Prep/HS

NE Prep Championship Sunday: 40 Players Evaluated

Posted on March 11, 2024

Neutral Zone had three scouts at Harvard University for the Finals of the Small School, Large School, and Elite 8 Championship games. Canterbury, Kent, and Kimball Union were crowned Champions. Below are players who stood out in our viewings and impacted these games. Grades are for these games only, and most player star ratings are…

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Mass HS D2/D3/D4 Report Top 225

Posted on March 10, 2024

In the first two months of the MIAA season, we focused most of our time on watching every Division 1 team – which we were able to accomplish for the third straight season. For our February report, we looked to match last year’s output and scouted most of the teams that were over .500 across…

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NE Prep: Two Games 26 Players Evaluated

Posted on February 9, 2024

Neutral Zone attended two New England Prep School games. Phillips Andover at Belmont Hill on February 2nd and St. Mark’s at St Sebastian’s on February 3rd. Belmont Hill and St. Sebastian’s won their games. Below are the players that stood out. Grades are for these games only. Andover at Belmont Hill Grayden Robertson-Palmer #7 (F,…

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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…

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Brooks-Pingree Holiday Tournament Top 62

Posted on December 22, 2023

As is the annual tradition, the New England Prep circuit hosts its annual holiday Tournaments the week before Christmas. This year, as has become tradition with Neutral Zone, we dispatched one of our scouts to take in the teams competing for the Brooks-Pingree Tournament Championship. We saw games at both Brooks Rink and Alden Johnson…

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Morandom Thoughts: December 12th through 19th

Posted on December 22, 2023

Pavit Mehra – Holderness, right shot forward. I told someone before the season that Mehra was going to get 80 points this year. They told me I was nuts. Through eight games he has 20 points. Now I’m no math wizard but he looks to be on pace for…

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Belmont Hill and St. Paul’s Jamboree 60 Notables

Posted on December 2, 2023

Late November hockey means it’s time for the return of NEPSAC hockey and scrimmage season is upon us. All Prep teams across New England are getting ready to start their seasons and tryouts are wrapping up as the games are about to get underway. We figured it would be a good time to jump in…

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20 MIAA D1 Teams We’re Excited About for 2023-24

Posted on November 27, 2023

Here we are hockey fans: it’s November and we are a few weeks away from the start of another MIAA hockey season. For 2023-24, teams have begun to settle into a groove as it relates to the updated divisional format and many teams have begun to shift their alignments in order to better position their…

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Peak Performance Prep Columbus Day Classic Top 47

Posted on October 17, 2023

Neutral Zone headed to Levy Rink in Burrillville, RI to catch some Peak Performance Prep action on Sunday, October 8th. We started at 8:00 AM and stayed for four of the five games. They played three 18-minute periods and we watched the final game on video. Below are players that stood out over the course…

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Peak Performance Prep Labor Day: Top 45

Posted on October 10, 2023

Labor Day hockey is a constant in New England with nearly every rink in the state buzzing with activity and thousands of players looking to show what they can do in front of talent evaluators. Peak Performance Prep is something new entirely to the Labor Day hockey mix and we sent one of our scouts…

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