate the play. Her off-puck presence allows her to support the play while also being engaged. Her speed when attacking the offensive zone often causes defenders to back off, giving her time and space to make a play. She has an excellent ability to find open teammates from all over the ice. Paolucci consistently makes second and third efforts on pucks. Grade: B+
Mariana Valeri #6 (Belle Tire U16, F, 2025): Valeri is smart on the rush. Has good speed and is able to create score chances with well-timed passes. Has awareness of where her options are and decides quickly who has the best scoring chance. She plays hard and hungry and reads her opponent well, pressuring and angling appropriately. Grade: B+
Sarah Neubecker #35 (Belle Tire U16, G, 2025): Neubecker moves real well in the crease. She is always square to pucks and focused hard when tracking shots from distance. Able to make a few hard slides to deny big rebound attempts. Her size is good, even in her butterfly she has good coverage. Controls the puck off her pads well, to the corners or letting it hit soft so she can cover it up. Grade: B+
Aoife O’Connor #15 (Belle Tire U16, D, 2027): OConnor is a smart and responsible defender who picks up sticks net front. She works hard down low in her zone to keep possession and find a breakout pass. Delivers accurate passes and can skate with the play. Grade: B
Audrey Agbay #20 (Belle Tire U16, F, 2025): Abgay is very fast and has no problem finding open ice where she is able to accept a pass. On draws she supports her center well after a loss and is quick to jump on plays right after the puck is dropped. She easily rolls off her checks avoiding being tied up. She moves exceptionally well, often losing defenders in the ozone and has an exceptional ability to make passes in tight spaces. Abgay is also very physical in battles all over the ice. Grade: B
Helena Hewer #13 (Belle Tire U16, F, 2025): Hewer is a hardworking forward who battles hard in all the dirty areas of the ice. She does an excellent job rolling off her checks to become an option for teammates and is strong on her skates while battling netfront. She makes a consistent effort to put herself on top of the crease taking away the goalies eyes. Grade: B-
Mackenzie Flannigan #34 (Belle Tire U16, D, 2026): Flannigan is a strong defender who plays well in her own zone, she is able to retrieve lose pucks and tie up loose sticks mitigating scoring chances. Offensively, she is active on the blueline and can be seen jumping down into plays. From the blueline she puts plenty of pucks on net, creating opportunities for her forwards. Grade: B-
CT Polar Bear
Alyssa Frazier #37 (Williston Northampton School, D, 2025): Frazier is a good skating defenseman who escapes from pressure and forechecks real well. She is a taller defender who has good skill and feet that make her a good option to carry the puck up ice or find a good first pass to advance the team up ice. She is also a good pp qb and can make create offense for her team. Grade: B+
Brooke Schlutter #87 (Williston Northampton School, F, 2027): Schlutter has good hands that she uses to skate up the ice very well with the puck. She is confident with the puck and can get her team in the offensive zone. She is also a great forechecks and adds good pressure to the opposing defense. Grade: B
Brenna Ziter #44 (Williston Northampton School, F, 2026): Ziter is a quick skater who takes ice well and can advance her team into the offensive zone. She is positionally aware and keeps her head on a swivel. Grade: B
Nina Coffee #7 (Williston Northampton School, D, 2026): Coffee is a tall defender with a great stick that is good one on one to keep the opposition from getting good looks at the net. She moves well for her height and can play at a good pace and is positioned well at all times to make plays and be in spots where she can generate space for herself and get shots on net. Grade: B
Ellie Lachance #11 (Loomis Chaffee School, F, 2025): Lachance is a skilled forward who is best when she has the puck. She carries the puck up ice well and looks to find space and get herself in a shooting area. She has good hands that can make defenders miss and give her open ice to get pucks on net. Grade: B
Izabella Zapata #9 (Westminster School, F, 2027): Zapata has some of the best skating and footwork in the tournament. She is a smaller player but she motors around the ice and is not afraid to get along the boards and battle for puck possession. She is also quite speedy and can beat players wide with her skating talent. Grade: B
Grace Scolaro #2 (CT Polar Bears U16, D): Scolaro uses her body well to protect pucks and to guide opponents where she wants them. Willing to be aggressive in her attack where she frequently recovers pucks. Her speed is average but she has a nice long stride. Grade: B-
Arizona Kachinas
Sullivan Gillis #88 (Arizona Kachinas U16, F): Gillis has good height and showed some good strength in battles. She was defensively smart and always recognized when her linemates were running around out of position and filled in their defensive zone positioning. She showcased a strong stride and lots of hustle to win 50/50 pucks and battles. She setup the lone goal vs Belle Tire and it came from quick reads and high pressure. As F1 she pressured hard, stayed with the puck, stopped on pucks, and forced the turnover, then quickly made the dish to her teammate streaking into the zone. Grade: B+
Maria Payne #6 (Arizona Kachinas U16, F): Payne is a smaller stature defender, but she is quick with pure hustle. She showed no problems making contact against much bigger players at the paint and helped to create some sight lines for her netminder. She hunts pucks quickly in corners and shoulder checks well to make a first pass to start the breakout. We would like to see her with one hand on the stick when not in battles and in zone coverage in order to take away passing lanes on centering passes better. Grade: B
Kenna Gillis #13 (AZ Kachinas, F, 2027): Gillis goes about 50/50 on her draws as a center. She has good height and uses her reach well to protect pucks when driving the net from the outside. She showed some defensive responsibility when in the offensive zone by covering defender or staying third forward high. However, she is not overly speedy and gets bypassed on the backcheck. If she gains some more power from her potentially long stride, she will cover a lot of ice fast. She did show some offensive skill and vision to make plays. She factored in on all three of her teams goals in the tournament. Gillis is more offensive minded overall and was not seen in the dirty areas of the ice, especially in the defensive zone. Grade: B
Keira Shin #45 (AZ Kachinas, F, 2025): Shin was strong on her PK vs Assabet. When the puck popped out to the neutral zone, she pressured their D appropriately and caused them to regroup, allowing AZ to get a change. Got a chance at a breakaway that she used to put AZ on the board vs Assabet. Makes her chances count. Shin showed that she has a strong first step that gives her quick acceleration up ice. Her straight-line speed pushed back defenders on the rush vs Belle Tire and helped in creating some offensive opportunities. Grade: B
Annabelle Green #8 (Arizona Kachinas U16, F): Green is very aggressive and quick on the forecheck and does not shy away from physicality in the corners. She is effective in eliminating opposing time and space and jumps on loose pucks. She often finds herself around the front of the net battling for rebounds. Grade: B-
Mia Preston #16 (Arizona Kachinas U16, F): Preston showed pure hustle every shift. She takes solid angles to the puck carrier through the neutral zone. She did not shy away from contact along the walls or when boxing out at the front of her net. Grade: B-
Lily Hurley #11 (Arizona Kachinas U16, G): Hurley did not have an easy task in net vs. Assabet. Their chances were relentless. Hurley was able to make technical stops as well as desperation saves, diving over to keep pucks out of the net. While the Polar Bears could only hold off offense from Assabet for so long, Hurley gave it everything she had to contribute for her team. Grade: B-
Marissa Morris #53 (Arizona Kachinas U16, F, 2026): Morris plays at a high tempo. She can collect loose pucks in her own zone and drive them all the way to the o-zone for chances. Morris is a hard working center to plays the game at a fast pace. She makes her presence known in the dzone where she finds loose sticks and mitigates opponents opportunities for rebounds. She plays positionally sound in the dzone where she supports her teammates well, takes away open ice,and engages in battles at appropriate times. Grade: B-
Brianna Shay #80 (Arizona Kachinas U16, F): Shay is a tall forward who has speed. She is smart and reliable in her own zone, stepping when she should to angle and go stick on puck to break up the opponents offense. Grade: B-
Assabet Valley
Caroline Averill #16 (Phillips Andover Academy, F, 2026): Sharp shooter. Scored their third goal vs Kachinas with a top corner snipe. Creates plays off the rush. In odd man situations she makes reliable decisions to allow for chances at the net. Her intelligence is enhanced by her skating, puck handling, and size to make her a dominant forward at this level. Caroline is a dynamic forward with good skating and puck skills. She has the speed to beat defenders up the middle or wide, and can create off the rush making smart decisions with the puck. She does well down low able to bring the puck out from the boards and quickly move the puck up ice. Can operate down low, as the screener and along the circles offensively and can make passes through tight seams on the PP. Grade: A
Maggie Averill #11 (Phillips Andover Academy, D, 2027): Tall D with a heavy shot. Releases it quickly and it gets to the net along the ice or a few inches off, ready for a tip or rebound. She is smart and is able to force players off side on the PP. Margaret is a strong defender who is a good skater for her frame with good feet and an active stick. She does well with the puck at her stick and can make plays from the point with shots on net or crisp passes to setup powerplay chances. Scored a great goal from the point with a wrister beating the goalie high. Grade: A
Ella Souza #47 (Assabet Valley Red Major U16, F, 2026): Good puck mover, she assesses her options quickly and delivers reliable accurate passes. Puts hard shots on net. Mobile and active from the offensive blue and hinges properly. Very defensively responsible player who is the backbone of Assabets D Cord. Grade: A-
Emily Mara #12 (Phillips Andover Academy, F, 2025): Mara is a smart shooter. Received a pass in the slot and ripped a quick shot to that same side high, just missing. Made for a really good chance as the goalie was not expecting the shot to come back to the strong side. Grade: B+
Madelyn Soderquist #4 (Cushing Academy, F, 2025): Gets her head up and shoots when she has a lane. Shot has a good release and is accurate. Well positioned on the rush. Knows how to be an option in an odd man situation and gets shots off as a result. Grade: B+
Evelyn Doyle #3 (Dexter Southfield School, F, 2026): Doyle is a smooth skating forward who often finds open spaces to receive passes and attack the slot from. She battles hard along the boards and uses her quick feet to quickly escape pressure with the puck. Scored a really nice snap shot from the slot after attacking the open ice with speed to receive the pass. Grade: B+
Marion Legge #13 (Dexter Southfield School, F, 2025): Legge is a smart player who does not panic with the puck and is calm under pressure able to weave out or make the right pass to maintain puck possession. She can make quick one touch passes from tight spaces to create rushes and chances on both ends. Had a really nice on the delayed penalty making a quick set up pass from the corner boards. Grade: B+
Sarah Powers #81 (Phillips Andover Academy, F, 2026): Powers is a dominant player. Her puck handling, heads-up style, and hockey sense give her the ability to impact each game. Was able to spring herself on a breakaway whose rebound led to their second goal. There were games where her impact was not as flashy, but she still made reliable decisions to contribute to their success. Grade: B+
Hanyu Zhao #17 (Assabet Valley Red Major U16, F): Pressures the puck well. Able to read pressure and extend her stick to get it on the puck before any contact. Grade: B
USA
Shattuck St. Mary’s
Jane Daley #10 (Shattuck St. Mary’s U16, F, 2028): Quick hard release from slot. Has a high hockey IQ, used that to not try to jam in another shot net front on pk, but take it out, find some space and set up a play to the point. She has good speed and ability to beat opponents to body positioning, taking the puck. All over the puck giving her opponent no time to set up. Noticeable versus the Carolina Jr. Hurricanes was her speed and hockey IQ. Daley is constantly looking for open lanes and shows great on-ice awareness in offensive transition and zone play. She displays good puck skills making her an even larger threat. Daley is successful in the faceoff circle, winning battles and drawing pucks cleanly to her teammates to start the play with possession. She is aggressive on the backcheck and the forecheck, relentlessly pursuing the puck, taking the body, and forcing errors. Defensively, she gets into position to provide good coverage and support. Grade: A
Mary Derrenbacher #15 (Shattuck St. Mary’s U16, F, 2026): Crushes shots from the flank on the pp. one timer accuracy is high. Blocked a tough shot then went down on a 2 v 1 short handed. This player has something special and that is her hunger for the game. She is very speedy and quick. Derrenbacher battles in the corners, wins pucks, and sends a smooth, flat pass to an open teammate for chances. Grade: A
Emma Cerruti #3 (Shattuck St. Mary’s U16, D, 2026): No dust passer. Makes great puck choices showing her intelligence. Completely controls the offensive blue. Her puck handling is excellent. She is tough on pucks, all over opponents as the enter the zone where she has a high percentage of taking possession. She holds opponents to the outside and keeps them there while she attacks. Grade: A
Nina Rossi #5 (Shattuck St. Mary’s U16, F, 2025): Rossi got a short handed breakaway vs pens but was being hunted by a back checker. She made contact, bumped her and spun around to release a hard and fast shot on net. The play did not result in a goal but continued to elevate the energy of the team. Very quick footed and agile. Decent skating and play sense versus Carolina Jr. Hurricanes. Throughout the game she showed excellent play vision, creativity and passing. Other elements of note were her puck control, and hands. Rossi is a strong skater who plays heads up with good patience and awareness. She controls and handles the puck with poise and finesse as she dances and dangles opponents to create opportunities with smooth passes on the tape and quick shots on goal. Rossi pounced on a loose puck off a blocked shot and fended off the defense to pull away for a breakaway that she buried with a low wrist shot in the championship game. Grade: A-
Sloane Hartmetz #8 (Shattuck St. Mary’s U16, D, 2026): Great fake shots from the point, effectively deceives and hits the flank. She can also rip shots on net when she has the lane. Put Shattuck on the board in the semis in the third period. Set up the PP play where she dropped behind the net to Rossi who picked it up and wrapped it in, which tied the game at 2. Versus the Carolina Jr. Hurricanes she showed consistent and quality offensive instincts. She also is not scared to jump up on plays if she sees an opportunity even if it is on the powerplay, as she possesses good acceleration. Hartmetz continued to make smart puck distribution decisions on the powerplay in the championship game. Grade: A-
Zahra Nauhaus #9 (Shattuck St. Mary’s U16, F, 2026): High motor player who is very evasive with great puck control and edges. Able to protect and deceive. Creative. Versus the Carolina Jr. Hurricanes Nauhaus showed quality vision in pass and play identification. She is a good play supporter. Grade: B+
Jilian Klein #11 (Golden State Elite, F): Klein shows good instincts in transitional play. She does not struggle to keep up with the pace of play. Klein battles along the boards to win pucks and send crisp passes to open linemates on the powerplay. She had a good net front presence for a sweet tip in goal in the championship game. Grade: B+
Sydney Mcintosh #13 (Shattuck St. Mary’s U16): The forward plays a quality game that is focused around her skating and senses. She displays good inside edges and a relatively clean stride. Mcintosh also excels with puck skills and control making her a threat with her linemates. Grade: B
Julie Jebousek #20 (Shattuck St. Mary’s U16, F): Jebousek uses her speed effectively to get in on the forecheck to disrupt the defense and force errors. She battles hard along the boards in the O-zone to create chances. Grade: B
Lexie Lonask #2 (Shattuck St. Mary’s Prep, D, 2025): Lonask is strong on her skates and plays physically. She manages the blue line well, keeping pucks in to maintain pressure, getting pucks deep, and getting pucks through traffic and to the net to create chances with a hard wrist shot from the point. Grade: B
Brooklyn O’Brien #19 (Shattuck St. Mary’s U16): O’Brien has good speed and gets into position to provide good defensive coverage and support. Grade: B
Kate Hall #22 (Shattuck St. Mary’s U16, D, 2027): Hall showed flashes of being a new age transitional defender against the Carolina Jr. Hurricanes. Hall has decent vision, and excels at risk assessment on both sides of the ice. She likes to shoot, and has an above average shot with a tad bit of deception. In defensive transition Hall proves to be a good chance disrupter in and around blue line entry. Grade: B
Mila Advani #17 (Shattuck St. Mary’s U16, D, 2026): Advani is successful in the faceoff circle, winning battles and drawing pucks cleanly to teammates to start the play with possession. She battles hard along the boards and gets in the shooting lanes to block shots. Grade: B
Tess Martin #12 (Shattuck St. Mary’s U16, D, 2026): Martin keeps her head up at the point and moves the puck quickly. Pinches with good risk assessment. Against the Carolna Jr. Hurricanes she showed good puck movement, and vision both in transition and in-zone. Martin also shows good acceleration and an above average shot. Grade: B
Mackenzie Sunderbruch #30 (Shattuck St. Mary’s U16, G, 2026): Quick mobility. Reads the play well and reacts fast to beat the play and cover up. She seems to share in the energy of the team and play with a fast, hard, and skilled style. Grade: B
Olivia Johnson #4 (Cleveland Lady Barons, F, 2027): Johnson has advantages in reach, allowing her greater freedom for puck protection, and skating stride. In general she has about average skating, and helped play support against the Carolina Jr. Hurricanes. Grade: B-
Eloise DeBus #18 (Shattuck St. Mary’s U16): Debus has good offensive instincts and awareness, as she is able to quickly identify passing options and make use of them on outlet passes. In defensive transition Debus also proves to be a defensively responsible defender maintaining good gap control. Grade: B-
Mission
Emerson Tuvell #8 (Chicago Mission U16, D, 2026): Tuvell is a smaller defender who wants to play fast and skilled. She is not afraid to creep into the zone and make herself an option to be a true threat. She has quick feet and can explode into open ice. She is skilled with the puck and finds open players in all 3 zones. She is a truly offensive minded defenseman. Grade: B+
Laine Rettell #11 (Chicago Mission U16, F, 2026): Rettell is a good skater and finds soft spots on the ice to give herself good scoring opportunities, she uses her body well and protects the puck, driving hard to the net. Laine is a taller forward who is good on her feet and skates with good speeder. She is engaged with the puck and knows where to be on the ice. She has soft hands that are effective in tight and we saw her on a breakaway against jr hurricanes and you just knew it was going in with a pretty goal to the high glove. Grade: B+
Mia Winterkorn #81 (Chicago Mission U16, D, 2026): Winterkorn is a good two way defender. She can handle the puck well and puts the puck in good spots for success and out of harms way. Defensively she is so engaged by covering her assignments well and staying with plays and not quitting. She also has good gaps and battles hard along the boards to get possession of the puck for her team. Grade: B+
Madison Gaines #26 (Chicago Mission U16, F, 2025): Gaines is a hard working forward who handles the puck real well. She registers the game fast and moves the puck at a good stick skills are strong and can beat defenders one on one. She also has a want to score goals and will dig at pucks to win battles all game long. Grade: B+
Vanessa Magsino #27 (Chicago Mission U16, D, 2026): Magsino likes to shoot and she does a good job of finding open lanes to get pucks through that get the goalie working. When she has no option she looks for her teammates and keeps a strong zone possession by doing that. She skates smoothly and moves around the ice quickly to always be engaged in the play in front of her. Grade: B+
Morgan Link #88 (Chicago Mission U16, F, 2026): Link uses tight turns and strong skating to escape away from pressure and keep good puck possession. She is a quick and fast skater and can use her speed to beat you wide or beat you to pucks. She has good hands and uses her teammates well to get defenders out of position and open things up. She also is responsible defensively and looks to help out in front grabbing sticks if needed. Grade: B
Addison Stewart #17 (Chicago Mission U16, F, 2025): Stewart is a taller forward who has good stick skills and can moves with the puck quite well. She has a hard shot that when it hits the net can really create some juicy rebounds in front. She can score a lot of goals with work on accuracy. Grade: B
Lily Myers #46 (Chicago Mission U16, F, 2026): Myers is a smooth skating forward who works well with teammates and creating plays with her passing ability. She reads the game well and uses her skill unselfishly to up the pace of play and make it hard for opponents to defend the mission when she is on the ice. Grade: B
Ella Skotty #61 (Chicago Mission U16, F, 2026): Skotty is a taller forward who can move around the ice well. She gets pucks towards the net and battles hard around the boards to win possession of the puck. She has a good stick and reach that aids her to close into players better so she can minimize offensive threats. Grade: B
Carolina Jr. Hurricanes
Erin Hess #30 (Carolina Jr. Hurricanes, F): Hess plays a conservative game largely based around her ability to see offensive opportunity, which bodes well for her offensive awareness. She is a decent skater with about average stride, edgework, and power. Grade: B-
Naomi Shapiro #17 (Carolina Jr. Hurricanes, F): Shapiro is an impact player for the Carolina Jr. Hurricanes, as her play away from the puck makes her an ideal play disruptor getting sticks in lanes and an edge of board play. She is not afraid to block shots either. She works hard in transition and has an above average motor that makes her fairly competent on the forecheck. Grade: B-
Isabella Coppolino #10 (Unknown, F, 2026): Coppolino has about average play anticipation, and loves to be on the offensive side of the puck. The forward does a good job of blocking lanes and options in transition. Grade: B-
Taylor Lazzaro #4 (Carolina Jr. Hurricanes, D): Lazzaro is an energy player, that can bring some intangibles to the ice. She does a good job of recovering on lost gap control by blocking and limiting passing options. Grade: B-
Bella Occhipinti #21 (Carolina Jr. Hurricanes, D): Occhipinti, has above average senses, and has an above average sense of defensive leverage as she can often relieve pressure in-zone and transition for her team. The defender also shows elements of puck skills as she can get plays started and advance them. Grade: B-
Sophia Wilkerson #37 (Carolina Jr. Hurricanes, F): Wilkerson showed quality defensive instincts, mixed with above average gap control. Wilkerson also demonstrates elements of an above average motor and positioning in zone play. On the offensive side of her game she shows good hockey IQ with smart breakout passes, but can sometimes be prone to turnovers under pressure. Grade: B-
Kaitlyn Boerst #11 (Carolina Jr. Hurricanes, F): One of the better skaters on her team, she displayed good crossovers and acceleration vs Shattuck leading to quicker zone entries. Boerst also shows hints of good puck skills, through quality passes, control and protection. Grade: B-
Meredith Myers #42 (Carolina Jr. Hurricanes, F): Myers shows decent outside edges on turns. Some of her shining elements is her ability to slow the game down with board play, and some physicality. Grade: B-
Lily Cassaro #43 (Carolina Jr. Hurricanes, F): Her play away from the puck is noticeable as she has an above average motor, and is a quality play supporter. On the defensive end of the puck she excels at exerting pressure on the puck carrier in a multitude of ways. Grade: B-
Isobel Christian #57 (Carolina Jr. Hurricanes, F): Above average speed, but is very agile allowing her to navigate through traffic and bring the play up ice. Grade: C+
Penns Elite
Natalia Disora #63 (Pittsburgh Penguins Elite U16, F, 2026): Disora is a good skater, she is creative and can generate opportunities. She walks off the wall and can either take a shot or move it for a give and go. She backchecks hard and battles hard for puck possession. She’s hard on loose pucks. Scored vs Shattuck with strong net front positioning and tenacity as she had to get her own rebound. Great offensive instincts. Reads the goalie and her teammates positioning quickly and accurately delivers passes to the right option. Able to make these reads quickly. Able to control the play, finding the right options at the right time and able to adjust quickly to the changing game and still deliver. Disroa is a great skating forward who is very creative with the puck. She makes defenders miss with her flair and quick stick handling ability on the move with speed. She is able to draw in attention from defenders with her head and eye movement to open up seams for passing lanes and create chances for teammates. Grade: A
Taylor Schooley #24 (Pittsburgh Penguins Elite U16, D, 2025): Schooley is a very active and offensive defender. Schooley is continuously moving along the blue line following the play but often sneaks down low looking for open ice and scoring opportunities. Following a scrum in the offensive zone, Schooley attacks the net hard for rebounds. She has excellent gap control to contain attackers and ties up any loose stick in the dzone. Following a miss play, she puts forth second and third efforts to win the puck back. Her skating and edge work ability is above average contributing to her overall performance. Her offensive ability waas padded through a goal and an assist. Grade: A-
Talia Mertens #17 (Pittsburgh Penguins Elite U16, F, 2026): Mertens plays a strong two way game and is effective both offensively and defensively. In the defensive zone she stays true to her position, eliminating her check. Along the half wall, her positioning allows her time and space to make plays with the puck. Her ability to see pass lanes and make area passes is excellent. Through the neutral zone, she steps up on attackers with an active stick, picking pockets and heading up ice. Mertens plays physically in battles, allowing herself to win contested pucks. She is patient in the offensive zone and has a rifle wrist shot. Grade: B+
Madyson Kirsch #82 (Pittsburgh Penguins Elite U16, F, 2026): A solid skater, she works hard and creates opportunities. She backchecks hard and is a reliable player. Sharp shooter. Size and power. Creates. Tenacious. Kirsch is an above average skater who uses her speed to create opportunities. She has excellent off puck positioning in all zones and puts forth a consistent effort on the forecheck backcheck. She was able to net two goals thanks to her snappy and accurate shot, catching the goalie off guard. Offensively she is patient with the puck and able to swiftly move through defenders while staying hard on the puck. Her hockey IQ is evident in all aspects of the game, offensively she is able to find teammates and passes leading to an excellent two on one assist. Defensively it is displayed through her ability to anticipate plays and jump on pucks. Grade: B+
Kayla McCarthy #30 (Pittsburgh Penguins Elite U16, F, 2026): McCarthy is a solid defensive minded forward who is always where she needs to be on the defensive end of the ice. She has an active stick and a sense for seeing the play and getting her stick in the way. She battles hard down low and along the boards and doesn’t panic under pressure with the puck. Scored a gritty goal in front of the net batting for position and was rewarded with rebound goal. Grade: B+
Erin Judge #29 (Pittsburgh Penguins Elite U16, G, 2025): Judge has good mobility and quick reactions. She has great gloves, snatching up hard quick shots. She has a calm and controlled demeanor which is crucial in a game like the one vs Shattuck where tensions were high. Grade: B+
Isabel Powers #15 (Pittsburgh Penguins Elite U16, D, 2025): Powers possesses great vision. She sees the ice well and skates fluidly with the puck controlled on her stick. She can find open lanes and skate through traffic, bringing the puck into the ozone and keeping possession for her team. Has no problem joining the rush while being responsible and fast enough to get back. Grade: B
Gabby Hervert #31 (Pittsburgh Penguins Elite U16, D, 2026): Hervert is a smooth skating defender who is able to contribute positively to her team. She has a rocket one timer which she is able to keep low and on net for tips and rebounds. Hervert displays her hockey IQ through her ability to anticipate the play and jump on pucks as passes are made. Her off puck presence is displayed through her positioning and ability to take away passes through the neutral and defensive zones. Hervert’s crisp tape to tape passes allows her team to transition up ice quickly. She brings many intangibles to the game such as her consistency in effort when skating to the bench after a shift and being hard on the ice as the door opens. Grade: B
Neely Hawn #8 (Pittsburgh Penguins Elite U16, F, 2025): Physically strong and can handle herself in battles along the boards as well as battles for positioning on the puck. She makes simple and smart passes that advance the play forward. Strong forward who is solid defensively, and executes easy breakouts often. She is calm with the puck and makes the right reads to relieve pressure or set up rushes up the ice. She is strong along the boards and often wins puck battles with footwork and effort. Grade: B
Ella Tarasovich #23 (Pittsburgh Penguins Elite U16, D, 2026): She is calm with the puck. She does not force plays and carries the puck if she has space to. She has good edges and plays with her head up, easily escaping pressure and making smart plays. Grade: B-
Lily Ratliff #39 (Pittsburgh Penguins Elite U19, F, 2026): Ratliff possesses excellent off puck positioning. She pressures hard on both the forecheck and backcheck. Her defensive ability for a forward is above average as she successfully uses body positioning and her stick to force opposing players outside. Grade: B-