HV71 U20 News & Stories

For Latvia and Denmark, the primary objective at any World Juniors is survival. Janik Beichler breaks down the most notable players on both rosters.

More often than not, Switzerland fights relegation – and this year will be no different. But one win could change everything.

With a draft day haul filled with skill, speed, and upside, the Bruins have restocked their prospect pool.

Russ Cohen shares an exclusive interview with Ottawa Senators prospects and Univ. of Michigan commit Gabriel Eliasson.

This latest instalment in the Scout's Notebook looks at some of Sweden's most highly rated defencemen in NHL CSS' midseason ranking: Gabriel Eliasson, Viggo Gustafsson, Noel Fransén, and Edvin Nilsson.

Defenceman Axel Sandin Pellikka's stock is soaring with his play thus far in the J20 and the SHL, in this edition of the Sweden Stock Watch.

The Winnipeg Jets are a victim of a lack of draft capital, not a poor draft table. That they land at No. 20 in Elite Prospects’ Prospect Pool ranking despite...

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.

The Swedes are the reigning champions of the U18 World Hockey Championships, and our Swedish regional scout Jimmy Hamrin thinks they've got a good chance to repeat. Here's his look at the Swedish roster.

Connor Bedard's the highest-scoring exceptional status player ever. Here's why he's so dynamic.

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.

It’s been a lean, difficult few seasons for the Winnipeg Jets, and largely by no fault of their own either. About half of their top-four got out of dodge at...

This ranking isn’t an indictment of the Philadelphia Flyers’ young core; in fact, this team is a victim of being good at talent identification. The Flyers’ combination of draft capital,...

Without a first or second-round pick in October’s draft, and top prospect Noah Dobson graduating, the New York Islanders find themselves in a peculiar spot — with a prospect pool...

That the Tampa Bay Lightning won the Stanley Cup in September is no mistake. They’ve been the model franchise for drafting and developing homegrown talent, and that’s their reward. That...

No two draft picks are created equal. That’s as apparent in the immediate aftermath of any draft as it is five-plus years down the road, even if the true yield...

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...

The EliteProspects Draft Guide has Helge Grans (No. 19) as the best Swedish draft-eligible defenceman, by far. But it wasn’t always like that. On EliteProspects’ first 2020 Draft Board, Emil...

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...

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...

The game is changing, and Ottawa Senators prospect Erik Brännström is one gust in the hurricane of young offensive defencemen altering the NHL’s landscape. In a sport where power play...

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...

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...

There’s only one certainty left in hockey, and it’s that the 2020 NHL Entry Draft is going to take place. We don’t know how it’s going to work or when...