Owen Pickering News & Stories

Mitch Brown highlights the 15 best prospects in the Pittsburgh Penguins system ahead of the 2024-25 NHL season, with scouting reports and tools grades for each player.

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.

Lassi Alanen and Mitch Brown tracked the numbers throughout the World Junior Championships. They dive back into the numbers to reveal some of their findings.

Mitch Brown previews the 2023-24 WHL season.

Mitch Brown takes you through the Pittsburgh Penguins' 26th-ranked prospect pool, with scouting reports, tools grades, etc. on their 13 best prospects.

The Elite Prospects 2023 NHL prospect ranking countdown continues with the 50th to 26th-best skater prospects.

J.D. Burke takes a look at the Pittsburgh Penguins' -ranked system, one that's lacking for star power but features many commendable depth pieces.

The EP Rinkside top 100 affiliated skater prospects countdown continues with Mitch Brown's article on the prospects ranked between 50-26.

The Elite Prospects scouting group teams up for this roundtable article where they share their favourite picks from the 2022 NHL Entry Draft.

Pickering is skilled, aware and creative. That combination would make him a top prospect whether he’s 5-foot-11 or 6-foot-4. But he just so happens to be the latter.

EP Rinkside Dir. of Film Scouting Cam Robinson ranks the top 75 prospects on his personal board for the 2022 NHL Draft.

Elite Prospects Dir. of Film Scouting Cam Robinson mocks the first round of the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, making a selection for every team from the first overall pick right up to 32nd overall.

The Elite Prospects scouting team has assembled a new draft ranking for the 96 best prospects in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft.

J.D. Burke profiles each team's X-Factor player at the 2022 U18 World Hockey Champions, set to start in Landshut and Kaufbeuren, Germany.

EP Rinkside lead scout David St-Louis looks at the first-time draft-eligible players with the most to prove at the U18 World Hockey Championships in Landshut and Kaufberen, Germany.

EP Rinkside Dir. of North American scouting Mitch Brown breaks down the Canadian roster for the 2022 U18 World Hockey Championships.

EP Rinkside Dir. of Film Scouting Cam Robinson talks to 2022 NHL Draft prospect defenceman Owen Pickering about his season with the Swift Current Broncos.

The Elite Prospects team has ranked 64 players for the 2022 NHL Entry Draft with their second board of the season.

J.D. Burke and his team of scouts have come together to produce their first draft ranking of the year for the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, a board that's 32 players long.

It's the debut edition of Scout's Notebook, a weekly series in which our lead scouts share observations from their viewings across the hockey world. This week's Scout's Notebook follows the progress of Owen Pickering, Matthew Savoie, and Connor Bedard.