Univ. of Michigan News & Stories

In the first NCAA Stock Watch of the season, Daniel Gee highlights Michael Hage, Zeev Buium, James Hagens, and Matthew Wood.

Trade negotiations between the Winnipeg Jets and the rest of the NHL for Rutger McGroarty’s rights seem to be at a stalemate. McGroarty wants an NHL spot; teams don’t want to...

Mitch Brown looks at the players who made the most strides this past season.

Elite Prospects Dir. of North American Scouting Mitch Brown breaks down the New Jersey Devils system ahead of the 2023 NHL trade deadline.

The next Rookie Midterm looks at how Owen Power is already pushing the boundaries of what it means to be a contemporary NHL defenceman.

Mitch Brown takes a look at some of the notable impacts from the NCAA season, plus a check-in on the Brooks Bandits.

The Elite Prospects scouting team has put together their first draft ranking of the season for the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, with scouting reports on their top 32 players.

The defending champion Canadians have their eyes set on capturing gold on home soil for the second time in less than six months.

The skating and the control of the game where always there offensively, it's just a matter of taking things further.

The EP Rinkside Prospect Pool Ranking series continues with a look at the New Jersey Devils and their ninth-ranked system.

Few parts of Rutger McGroarty's game rely on speed and skating, which is why the USNTDP product is one of few players able to exploit the slow game. Mitch Brown profiles the 2022 NHL Draft hopeful.

EP Rinkside columnist Russ Cohen talks to USNTDP defenceman Seamus Casey about his game, going to the U18s, playing for Michigan next year, and the upcoming draft in an exclusive interview.

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

The USNTDP has done a fantastic job of developing high-end NHL blueliners over the years, with at least one first-round pick from their defence corps in each of the last three drafts. In this week's Scout's Notebook, David St-Louis profiles the three best ones on this year's team.

J.D. Burke, Mitch Brown, and Catherine Silverman team up to build an exhaustive guide on the 2022 cycle's best NCAA free agents, one that offers proprietary analytics and scouting reports on each of the 40 or so players included in the piece.

EP Rinkside contributor Russ Cohen breaks down what makes Frank Nazar such a special prospect for the 2022 NHL Draft. Elite Prospects ranked Nazar at No. 10 overall in their pre-World Juniors ranking.

In a draft that features Connor Bedard and Matvei Michkov, Chicago Steel centre Adam Fantilli's incredible puck skills and fervent style of play allow him to stand out.

EP Rinkside senior columnist Ryan Lambert solicited your questions on Twitter, and now he's answering them in the latest edition of the Rinkside mailbag. Looking at Connor Bedard's ranking among all-time greats, Chicago's rebuild, Don Sweeney's job in Boston, Michigan's ranking as a stacked college team, and more.

Kent Johnson is a human highlight-reel type of player, and he has a chance to be a breakout star for Team Canada at the 2022 World Juniors in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta. Elite Prospects lead scout David St-Louis breaks down his game in this piece.

The NCAA is supposed to be a hard league to score in, especially if you're a defenceman. Even talented blueliners usually need a couple of seasons to ramp up their offensive play. But no Luke Hughes.

If Elite Prospects were to remake its 2021 draft board today, my first overall vote might change from William Eklund to Matty Beniers.

The University of Michigan plays host to an almost unmatched assemblage of talent, with top prospects lining every corner of their roster. In this week's Scout's Notebook, Elite Prospects lead scout David St-Louis looks at Brendan Brisson, Thomas Bordeleau, and Mackie Samoskevich's games.

EP Rinkside Senior Columnist Ryan Lambert looks at the NCAA field and ranks college hockey's five best teams.

The Florida Panthers boast the ninth-best prospect pool in the NHL according to our scouts, and they're the next team in our EP Rinkside prospect pool rankings countdown.

The New Jersey Devils boast the NHL's 11th-ranked prospect pool according to our Elite Prospects scouts, and they're the subject of today's writeup in the EP Rinkside prospect pool rankings countdown.

The Buffalo Sabres boast the NHL's 12th-best prospect pool according to our scouts. They're the subject of today's writeup in the EP Rinkside prospect pool rankings countdown.

The lottery winners don't always come out of the draft with the best haul. We saw that again this year when the San Jose Sharks received arguably the best player...

A year after ranking dead last in EliteProspects’ Prospect Pool Rankings, the Columbus Blue Jackets are on the upswing. Some of that rise is the product of a handful of...

The Vegas Golden Knights boast the NHL's 17th-best prospect pool according to our Elite Prospects scouts, and they're the subject of today's writeup in the EP Rinkside prospect pool rankings countdown.

The Philadelphia Flyers boast the 19th-ranked prospect pool in the NHL, and they're the subject of today's writeup in the EP Rinkside prospect pool rankings countdown.

The Boston Bruins boast the 24th-best prospect pool in the NHL, and they're the subject of today's writeup in the EP Rinkside prospect pool rankings countdown.

The Tampa Bay Lightning boast the NHL's 30th-ranked prospect pool, and they're the subject of today's writeup in the EP Rinkside 2021-22 prospect pool rankings.

We've ranked the top 100 skater prospects this week, and now we're following that up with Elite Prospects goalie expert Catherine Silverman's look at the top goalie prospects in the sport.

Mackie Samoskevich has first-round pick ability, whether the NHL sees it that way or not. Elite Prospects American regional scout Joey Padmanabhan takes you into the Film Room ™️ to look at the Chicago Steel forward's game.

We've been fortunate the last few years. In the majority of the previous 10 drafts, there has either been a clear first overall pick or there were two clear, viable...

We're back for another edition of Doerrie's Deets, and folks, a lot has happened since we last met. We've got Ryan Miller, and David Backes tagging home on their careers. The U18 World...

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.

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.

The EliteProspects Podcast with J.D. Burke and Craig Button returns, available wherever you get your podcasts. In this episode, our hosts interview the Chicago Steel's Noelle Needham, and discuss the Tim Peel incident that set the hockey world on fire last week.

Ryan Lambert takes a look at this year's nine finalists for the Mike Richter Award, granted to the best goalie in college hockey at the end of the season, and explains with data from InStat how his ballot shakes out (kind of).

J.D. Burke and Mitch Brown are binge-watching tape, exhausting their long-distance minutes, and running the numbers to provide the most thorough guide to this year's crop of NCAA free agency available in the public sphere.

This debut of a bi-monthly, recurring feature in which EliteProspects' lead OHL Scout, Rachel Doerrie, uses her expertise in the realm of scouting and development to provide her thoughts on precisely that.