Complete Player Development & Exposure

 

At DMV Prospects we want to change the model.

We are NOT an advising agency. We don't like that word, the connotation that comes with it or what it stands for. Anyone can charge a family money, tell them what to do and use part of that money to get them a tryout or team placement.

What is the point of that if the player is not suited for a particular level or the team placement will result in a bad fit with a coach, stryle of play or organizational reputation? Or if it's simply a charade to say, "See, I got you the opportunity, but you just weren't good enough."

If people are accpeting money and placing a player on a team or in a high-level tryout sitaution without a long-term plan outlined to help the player achieve his or her goals, without a backup plan in place if the initial situation doesn't work out, without educating the player on the complete process and without teaching the player how to network and handle situations as an adult, they are basically stealing your money. 

Our goal is to provide all of that for young elite hockey players looking to play hockey beyond high school and 18U, while also providing ways once the outline is presented, doors have been opened and feedback has been provided to help players see the big picture and do whatever they need to do to get to the level of hockey they ulimately hope to attain.

 

We call this Complete Player Development & Exposure, and it includes:

  • Educating the player and family on the various pathways to college hockey and giving them all the information they need to make the decisions that best suit their family and situation. 

  • Providing the player with an honest assessment of the player's current level of play - from our staff and oustide, trusted third-party coaches and scout - and a realistic projection of the level the player can attain short- and long-term.

  • Opening doors for the player to organizations, coaches and scouts at the player's current and potential levels of play, networking on the player's behalf, assiting the player with initial correspondence and providing advice for the process going forward once initial contacts have been made.

  • Utilizing our network to provide playes with opportunities to skate with appropriate- and desired-level teams for the purpose of evaluation, getting feedback, starting a relationship and hopefully getting future opportunities with that particular coach, team or organization.

  • Educating players on what needs to be done (correspondence, video promotion, resume building, etc.) to put a player in the best position possible to be recruited, drafted, tendered or offered a tryout with a particular team at an appopriate- or desired-level of play. 

  • Providing opportunities for players to be seen by coaches and scouts at various higher levels of play through showcase teams that compete in the most-scouted events as well events created by us in the DMV area. 

  • Creating opportunities for the players to use the feedback received from our staff, as well as third-party coaches and scouts, to improve their level of skill, level of play, level of fitness, level of hockey IQ and confience in interacting with adult coaches and scouts. This includes:

    • ​In- and out-of-season on-ice training programs - individual, small group, larger camps & clinics

    • Access to high-level coaches,scouts & instructors from the DMV and other areas of the country

    • Off-ice training programs and advice

    • Video review and analysis of game play by our staff, professional-level players and college/junior-level coaches for the purpose of providing continued assesment of a player's level of play plus advice and instruction on areas that need improvement

    • Sunday Elite Hockey League - a spring/summer league featuring players from 16U all the way up through college that features minor league professional players; NCAA Division I & III players; Tier 1, 2 & 3 junior players; AAA players; high AA players and prep school players

    • Access to new, cutting edge training products, techniques and concepts

    • Consisent communication to help keep the player and family on track, assess the player's level of play and opportunities and to map out a plan for the future with various alternate options and opportunities

At DMV Hockey Prospects our goal is to help develop, promote and educate the elite hockey players of the DMV (DC, Maryland & Virginia). There are a high number of great young hockey players in our area - and the number is growing every day - but often as they get into their teen years many of them tend to pursue other sports more seriously and play hockey in more of a recreational manner. There’s nothing wrong with that if the decision is made because there is a love for that other sport. Unfortunately, many times it’s because parents and players do not understand the various pathways available to progress up the hockey develoipment ladder or feel that there is no future in hockey for players who compete in a non-traditional market such as the DMV.

That simply is not true, and it’s our mission to make sure all of the elite players in the DMV are aware of the possibilities and are armed with the information and opportunities they need to keep playing hockey at higher levels beyond youth and high school hockey - if that's what they desire.  

The founder of DMV Prospects, Scott Lowe, recently served as his son’s only “advisor.” 

Devin Lowe started getting recruited by teams in New England who saw him play as a 16U player with the Howard Huskies AA team in EJEPL showcases. From those first days unitil today, through a lot of trial and error (and money that could have been better spent), Scott began building a network of contacts and asking a lot of questions about junior and college hockey and the various pathways to get there – and started recommending other players from the area to junior teams. The ultimate result was that Devin was a high-round draft pick in the NAHL (the only DMV player drafted in 2017) and the NCDC (one of three DMV players picked), both tuition-free leagues. He accepted an offer to play with the Connecticut Jr. Rangers in the NCDC, a NCAA Division I and III prospect league started by the USPHL at the urging of Division I college coaches in the Northeast. Devin recently finished his second full season playing in the NCDC for the South Shore Kings and accepted an offer to play NCAA Division III hockey for Suffolk University in Boston. Our goal is to use the information Scott absorbed and the network he started to build during Devin's recruitment to help expose elite players from the DMV to similar opportunities beyond youth and high school hockey. This process has really taken shape the past two years as Scott sent numerous players to skate with high-level AAA, NCDC, NAHL, USPHL Premier and EHL junior teams and lliterally had players offered contracts on the spot and get drafted. While Scott and our staff provide many of the services family advisors SHOULD be offering, we are different as our goal is COMPLETE PLAYER DEVELOPMENT & EXPOSURE. 

We strive to help open doors and provide opportunities for players to compete at higher levels, to provide education and information to allow players to make the best decisions possible and to help players develop their games by allowing them to train with high-level players and coaches and network with top hockey minds and bringing some of those minds to the DMV area to work with them.