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2025-01-15, 16:22NCAAHockey East teams already in prime position for NCAA tournament
Seven of the top 13 teams in the country play in Hockey East. How does that affect everyone's tournament chances?
2024-10-04, 15:40NCAANCAA hockey season preview: Top-10 candidates for the Hobey, Richter, and Taylor awards
Who has the inside track to win the major college hockey awards?
2024-10-03, 15:47NCAANCAA 2024-25 season preview: Ranking the top 10 transfer classes
With transfers more important than ever, who did the best at bringing them to campus this summer?
2023-03-22, 13:00NCAANCAA Hockey Tournament Preview: Can Quinnipiac finally break through?
The NCAA men's hockey tournament starts tomorrow, and Ryan Lambert's preview tells you everything you need to know ahead of four action-packed days of college hockey.
2022-12-20, 20:40NHL ProspectsScout's Notebook: Surprise NCAA standouts
Mitch Brown takes a look at some of the notable impacts from the NCAA season, plus a check-in on the Brooks Bandits.
2022-12-13, 20:15NCAAMerrimack making its surprising case among NCAA's elite
The Merrimack Warriors were no one's idea of an elite college hockey team entering the season, but they keep winning and are now among the best of the best.
2022-03-07, 17:45NCAAAs NCAA tournament approaches, who’s in and who’s out?
It's playoff time in college hockey, and NCAA tournament seeding is on the line every night.
2022-03-04, 22:42NHLEP Rinkside 3 Stars for Week 21 of the NHL season
EP Rinkside senior columnist Ryan Lambert looks at the 3 stars from the hockey world in the 20th week of the NHL season.
2021-11-02, 19:31NCAASeeding will matter more in Hockey East
Winning hockey games is the most important thing a hockey team can do, but in the NCAA, winning certain games matters for very different and particular reasons.
2021-09-13, 23:28Prospect Pool RankingsEP Rinkside 2021-22 Prospect Pool Rankings: No. 31-ranked New York Islanders
The New York Islanders boast the 31st-ranked prospect pool in the NHL, and they're the subject of this writeup for the EP Rinkside NHL prospect pool rankings.
2021-03-24, 13:00AHLAround The AHL: The Devils are into the details with Dennehy
Binghamton Devils head coach Mark Dennehy is preaching gratitude for his young club. Patrick Williams breaks down the Devils' challenging season.
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...
2020-10-01, 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...
2020-09-02, 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...
2020-07-08, 16:00NHL Entry Draft 2020VIDEO: EliteProspects Scouts Meet to set 2020 NHL Entry Draft Ranking Version 4.0
The appetite for NHL Draft coverage expands with every year. Where the main course centred on the first round alone once sufficed, our audience now demands a seven-plate meal with...
2020-06-17, 15:30RankingsEXCLUSIVE: EliteProspects 2020 NHL Entry Draft Ranking Version 4.0
We’re little over a week away from the NHL Draft Lottery, scheduled for Friday, June 26th, at 8 PM Eastern. So what better time to update our ranking of the...
2019-12-27, 16:00NHL Entry Draft 2019MCMAHON: Zach Uens Making Scouts Take Notice Ahead of 2020 NHL Entry Draft
With 20/20 hindsight, 2001-born defenseman Zach Uens probably should have been taken in last year’s NHL Entry Draft. The Ontario native had all the measurables at 6-foot-2, 185 pounds, and...