All posts by Hockey News North Staff
Talking Lakers in the summer
Fans of the Lake Superior State Lakers of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association can tune in to four special radio shows over the course of the summer. …[read more]
Snow boards the Express coach
Recently-graduated Espanola Express defenceman Shane Snow will join head coach Tom McCarthy and co-coach Jason Rapcewicz on the bench as an associate coach with the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League team. …[read more]
Fighting Irish tryout camps
Detroit Fighting Irish of the U.S. Premier Hockey League’s elite junior division has scheduled three major camps for this summer. …[read more]
Back in the Fighting Irish fold
Detroit Fighting Irish of the U.S. Premier Hockey League’s elite junior division will again have the services of forward Tyler Blackburn for the 2016-2017 season. …[read more]
Want to play in Blind River?
There is still time to register for the upcoming mini tryout camp that is being hosted by the Blind River Beavers. …[read more]
Soo T-Birds spring tryout camp
The reigning Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League champion Soo Thunderbirds will be holding a spring tryout camp across the International Bridge. …[read more]
French River Rapids tryout camp
Under the direction of coaches Moe Mantha and Dan Tremblay, French River Rapids of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League will hold a two-day tryout camp this weekend. …[read more]
Iroquois Falls to Elmira, N.Y.
1995 birth-year forward Tanner Bowditch, who produced 16 goals and 43 points for the Iroquois Falls Eskis of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League in 2015-2016, has a Division 3, National Collegiate Athletic Association commitment. …[read more]
Hays day in May for Fighting Irish
Detroit Fighting Irish of the U.S. Premier Hockey League’s Midwest Division has signed rookie defenseman Chris Hays for the 2016-2017 campaign. …[read more]
Player advance from Powassan
Graduated Powassan Voodoos defenceman Nicky Grose is headed to the New York-based Utica College Pioneers to continue his hockey career at the Division 3, National Collegiate Athletic Association level. …[read more]
Express route to school
Espanola Express forward Ian Thompson has committed to attend Davenport University in Grand Rapids, Michigan effective the 2016-2017 season. …[read more]
Blind River Beavers mini camp
Under the watch of new head coach Kyle Brick, the Blind River Beavers of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have scheduled a one-day mini camp. …[read more]
Cochrane to St. Scholastica
Dustin Cordeiro is taking his scoring touch from the Cochrane Crunch of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to the St. Scholastica College Saints, a Division 3, National Collegiate Athletic Association program that is based in Duluth, Minnesota. …[read more]
Trenton trims T-Birds in title tilt
Trenton Golden Hawks of the Ontario Jr. Hockey League have dethroned the defending Dudley-Hewitt Cup, Central Canada Tournament champion Soo Thunderbirds. …[read more]
T-Birds v. Trenton for DHC title
Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League will seek a second successive Dudley-Hewitt Cup, Central Canada Tournament title tonight when they face off against the Trenton Golden Hawks of the Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Dudley-Hewitt Cup winding up
It’s down to two games to decide the winner of the Dudley-Hewitt Cup, Central Canada Tournament with three of four teams still in the running for the junior A hockey championship. …[read more]
Senecal sparks Soo Thunderbirds
Rookie forward Zach Senecal dented twine three times to lead the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League champion Soo Thunderbirds to a 6-5 victory over the Fort Frances Lakers of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League in action this afternoon at the Dudley-Hewitt Cup Central Canada Tournament. …[read more]
Soo T-Birds lose DHC opener
The defending Dudley-Hewitt Cup champion Soo Thunderbirds dropped their opening game today at this year’s Central Canada Tournament. …[read more]
Windsor wins 2017 Mem Cup bid
Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League will play host to the 2017 Memorial Cup tournament. …[read more]
Cochrane to Jamestown
Jeremy McNeil, who scored 18 goals in 62 games for the Cochrane Crunch of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League in 2015-2016, is headed to the University of Jamestown to play at the American Collegiate Hockey Association, Division 1 level. …[read more]
Motor City Hawks mini camp
Mark Gilman, general manager of the Motor City Hawks of the U.S. Premier Hockey League’s Midwest Division, has confirmed dates for his team’s pre-season mini camp. …[read more]
This is one smart hockey player
Flint Firebirds rookie goalie Kyle Keyser has won the Ontario Hockey League’s Ivan Tennant Memorial Award as the top academic high school student for the 2015-2016 season. …[read more]
KBX minor hockey alternative
EDITOR’S NOTE: HockeyNewsNorth.com has received the following information document from KBX Selects of Sault Ste. Marie. KBX Selects is owned and operated by Sault Ste. Marie native Ken Belanger, who played three seasons as a left winger in the Ontario Hockey League with the Ottawa 67’s and Guelph Storm and appeared in 260 National Hockey League games with the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Islanders, Boston Bruins and Los Angeles Kings. …[read more]
Bird brain studies biology
Soo Thunderbirds defenceman Brandon Grandinetti has been named the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League’s scholastic player of the year. …[read more]
Hendo and the boys
Jamie Henderson is running a skills development program that is going on for bantam-aged hockey players and older at Community First Soo Pee Wee Arena. …[read more]
Soo Eagles tryouts on deck
Tryout time is getting close for the Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Trying out for an NOJHL team?
The following Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League teams have advised HockeyNewsNorth.com of their upcoming spring tryout camps. …[read more]
Voodoos cast spring spell
Powassan Voodoos of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League held their spring prospects camp at nearby Memorial Gardens in North Bay over the weekend. …[read more]
T-Birds all over Kirkland Lake
Soo Thunderbirds have opened up a two games to none lead on the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners in the best-of-seven Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League championship series. …[read more]
NOJHL spring tryout camps
Just call it the league that never sleeps. Teams in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have already scheduled tryout camps well in advance of the 2016-2017 season. …[read more]
Fighting Irish tryout camps
Detroit Fighting Irish of the U.S. Premier Hockey League’s Midwest Division has a slate of off-season tryout camps lined up. …[read more]
Message from Flint Firebirds owner
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following statement was issued today by Rolf Nilsen, owner of the Flint Firebirds of the Ontario Hockey League: …[read more]
Rayside calls a press conference
The new owner of the Rayside-Balfour Canadians will introduce the staff of his Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League team for the 2016-2017 season at a press conference tonight. …[read more]
Roadhouse women among the best
The Roadhouse, a women’s team from Sault Ste. Marie, made it to the finals of the CARHA World Cup of Hockey Tournament that is being held in Windsor, Ont. …[read more]
Lake State d-man turns pro
Lake Superior State Lakers senior defenseman Peter Spratte has signed a professional contract, joining the Pensacola Ice Flyers of the Southern Professional Hockey League for the remainder of the 2015-2016 season. …[read more]
Elliot Lake extends series
Elliot Lake Wildcats shrugged off an early 3-0 deficit and rallied to defeat the visiting Soo Thunderbirds 4-3 in overtime on Friday, thus extending the best-of-seven Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League playoff series. …[read more]
T-Birds up three on Wildcats
A second-successive shutout has the reigning champion Soo Thunderbirds within one win of a spot in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League title series. …[read more]
Soo Eagles spring tryout camp
Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League will be holding an open tryout camp on the May 6-8 weekend, co-coach/general manager Bruno Bragagnolo has confirmed to HockeyNewsNorth.com. …[read more]
Soo T-Birds spring tryout camp
Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League will hold their 2016 spring tryout camp from May 13-15 at John Rhodes Community Centre. …[read more]
PW minor Hounds take NOHL title
Devin Mauro lit the lamp three times as the Soo Jr. Greyhounds skated to a 7-1 decision over the Nickel City Sons on Sunday to bring home the Northern Ontario AAA Hockey League pee wee minor championship. …[read more]
Sault women are Ontario’s best
Coach Dominic Sacco and his Sault College Cougars are Ontario Colleges Committee on Campus Recreation women’s hockey champions for the 2015-2016 season. …[read more]
Want to play for the Jr. Greyhounds?
Players who aspire to play within the Soo Jr. Greyhounds rep program for the 2016-2017 season — this message is directed towards you and your parents. …[read more]
NOJHL prelim round playoff dates
The Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League has confirmed the schedule for its two preliminary-round playoff series. …[read more]
Sports Gold takes NOHA title
Sault Ste. Marie Sports Gold has won the Northern Ontario Hockey Association’s AA bantam minor title. …[read more]
Jr. Greyhound new parent session
Sault Minor Hockey will be holding what it terms a “new parent information session” next Monday, March 7. …[read more]
Soo Eagles makeup game
Soo Eagles will play host to the Espanola Express on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in a re-scheduled Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League game. …[read more]
Little Caesars winter classic
The multi-team, multi-division, Little Caesars Winter Hockey Classic was held today on outdoor rinks on the grounds of Silver Creek Golf Course, just outside Sault Ste. Marie at Garden River First Nation. …[read more]
Jr. Greyhound information session
Sault Minor Hockey, as part of Sault Major Hockey Association, will be holding what it terms a “new parent information session” on Monday, March 7. …[read more]