U19/ Junior
PIP Labor Day Tournament – U19
Posted on October 13, 2022
From September 2nd – 4th, Neutral Zone attended Labor Day Tournaments in both Pittsburgh, PA and Wellesley, MA. The following is our scouting report from the U19 Division of the PIP Labor Day Tournament in Pittsburgh. Below is a list of top performers from the weekend. Players are listed under their respective team names, and…
NAHA Labor Day 2022 – U19 Division
Posted on September 24, 2022
From September 2nd – 4th, Neutral Zone attended Labor Day Tournaments in both Pittsburgh, PA, and Wellesley, MA. The following is our scouting report from the U19 Division of the NAHA Labor Day Tournament in Wellesley. Below is a list of top performers from the weekend. Players are listed under their respective team names, and…
Ontario U22 End of 21/22 Season Report
Posted on September 6, 2022
Throughout the course of the 2021/2022 season, Neutral Zone traveled all over Ontario to scout the OWHA U22 league. The following is the most comprehensive report ever written on this league. Every U22 team has been evaluated below. Players are graded on their overall impact this season within the highly competitive league. Barrie Jrs. Ireland…
2022 U19 Red – Beantown Classic
Posted on August 23, 2022
This weekend our scouts found themselves in Marlborough Massachusetts for the Women’s Beantown Classic. We only focused on the Futures Red U19 division, which included 56 teams in 4 separate pools. Neutral Zone tries their best to see at least each team play and give accurate reports on their play solely based on the weekend. …
U18 Worlds USA/CAN Pre-Tournament Report
Posted on June 4, 2022
The IIHF U18 Women’s World Hockey Championship is set to take place in Madison, WI from June 6th-13th, 2022. After the cancellation of last year’s event, we are thrilled to see the event back to showcase the best U18 female hockey players in the world. At Neutral Zone, we are fortunate to scout these players…
Stoney Creek 2021 – Top 100 U22’s
Posted on March 14, 2022
From October 15-17th, 2021 Neutral Zone was in Stoney Creek to scout 60 teams from across Ontario. The tournament typically runs 3 consecutive weekends in September, hosting teams from across North America, but due to the pandemic, the organizers switched gears to allow the tournament to go ahead in a new format. The following report…
Pittsburgh Multi-Team Weekend U16 and U19
Posted on March 11, 2022
From January 21st through the 23rd, Neutral Zone was in attendance at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex for three days of Girls U19 and U16 games. A great weekend that included a lot of hockey that featured organizations from Pennsylvania (Pens Elite U19 and U16), New York (Bishop Kearney Selects U19 and U16), and Minnesota…
EC Wizards Holiday Invitational 2021 – All Star Team
Posted on March 3, 2022
December 27-30, scouting took place on both sheets of the Edge Sports Center in Bedford, MA. This event had two age brackets with four divisions in each bracket, a total of thirty teams. Twenty-two games were scouted, the talent level was filled with high-end players. the volume of talent was fantastic, we are writing this report a little…
2021 NGHL Columbus Day (MA) Showcase 19U
Posted on February 22, 2022
October 9-11, scouting took place at Lawrence Valley Forum Arena, Haverhill Valley Rink, and Chelmsford Arena. This event had three age brackets. Included in this 19U report are a couple of additional players that were playing in another MA Columbus showcase at the same rink. Not all teams were able to be seen, look forward to catching them…
Western Canada Rankings: Class of 2022
Posted on January 27, 2022
Neutral Zone has put together it’s first top 100 class rankings for the 2022 grad class from Western Canada. Neutral Zone created this list to help ease some of the pressure placed on recruiting as a result of the pandemic. Noting that Western Canada was hit hard in terms of ability to have scouts physically…
