By DraftPro Staff There was a palpable excitement in the air at the USA Hockey Arena when hundreds of NHL scouts, GM’s and other hockey ops personnel gathered back on Monday January 15 for the
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2024 NHL DRAFT – DRAFTPRO SCOUTING FOCUS: IVAN DEMIDOV
By: Tyler Ballesteros-Willard Ivan Demidov is the next big talent tearing it up in Russia. One of the highlighting stars of the 2024 NHL Draft when it comes to European skaters who unfortunately suffered a
Continue Reading2024 NHL DRAFT WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP ELIGIBLE REVIEW
By: Isaiah Bouchard The 2024 World Juniors has come and gone, and team USA gets to walk away with gold. After an exciting tournament with many upset losses, surprising performances, and future stars taking the
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By DraftPro Staff Each gameday DraftPro Scouts can be found in the corner seats of junior rinks watching the next wave of talent develop into potentially one day becoming the next Connor McDavid, Cale Makar,
Continue Reading2023 WORLD JUNIOR A CHALLENGE REVIEW
By Isaiah Bouchard Throughout mid December, the World Junior A Challenge was held in Truro Nova Scotia, where five teams faced off in a competitive round robin tournament. This year we got to see two
Continue ReadingDRAFTPRO – 2023 FALL INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT REVIEW
By DraftPro Staff November and December were a very busy months in the world of hockey scouting with multiple U17, U18, and U20 events taking place all over the world. Our evaluators annually make these
Continue Reading2024 NHL DRAFT – DRAFTPRO SCOUTING FOCUS: COLE EISERMAN
By: Andy Miller Cole Eiserman could be the next American hockey superstar. His dad played for UMass Lowell and his uncle was drafted by the Predators. Hockey is in his blood and he seems to
Continue Reading2024 NHL DRAFT – DRAFTPRO SCOUTING FOCUS: SAM DICKINSON
By: Zach Morris Sam Dickinson is someone who has been touted by many for a very long time as someone with an NHL future. Dickinson’s final year before the OHL draft was interrupted due to
Continue Reading2024 NHL DRAFT – DRAFTPRO 2023 SUMMER INTERNATIONAL EVENT REVIEW
By DraftPro Staff The Hlinka Gretzky Cup is a best-on-best U18 hockey tournament that runs every year in August. It is the unofficial season kick off for most NHL Draft talent hounds. At the same
Continue ReadingDRAFTPRO – U18 4-NATIONS REVIEW
By Jared Brown The second last big hockey scouting event for the 2023 NHL Draft just concluded from Rauma, Finland in mid-February where teams from Sweden, Finland, Czechia, and the USA all competed against one
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