All posts by Hockey News North Staff
Knight shift to Wolves den
Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League have obtained overage defenseman Aiden Jamieson from the London Knights in exchange for multiple conditional draft picks. …[read more]
Another defender in Ottawa
Ottawa 67’s of the Ontario Hockey League have added yet-another young defenceman with the first-round selection of Russian defender Andrei Golikov at today’s Canadian Hockey League import draft. …[read more]
Cochrane to Northland
Cochrane Crunch defenceman Brandon Workun is headed to Northland College to play for the Lumberjacks of the Division 3, Northern Collegiate Hockey Association. …[read more]
Good NHL draft year for OHL
No less than 48 players — representing more than 22 per cent of the 211 selected — were plucked from the Ontario Hockey League at the seven-round, 2016 National Hockey League draft which was held over the past two days. …[read more]
Powassan signs GNMHL grad
Powassan Voodoos of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have signed 1998 birth-year defenceman Cameron Moore, who played last season with the New Liskeard Cubs of the Great North Midget Hockey League. …[read more]
Temang to Powassan
Powassan Voodoos of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have added a high-scoring defenceman from the nearby Temiscaming Titans of the Greater Metro Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Voodoos get a piece of the Rock
Powassan Voodoos added size and scoring — and got younger — in a recent Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League trade with the Timmins Rock. …[read more]
Voodoos vouch for OHL prospect
Powassan Voodoos did not have to venture far to confirm their first new player signing preparatory to the 2016-2017 Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League season. …[read more]
Cochrane deals top scorer
High-scoring forward Hunter Atchison, who amassed 56 goals, 52 assists, 108 points in 62 games, regular season and playoffs included, for the Cochrane Crunch of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League in 2015-2016, has been traded. …[read more]
Meanwhile, back in Alpena
Homegrown defenseman Rhett McDonald will be returning to the Alpena Flyers of the U.S. Premier Hockey League for the 2016-2017 campaign. …[read more]
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]