Scouting Reports
NCDC: New Jersey vs Wilkes-Barre
Posted on September 30, 2022
It was a one-sided affair in this one. After 15 minutes, the Jersey Hitmen jumped into the lead over the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Knights and never looked back. The Hitmen were dominant throughout, highlighted by a couple of impressive passing play goals on the power play and solid play in the net from Justin Cataldo (G,…
U16: Multi-Game Reports: Top 42
Posted on September 30, 2022
Neutral Zone attended four U16 games recently. The Ohio Jr. Bluejackets defeated Detroit Victory Honda 3-1 in Ohio in T1EHL action. The Minnesota Blades met Team Wisconsin at the MN Blades Tournament. The last two games happened in Blaine last weekend at the NAPHL Showcase. Those games were Minnesota Blue Ox vs Maine Nordiques and…
U18: Washington Little Capitals vs Palmyra Knights
Posted on September 30, 2022
The Washington Jr. Capitals took on the Palmyra Black at the Ion Center in Leesburg, VA on January 25. Neutral Zone was in attendance and below are the players that stood out. Grades are for this game only. Players did well to make this report. Francis Perham #13 (F, L, 5’2″, 115, Washington Little Caps…
John Ferguson Memorial U15 AAA Pre-Season Series Top 98
Posted on September 30, 2022
The John Ferguson Memorial Evaluation Series is the provinces premier evaluation tournament. Teams from Northern Alberta utilize this premier event to select their U15 AA, U15 AAA, U17 AAA, U16 AA and U18 AA Midget (Leduc hosted) teams for the upcoming season during this competition series. Over the years the tournament has grown from 15…
NB/PEI U18 Preseason Jamboree Top 24
Posted on September 29, 2022
The NBPEI Major U18 Hockey League kicks off the 2021 – 2022 season with a pre season jamboree, September 11th and 12th, hosted by the Moncton Rallye Motors Nissan Flyers at the Superior Propane Centre in Moncton. All teams will be participating in the jamboree playing four games over the two day event. Luc Morais #…
U16: Team Illinois vs Mount St. Charles: 13 Standouts
Posted on September 29, 2022
NZ covered a U16 game that took place at the Mount Arena in Rhode Island. This was the 3rd meeting between the two teams at Mount the weekend of 9/23-9/25. Mount took the first two of the series with Team Illinois coming away with a 4-3 shootout win on this day. Hard fought game between…
SJHL: Kindersley vs La Ronge. 12 Standouts
Posted on September 29, 2022
The Kindersley Klippers travelled to the La Ronge Ice Wolves on Sunday, September 25th for an SJHL game. La Ronge took home the 4-1 win. Shots were even and neared almost 80 total but Dawson Smith (F, L, 6’4″, 190, La Ronge Ice Wolves, 02/17/2003) made 36 saves for the win. Players did well to…
Hockey East Recruit Class Rankings
Posted on September 28, 2022
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…
CCHL: Carleton Place vs Pembroke. 13 Player Evaluations with Grades
Posted on September 28, 2022
This game was played September 25th: In the first period the Carleton Place Canadians dominated puck possession while the Pembroke Lumber Kings focused on winning battles and a quick transition game. The teams exchanged goals and head into intermission 1-1. Pembroke was forced on the penalty kill often in the second period – including a…
USHL Showcase: Two Games
Posted on September 27, 2022
Two games played at the USHL Showcase. First Youngstown tipped Des Moines 2-1 on September 25, 2022 and then USA U18s beat Omaha 3-2 on September 24. Grades are for these games only. Lubomir Kupco #8 (LW, L, 5’11”, 181, Des Moines Buccaneers, 03/05/2003, St. Cloud) – The Slovakian native is bit undersized although the…
