Brendan was a captain of his prep team at Holderness School before attending Connecticut College where he studied Economics and Statistics and graduated with distinction. He returned to his hometown in Vermont where he ran power skating clinics and coached the local high school team. He then moved up to the NCAA ranks as an assistant coach at Castleton University before being hired as Head Scout of US Hockey Report and USHL Central Scouting.
After several years in the scouting industry, Brendan, along with NZ President Steve Wilk, founded Neutral Zone, LLC. Brendan spent the 2015-2016 season traveling across North America to build a database of the best prospects under 20 years old as well as recruiting the top scouts in the industry. Today, Neutral Zone is the largest and most reputable amateur hockey scouting service in the world.
Prior to Neutral Zone, he worked as a financial advisor at Edward Jones before becoming the Chief Financial Officer of Wilk Paving, Inc. Brendan’s brother Patrick was a former captain at both Phillips Exeter and Connecticut College and their first cousin was former BU forward Travis Roy, who was paralyzed 11 seconds into his first college hockey game and became founder of Travis Roy Foundation.
Collins lives predominantly out of a suitcase throughout North America, sometimes being on the road for 20-40 days a time, but he holds residence in Rutland, VT.
