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Dec 11th, 18:48NHL Prospect ReportUSHL Stock Watch: Benjamin Kevan's skill turning heads
It's time for 2025 draft-focused USHL Stock Watch, featuring Benjamin Kevan, Ryker Lee, Cole McKinney, and more.
Sep 4th, 19:15NHL Prospects
The USHL and NCAA's most improved players in the 2023-24 season and how they did it
Zeev Buium, Adam Kleber, and Sam Rinzel highlight this year's most improved players from the USHL and NCAA.
Jan 16th, 19:302024 NHL Draft“In a game, it becomes different, they aren’t your friends out there": Emptying the notebook from the 2024 All-American Prospects Game
Sean Shapiro empties his notebook from the USA Hockey All-America game on Monday.
2023-01-19, 18:40Rookie MidtermsRookie Midterms: Matias Maccelli took his own route to NHL success
The next Rookie Midterm examines the progress of Arizona Coyotes prospect Matias Macceli.
2022-10-19, 06:312023 NHL Entry Draft"We’re not only brothers but good friends too": St. Louis brothers team up for the first time in Dubuque
Ryan and Lucas St. Louis are teaming up for the first time in their hockey-playing lives with the Dubuque Fighting Saints. Russ Cohen spoke to Martin St. Louis' kids about that experience.
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.
2022-04-28, 14:022022 NHL Entry DraftMatthew Savoie treats hockey like a discipline he hopes to master
EP Rinkside contributor Russ Cohen profiles 2022 draft prospect Matthew Savoie and talks to him about his road to the NHL.
2021-11-06, 21:01NHL ProspectsScout's Notebook: Owen Pickering, Matthew Savoie's start, Connor Bedard's shot
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.
2021-04-19, 19:26Scouting ReportsWyatt Kaiser exceeded expectations as a true freshman for Minnesota-Duluth
Wyatt Kaiser proved during the NCAA post-season that he's a top defensive prospect within the Chicago Blackhawks system. Russ Cohen offers an exhaustive scouting report, with the help of some statistical insights made possible by InStat hockey, for Rinkside.
2020-12-07, 16:00Scouting ReportsThe EliteProspects Rinkside 2020-21 Off-Season Prospect Pool Rankings: the No. 12-ranked Anaheim Ducks
The Anaheim Ducks and their 12th-ranked prospect pool in the NHL might be as unfairly maligned a team as you’ll find in this entire process. The future is Orange County...
2020-12-03, 20:00Scouting ReportsThe EliteProspects Rinkside 2020-21 Off-Season Prospect Pool Rankings: the No. 14-ranked Buffalo Sabres
The Buffalo Sabres and their fans would much rather place in the top half of the league’s standings after so many years spent clinging to the hope of a prospect...
2020-12-02, 18:30World Juniors 2021The World Junior Coaches Q&A Series: Team USA’s Nate Leaman
The 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship is just around the corner, and I had the opportunity to chat with Team USA head coach Nate Leaman about this year’s squad. What...
2020-11-24, 18:00Scouting ReportsThe EliteProspects Rinkside 2020-21 Off-Season Prospect Pool Rankings: the No. 28-ranked Chicago Blackhawks
Chicago Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman authored a statement about this time a month ago detailing the new direction that the franchise was charting, departing from their stated goal of...
2020-11-05, 14:30NHL Entry Draft 2020The Unclaimed: Execs & Scouts Dish on why EliteProspects American Ranked Players Passed Through the 2020 NHL Draft
EliteProspects ranked 129 players for the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, and 20 of them passed through the draft unclaimed. That’s pretty much par for the course. The average team ranks...
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...
2020-10-01, 14:00Scouting ReportsAn Introduction to the USHS and USHS-Prep Prospects of the 2020 NHL Draft
NHL Draft prospects coming out of the United States high school ranks come shrouded in a veil of mystery. Today, we’re going to offer a look behind the curtains, with...
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...
2020-09-08, 14:00Scouting Reports5 Finnish Prospects Poised for a Breakout in the 2020-21 Liiga Season
The COVID-19 pandemic has threatened to push back if not take away hockey entirely in some leagues across North America, but it’s full steam ahead (mostly) in many European leagues....
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...
2020-04-27, 14:00EP NewsUndrafted Free Agent Profile: New York Rangers Lock up Rangy Austin Rueschhoff
Not content to rest on their laurels after bringing Michigan State centre Patrick Khodorenko into the fold, the New York Rangers followed that up with the addition of Western Michigan...
2020-03-25, 19:00EP NewsUndrafted Free Agent Profile: Nate Sucese Joins the Arizona Coyotes
After playing two seasons in the USHL with the Dubuque Fighting Saints, Nate Sucese burst onto the college scene, scoring 17 goals and 36 points, the second-highest total for a...
2020-01-05, 13:00World Juniors 2020ROBENHYMER: Coyotes Prospect Matias Maccelli’s Progress Showing on the big Stage for Finland
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic — On January 5th, 2016, Matias Maccelli was in the stands at Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland as the host team beat Russia 4-3 in overtime to...
2019-12-23, 18:00World Juniors 2020Meet the Team: Sweden’s World Junior Hockey Championships Roster
The 2019 World Junior Hockey Championships did not end the way Team Sweden had hoped for. The Swedes suffered a gruesome defeat in the quarterfinals against the Swiss and failed...
2019-12-05, 15:00World Juniors 2020BODIN: Sweden is Forced to Play Waiting Game Ahead of World Juniors
STOCKHOLM, Sweden — The clock is ticking. When Swedish head coach Tomas Montén presented his preliminary roster for the upcoming World Juniors in the Czech Republic, there were some big...
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...
2019-09-28, 15:22EP NewsScouting Report: Standout Players Among First Group of Teams at USHL Fall Classic
CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania — The USHL Fall Classic is appointment viewing for the scouting community. All 15 of the league’s teams and the United States National Team Development Program descend...
2019-08-01, 20:15Scouting ReportsEP Rinkside Prospect Pool Rankings: No. 16 Ranked Arizona Coyotes
The Arizona Coyotes are just a few years removed from being widely considered a team with a top-five prospect system in the league — and that may feel a little...
2019-07-31, 21:17Scouting ReportsEP Rinkside Prospect Pool Rankings: No. 17 Ranked Edmonton Oilers
In a perfect world, the Edmonton Oilers’ prospect pool rating in the bottom half of the NHL would signal a turn of fortune for the big league roster. To some...
2019-07-22, 17:27Scouting ReportsEP Rinkside Prospect Pool Rankings: No. 25 Ranked Winnipeg Jets
As many teams discover, the life-cycle of a prospect pipeline is hinged nearly exclusively on maintaining high picks. Once a club moves out of the lottery realm and into the...
