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Nela Lopušanová: The 14 Year Old Who Dominated the IIHF U18 Women’s World Championship

Posted on January 30, 2023

By Nicole Haase Nela Lopušanová burst into collective consciousness at the 2023 IIHF U18 Women’s World Championships in Östersund, Sweden in mid-January when she scored a beauty of a “Michigan” lacrosse-style goal in a quarterfinal matchup with Sweden. The goal itself would have been enough to make the international hockey community pay attention, but it…

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Atlantic Challenge Cup- U18 Division – 2022

Posted on January 24, 2023

Over the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend, October 7-10th, 2022, Neutral Zone was in Moncton, NB to scout the Atlantic Challenge Cup (ACC). The tournament runs every year, hosting the provincial U16 and U18 female teams from each of the Atlantic provinces, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador. The tournament also hosts…

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Mandi Schwartz Memorial Tournament – 2022

Posted on January 17, 2023

Once again, the Annual Mandi Schwartz Memorial Tournament in Wilcox, Saskatchewan attracted a lot of scouts from across North America to see 16 teams of primarily western Canadian girls. Sixteen teams played a gruelling four-day event with each team playing five 60-minute games. Once the round robin was completed, Balmoral Blazers defeated Regina Rebels 6–4…

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Atlantic Challenge Cup -U16 Division – 2022

Posted on January 12, 2023

Over the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend, October 7-10th, 2022, Neutral Zone was in Moncton, NB to scout the Atlantic Challenge Cup (ACC). The tournament runs every year, hosting the provincial U16 and U18 female teams from each of the Atlantic provinces, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador. The tournament also hosts…

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U19 Little Caesars vs Windy City

Posted on January 6, 2023

Neutral Zone was in attendance this weekend for the matchup between U19 Little Caesars squad and Windy City. Game one was a hard fought game with Little Caesars taking home the W 2-1. But in game two Little Caesars raised their game to another level and took down Windy City 6-2. In this report we…

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December Commitments: Five NCAA and Eight USports

Posted on January 2, 2023

Maisey Bojarski (★★★★) – Commits to University of Vermont ’24 The excellent skating ability of the Appleton, WI native will be on display for the University of Vermont. She is only one of two ‘24 grads committed in the month of December and the only one committed to an NCAA DI school. The forward from…

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