Howls from the Great North


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March 11, 2024

Sudbury U18 Wolves have emerged from the pack as the regular season champions of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League. In what was a five team race for first place among the seven members of the Great North, the U18 Wolves skated past the Timmins Majors, Soo Jr. Greyhounds, New Liskeard Cubs and North Bay Trappers.

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20 goals for Tyson Doucette


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February 29, 2024

It is a milestone attainment for a player who was never drafted into the Ontario Hockey League only to in due course make it as an improbable long shot by way of a free agent tryout.

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Big news from Sault Major


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February 28, 2024

Quite clear and with no doubt, this is an exceptional hire. Sault Major Hockey Association has confirmed that former Ontario Hockey League and National Hockey League mainstay Jeremy Stevenson will take over as the head coach of the Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League effective the 2024-2025 season.

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AA goalie makes Team NOHA


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February 22, 2024

Score a big one for the underdog. AA level goalie Sebastien Brassard from Sault Ste. Marie has clearly defied the odds in making the AAA Team NOHA squad that will compete at the prestigious OHL Cup Tournament that is designed for select prospects from the 2008 birth year group.

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AA goalie gets NOHA invite


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February 11, 2024

Sebastien Brassard of Sault Ste. Marie is the only AA level goalie among five others from the AAA category to get an invite to the February 16-17 Team NOHA selections camp to be held in Powassan.

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Scouting the Great North


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February 9, 2024

Welcome to our initial scouting report of the 2023-2024 Great North Under 18 Hockey League season ahead of the 2024 Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft which is slated for April 12 and 13.

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Fellinger a find for Firebirds


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February 4, 2024

Of the 11 players from the Great North Under 18 Hockey League who were picked at the 2023 Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft, Rylan Fellinger is an anomaly. Not only is the big defenseman the only one of the 11 to become a full time performer in the OHL this season as a 2007 birth year player but he made the Flint Firebirds as a 13th round draft pick.

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Bell rings for U18 Hounds


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February 4, 2024

Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League continued their winning ways this weekend with a pair of home ice victories. And of the many players who stood out, Coulson Bell did particularly well.

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U18 Wolves v. Greyhounds


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February 1, 2024

First place Sudbury U18 Wolves head on the road this Saturday for a matinee match against the hottest team in the Great North Under 18 Hockey League.

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Lambert and U16 AAA Hounds


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January 29, 2024

Sault Major Hockey Association has confirmed that it intends to have an Under 16 AAA team next season that would — if officially approved by the Northern Ontario Hockey Association — be members of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League.

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Two more for the U18 Hounds


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January 29, 2024

Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League have finally climbed to the .500 mark. The U18 Jr. Hounds scored 6-0 and 4-2 home ice victories over the Timmins Majors and Sudbury Under 16 Wolves on the weekend to increase their winning streak to seven games.

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Tough test for U18 Hounds


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January 23, 2024

Fresh from a tournament appearance in Peterborough, the surging Soo Jr. Greyhounds are back home this weekend for a pair of games including one against the second seed team in the Great North Under 18 Hockey League.

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Team NOHA news update


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January 11, 2024

Led by director of scouting Marc Gagnon, the 2024 edition of Team NOHA is well underway in preparation for the upcoming OHL Cup, which will be held the week of March 25.

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Four straight for U18 Hounds


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January 8, 2024

Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League will take a streak of four successive victories into play this week. The Jr. Greyhounds are fresh from a home ice weekend sweep of the league leading Sudbury U18 Wolves.

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U18 Hounds at the break


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December 13, 2023

It has been an inverted, up and down and back again season for the Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League. A major exodus in players from 2022-2023 to 2023-2024 also included the Sault Major Hockey Association moving on from last year’s bench and management crew.

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Local lad in Windsor LaSalle


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December 7, 2023

Sault Ste. Marie product Gage Evans is continuing his development with the Windsor LaSalle Vipers of the Greater Ontario Jr. Hockey League.

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Majors of the Great North


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December 4, 2023

Who are these guys? They are the Majors from Timmins that’s who. And they made a Major statement on the weekend with a home-ice sweep of the first place team in the Great North Under 18 Hockey League.

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U18 Hounds home for three


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November 28, 2023

This is a crucial set of games for the Soo Jr. Greyhounds. The Jr. Hounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League are home for three games in as many days this weekend as the New Liskeard Cubs are in town.

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Wolves of the Great North


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November 28, 2023

They are howling and are leaders of the pack atop the standings of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League. Sudbury U18 Wolves have a record of 11-2-1 ahead of three scheduled games this week.

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Modest surge for U18 Hounds


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November 23, 2023

They are still not close to where new head coach Denny Lambert has aspirations for them to be. However, after winning just one of five games to begin the 2023-2024 Great North Under 18 Hockey League season, the Soo Jr. Greyhounds have five points from a record of 2-2-1 since Lambert and his new staff of assistant coaches took over.

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Majors are on the move


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November 21, 2023

Timmins Majors are one of three teams in the seven member Great North Under 18 Hockey League with a winning record as November nudges towards December.

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Lambert has come full circle


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November 16, 2023

Denny Lambert skated in the Ontario Hockey League for three seasons before eventually making it to the National Hockey League where he toughed it out for more than 500 games as a battling left winger. But the 53-year old Lambert, who recently stepped in to take over as head coach of the AAA Under 18 Soo Jr. Greyhounds, says it was his time with the program as a player in the Great North Under 18 Hockey League that went a long way to shape him for what was ahead.

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Hello from the Great North


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November 13, 2023

Let us skate here and there in the good, old Great North Under 18 Hockey League with the middle of November now upon us:

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Latest on the U18 Jr. Hounds


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November 11, 2023

Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League have decided on their coaching staff as they move ahead on the 2023-2024 season. Joining recently appointed head coach Denny Lambert on the new look staff of the Jr. Greyhounds are assistant coaches Jeremy Stevenson, Keegan Stevenson and Ty Zachary with added support from goalie coach Ryan Cook, trainer Dr. Kevin Caruso and equipment manager Louie Cuglietta.

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U18 Hounds moving forward


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November 4, 2023

The winds of change have altered the course of the Soo Jr. Greyhounds in what are still the early stages of the 2023-2024 Great North Under 18 Hockey League season.

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New GM for U18 Hounds


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November 3, 2023

As Denny Lambert is the new head coach of the Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League, he has brought a familiar sidekick on board to be the general manager of the program.

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Lambert to coach U18 Hounds


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November 2, 2023

Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League have brought aboard the highly regarded and well respected Denny Lambert as their head coach.

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Kowal is a Paper King


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November 1, 2023

Espanola Paper Kings of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have obtained hulking forward Cayden Kowal from the Georgetown Raiders of the Ontario Jr. Hockey League in a cash transaction.

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U18 Wolves bank on Shank


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October 29, 2023

Sudbury U18 Wolves ran their record atop the Great North Under 18 Hockey League standings to 7-1-1 today with a decisive 10-2 win over the visiting New Liskeard Cubs.

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U18 Jr. Hounds cuff Kap


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October 28, 2023

Soo Jr. Greyhounds have their first win of the 2023-2024 Great North Under 18 Hockey League season. In their home opener today, the Jr. Greyhounds upended the travel-weary Kapuskasing Flyers by a 5-1 score. The Soo victory followed three straight road losses to the North Bay Trappers last weekend.

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Circling the Great North


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October 24, 2023

Sudbury U18 Wolves and the reigning champion North Bay Trappers are the pace setters in the early going of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League regular season.

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U18 Jr. Hounds ready to play


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October 19, 2023

They are ready to skate into the regular season. And their coach is looking forward to the challenges ahead. With no less than 13 first year players on their roster, the new look Soo Jr. Greyhounds will finally begin 2023-2024 regular season play in the Great North Under 18 Hockey League this weekend when they are slated to head to North Bay for three games against the reigning champion Trappers.

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Local lad commits to Lakers


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October 18, 2023

Smart, steady defenseman Candon O’Neill has a verbal, future commitment to play at the Division 1 National Collegiate Athletic Association level for the cross-river Lake Superior State University Lakers.

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Wolves of the Great North


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October 15, 2023

Sudbury U18 Wolves have picked up points in each of their four games to begin the 2023-2024 regular season in the Great North Under 18 Hockey League.

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First star … Luc Dubois!


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October 10, 2023

It has been quite an early season hockey ride for young Lucas Dubois. The 2007 birth year forward has already put up points for both the New Liskeard Cubs of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League and his hometown Espanola Paper Kings of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League.

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U18 Hounds have potential


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October 5, 2023

These are the young pups. With no less than 13 first year players on their roster, the new look Soo Jr. Greyhounds do not begin 2023-2024 regular season play in the Great North Under 18 Hockey League until the October 20-22 weekend when they are slated to head to North Bay for three games against the reigning champion Trappers.

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Prime prospect Chitaroni


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October 3, 2023

He has moved up from the Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League to the Sudbury Cubs of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. And he is doing so as a coveted prospect of the Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League.

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Pucks drop on Great North


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October 2, 2023

Not all seven teams saw league action. But 2023-2024 regular season play in the Great North Under 18 Hockey League began on the weekend with the Sudbury U18 Wolves and Timmins Majors as the pace-setters.

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Soo boys make their points


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September 30, 2023

First pucks have dropped on the 2023-2024 Ontario Hockey League regular season. And several skaters with a link to Sault Ste. Marie picked up points in their respective team’s season opening games.

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Captain of the Firebirds


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September 27, 2023

Northern Ontario product Zacharie Giroux will wear the ‘C’ on his jersey this season as the new captain of the Flint Firebirds of the Ontario Hockey League.

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Leaders of the Hounds


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September 15, 2023

Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League have chosen their captain and assistant captains for the 2023-2024 season.

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Young pups of the Great North


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September 12, 2023

It was a powerhouse Soo Jr. Greyhounds squad that raced to a 2022-2023 regular season record of 26-2-0 to finish first in the eight-team Great North Under 18 Hockey League by a wide margin only to somehow lose to the North Bay Trappers in the title tilt of the playoff championship tournament. And while a breath of fresh air has enveloped the 2023-2024 edition of the Jr. Hounds of the Great North, there are only three players who remain from the ’22-23 team.

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U18 Indians v. Jr. Hounds


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September 11, 2023

It will be a cross-border, home and home exhibition set of games between the Soo Indians of the USA Under 18 Tier 1 Hockey Federation League and the Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League.

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Fellinger signs with Flint


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September 6, 2023

Talk about a quick, improbable ascent to the Ontario Hockey League. That is, 2007 birth year defenseman Rylan Fellinger has signed with the Flint Firebirds after being a distant 13th round pick at the 2023 OHL priority selections draft from the Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League.

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Bertrand to EL Vikings


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August 25, 2023

Small size forward Anthony Bertrand is moving up from the Sudbury U16 Nickel Capital Wolves of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League to the Elliot Lake Vikings of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, Hockey News North has confirmed.

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Sudbury U18 captains


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August 24, 2023

They are back for another season with the Sudbury U18 Nickel Capital Wolves of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League. Not only that, forward Alek Duguay and defensemen Felix St. Onge will wear letters of leadership on their jerseys.

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Marson as an Espanola AP


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August 18, 2023

Espanola Paper Kings of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have confirmed that goalie Nick Marson of the Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League is in their plans to once again be an affiliate player for the 2023-2024 season.

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Sudbury Cubs get Chitaroni


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August 7, 2023

He was the first of 11 players from the Great North Under 18 Hockey League to be picked at the 2023 Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft. Subsequently, 2007 birth year forward Hudson Chitaroni is slated to develop with the Sudbury Cubs of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League this season.

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Nick Marson on a mission


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August 5, 2023

He is back home and getting himself ready for his second season in the Great North Under 18 Hockey League. After moving away from home to play for the Sudbury U16 Nickel Capitals in 2022-2023, goalie Nick Marson is training hard for what his coach feels is going to be a big season as a member of the Soo U18 Jr. Greyhounds.

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Trappers to the Rapids


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August 3, 2023

Pint size forward Jesse Lefebvre is moving up from the Great North Under 18 Hockey League champion North Bay Trappers to the French River Rapids of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League.

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NOJHL via the Great North


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July 26, 2023

It is a natural transition, based on geography. That is, the Great North Under 18 Hockey League serving as a logical, legitimate feeder system for the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League.

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Powassan via North Bay


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July 24, 2023

Powassan Voodoos of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have again stayed close to home to sign a high level forward from the Great North Under 18 Hockey League playoff champion North Bay Trappers.

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Dawson to Powassan


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July 17, 2023

A championship skater from the Great North Under 18 Hockey League who is also an Ontario Hockey League draft pick will suit up for the Powassan Voodoos of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League this coming season.

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Jr. Greyhounds v. Soo Indians


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July 13, 2023

A cross-border under-18 hockey rivalry is in position to be rekindled for the 2023-2024 season. Personnel from the Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League and the Soo Indians of the USA Under 18 Tier 1 Hockey Federation League are upbeat and eager to face off in a series of exhibition matches over the course of the ’23-24 campaign.

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U18 AAA Hounds, Indians


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July 9, 2023

They are similar Under 18 AAA hockey programs that are separated by a mere two miles of International Bridge at Sault Ste. Marie. One team plays in the Great North Under 18 Hockey League under the umbrella of the Northern Ontario Hockey Association. The other is a participant in the USA Under 18 Tier 1 Hockey Federation League as members of the Michigan Amateur Hockey Association.

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Nickel Caps net tandem


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June 20, 2023

Sudbury U18 Nickel Capitals of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League now have their goalie partners in place ahead of the 2023-2024 season.

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U18 Soo goalie to Sudbury


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June 19, 2023

Sudbury U18 Nickel Capitals of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League have signed a 2007 birth year goalie from Sault Ste. Marie, Hockey News North has confirmed.

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Underdogs of the Great North


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June 15, 2023

Gone is the stacked team that blew through the Great North Under 18 Hockey League regular season with a record of 26-2-0 and then won its first four games of the playoff tournament only to lose in the championship match. While the 2022-2023 Soo Jr. Greyhounds were top dogs, the 2023-2024 edition is already being cast as underdogs.

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Hopefulness for U18 Hounds


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June 8, 2023

Anticipation. Aspiration. Belief. Desire. Faith. Optimism. Promise. They are but a smattering of synonyms that somewhat define and depict the transition of the Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League from one regime to another.

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Five for the Thunderbirds


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June 7, 2023

Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have signed five players who were with the Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League in 2022-2023.

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Tersigni joins U18 Hounds


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June 6, 2023

Morgan Tersigni, who is a certified personal trainer and sports nutritionist, has joined the Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League as the associate coach under new head coach Sean Gagnon.

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Carricato to assist U18 Hounds


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June 6, 2023

Sean Gagnon is adding an accomplished, seasoned hand to the bench of the Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League in the person of newly-named assistant coach Pat Carricato.

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Local lads are for the Birds


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June 5, 2023

Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have signed a pair of Ontario Hockey League draft picks who played for the Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League in 2022-2023.

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Nickel Caps to Elliot Lake


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June 5, 2023

Carter Carriere is moving up to the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League as a 15-year old defenseman who will not turn 16 until November.

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Soo boy to Elliot Lake


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June 5, 2023

Solid size defenseman Sam Verbonac is joining the Elliot Lake Red Wings of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League via the Huntsville Otters of the Provincial Jr. C Hockey League.

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Gagnon has defied the odds


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June 2, 2023

Naysayers be damned. Sean Gagnon has confronted, withstood and overcome the odds that were stacked against him more than once.

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Nickel Caps to Voodoos


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June 2, 2023

He is staying in the north to play. High scoring forward Caden Dubreuil is moving up from the Sudbury U18 Nickel Capitals of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League to the Powassan Voodoos of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League.

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Top U18 goalies in the area


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May 30, 2023

There is a net worth of goalies from northern Ontario born in either 2006 or 2007 who have the tools to be top performers at the Under 18 AAA level come the 2023-2024 season.

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Great North gatherings


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May 29, 2023

Symmetry could speak to harmony and equality for the Great North Under 18 Hockey League when pucks hit the ice for the 2023-2024 season. Soo Jr. Greyhounds held an extreme balance of power for the 2022-2023 regular season though it was the upstart North Bay U18 Trappers who wound up as playoff tournament champions.

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U15 Majors get their man


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May 29, 2023

The newly-formed U15 AAA Timmins Majors of the Northern Ontario Hockey Association have hired their first-ever head coach. The U15 AAA Majors — who will be an affiliate team for the Timmins Majors of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League — have stayed local in hiring Steve Surcon as their bench boss.

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Outside interest in U18 Hounds


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May 26, 2023

Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League have kept three roster spots open ahead of the 2023-2024 season. And Darrin Thomsen, who is the new general manager of the U18 Jr. Greyhounds, has confirmed that a number of out of town players have recently inquired about playing for the Soo in ’23-24.

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Major news from Timmins


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May 24, 2023

Timmins Majors of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League have signed six holdover players from the 2022-2023 season ahead of their August 18-20 main tryout camp.

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Notes from the Great North


By
May 22, 2023

Checking in with the Soo Jr. Greyhounds, Sudbury U18 Nickel Capitals and Timmins Majors of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League:

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Great North coaches corner


By
May 20, 2023

Sean Gagnon is in fine fellowship in the Great North Under 18 Hockey League as the new head coach of the Soo Jr. Greyhounds.

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