NCHC Recruit Class Rankings

Over the course of the next few weeks, in the lead up to the 2022-23 NCAA season, Neutral Zone will unveil our class rankings. We’ll start by ranking every class by league, and then cap it off just before the season begins with our national top-10.

There are a few things to remember when it comes to our class rankings. First, the size of the class does play a role. Our algorithm attempts to project the impact the recruiting class will have on the program.

As we explain on the rankings page of our site: “The points algorithm is designed to weight players according to their age, the league they come from, and their star rating. We have analyzed freshman production in regards to age and in regards to the league they come from, and have found patterns in the data. We have weighted those patterns into our data and applied it to the team rankings. The algorithm also puts a higher degree of importance on higher star players so two teams with the same number of commits and same number of total stars could have different point totals because two 4.5 stars is different than one 5 star and one 4 star.”

Neutral Zone’s Preseason NCHC All-Rookie Team

F – Isaac Howard (F), UMD
F – Jackson Blake (F), UND
F – Aidan Thompson (F), DU

D – Jacob Guevin (D), UNO
D – Owen McLauhlin (D), UND

G – Simon Latkoczy (G), UNO

Top 2002-born Recruits (Related: 2002 National Rankings)

(6) Aidan Thompson (F), DU ★★★★¼
(8) Joaquim Lemay (D), UNO ★★★★
(12) Ryan Beck (F), CC ★★★★
(77) Jack Smith (F), UMD ★★★★¼
(81) Simon Latkoczy (G), UNO ★★★¾

Top 2003-born Recruits (Related: 2003 National Rankings)

(2) Jacob Guevin (D), UNO ★★★★½
(3) Owen McLauhlin (D), UND ★★★★½
(6) Jackson Blake (F), UND ★★★★¼
(8) Dylan James (F), UND ★★★★¼
(10) Adam Ingram (F), SCSU ★★★★¼
(19) Tyler Haskins (F), DU ★★★★
(20) Noah Laba (F), CC ★★★★

Top 2004-born Recruits (Related: 2004 National Rankings)

(7) Isaac Howard (F), UMD ★★★★½
(11) Riefer Lorenz (F), DU ★★★★½
(30) Cole Spicer, (F), UMD ★★★★¼
(66) Aiden Dubinsky (D), UMD ★★★★

TeamTotal CommitsTotal StarsAvg StarsPoints
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1038.003.80655.22
728.004.00579.55
830.253.78483.25
830.003.75482.28
933.003.67473.00
417.004.25441.49
726.253.75426.49