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2024-10-08, 14:52NHL ProspectsUSHL Stock Watch: Carter Amico turning heads early
Sebastian High brings us updates on the latest risers and fallers from the USHL early season action.
2022-10-28, 19:12NHL Prospects
The 6 players who could ascend to top prospect status in the 2022-23 season
Mitch Brown and Lassi Alanen team up to look at six players primed to ascend to top prospect status in the 2022-23 season.
2022-09-28, 17:592023 NHL Entry DraftStandout performances from the 2022 USHL Fall Classic
American regional scout Joey Padmanabhan was on the scene for the 2022 USHL Fall Classic, and he shares his standout performances from the tournament.
2020-10-30, 19:00PodcastsThe EliteProspects Podcast With J.D. Burke and Craig Button: An Interview With Los Angeles Kings Dir. of Amateur Scouting Mark Yannetti
It’s that time again. Time for another episode of the EliteProspects Podcast with J.D. Burke and Craig Button. The 2020 NHL Draft may be way off in the distance of...
2020-10-06, 17:00NHL Entry Draft 2020Mocking the First 3 Rounds, 92 Picks of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. More than a year spent tracking the progress of hundreds of players, consulting with industry insiders, running the numbers, and it all...
2020-09-28, 12:00NHL Entry Draft 2020Meet Kristóf Papp, the Standard-Bearer for Hungary at the 2020 NHL Draft
Only five players with a Hungarian passport have ever heard their name called at the NHL Entry Draft. Kristóf Papp hopes to be the sixth. It’s all he’s ever wanted...
2020-09-22, 15:00NHL Entry Draft 2020J.D. Burke’s Top 103 Skaters Ranking for the 2020 NHL Draft
We’re exactly two weeks away from the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, so what better time for another draft ranking than now? While we position ourselves as a united front in...
2020-09-02, 14:00NHL Entry Draft 2020The EliteProspects 2020 NHL Draft Guide is now Available
The title just about says it all, right? Wrong. Desperately wrong. The EliteProspects 2020 NHL Draft Guide is available, but we haven’t had a chance to let you know what...
2020-07-08, 16:00NHL Entry Draft 2020VIDEO: EliteProspects Scouts Meet to set 2020 NHL Entry Draft Ranking Version 4.0
The appetite for NHL Draft coverage expands with every year. Where the main course centred on the first round alone once sufficed, our audience now demands a seven-plate meal with...
2020-06-17, 15:30RankingsEXCLUSIVE: EliteProspects 2020 NHL Entry Draft Ranking Version 4.0
We’re little over a week away from the NHL Draft Lottery, scheduled for Friday, June 26th, at 8 PM Eastern. So what better time to update our ranking of the...
2020-04-15, 16:00RankingsEXCLUSIVE: EliteProspects 2020 NHL Entry Draft Ranking Version 3.0
There’s only one certainty left in hockey, and it’s that the 2020 NHL Entry Draft is going to take place. We don’t know how it’s going to work or when...
2019-12-03, 15:30NCAAMcMahon: UMass-Lowell’s Matt Brown is Symbolic of Their Program’s Success at Every Level
Matt Brown‘s hockey story starts like most others. “I think it was my first birthday,” the UMass-Lowell freshman said, “my uncle gave me a hockey stick and I would never...
2019-11-07, 21:30Scouting ReportsThe EliteProspects Rinkside 2020 NHL Entry Draft USHL Watch List
While the first round of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft is expected to be dominated by CHL and European prospects, the United States Hockey League has a bounty of draft-eligible...
2019-10-08, 18:47EP NewsScouting Report: Standout Players Among Second Group of Players at the USHL Fall Classic
Little over a week ago, I dropped my first scouting report from the USHL Fall Classic in Cranberry Township. A week of travel, collecting my notes and reviewing tape later;...
2019-07-03, 19:00The Pipeline ShowTHE PIPELINE SHOW: Talking with the CJHL Commissioner, Looking at a Shifting NCAA Landscape & More!
Now that we are officially into the off-season, better known as July. The plans for The Pipeline Show shift focus from the heavy NHL draft content toward information about the...
