Hendrix Lapierre News & Stories

The November AHL Stock Watch zeroes in on the performances of Mavrik Bourque, Logan Stankoven, Joshua Roy, Hendrix Lapierre, and Marco Kasper.

Mitch Brown highlights six prospects who have the most to prove in the 2023-24 season.

Preseason is always full of surprises, but preseason success doesn't equal NHL success.

David St-Louis reviews the performance of each Eastern Conference team's top prospects in the 2023-24 preseason.

David St-Louis takes a deep dive on the Washington Capitals prospect pool which has risen up the EP Rinkside rankings.

The latest AHL Stock Watch focuses on the Hershey Bears and Lehigh Valley Phantoms, offering updates on Tyson Foerster, Elliot Desnoyers, Connor McMichael, Yegor Zamula, Bobby Brink, and Ronnie Attard.

The AHL is often the last step to the NHL. Who's on the cusp for each NHL franchise?

Elite Prospects lead scout David St-Louis reviews the performances of every Eastern Conference's top prospects in the 2022-23 NHL preseason

Elite Prospects lead scout David St-Louis highlights one prospect from each of the NHL's 32 teams and tells you why they're the one to follow at their team's training camp.

The 2022 EP Rinkside prospect pool rankings series continues with a look at the Washington Capitals and their No. 31-ranked system.

The Washington Capitals have the last playoff spot in the East locked down, and they have for some time. That means they get to take another run at the Stanley Cup. If they want to add reinforcements at the deadline, these are the prospects they'll move to make it happen.

As the NHL pre-season wraps up, Elite Prospects lead scout David St-Louis checks in on the progress of top prospects in the Eastern Conference.

Lapierre's 2019-2020 season was filled with injuries and frustrating performances. 30 games later, he's back on track.

At first glance, the Washington Capitals landing No. 24 on a prospect pool ranking seems high. At EliteProspects, we initially felt the same. This Capitals prospect pool might have the...

No two draft picks are created equal. That’s as apparent in the immediate aftermath of any draft as it is five-plus years down the road, even if the true yield...

It only took about eight hours on top of yesterday’s three-or-so, but we finally, almost mercifully, reached the conclusion of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. 217 draft picks later, the...

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...

Hendrix Lapierre captivated his audience at the Hlinka-Gretzky Cup during the first scene of the 2020 scouting season. He dangled through defenders, set up teammates with cross-ice passes, scored on...

We’re less than two weeks away from the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which means it’s time for yet another draft ranking. After the EliteProspects team published their final ranking and...

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...

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...

The New York Rangers hold the No. 1 overall pick in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. Representatives from the eight teams participating in Phase 2 of the NHL Draft Lottery...

One might think that two new rankings among a group of five public outlets might not result in a tectonic shift in the landscape of the NHL Draft, but that...

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...

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...

If you’re in this space, then there’s a good chance you’re an avid follower of the NHL Entry Draft. It’s the best place to be for those sorts of people....

Under normal circumstances, I’d have just returned from the U18 World Hockey Championships in Plymouth, Michigan, fresh impressions of many of the 2020 NHL Draft’s best prospects foremost in my...

Don’t make the mistake of looking at a player’s position on our NHL Entry Draft rankings and equating that with their eventual billing at the draft, whenever that takes place...

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...

What was once a heated debate is now a coronation; Alexis Lafrenière has separated himself from Quinton Byfield, and by a not-insignificant margin at that. The decision at No. 1...

I’m so proud to finally share the hard work of our scouts in the form of this year’s first NHL Entry Draft ranking for the EliteProspects Rinkside audience. So much...

The last draft generally proved to be down years for the QMJHL. A few names managed to rise to the top, but the league was generally under-represented, especially on the...

Season 15 of The Pipeline Show is now officially underway and by tradition, that means the in-depth season previews for all 22 Western Hockey League franchises are also beginning. But...

BRECLAV, Czech Republic — The dust has settled on the Ivan Hlinka, and perhaps even the small Czech town it called home for one week in August — not a...

BRECLAV, Czech Republic – As a testament to the commitment EliteProspects and EP Rinkside are making to taking the NHL Draft and prospect coverage by storm, I’m on the scene...