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2025-12-16, 16:00World Juniors 2026
Meet the Team: Switzerland's roster for the 2026 World Juniors
More often than not, Switzerland fights relegation – and this year will be no different. But one win could change everything.
2025-08-25, 17:47Prospect Pool RankingsElite Prospects 2025 NHL Prospect Pool Rankings: No. 32-ranked Tampa Bay Lightning
Our scouting team breaks down the Lightning's pool, one with several players who could make the jump soon.
2025-01-11, 16:37NHL ProspectsBreaking down the 2025 CHL trade deadlines' the biggest moves
CHL trade deadline is always exciting, but this year was particularly eventful. Mitch Brown looks at the buyers, rebuilders, and players on the move.
2024-12-12, 15:13NHL Prospect ReportQMJHL Stock Watch: Ethan Gauthier ready to shine at the World Juniors
December's edition of QMJHL Stock Watch highlights World Junior hopeful Ethan Gauthier, as well as several top 2025 draft prospects.
2024-11-08, 13:30QMJHLQMJHL Stock Watch: Justin Carbonneau's Hot Start Too Much to Ignore
After a strong start to the season it's become pretty undeniable that Justin Carbonneau's stock is only going to keep rising. Hadi Kalakeche brings that and more in the latest QMJHL Stock Watch.
2024-08-14, 20:01NHL ProspectsThe CHL's most improved players in the 2023-24 season and how they did it
Noah Chadwick, Beckett Sennecke, and Easton Cowan highlight this year's list of players who improved the most in the 2023-24 CHL seasons.
2024-05-31, 13:14Memorial CupSaginaw and Moose Jaw draw on Past Motivations and Lessons for Memorial Cup Semifinal
Sean Shapiro and Lauren Kelly tee up the 2024 Memorial Cup semifinal from Saginaw.
2024-05-29, 03:36Memorial CupMemorial Cup 3 Stars: Moose Jaw reaches semifinal with vital depth scoring
The Moose Jaw Warriors defeated the Drummondville Voltigeurs 5-3 to move into the semifinal of the Memorial Cup. Lauren Kelly has the 3 stars of the night.
2024-05-25, 22:46Memorial CupMemorial Cup 3 Stars: Oliver Bonk, Michael Simpson help London shutdown Drummondville
The OHL champions made a statement with a 4-0 victory against Drummondville in Game 2 of the Memorial Cup.
2024-05-24, 14:112024 NHL DraftZayne Parekh and Saginaw aren't lacking confidence heading into the Memorial Cup
The Saginaw Spirit open the Memorial Cup at home and feel like they have unfinished business.
2024-03-28, 18:45CHLEP Rinkside CHL Power Rankings: Playoff preview and awards
There's a new CHL Power Rankings right in time for the WHL, OHL, and QMJHL playoffs.
2024-03-07, 22:30NHL Prospect ReportQMJHL Stock Watch: Maxim Massé's strong February rebuilding his draft stock
The March QMJHL Stock Watch highlights the play of Maxim Massé, Vsevolod Komarov, Andrei Loshko, Samuel Savoie, and Noah Warren.
2024-02-12, 20:30CHLEP Rinkside February CHL power rankings
The EP Rinkside panel have updated their CHL Power Rankings for the month of January, and there's a new No. 1.
2024-01-16, 14:00CHLEP Rinkside January CHL power rankings
The EP Rinkside team has ranked the 10 best teams in the CHL.
2024-01-12, 20:45CHLBreaking down the biggest moves of the 2024 CHL Trade Deadline
Mitch Brown breaks down the moves from the 2024 CHL trade deadlines as teams start to eye a trip to Saginaw for the Memorial Cup.
2023-11-08, 19:00NHL Prospect ReportQMJHL Stock Watch: Maveric Lamoureux is putting up a dominant offensive season
The QMJHL Stock Watch zeroes in on the play of Maveric Lamoureux, Alexandre Blais, Alex Huang, Ethan Gauthier, and Tyler Peddle.
2023-08-25, 12:10NHL ProspectsThe CHL's most improved players and how they did it
Mitch Brown looks at the CHL Prospects that improved the most and how they altered their games for the better.
2023-06-21, 17:432023 NHL Entry DraftFilm Room: Ethan Gauthier's skill will make for a valuable first-round pick
The 2023 NHL Draft Prospect has always had firm believers in the EP Rinkside scouts. David St-Louis explains why.
2023-03-11, 14:00NHL ProspectsQMJHL Stock Watch: A review of the league's top draft-eligible prospects
This month's QMJHL Stock Watch zeroes in on Jan Šprynar, Matteo Mann, Jordan Tourigny, Étienne Morin, and Tyler Peddle.
2022-12-02, 21:00NHL Prospect ReportQMJHL Stock Watch: Zachary Bolduc's evolution as a playmaker has his stock soaring
This could be a down year for the QMJHL at the draft. So far, only Ethan Gauthier, the Sherbrooke Phoenix winger, has managed to establish himself as a potential first-round candidate...
2022-05-27, 03:002022 NHL Entry DraftFilm Room: How Maveric Lamoureux uses his size, speed and skating
David St-Louis profiles Drummondville's Maveric Lamoureux, looking at the impact he makes with his size.
2022-01-21, 19:382022 NHL Entry DraftScout's notebook: The progression of 3 QMJHL prospects for the 2022 NHL Draft
The latest edition of the Scout's Notebook has Elite Prospects lead scout and QMJHL regional lead David St-Louis looking at three of the top prospects from that neck of the woods for the 2022 NHL Entry Draft.
2021-10-05, 15:34NHL ProspectsFilm Room: Dawson Mercer and the art of stickwork
Elite Prospects Dir. of North American Scouting Mitch Brown takes you into the Film Room ™️ to look at Dawson Mercer and the art of stickwork.
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.
2020-11-27, 15:00Scouting ReportsThe EliteProspects Rinkside 2020-21 Off-Season Prospect Pool Rankings: the No. 23-ranked New York Islanders
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...
2020-11-06, 14:30NHL Entry Draft 2020The Unclaimed: Execs & Scouts Dish on why EliteProspects Canadian 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...
2020-10-15, 14:00NHL Entry Draft 2020Scout’s Roundtable: EliteProspects’ Least Favourite Picks From the 2020 NHL Draft
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...
2020-10-07, 05:51NHL Entry Draft 2020The Best and Worst Picks From the First-Round of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft
The first-round of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft came and went, and it was full value, as always, with its fair share of awesome picks, duds, and totally out of...
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...
2020-08-12, 14:30Scouting ReportsHow Deception Makes Dawson Mercer a Dual-Threat Top Prospect for the 2020 NHL Draft
After presumptive No. 1 overall pick Alexis Lafrenière, and Tim Stützle — Dawson Mercer (EliteProspects’ No. 15 prospect) is the best puck-handler in the 2020 NHL Draft. He’s liable to...
2020-08-11, 03:30NHL Entry Draft 2020Mocking the First 15 Picks of the 2020 NHL Draft Following the Phase 2 Lottery
The New York Rangers hold the No. 1 overall pick in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. Representatives from the eight teams participating in Phase 2 of the NHL Draft Lottery...
2020-07-10, 14:00NHL Entry Draft 2020EXCLUSIVE: EliteProspects Premium Presents Consolidated 2020 NHL Draft Rankings for July 10th
One might think that two new rankings among a group of five public outlets might not result in a tectonic shift in the landscape of the NHL Draft, but that...
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...
2020-07-01, 16:21NHL Entry Draft 2020BURKE: Wrapping up the 2020 CHL Import Draft
With the conclusion of the 2020 CHL Import Draft today, at least one such event occurred on schedule without a hitch. In June, no less. It’s a complicated process, so...
2020-06-26, 14:00NHL Entry Draft 2020BURKE: Previewing Phase 1 of the NHL Draft Lottery
After months of careful deliberation, the NHL is ready to let the lottery balls spin and forever change the complexion of two or three lucky teams at the annual spectacle...
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...
2020-04-29, 20:05NHL Entry Draft 2020BURKE: Mocking the First-Round of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft
Under normal circumstances, I’d have just returned from the U18 World Hockey Championships in Plymouth, Michigan, fresh impressions of many of the 2020 NHL Draft’s best prospects foremost in my...
2020-04-15, 16:00RankingsEXCLUSIVE: EliteProspects 2020 NHL Entry Draft Ranking Version 3.0
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...
2020-01-13, 16:00The Pipeline ShowTHE PIPELINE SHOW: Discussing Movement at the CHL Trade Deadline
This week on The Pipeline Show, we navigate through all three Canadian Hockey Leagues after the trade deadline has passed. A flurry of activity ended on Friday and we wanted...
2019-12-22, 16:00World Juniors 2020THE PIPELINE SHOW: The World Junior Hockey Championships Preview Show
This week on The Pipeline Show it’s the full preview of the 2020 World Junior Championship with in-depth analysis of the five main contenders with some fearless predictions thrown in...
2019-12-19, 22:30World Juniors 2020Meet the Team: Canada’s World Junior Hockey Championship Roster
The 2019 World Junior Hockey Championships was a tournament to forget for the host Canadians, who failed to medal on home soil, losing an overtime match to Finland in the...
2019-12-02, 05:21The Pipeline ShowTHE PIPELINE SHOW: a Draft Spotlight on Dawson Mercer & Carter Savoie, NCAA Campus Report, & In the Dub
This week on The Pipeline Show we get to know a pair of high profile players that are eligible for the 2020 NHL Draft, we cover a lot of current...
2019-11-29, 17:52RankingsEXCLUSIVE: EliteProspects 2020 NHL Entry Draft Ranking Version 1.0
I’m so proud to finally share the hard work of our scouts in the form of this year’s first NHL Entry Draft ranking for the EliteProspects Rinkside audience. So much...
2019-11-06, 16:00Scouting ReportsThe EliteProspects Rinkside 2020 NHL Entry Draft QMJHL Watch List
The last draft generally proved to be down years for the QMJHL. A few names managed to rise to the top, but the league was generally under-represented, especially on the...
2019-09-11, 20:03Scouting ReportsScouting Report: Anaheim Rookie Faceoff Wrap-Up, With Commentary From Players, Coaches
IRVINE, CA – Six teams took to the ice for the 2019 Anaheim Rookie Faceoff this past weekend in Southern California, featuring some of the best and brightest prospects that...
2019-08-07, 22:38Scouting ReportsEP Rinkside Prospect Pool Rankings: No. 11 Ranked Detroit Red Wings
There’s a different mandate in Detroit than in year’s past. The playoff streak is gone. So is the legendary Ken Holland. Even the rink is relatively new. Everything but the...
2019-07-31, 21:17Scouting ReportsEP Rinkside Prospect Pool Rankings: No. 17 Ranked Edmonton Oilers
In a perfect world, the Edmonton Oilers’ prospect pool rating in the bottom half of the NHL would signal a turn of fortune for the big league roster. To some...
