What do Hounds do next?


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November 7, 2024


The Greyhounds are seemingly not quite ready for prime time in the Knight time. In their second meeting with London this season, the Greyhounds were overpowered by the Knights, who out shot the home side by a ridiculous 43-13 margin en route to a 5-1 victory.

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MID WEEK NOTEBOOK


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November 6, 2024


A regular, rhythmic write-up covering the exploits of various players, teams and leagues at the rep, junior and collegiate hockey levels.

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Newton returns to Cubs


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November 5, 2024


Sudbury Cubs, already in first place among the 12 teams of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, have added another star player to their lineup.

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Vikings toughing it out


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November 3, 2024


There is good news to report relative to the 14 month old Centennial Arena saga and the Elliot Lake Vikings of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League.

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Greyhounds nip Spitfires


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October 31, 2024


Marco Mignosa scored in the first minute of play and tallied again just past the 8:00 mark and the visiting Soo Greyhounds never trailed in upending the Windsor Spitfires 3-1 in a mid week Ontario Hockey League match.

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Paper Kings hard at work


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October 30, 2024


They have moved on through trades of a number of impact veteran players from a ’23-24 season in which they posted a franchise history best record of 34-23-1. And while the small market Espanola Paper Kings have since committed to more of a youth movement for the ’24-25 campaign they nonetheless more than held their own through the first 15 games of the current Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League season.

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Flint on a crease Bender


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October 30, 2024


Ahead of three games in as many days this weekend the Flint Firebirds have added another goalie by way of an Ontario Hockey League trade with the Oshawa Generals. Flint has parted with future fourth round and seventh round OHL priority selections draft picks to get 6 foot 4 puck stopper Noah Bender from Oshawa.

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U14 AA Hounds hang in


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October 28, 2024


LONDON, Ontario — Close but not quite. Soo Under 14 AA Jr. Greyhounds made it to within a game of the championship match at the annual London Jr. Knights Fall Classic Hockey Tournament that was held here on the weekend.

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Sounds of the Hounds


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October 26, 2024


The silence around Hound Town emanates from the so called forum moderator experts who had the locals written off after two losses to begin the ’24-25 Ontario Hockey League season.

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Eagles clip Thunderbirds


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October 26, 2024


Close to 1,000 fans made their way into venerable Pullar Stadium on Friday to take in the latest instalment of the Twin Soo Border Battle between the Soo Eagles and the Soo Thunderbirds.

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Black Bears of the NOJHL


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October 25, 2024


Based in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and with a solid Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario base of coaches and players to them, they arrived on the junior hockey scene with plans for longevity.

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Hounds, Spits, Spirit et al


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October 23, 2024


Let us go here and there and around the Ontario Hockey League with stops in Sault Ste. Marie, Windsor and Saginaw.

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Wintoneak of the Walleye


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October 22, 2024


Kam River Fighting Walleye of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League has confirmed the hiring of veteran coach Larry Wintoneak as its new bench boss. He replaces Dwight Lee, who recently resigned 10 games into his first season with the Fighting Walleye.

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Noel Nordh heads north


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October 21, 2024


Better late than never. Two years after being picked by the Soo Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League in the first round of the 2022 Canadian Hockey League import draft, 6 foot 2, 200 pound forward Noel Nordh is headed this way.

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Soo Eagles in nice flight


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October 21, 2024


A slow start to the season has since turned into more of a surge for the Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League.

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Three straight for U16 Wolves


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October 21, 2024


Sudbury Under 16 Wolves have climbed to the .500 mark. After beginning the ’24-25 Great North Under 18 Hockey League season with three straight losses the U16 Wolves have since reeled off a trio triumphs.

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Cubs romp over the Rock


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October 18, 2024


Make that 10 straight victories for the Sudbury Cubs. The Cubs retained their spot atop the standings of the 12 team Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League on Thursday with a convincing 5-1 win over the visiting Timmins Rock.

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Big change in Kam River


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October 17, 2024


First year head coach Dwight Lee and the Kam River Fighting Walleye of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League have parted ways after just 10 games.

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Leamington via Thessalon


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October 16, 2024


Brendan Cooke, a signed Ontario Hockey League prospect of the Flint Firebirds, is continuing his development with the Leamington Flyers and has his first goal as a member of the Ontario Jr. Hockey League team.

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Fort Frances to Timmins


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October 16, 2024


From the Superior International Jr. Hockey League to the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. Timmins Rock of the NOJHL has obtained 2004 birth year forward Clark Scaddan from the Fort Frances Lakers of the SIJHL in a cash exchange.

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Early on in the Great North


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October 15, 2024


Three U18 teams are leading the pack with five wins each as the ’24-25 regular season schedule is into mid October in the Great North Under 18 Hockey League. But it is an under 16 level team that scored a recent upset win over one of the pace setters.

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Capt. Caulfield of the Eagles


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October 14, 2024


Soo Eagles have rebounded from a sluggish start to the ’24-25 regular season to move up to the middle of the standings among the 12 teams of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. Leading by example, captain Lucas Caulfield is one of the offensive forces for the Eagles with seven goals, three assists, 10 points in nine games.

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Day after Day in Flint


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October 12, 2024


Being a workhorse goalie is part of the routine for Nathan Day of the Flint Firebirds. Day has been in the net for every minute of Flint’s five games to begin the ’24-25 Ontario Hockey League season.

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Local lad in net in Halton


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October 9, 2024


Goalie Cam Ingram, who hails from the Sault Ste. Marie area farming town of Echo Bay, is spending the ’24-25 season with the Halton Hurricanes of the AAA Under 18 Ontario Minor Hockey Association. The 6 foot, 185 pound Ingram, who has a November 7, 2008 birth date, was picked by the Windsor Spitfires in the 13th round of the 2024 Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft.

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Romaniuk to the QMJHL


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October 8, 2024


Scoring sensation Brant Romaniuk is moving up from the Timmins Rock of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to the Gatineau Olympiques of the Quebec Maritimes Jr. Hockey League, Hockey News North has confirmed.

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Relative balance in SI


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October 7, 2024


Five of the eight teams in the Superior International Jr. Hockey League are above the .500 mark in the early going of the ’24-25 season.

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In the Nik of time


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October 5, 2024


It only took three games for Sault Ste. Marie stalwart Nik Rossetto to score his first goal in the Ontario Hockey League as a member of the Brantford Bulldogs.

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NOJHL and its Game Day


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October 3, 2024


Commissioner Rob Mazzuca has been known to stress that one of the first and foremost goals of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League is the development and promotion of its players.

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Rapids on a modest rise


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September 30, 2024


They began the regular season with a 9-1 loss to the perennial powerhouse Timmins Rock. But in the three games since, the surging French River Rapids have gained points in each outing and thus have a 1-1-2 record heading into this week’s Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League Showcase Tournament.

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One for the EL Vikings


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September 29, 2024


They went on the road on Saturday night and worked overtime. And they won. Elliot Lake Vikings orchestrated a comeback triumph over the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners for their first victory of the ’24-25 Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League season.

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Capt. Carlisle of the Hounds


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September 27, 2024


Overage defenseman Caeden Carlisle will wear the captain’s jersey for the Soo Greyhounds for the ’24-25 Ontario Hockey League season.

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Signoretti lights it up


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September 27, 2024


Welcome to another edition of the Lucas Signoretti scoring show. The pint sized puck hound clicked for two goals and added three assists on Thursday as the Sudbury Cubs cuffed the Espanola Paper Kings by an 11-1 margin.

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Rock atop NOJHL block


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September 25, 2024


Timmins Rock is the only team among the 12 of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to have a perfect record through the first couple of weeks of the ’24-25 regular season.

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Motor City to Hound Town


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September 25, 2024


Keep an eye on this guy. Free agent pick up Erik Muxlow has the makings of being a noteworthy addition to the present and future of the Soo Greyhounds.

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Hounds in a rebuild house


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September 23, 2024


Real time in the Ontario Hockey League — as in the ’24-25 regular season — is set for this week. In Sault Ste. Marie, first action for the Greyhounds is on Friday night when the Red and White plays host to the reigning Memorial Cup champion Saginaw Spirit at GFL Memorial Gardens.

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Leaders of the U16 Wolves


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September 23, 2024


Bench boss Clayton Bertrand and his coaching staff have confirmed the leadership group for the Sudbury U16 Wolves of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League for the ’24-25 season. The U16 Wolves head south on Thursday of this week for the Toronto Titans Prospect Tournament.

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Oh brother! Halletts in Kap


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September 20, 2024


They more than paid their dues through the AA level under 15, under 16 and under 18 programs within the ranks of the Sault Major Hockey Association. And being cut time and time again by various AAA teams in the Sault failed to deter twin brothers Nick Hallett and Logan Hallett from reaching their goals.

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Ontario side of Soo Eagles


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September 19, 2024


Under the no nonsense leadership of long time president and general manager Bruno Bragagnolo the Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League are a model franchise that is based in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. And while Bragagnolo and the majority of the players and volunteers are American citizens, the Eagles also have a significant Canadian presence from across the International Bridge in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

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Watch out for Steelheads


By
September 18, 2024


The Ontario Hockey League is back in Brampton this season after an absence of more than 10 years. The Steelheads have relocated from Mississauga to Brampton, which is a distance of a mere six miles. And after an 84 point season in ’23-24 — which was good for fourth place in the Eastern Conference, just five points out of first — the Steelheads are a prime time contender for OHL glory in ’24-25.

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Beavers, Rock both 2-0


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September 15, 2024


Two teams are off to tidy 2-0 starts following the first week of ’24-25 regular season play in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League.

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Take a hike, Ryder Cali


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September 13, 2024


Soo Greyhounds have dealt no show forward Ryder Cali to the North Bay Battalion for a collection of future Ontario Hockey League priority selection draft picks.

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T-Birds go back 25 years


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September 12, 2024


The modern version of the Soo Thunderbirds first hit the ice as initiate members of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League back in 1999.

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OHL teams of intrigue


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September 11, 2024


The countdown is on. Opening face-off to the ’24-25 Ontario Hockey League regular season is set for September 25 when the reigning Memorial Cup champion Saginaw Spirit plays host to the Windsor Spitfires.

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NOJHL Showcase info


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September 10, 2024


The Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League has confirmed the schedule of games for its upcoming 2004 Showcase, which is slated for October 1-2 at the Gerry McCrory Countryside Sports Complex in Sudbury.

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Captain ‘T’ in Timmins


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September 7, 2024


Two years after making the Timmins Rock as an unheralded walk-on defenseman from Maple Ridge, B.C., Tenzin Nyman is now the captain of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League team.

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NOJHL lined up for ’24-25


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September 6, 2024


Now united as one division of 12 teams — there is no more East and West — regular season play in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League is set for opening puck drop on September 12. What will follow is a regular season slate of 50 games for all 12 teams, the top eight of which will qualify for the playoffs.

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Erik Muxlow is a Hound


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September 6, 2024


Free agent forward Erik Muxlow has signed with the Soo Greyhounds after being initially bypassed at the 2023 Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft.

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Hounds add a third goalie


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September 5, 2024


The Greyhounds have another goalie under team control. Reid Thomas, who was picked by the Soo in the 15th and final round of the 2023 Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft, has been signed to a scholarship and development package.

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Cooke in the Flint kitchen


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September 5, 2024


One of the youngest players from the 2023 Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft has signed with the Flint Firebirds. Forward Brendan Cooke, who has a December 22, 2007 birth date, was an eighth round pick by Flint from the Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League. He spent the ’23-24 season in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League with the Blind River Beavers where he connected for 13 goals, 16 assists, 29 points in 55 games.

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Road hockey rascals


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September 4, 2024


A time honoured tradition continues to be played out by at least some of today’s youth. A group of Sault Ste. Marie youngsters recently got together for a day of road hockey on Coulson Ave. in the city’s mid town. And they even took time to pose for a photo for Hockey News North.

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Eagles are ready to fly


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September 2, 2024


Soo Eagles have prepped for the ’24-25 Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League regular season with a trio of exhibition matches.

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25 Hounds still in camp


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August 31, 2024


The Greyhounds have reduced their training camp roster to 25 players ahead of the Ontario Hockey League exhibition season. Five overage players are still around. OHL teams can only dress three overage players in a given game.

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Rock upsets CC champs


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August 29, 2024


WASAGA BEACH — Henry McLellan scored the winner via the shootout to lift the Timmins Rock of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to a stunning 2-1 victory over the defending Centennial Cup champion Collingwood Blues of the Ontario Jr. Hockey League at the Cottage Cup Showcase.

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NOJHL gets ready to go


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August 27, 2024


Opening face-off is drawing near. Now lined up as one division of 12 teams — there is no more East and West — regular season play in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League is set to start on September 12.

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U18 Wolves sign Sault boy


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August 26, 2024


One door closes, another one opens. Cut by his hometown Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League, Madden Glavota has rebounded to secure a position with the rival Sudbury U18 Wolves.

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LSSU makes offer to local lad


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August 26, 2024


Lake Superior State University Lakers have made a non binding, verbal offer to high scoring Soo Thunderbirds forward Jacob Smith. The Lakers are a Division 1, National Collegiate Athletic Association program based in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.

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Four from the Wild West


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August 26, 2024


August is leaning towards September. Up first are training camps. Then exhibition games. Followed by a schedule of names, games, checkers and chess; not to mention all of the intrigue and anxiety that goes with debatably being the best development league on the hockey planet. 

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New NOJHL season looms


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August 23, 2024


The junior hockey clock is ticking towards September 12. In less than three weeks, regular season play begins in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. The NOJHL is once again a 12 team league though there are some changes of note as to how they will line up.

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Thunderbirds to Walleye


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August 21, 2024


Adam Kukko is headed back home to the Thunder Bay area. The 2005 birth year defenseman has been acquired by the Kam River Fighting Walleye of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League from the Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League in a cash exchange.

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Firebirds wheel and deal


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August 20, 2024


Trade winds have blown through Flint. The Firebirds have been busy in the player exchange game ahead of next week’s training camp opening and the subsequent ’24-25 Ontario Hockey League season.

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U14 three on three champs


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August 19, 2024


SUDBURY — A team of players from Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury won the under 14 division at the Hockey Benders Cup three on three tournament that was held here on the weekend.

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Sault crew for EPK, ELV


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August 18, 2024


They are among the true blue hockey people who have the game in their blood — and who are getting ready for another season of duty. And these three well known, albeit low key, Sault Ste. Marie residents keep their lifelong hockey fix active by working for out of town junior teams.

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State of the Hounds ‘D’


By
August 17, 2024


The graduation of standout import defensemen Kirill Kudryavtsev and Arttu Karki has created space and opportunity for returnees Caeden Carlisle, Andrew Gibson, Spencer Evans and Brodie McConnell-Barker to have enhanced roles on the blue line of the Soo Greyhounds come the ’24-25 Ontario Hockey League season.

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Winds of change in SIJHL


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August 16, 2024


It has been a summer breeze of significant change throughout the Superior International Jr. Hockey League ahead of the looming ’24-25 season.

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Majors to Paper Kings


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August 13, 2024


Hulking defenseman Brayden Westberry has signed with the Espanola Paper Kings of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, Hockey News North has confirmed. Westberry skated for the Great North Under 18 Hockey League champion Timmins Majors in ’23-24.

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Hounds are high on Holub


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August 13, 2024


Right hand shooting defenseman David Holub has signed with the Soo Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League. The Hounds took the 6 foot, 185 pound defender — he has a 2007 birth date — in the first round of this year’s Canadian Hockey League import draft.

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Greyhounds in the middle


By
August 11, 2024


Aside from the reigning champion London Knights — of course — there is no clear cut favourite for first place in the Western Conference ahead of the ’24-25 Ontario Hockey League regular season. Two lower seed teams from ’23-24, the last place Windsor Spitfires and eighth place Flint Firebirds, should both be top five in the Western Conference in ’24-25. Then there are the Soo Greyhounds, the no. 3 seed from ’23-24 who were upended by the eventual Memorial Cup champion Saginaw Spirit in the second round of the playoffs.

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Gary Corbiere, gone 20 years


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August 10, 2024


It was 20 years ago that my friend Gary Corbiere passed away in a tragic boating accident. To this day, it says here that, pound for pound, the toughest player to ever wear the Ontario Hockey League uniform of the Brantford Alexanders was none other than Corbiere, a medium size left winger who played minor hockey in Sault Ste. Marie and who went to become an accomplished lawyer.

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Liam Watson to Soo Eagles


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August 10, 2024


Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have signed a second defenseman who was a 2024 Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft pick from the Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League.

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Five OAs at Hounds camp


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August 9, 2024


Jobs are on the line — and there to compete for — among the elders of the Red and White. No less than five 2004 birth year players will be competing for the three coveted overage spots when the Greyhounds begin training camp later this month ahead of the ’24-25 Ontario Hockey League season.

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Henderson to U14 Hounds


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August 8, 2024


Jamie Henderson is the new head coach of the under 14 AAA level Soo Jr. Greyhounds, Hockey News North has confirmed.

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Flugins to the Firebirds


By
August 7, 2024


Canadian Hockey League import draft pick Karlis Flugins has been signed by the Flint Firebirds of the Ontario Hockey League ahead of the looming ’24-25 season.

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Fenlon is for the Birds


By
August 6, 2024


A long and winding hockey career has brought 2004 birth year defenseman Bryan Fenlon back home to Sault Ste. Marie.

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Harvard for Hounds 1st pick


By
August 5, 2024


Ryder Cali, chosen by the Soo Greyhounds in the first round of the 2024 Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft, has secured a future Division 1, National Collegiate Athletic Association commitment from Harvard University.

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