U.S. National U17 Team News & Stories

David St-Louis profiles James Hagens, the presumptive first-overall pick in the 2025 NHL Draft, in his latest video with early access only for Elite Prospects Premium subscribers.

Zeev Buium, Adam Kleber, and Sam Rinzel highlight this year's most improved players from the USHL and NCAA.

Teddy Stiga could be one of the steals of the 2024 NHL Draft.

Zeev Buium had the best first-time draft-eligible season in college hockey in recent memory.

EJ Emery could be one of the premier shutdown defencemen to emerge from the 2024 NHL Draft.

A player-by-player preview of Team USA's roster at the 2024 World Hockey Championship in Espoo and Vantaa, Finland.

Russ Cohen shares an exclusive interview with USNTDP U18 centre and 2024 NHL Draft prospect Lucas Van Vliet.

Sean Shapiro sits down with the 2024 NHL Draft prospect to discuss his season and his chase for Cole Caufield's goal record with the NTDP.

The USHL Stock Watch zeroes in on the play of Brodie Ziemer, Teddy Stiga, Trevor Connelly, Matvei Gridin, and John Mustard.

The 2024 NHL Draft Prospects talks to EP Rinkside's Sean Shapiro about his journey and season.

Russ Cohen shares an exclusive interview with 2024 NHL Draft prospect and USNTDP U18 forward Max Plante.

The December USHL Stock Watch zeroes in on the play of Andrew Strathmann, Zam Plante, Christian Humphreys, E.J. Emery, and Will Felicio.

Russ Cohen shares an exclusive interview with USNTDP U18 defenceman and 2024 NHL Draft prospect EJ Emery.

Russ Cohen talks to the hockey family of tomorrow in this exclusive interview on EP Rinkside.

The November USHL Stock Watch zeroes in on the performances of Trevor Connelly, Max Plante, Sacha Boisvert, Cole Eiserman, and Michael Hage

Russ Cohen shares an exclusive interview with 2024 NHL Draft prospect Will Skahan.

Russ Cohen shares an exclusive interview with USNTDP U18 winger Cole Eiserman about his decision to switch from Minnesota to BU and the draft year ahead.

Mitch Brown takes you into the Film Room ™️ to look at Oliver Moore's game.

Ryan Leonard's physicality is what sets him apart, but he's more than a bruiser. He brings legitimate top-five talent.

Joey Padmanabhan takes you into the Film Room™️ to look at 2023 NHL Draft prospect Gabe Perreault's meteoric rise from first-rounder to potential top-10 pick.

Elite Prospects American region scout Joey Padmanabhan goes player-by-player with scouting reports on all of Team USA's roster at the 2023 U18 World Hockey Championships.

The USHL Stock Watch provides an update on Zeev Buium, Will Vote, Jake Richard, Will Smith, and Connor Brown.

Russ Cohen shares an exclusive interview with USNTDP U18 defenceman and 2023 NHL Draft prospect Brady Cleveland.

Russ Cohen shares an exclusive interview with USNTDP forward and 2023 NHL Draft prospect Oliver Moore.

The USHL Stock Watch zeroes in on Quinn Finley, Daimon Gardner, Aram Minnetian, William Whitelaw, Oliver Moore, and Michael Hrabal.

Sean Shapiro goes around the league with his thoughts and observations in unnumbered thoughts.

Elite Prospects USHL regional scout Joey Padmanabhan looks at Cole Knuble, Jayden Perron, Nick Moldenhauer,

Russ Cohen talks to 2023 NHL Draft prospect Gavin Brindley about his game and the adjustment to college hockey as a true freshman.

Will Smith leads the way in our debut USHL Stock Watch, looking at who's trending up, who's trending down, and who's holding steady in that part of the scouting world.

Russ Cohen shares an interview with USNTDP U18 centre Ryan Leonard from his time at the Five Nations tournament.

EP Rinkside columnist Russ Cohen shares an exclusive interview with Charlie Stramel detailing the ins and outs of his game, his decision to play at Wisconsin, and the road ahead.

Russ Cohen shares an exclusive interview with Philadelphia Flyers third-round pick Devin Kaplan on EP Rinkside.

Get an inside look at the Los Angeles Kings thought process as they drafted Northeastern centre Jack Hughes with the 51st overall pick in the 2022 NHL Draft.

Elite Prospects American regional scout Joey Padmanabhan takes you into the Film Room to look at Cutter Gauthier's game.

Elite Prospects crossover scout Daniel Gee takes you into the Film Room to examine how Jimmy Snuggerud has quietly developed into one of the 2022 NHL Draft's best playmakers.

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.

Elite Prospects American regional scout Joey Padmanabhan takes you into the Film Room™️ to look at USNTDP pivot Logan Cooley's game and why he's one of the 2022 NHL Draft's late risers.

American winger Isaac Howard is one of the most divisive prospects in the draft. Russ Cohen spoke to him ahead of the 2022 NHL Draft in Montréal to better understand his game.

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.

EP Rinkside Dir. of Film Scouting Cam Robinson speaks with Frank Nazar III about his season, the 2022 NHL Draft, where he's going to play in his post-draft career, and the U18s in this exclusive interview for EP Rinkside.

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.