April SHL Report: Mid-Playoff Report
The SHL playoffs have been a wild ride, and the intensity has only ramped up as the stakes continue to rise. With each round, the pace tightens, the margins shrink, and the spotlight grows brighter, [...]
April AHL Report: A Fruitful Season
This is the last edition before the AHL playoffs get into full swing. The youngest players in the AHL, like Ilya Protas, are leading the charge to the Calder Cup this year. This crop of [...]
October KHL Report: 2026 Draft Prospects
The 2026 NHL draft features some truly elite Russian talent that could be impactful NHL players. The 2025 Russian class flew a bit under the radar, enhanced by the large number of Canadians selected in the top half of the first round. This year, however, there are a few prospects [...]
October NCAA Report: October Chaos Shakes Up Early Season NCAA Rankings
The NCAA men’s hockey season is underway, and there has been parity in the new-look college scene following changes to eligibility rules that allowed CHL players to skate in NCAA games. Several high-profile names transitioned from the CHL to college, including the projected top picks in the 2026 NHL draft [...]
October AHL Report: Rookies in AHL
October is an exciting time for rookies in the AHL. They will be hitting the ice for a full pro season in North America for the first time, and they will be the focus of this article. There is a lot of budding talent turning pro this year. Every NHL [...]
October QMJHL Report: 2026 NHL Draftees
2025 was a great draft year for the QMJHL. It might feel weird to point this out in a year where only three players were picked in the first round from the Q. But, where the record currently sits at six and is from a legendary draft year headlined by [...]
The OHL Playoff Round-up / Prospect Ramblings:
The OHL Playoffs have come and gone, with the London Knights crowned OHL Champions, for the second year in a row. With the playoffs still on going in the NHL we are seeing the difference [...]
KHL report: Notable 2025 Playoff Performers
As the playoffs near their conclusion in leagues across Russia, some players have put together impressive postseason performances to help their teams. Let’s go around and look at some of these efforts among drafted players [...]
AHL Update: May 2025
Early Takeaways from the AHL Playoffs The month of May brings the playoffs into full frame and it is no different in the AHL. In some ways, it becomes an arms race to add other [...]
The OHL Round Up: April
This month we look at three of the top defencemen in the OHL, all coming out of the 2024 Draft. We’ll look at the biggest CHL prospect to date, to make the jump over to [...]
Takeaways from the Preliminary Round at the 2025 U18 World Championships
I had the opportunity to attend the U18 World Championships in Frisco and Allen, Texas this week, seeing 22 players from Dobber Prospects' most recent ranking. The annual spring U18s are among the most important [...]
Team Sweden’s WJC-18 Preview
By: Ethan Lindley It is surely an exciting time of year in the hockey prospect industry. The U18 World Championship is the last tournament of the season for scouts and analysts to evaluate the best [...]









