Scouting Reports
Michigan HS: Brother Rice vs. Detroit Catholic Central – 11 Player Evaluations
Posted on January 31, 2024
Neutral Zone was able to watch the top-ranked team in Michigan High School, Detroit Catholic Central, travel to take on the top 5 ranked in Div. 2, Brother Rice. The game was played at the Oak Park Ice Arena in Oak Park, Michigan on January 17th. Detroit Catholic Central prevailed by a score of 3-1….
USHL Draft Midterm Rankings 2008s: Top 300
Posted on January 31, 2024
The NZ US Scouting staff has evaluated over a thousand prospects in the 2008-birth year this season and have worked that list down to the top 300 prospects who are US Born and/or playing on a US based team this season. This includes a few players who are already signed in the CHL (Gillespie &…
USHL Draft Midterm (2008s): Other Considerations
Posted on January 31, 2024
Neutral Zone US Scouts have been in attendance for every major tournament in the United States this season preparing for the USHL Draft Rankings List. The team has produced over a thousand evaluations and came up with over 700 prospects who were in contention for the USHL Draft Midterm Rankings Top 300. These are prospects…
Quebec U18 AAA: College Esther-Blondin Phenix @ St-Eustache Vikings – 11 Players Evaluated
Posted on January 30, 2024
Neutral Zone was in attendance for the Quebec U18 AAA matchup between College Esther-Blondin Phenix and St-Eustache Vikings on January 28, 2024. The Vikings defeated the Phénix easily, 8-3, after having taken a 5-0 lead after 25 minutes. St-Eustache is now leading the season series between the two teams 5-1. Each player below has been…
BCHL: Chilliwack Chiefs @ Coquitlam Express – 15 Players Evaluated
Posted on January 30, 2024
Neutral Zone viewed the BCHL matchup between the Chilliwack Chiefs and the Coquitlam Express on January 24, 2024. Chilliwack got on the board in the first period and they never really looked back. Despite a push in the third period, Coquitlam wasn’t able to overcome the deficit, ultimately leading to a 4-1 loss. Each player…
NAHL: Wisconsin Windigo @ Fairbanks Ice Dogs – 12 Players Evaluated
Posted on January 30, 2024
Neutral Zone was in attendance for the NAHL matchup between the Wisconsin Windigo and the Fairbanks Ice Dogs on January 25, 2023. This was a close and tied game until halfway through the third period when the Windigo earned the go-ahead goal. It was a dog fight for the last half with the Windigo up…
EHL: Two Games – 22 Player Evaluations
Posted on January 29, 2024
Neutral Zone evaluated two EHL matchups, as highlighted in the report. On January 22, we scouted Team Maryland’s 6-3 home win over the Connecticut RoughRiders. On January 23, we viewed the Connecticut Chiefs’ 5-3 home win over HC Rhode Island. Each player below has been given a grade based solely on their performance in these…
Mass HS January 2024 Report Top 256
Posted on January 29, 2024
It is that time of year again: we are now done with two months of MIAA hockey and we’ve been pounding the pavement and pulling down major bandwidth while watching video. For this first report we focused primarily on D1 schools and saw every single one of them at least once. We also saw a…
QMJHL M17 Cup: Top 16 2008’s
Posted on January 29, 2024
Neutral Zone was in attendance at the QMJHL M17 Cup, which took place from December 13 to 17. The top M17 players in Quebec were divided into four teams for head-to-head action. Our scout highlighted the top 2008-born players in this report. Each player below has been given a grade based solely on their performance…
BCHL: Four Games – 54 Player Evaluations
Posted on January 28, 2024
Neutral Zone scouted four BCHL games that have been highlighted in this report. On January 7th, we viewed Langley’s 3-2 home win over Cranbrook. On January 14th, we scouted West Kelowna’s 6-2 home win over Meritt. On January 17th, Trail defeated Cranbrook on the road by a score of 3-2. Finally, on January 26th, we…
