Scouting Reports
Telus Cup: Top 45
Posted on May 11, 2018
The Telus Cup took place in Sudbury from April 23-29 with teams from Lethbridge, Quebec, Moncton, Notre Dame, Toronto and the host team Sudbury. It was great hockey all week with plenty of action, great goaltending and highlight reel goals. Notre Dame went undefeated in the 7 games they played but had a tough battle…
USHL Phase II Draft Live Analysis
Posted on May 8, 2018
We will be following round by round analysis with our scouts from the USHL Phase II Draft taking place this morning at 10am (CT). Round #1 Central Illinois & Tri City have the first 4 Picks of the Draft Trevor Janicke out of NTDP U17; the former Minnesota High School standout is leaving the…
USHL Phase 1 Draft Grades
Posted on May 8, 2018
Team: Cedar Rapids Roughriders Grade: B- Picks: 11 Total; 3 in Top 50; 7 in Top 100 Best prospects: Andrei Bakanov (#5 Ranked) Best Value: Austin Cook (#59 Ranked / #85 Overall), Charlie DesRoches (#28 Ranked, #37 Overall) Summary: Cedar Rapids started out the draft taking arguably the most USHL ready prospect in this draft…
USHL Phase I Draft: Top 350 Rankings (2002s)
Posted on May 7, 2018
Tonight marks the USHL Phase I draft where teams will have 10 rounds of selections to acquire the rights to the best 2002’s in North America (and beyond). Neutral Zone scouts have compiled a ranking of the top 350 players in the draft. We have excluded players who have signed CHL contracts, players who have…
WHL Draft Top 115 American Rankings
Posted on May 3, 2018
With the WHL Draft starting tomorrow we have dug up the top 115 WHL Draft prospects playing the US this season. While there were less than 30 American players drafted last year, we decided to make it just over 100 because historically the vast majority of WHL eligible prospects in the US stay in the…
Q&A: George Grannis, Clarkson Recruit
Posted on May 2, 2018
George Grannis grew up playing in the Twin Cities before moving to Duluth, Minn., where he played for Duluth Marshall for two seasons. Over 25 games last year he scored 16 goals and 46 points, and in the same span he potted 29 goals and 52 points this season while captaining the team. Grannis also…
WHL Draft Top 400 Rankings (Western Canada List)
Posted on May 1, 2018
On Thursday March 3rd the WHL will conduct its annual Bantam Draft. This is a unique draft to the league which takes players a year earlier than its rival CHL leagues. The thought process behind this is that it is a much larger territory geographically and it gives the leagues and teams another year to…
