NHL Central Scouting released its mid-term rankings for the 2019 NHL Draft over the weekend with 28 players with ties to the New York and New Jersey region listed. NHL Central Scouting has four lists: North American skaters, North American goaltenders, International skaters and International … [Read more...]
Hobey Baker Award: Top 10 Candidates
Fan voting for the 2019 Hobey Baker Memorial Award commenced yesterday. While that portion of the process isn’t worth much at all, it’s still a good reminder that college hockey’s top individual award will be doled out in just under three months. Carneys Point, N.J., native Johnny Gaudreau took home … [Read more...]
Save percentages can predict NCAA champion
Statistics can often be telling. One important statistic when it comes to determining the likelihood of a team winning or not winning the NCAA men's ice hockey championship is save percentage. With bigger equipment and more advanced teaching methods, the goaltending position has become an even more … [Read more...]
Predicting the 2020 U.S. National Junior Team for World Juniors
The 2020 U.S. National Junior Team will be vying for a fifth consecutive medal when it takes to the ice next December in the Czech Republic at the 2020 IIHF World Junior Championship. Next year’s edition will be look vastly different from this year’s team that earned a Silver Medal in Vancouver. Of … [Read more...]
New York and New Jersey Prospects: Top 60 ’02s
Many of the top '02s in New York and New Jersey have already established themselves, by either making USA Hockey's NTDP, being tendered in the USHL, or being drafted in the USHL or OHL drafts last May. The top two '02s in New York and New Jersey are both spending the 2018-19 season with USA Hockey's … [Read more...]
NY & NJ Prospects: Top 40 2001-born players
The 2019 NHL Draft could be a banner year for Americans, including New York and New Jersey residents. Bedford, N.Y., native Trevor Zegras and Elmira, N.Y., native John Beecher headline the region’s top prospects for the draft that will take place June 21-22, 2019 in Vancouver, British Columbia. The … [Read more...]