Shawinigan Cataractes News & Stories

No longer a "Fahrstuhlmannschaft", Team Germany will be looking to reach the quarter-finals of the World Juniors with one of the deepest rosters in recent history.

Hadi Kalakeche breaks down the early standouts from the start of the QMJHL season in this edition of Stock Watch.

The always-intriguing CHL Import Draft is in the book, and this one was particularly interesting with new rules and some twists.

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

As EP expands it CHL draft coverage, Hadi Kalakeche breaks down what happened in Round 1 of the QMJHL Draft.

Hadi Kalakeche breaks down the ups and downs of the QMJHL, led by Caleb Desnoyer's work with the Moncton Wildcats.

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.

The latest instalment in the QMJHL Stock Watch highlights the play of Mathieu Cataford, Justin Poirier, Étienne Morin, Félix Lacerte, and Dylan MacKinnon.

Welcome back to another edition of Prospect Prosepctive. In this series, we’ll be looking at a prospect who has yet to establish himself in the NHL. We’ll examine the reasons...

This month's QMJHL Stock Watch zeroes in on Jan Šprynar, Matteo Mann, Jordan Tourigny, Étienne Morin, and Tyler Peddle.

The latest Film Room™️ instalment has Mitch Brown breaking down Mavrik Bourque's game.

The EP Rinkside Prospect Pool Rankings continue with a look at the Dallas Stars 12th-ranked system.

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...

The Buffalo Sabres boast the NHL's 12th-best prospect pool according to our scouts. They're the subject of today's writeup in the EP Rinkside prospect pool rankings countdown.

The Edmonton Oilers boast the NHL's 25th-ranked prospect pool, and they're the subject of today's writeup in the EP Rinkside prospect pool rankings countdown.

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.

“When you look at the complete schedule for us, look at how we started based on the amount of time we had to prepare, and how our first couple weekends went, we feel really good about that." The Stockton Heat look back on a hot-and-cold season.

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.

Mitch Brown shares 10 observations on the World Juniors using his manually tracked data set.

Not only did the Dallas Stars make it within two wins of the Stanley Cup. They did so without sacrificing any real draft capital or top-flight prospects in the process....

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...

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...

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...

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...