Francesco Pinelli News & Stories
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2025-09-01, 20:56Prospect Pool Rankings
Elite Prospects 2025 NHL Prospect Pool Rankings: No. 22-ranked Los Angeles Kings
Our scouts break down the No. 22 ranked prospect pool belonging to the Los Angeles Kings.
2024-08-22, 17:00Prospect Pool RankingsEP Rinkside 2024 NHL Prospect Pool Rankings: No. 26-ranked Los Angeles Kings
Mitch Brown takes you through the LA Kings 26th-ranked prospect pool going into the 2024-25 NHL season, with scouting reports and tools grades on its 15 best players.
2023-10-09, 14:45NHL ProspectsStock Watch: Reviewing the performance of Western Conference prospects in the preseason
David St-Louis reviews the performance of each Western Conference team's top prospects in the 2023-24 preseason.
2023-08-31, 17:15Prospect Pool RankingsEP Rinkside 2023 NHL Prospect Pool Rankings: No. 23-ranked Los Angeles Kings
Cam Robinson takes you through the LA Kings' 23rd-ranked prospect pool, with scouting reports, tools grades, etc. on their 17 best.
2022-11-02, 16:41NHL ProspectsThe 6 prospects with the most to prove in the 2022-23 season
Mitch Brown and Lassi Alanen team up to look at the six prospects with the most to prove in the 2022-23 season.
2022-09-23, 17:01Prospect Pool RankingsEP Rinkside 2022 NHL Prospect Pool Rankings: No. 19-ranked Los Angeles Kings
The EP Rinkside Prospect Pool Ranking series continues with a look at the Los Angeles Kings' 19th-ranked system.
2021-11-12, 18:36NHL Prospect ReportScout's notebook: Tyler Boucher's start, Francesco Pinelli's smarts, Xavier Bourgault's puck management
In this edition of the scout's notebook, we focus on three top forward prospects: Xavier Bourgault, Francesco Pinelli and Tyler Boucher. While the first two have had explosive starts to...
2021-10-12, 19:43Prospect Pool RankingsEP Rinkside 2021-22 Prospect Pool Rankings: No. 1-ranked Los Angeles Kings
The Los Angeles Kings boast the best prospect pool in the NHL for the second straight season according to our team of Elite Prospects scouts.
2021-09-07, 19:21NHL ProspectsRanking the NHL's top 100 affiliated prospects in 2021: Skaters 100-51
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.
2021-08-19, 16:47NHLDraft Reflections: Nick Suzuki and projecting pace
Reviewing draft picks is an unfair but necessary exercise. A lot can go wrong or right for prospects following the draft. Teams develop them differently and injuries cut careers short,...
2021-07-23, 17:50NHL Entry Draft 2021What we're hearing ahead of the 2021 NHL Entry Draft
This is what the EP Rinkside staff are hearing from their sources going into Day 1 of the 2021 NHL Entry Draft.
2021-07-21, 13:52NHL Entry Draft 2021Film Room: The intangible talent that sets Francesco Pinelli apart from others
There are as many interpretations of the concept of hockey sense as they are prospect evaluators. Even when a team sits down to define the term in order to properly...
2021-05-21, 13:00NHL Entry Draft 2021The EliteProspects Rinkside post-U18 2021 NHL Draft Ranking
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.
2021-05-02, 08:00U18 WorldsEP Rinkside Notebook: Breaking down the first week of the 2021 IIHF U18 World Championship
The IIHF U18 World Championship was sorely missed a year ago, but it is back and it has been one heck of a week of hockey in Texas. Cam Robinson takes a look at some of the event's big headlines.
2021-05-01, 05:28U18 WorldsFrancesco Pinelli bounces back in emphatic fashion for Canada at U18 World Hockey Championships; "I was ready to play"
From the coach's doghouse in the third period of Canada's 4-2 win over Latvia to the EliteProspects Player of the Game in a 7-0 drubbing of Switzerland -- Francesco Pinelli went from a valley to one of the tournament's peaks.
2021-04-29, 16:26U18 WorldsStankoven small in stature, big on the ice
As the 2021 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship progresses, Abbey Mastracco reports from Texas on Canadian forward Logan Stankoven.
2021-04-26, 17:40NHL Entry Draft 2021Top questions for top prospects to answer at the U18 World Hockey Championships
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...
2021-04-20, 21:30U18 WorldsMeet the Team: Canada’s Under-18 World Hockey Championship roster
The Under-18 World Junior Championship kicks off on April 26th in Frisco and Plano, Texas. Here's a player-by-player breakdown of Team Canada's roster by our Dir. of North American Scouting, Mitch Brown.
2021-04-20, 16:45NHL Entry Draft 2021The EliteProspects Rinkside pre-U18 2021 NHL Draft Ranking
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.
2021-01-27, 16:59NHL Entry Draft 2021The EliteProspects Rinkside 2021 NHL Draft Ranking
J.D. Burke and his team of scouts came together to create their first board for the 2021 NHL Entry Draft. They've got the first-round covered in this 32-player ranking.
