Scouting Reports

MN High School: Holy Family vs. St. Thomas Academy

Posted on December 15, 2021

December 14/21-MN HS-Holy Family Catholic HS v St. Thomas Academy HS. Another lopsided high school game. St. Thomas dominated the game outshooting HF 42-13 and winning 7-0. HF is a very young and inexperienced team and St Thomas is on the end of that spectrum. They played a hard, fast game and HF could not…

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NAHL: Maine Nordiques vs. Jamestown Rebels. Top 19

Posted on December 15, 2021

12/11/21 – NAHL, Maine Nordiques (4) vs Jamestown Rebels (3)  Top 19 Neutral Zone evaluated an NAHL East Division matchup between the Maine Nordiques and Jamestown Rebels on Saturday, December 11th at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston, Maine. This was a tightly contested matchup with opportunities arising equally for both teams. Maine scored the…

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Minnesota High School: Apple Valley Eagles vs Rosemount Irish

Posted on December 15, 2021

Neutral Zone was at the Rosemount Community Center on December 7th for a South Suburban conference match-up between the Apple Valley Eagles and the Rosemount Irish. The Eagles struck early with a 5-hole goal that just trickled over the goal line. From there it was all Irish who were able to score three unanswered goals…

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Northeast Pack Pittsburgh 15O, U16, U18. Top 70

Posted on December 14, 2021

Multi-Team and Age Group 3 Day Weekend: NEPACK+ Neutral Zone was in attendance at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex for three days of 15, U16, and U18 games. A great weekend that included a lot of hockey that featured top NEPack organizations from Pennsylvania (Pens Elite), New Jersey (NJ Rockets), New York (Bishop Kearney Selects…

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USHL: Tri City v Fargo; Chicago v Youngstown; Lincoln v Omaha; Madison v Muskegon; Sioux Falls v Sioux City. Five Games. 57 Players.

Posted on December 10, 2021

Tri-City Storm vs Fargo Force Neutral Zone watched the USHL weekend series between Tri-City Storm at Fargo Force on November 26-27, 2021. In the first game Friday night, Tri-City controlled the play for the first two periods but Fargo turned it on in the 3rd. Fargo had powerplay opportunities and several chances late in the…

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Minnesota High School: Northfield Raiders vs Farmington Tigers

Posted on December 10, 2021

Neutral Zone was in attendance for this November 30th Minnesota high school match-up between the Northfield Raiders and the Farmington Tigers. This game was the season opener for both teams. Schmitz-Maki Arena was packed with fans from both teams making for a great competitive environment. This was a tight checking contest that was even throughout…

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2003 League Rankings: Top 750

Posted on December 9, 2021

Neutral Zone scouts have compiled league rankings from Junior A and Tier I and II junior leagues throughout US/CAN as well as Academy hockey including prep, high school and U18 academy teams. These league rankings are in additional to our NZ Top 300 which was posted earlier in the week and breaks down each league…

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OJHL: Cobourg Cougars vs Wellington Dukes

Posted on December 7, 2021

Neutral Zone watched the OJHL matchup between Wellington and Cobourg. The game was played at the Cobourg Community Centre. Cobourg came out with three straight goals in the first period, finding the back of the net while Wellington could not break through the goaltender. The second and third period were the exact opposite and Wellington…

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Final Week MN Elite League: Top 84

Posted on December 7, 2021

Neutral Zone made the trip to the New Hope, Minnesota to take in the last weekend of the Minnesota Elite League regular season. The seven teams from Minnesota high schools played on the weekend as well as Shattuck’s Prep team and Team Wisconsin U18s. Each team played at least two games on the weekend and…

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2003 National Rankings: Top 300

Posted on December 7, 2021

Neutral Zone has released the 2003 NZ Top 300 National Rankings. The rankings range from junior, midget, high school and prep school players across North America. While there are just 300 players in this rankings, we will be releasing league by league breakdowns within the next day or two which will rank over 700 players…

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