All posts by Randy Russon
Iroquois Falls to Cochrane
Cochrane Crunch owner-general manager-coach Ryan Leonard has confirmed the hiring of former Iroquois Falls Eskis bench boss Jamy Bernier. …[read more]
Express commitment to NCAA
Hard-nosed, high-scoring forward Aaron Roschinsky is taking his talents from the Espanola Express of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to the Division 3, National Collegiate Athletic Association level. …[read more]
Signed up in Kap
Kapuskasing Flyers of the Great North Midget Hockey League have signed 13 players ahead of the continuation of their spring tryout camp which wraps up this weekend. …[read more]
Steelheads success story
A pre-season favourite to be a top contender within the Eastern Conference of the Ontario Hockey League, it instead looked for a while as though the Mississauga Steelheads were going to be the bust of the 2016-2017 campaign. …[read more]
Lining up to work for 67’s
Two very attractive positions in the Ontario Hockey League have opened up with the resignation of Jeff Brown as coach and general manager of the Ottawa 67’s. …[read more]
Change of the guard in Ottawa
After three seasons on the job — and three Ontario Hockey League playoff appearances — Jeff Brown has resigned as coach and general manager of the Ottawa 67’s. …[read more]
Seven straight for Steelheads
The hottest team in the Ontario Hockey League is neither of the Western Conference powerhouses, the Erie Otters or Owen Sound Attack. Rather, it is the surging Mississauga Steelheads, winners of seven straight playoff games. …[read more]
New coach for Timmins Rock
Ryan Woodward will take over from the retired Paul Gagne as head coach of the Timmins Rock of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Beavers, Brick and an old goat
They may not be the best team in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. But the Blind River Beavers went from 11th place overall in 2015-2016 to the NOJHL championship series in 2016-2017. …[read more]
Wolves sign 1st-rounder
Centre Blake Murray has officially committed to the Sudbury Wolves after being their first round pick at this month’s Ontario Hockey League minor midget draft. …[read more]
More power to Powassan
They are celebrating in Powassan, a small-market town of champions. A franchise in only its third season of existence, the Powassan Voodoos are the best of what the 12-team Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League has to offer. …[read more]
Major project in Timmins
There is nowhere to go but up for the Timmins Majors. And the Great North Midget Hockey League team is already planning ahead to the 2017-2018 campaign. …[read more]
Erie chases elusive title
For the fourth straight year, the Erie Otters are in the Western Conference finals. Will this be the year they finally win the Ontario Hockey League championship? …[read more]
Rider on the Storm
George Burnett rode back into Guelph the other day, almost 20 years after coaching the Storm to the 1997-1998 Ontario Hockey League championship. …[read more]
Back in the Beaver dam
Home ice is where the Blind River Beavers will try to get even with the Powassan Voodoos in Games 3 and 4 of their Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League championship series. …[read more]
Plans for Iroquois Falls fans
Cochrane Crunch owner-general manager-coach Ryan Leonard has a plan for the 2017-2018 Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League season that includes the neighbouring town of Iroquois Falls. …[read more]
Major change of the guard
George Burnett. Barclay Branch. Rob Papineau. In a day of major change at the helm of Ontario Hockey League teams, this troika of decision makers defined movement. …[read more]
Great North recognition
All in all, it was a pretty-good showing by the Great North Midget Hockey League at the recent, first-ever, Ontario Hockey League under-18 draft. …[read more]
Branch is in like Flint
Barclay Branch has vacated his position as general manager of the Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League to take an expanded role with the Flint Firebirds, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
Humble Hounds tumble home
This one has to hurt. With a commanding two games to none lead, Soo Greyhounds could not fend off the charging Owen Sound Attack. …[read more]
Eastern market supremacy
After all, through two rounds of Ontario Hockey League playoffs, it is the no. 1 and no. 2 seed teams that will face off in the Eastern Conference finals. …[read more]
Hounds seek Easter treat
And just like that, Soo Greyhounds are staring elimination from the Ontario Hockey League playoffs straight in the eyes. …[read more]
Some love for Iroquois Falls
Iroquois Falls has served the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League well for almost 20 years. Perhaps now the NOJHL can show some love to the little town that loves hockey. …[read more]
Big news out of French River
French River Rapids of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have confirmed a revamping of the two-year old franchise with the appointment of Sherry Bassin as senior director of hockey operations and Ken Strong as head coach. …[read more]
Hounds knock on Wood
Soo Greyhounds ended the fifth-and-final round of tonight’s first-ever Ontario Hockey League under-18 draft by selecting a second local product. …[read more]
Storm hits Bradon Caruso
Sault Ste. Marie product Bradon Caruso has been selected by the Guelph Storm in the second round of tonight’s first-ever Ontario Hockey League under-18 draft. …[read more]
Hounds draft Noah Boman
The first-ever Ontario Hockey League under-18 draft for players born in 1999 and 2000 is underway and Soo Greyhounds have opted for a local product in the first round. …[read more]
OHL playoff picture
Did you really think the Owen Sound Attack was going to retreat from its Ontario Hockey League playoff series with Soo Greyhounds without putting up a fight? …[read more]
Sault Major names 8 coaches
Sault Major Hockey Association has confirmed eight of the coaches who will head its elite program teams for the 2017-2018 season. …[read more]
Sault Major to name coaches
Sault Major Hockey Association will soon unveil its head coach selections for the 2017-2018 season including those who will head up the major and (proposed) minor midget teams. …[read more]
Back behind the NB bench
My old buddy Guy Blanchard has committed to return to coach the North Bay Trappers of the Great North Midget Hockey League for a second season. …[read more]
Blind River v. Powassan
Just call it a small-town showdown between two Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League markets with a combined population of less than 8,000. …[read more]
A steal for Saginaw
Methinks that perhaps not even the Saginaw Spirit has an idea of how much of a steal it got when the Ontario Hockey League team pilfered fibrous forward Camaryn Baber in the third round of Saturday’s minor midget draft. …[read more]
Express return of old coach
Tommy McCarthy will be returning to the Espanola Express of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League for the 2017-2018 season. …[read more]
New/old coach in Kap
Glen Denney is returning to the Kapuskasing Flyers as head coach after a two-year hiatus from the Great North Midget Hockey League team. …[read more]
North Bay 5, Soo 1
The facts are in the books. North Bay Trappers had five players selected at Saturday’s Ontario Hockey League draft compared to just one from their Great North Midget Hockey League counterparts, the Soo Greyhounds. …[read more]
Spirit shows in Porco, Baber
Saginaw Spirit of the Ontario Hockey League showed a shine for a pair of forwards from Sault Ste. Marie today in spending high draft picks on forwards Nick Porco and Camaryn Baber. …[read more]
Beaver fever in Blind River
For the first time in a Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League history that began in 1999, the Blind River Beavers are headed to the championship series. …[read more]
Porco drafted in 1st round
Plum left winger Nick Porco has been picked by the Saginaw Spirit in the first round, fourth overall, of today’s Ontario Hockey League minor midget draft. …[read more]
Baber drafted in 3rd round
Hard-driven, hard-skating, highly-skilled forward Camaryn Baber has been selected by the Saginaw Spirit in the third round, 57th overall, of today’s Ontario Hockey League minor midget draft. …[read more]
MacKay drafted in 5th round
Right winger Cole MacKay has been picked by the hometown Soo Greyhounds in the fifth round of today’s Ontario Hockey League minor midget draft. …[read more]
North Bay d-man drafted
Slick defender Payton Vescio of the North Bay Trappers has been selected by the North Bay Battalion in the fourth round of today’s Ontario Hockey League minor midget draft. …[read more]
Hounds fend off Attack
There are a few happenings that stand out from Games 1 and 2 of the Ontario Hockey League Western Conference playoff series between Soo Greyhounds and Owen Sound Attack. …[read more]
OHL draft underway…sort of
Barrie Colts will make centre Ryan Suzuki the first overall pick at Saturday’s Ontario Hockey League minor midget draft. …[read more]
Eagles will try to tie it up
Buoyed by a seven-point burst from Canadian Soo products Jake Palmerio and Nick Trecroce in Game 3, Soo Eagles will try to even their playoff series with Blind River Beavers tonight. …[read more]
Guelph Storm fires coach
A coaching vacancy has arisen in the Ontario Hockey League as the Guelph Storm has parted ways with bench boss Jarrod Skalde. …[read more]
Ingham or Mancina?
Mississauga Steelheads have a net decision to consider as they get set to face Oshawa Generals in the second round of the Ontario Hockey League playoffs. …[read more]
Second round OHL playoffs
Impressive they were, these Soo Greyhounds, in skating to a Game 1 victory over the visiting Owen Sound Attack as Round 2 of the Ontario Hockey League playoffs got underway on Wednesday. …[read more]