Scouting Reports
BCHL Playoffs: Wenatchee Wild vs Salmon Arm Silverbacks. Game Seven. Top 13
Posted on April 20, 2022
BCHL: April 11, 2022 ; Single Game Report, Playoffs Neutral Zone Scouting evaluated the BCHL playoff game (7) between the Wenatchee Wild and the Salmon Arm Silverbacks. A do-or-die game for either side, Salmon Arm came out flying and scored the first 5 goals of the game. Although Wenatchee clawed back scoring 3 in a row,…
OJHL: North York Rangers vs Toronto Jr. Canadiens
Posted on April 20, 2022
OJHL April 16th, 2022 Neutral Zone was able to watch the OJHL matchup between the North York Rangers and the Toronto Jr. Canadiens. An extremely close game all the way through, in which they literally switched off scoring goals. The difference tonight was small but little individual mistakes decided who won and lost. Below is…
Augustana Tabs Raboin as First Head Coach
Posted on April 19, 2022
Garrett Raboin, an assistant coach a Minnesota for the last four seasons, has been named the first head coach at Augustana. Augustana, which is located in Sioux Falls, S.D., is currently a Division II school but is in the process of moving to Division I. The hockey program – which would be a new program for…
U16 AAA: OMHA Championship. Top 115
Posted on April 19, 2022
U16 AAA – OMHA Championships; Sixteen Mile Sports Complex; Oakville, ON The U16 AAA 2022 OMHA Championships Tournament featured the top 8 teams in the OMHA this season. Four teams from each OMHA Conference (Eastern Region and South Central Region) qualified for the tournament through a competitive playoff. There were two pools of four teams…
NZ Announces Upcoming Draft Shows & Rankings Releases
Posted on April 19, 2022
The NZ Scouting staff has put together a list of upcoming events in preparation for the USHL and OHL Drafts later this month. NZ will host a live OHL Draft Show on April 30th. Paul O’Hagan, Director of Ontario Scouting, will kick things off with his staff in the morning before the second round begins…
USA U14 Nationals: Top 200
Posted on April 18, 2022
Neutral Zone attended every minute of every day of the U14 National Championship in Chicago Illinois. Games were played two at a time in the same rink so we moved back and forth to take in the section. We saw plenty of action to identify and evaluate some terrific 2007 players. Below are those players…
USA U16 Nationals: Top 175. 103 Forwards, 61 Defensemen, 11 goalies
Posted on April 15, 2022
Neutral Zone headed out to Rochester, Michigan to watch the U16 USA Hockey Nationals from March 30th-April 4th. The BK Selects were crowned as the National Champions going 6-0, defeating the Long Island Gulls 3-1 in the Finals. The skill and talent was at a very high level the entirety of the tournament and below…
One of the Top ’04 Recruits Back on the Market
Posted on April 14, 2022
Cole Spicer is back on the market after he decommitted from North Dakota, according to Brad Elliott Schlossman of The Grand Forks Herald. We had Spicer projected as a 2023 recruit but he reportedly wanted to enroll this upcoming fall. With Spicer back on the market, he’s looking for a 2022 commitment. A 5-foot-10 forward…
U18: Chicago Mission vs Calgary Flames Macs Midget Tournament
Posted on April 13, 2022
4/6/22 Chicago Mission vs Calgary Flames Neutral Zone scouted Day 1 of the Macs Midget tournament in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Today’s game featured Chicago Mission, the one US invite to this year’s tournament vs Calgary Flames Midget. With the tournament being after the season, and later than usual this year, I was not sure what…
MJHL Playoffs Round 1: Dauphin vs Swan Valley and Steinbach vs Selkirk. Six Games
Posted on April 13, 2022
MJHL Playoffs Round 1, March 30th – April 8th, 2022 Neutral Zone scouted the MJHL first-round series matchup between the Dauphin Kings and the Swan Valley Stampeders. Some really good hockey games that made it a tight series having one of the games go into double overtime. Both teams seemed deserving of the win based…
