Sean Behrens News & Stories

Denver has a lot of success, year after year. How do they keep it up?

You know we had to do the dang NCAA power rankings!

David St-Louis reviews some of the top prospect action from NHL preseason games.

Mitch Brown takes you through the Colorado Avalanche's 17th-ranked prospect pool, with scouting reports and tools grades on its 12 best prospects.

Mitch Brown, David St-Louis, and J.D. Burke team up to rank the top 100 affiliated prospects ahead of the 2024-25 NHL season.

Mitch Brown, David St-Louis, Lassi Alanen, and J.D. Burke team up to give an updated look at the Winnipeg Jets prospect pool ahead of the 2024 NHL Trade Deadline.

J.D. Burke's NCAA Stock Watch is led by Frank Nazar, Ryan Healey, Owen McLaughlin, Tom Willander, and Sean Behrens

DENVER, Colorado – There are constant reminders of the expectations at Denver. A few feet to the left of the door to the team facilities, there’s a display case with nine...

The Elite Prospects 2023 NHL prospect ranking countdown begins with a look at the 100th to 51st-best skater prospects.

David St. Louis and Mitchell Brown breakdown performances from 52 drafted prospects at the World Junior Championships.

It's a team game, sure, but let's look at which individual performances will make us remember the 2023 WJC for a long time.

Team USA is showing up to the Maritimes with revenge on the mind, looking to avenge their disappointing quarterfinals exit in the summer tournament.

The 2022 EP Rinkside prospect pool rankings series continues with a look at the Colorado Avalanche and their No. 29-ranked prospect pool.

EP Rinkside lead scout David St-Louis starts our countdown of the top 100 affiliated prospects with a look at the players ranked 100-51 for this year's series.

EP Rinkside senior columnist Ryan Lambert sets the stage for the NCAA championship game between the University of Denver and Minnesota State (Mankato).

The end of the college hockey season is here. Starting tomorrow afternoon, the four teams left standing will be whittled down to just one champion by Saturday night.Three of the...

The NCAA tournament starts tomorrow, and EP Rinkside senior columnist gets you prepared with this preview of the annual college hockey tournament.

The Colorado Avalanche are one of the league's most credible Stanley Cup contenders even if they've struggled to make much hay in the last few playoffs. David St-Louis looks at which prospects they might move at the deadline to get the pieces that could push them over the top.

Elite Prospects American regional scout Joey Padmanabhan offers a player-by-player breakdown of the players invited to Team USA's World Junior roster camp as we get you ready for the 2022 World Juniors in Edmonton and Red Deer.

The Colorado Avalanche boast the 8th-best prospect pool according to our Elite Prospects scouts, and they're the subject of today's writeup in the EP Rinkside prospect pool ranking countdown.

Elite Prospects team of scouts have convened to rank the 100 best prospects outside of the NHL. They start today with a look at the players they ranked between 100-51.

In a normal world, we'd be gearing up for the NHL Draft weekend right meow. For myself and many of my scouting colleagues, this is our Christmas season. The time...

J.D. Burke and his team of scouts have convened to put together their latest draft ranking for the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, a list that's 64 players long, crafted after the U18 in Frisco and Plano, Texas.

Mitch Brown and Lassi Alanen manually tracked data from every game of the U18 World Hockey Championships. In this article, Mitch shares some of their findings.

The 2021 IIHF U18 World Championship is an opportunity for American defenceman Sean Behrens. Abbey Mastracco takes a look at his tournament debut.

The World Junior Under-18 tournament has disproportionate importance this year. It will be the first look we get this season at a few prospects against their own age group and...

We're finishing off our series of roster previews with a look at the American's offering for the U18 World Hockey Championships, a tournament they're set to host in Texas. Joey Padmanabhan has more.

If the shorter defencemen having success in the NHL are exceptions rather than the rule, here's the next exception: Sean Behrens. Our Dir. of North American Scouting, Mitch Brown, makes the case in the Film Room™️.

J.D. Burke and his team of scouts have convened to put together their latest draft ranking for the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, a list that's 48 players long, and sets the stage nicely for the U18s, set to start in Texas in no time.