Scouting Reports
U14: Rocky Mountain District Championship Top 30
Posted on March 15, 2023
Neutral Zone observed the U14 Rocky Mountain District Championships held at the Sport Stable in Superior Colorado March 9-12th. The Dallas Stars Elite were able to cruise to be crowned as District Champions, scoring 31 goals in the process while only allowing 3. Below are the top 30 performers from this tournament. Almost all these…
A Journey in Hockey Analytics and the Shortcomings of the Discipline
Posted on March 15, 2023
By, Brendan Collins The evolution of the term “analytics” in hockey circles has expanded dramatically in the past decade or so. Other than the basic goals, assists, faceoff percentage and plus/minus; most teams in the NHL didn’t even have a statistician on staff let alone an analytics department until very recently. The book by Michael…
USA Hockey NTDP Camp Invites
Posted on March 14, 2023
From USA Hockey: PLYMOUTH, Mich. – Forty-five of the top American hockey players born in 2007 have been invited to USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program evaluation camp. The camp, which will help select the 2023-24 U.S. National Under-17 Team, will take place March 18-22, at USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth, Michigan. The 45 players, which includes 25 forwards, 15…
AJHL: 32 Fresh February Looks
Posted on March 14, 2023
As we have moved to a partnership with Rinknet, we are able to see which players we may need to watch more on our portal. This is a bit new for Neutral Zone but very helpful. We observed about 14 AJHL games with players in mind to scout. Below are 32 players that we felt…
U15: Southeastern District Championship
Posted on March 14, 2023
Neutral Zone evaluated the U15 Southeast District Championships held at the Advent Health Center Ice March 9-12th. The Carolina Jr. Hurricanes came away victorious, defeating the Florida Alliance in the championship game 7-1. Below are the top performers from this tournament. Grades are for this event only. Some profiles are new and photos/star ratings, etc…
U18: Boston Hockey Academy vs Mount St. Charles
Posted on March 14, 2023
Another game we found in our system that was never posted on NZ but was on Rinknet. MSC beat BHA 4-3 in Rhode Island on September 4, 2022. Below are 10 players that stood out in this contest. Hutchinson Rose #9 (F, R, 6’2″, 190, Boston Hockey Academy U18, 11/23/2005) – Rose is a hard…
U15: Three Games From the Vault
Posted on March 13, 2023
Some early spring cleaning at NZ. Below are 29 player reports from three games way back in October/September. They are in Rinknet but we just discovered we never posted here; so here they are. The U15 Boston Jr Eagles 6 vs the NJ Rockets 1. Also, below are two reports on Mount St. Charles vs…
U14: Three Games From the Vault
Posted on March 13, 2023
Below are 22 player reports from three games way back in September. We just discovered we never posted so here they are. Two games were Mount St. Charles vs the 95 Giants which MSC won both easily. The other was the New Jersey Rockets who beat MSC by a goal. There are several new profiles…
BCEHL U15 AAA Winter Showcase: Top 56
Posted on March 10, 2023
The BCEHL held its annual U15 AAA Showcase last month in Richmond, B.C. Neutral Zone had scouts in attendance and evaluated the following 56 players. Ryan Wagner #4 (D, L, 5’11”, 207, Vancouver NW Hawks U15, 02/28/2008) – Ryan is a big D man who was able to skate with the puck end to end…
Minnesota HS: Regional Final Maple Grove vs Rogers
Posted on March 9, 2023
Maple Grove and Rogers met on March 2nd in the Section 5AA Final played in Elk River. Maple Grove won with a quality effort from start to finish to move to The Tourney starting today. Below are players that stood out. Grades are for this game only. We will be covering A and AA MN…
