Women’s Hockey
IIHF U18 World Championship – 2024
Posted on March 13, 2024
From January 6-14th, 2024, Switzerland hosted the IIHF U18 World Championship. USA took gold, Czechia silver, and Canada bronze. Neutral Zone scouted every team via video and created the following scouting report. Players are listed under their team name in descending letter grade order. Players with the same letter grade are listed in no particular…
January Commitments: Two 3.75 Star Players Highlight
Posted on February 14, 2024
January’s Commit list is a short one, as NCAA and Usport Universities are nearing a full roster. But rest assured, many are still holding a few spots open to see what the rest of the season may bring them. This month is highlighted by a couple of 3 ¾ stars as well as a French…
The Landscape of Women’s Pro Hockey
Posted on January 12, 2024
It has now been a week since puck drop on a new era of women’s professional hockey. And to tell the truth, it’s been an exciting week. On January 1st, 2024, the inaugural game for the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) was played between Toronto and New York in front of a sellout crowd of…
August Commitments: A mix of ’23, ’24, and ’25 grads
Posted on September 21, 2023
August was a very active month for college commitments. We have begun to see a large roster of 2025 grads begin to commit to their respective schools. While there are still many quality 2024 grads that are still available and some have found a home in the month of August. And during this month we…
July Commitments: 4 Star Team USA Goaltender and Lebanon Valley College battle for headlines
Posted on August 16, 2023
One might have thought July would be a slow month for Commits but this July was not the case. While many D3 programs are adding to their roster at this time, a few D1 programs are adding in for the future and committing players for the ‘24 and ‘25 seasons. Four star Layla Hemp headlines…
From the Archives – Beijing 2022 – Canada vs. United States
Posted on February 7, 2022
With Neutral Zone’s expansion into women’s hockey in 2017, we began writing amateur scouting reports on female players born in 1999 or later. There are a total of 8 players on the Canada and US Olympic rosters who are young enough to have been scouted by NZ. In 2018, there was only 1 rostered player,…
UPEI Makes The Most of Hard Situation
Posted on March 18, 2020
Last week was going to be the kickoff of a huge weekend for the University of Prince Edward Island women’s hockey team. Hosting the U Sports national championships, UPEI was at the rink last Thursday watching the first games of the tournament. Then everything changed. Hockey Canada released a statement that everything was canceled amid…
