All posts by Hockey News North Staff
Hicks nets a pair in Irish triumph
Chuck Hicks scored two goals — his ninth and tenth of the season — and Kory Dombrowski made 29 saves as the Detroit Fighting Irish defeated the visiting Soo Firehawks 5-3 in Midwest Jr. Hockey League action from Friday. …[read more]
CIHL weekend matchups
A pair of home-and-home series highlight action in the Canadian International Hockey League this weekend.
The weekend schedule of games is as follows. …[read more]
Birds best Barons behind Culina
Rookie goalie Mario Culina made 40 saves as the visiting Soo Thunderbirds upended the Sudbury Nickel Barons 4-1 in Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League play from Wednesday. …[read more]
Wildcat girls wow ’em in Detroit
Sault Ste. Marie Bantam A Lady Wildcats were in Detroit on the weekend as part of the 2014 Bauer World Invite Hockey Tournament.
It was a survival of the fittest for the Wildcats, who played six games over a three-day span — and then returned home to the Soo with the championship. …[read more]
Rogowski, Vroman, Boyd, Stefan
The Midwest Jr. Hockey League has announced its players of the week for the period ending November 16.
The awards are voted on by coaches, general managers and MWJHL staff.
The envelope, please. …[read more]
MWJHL to hold dispersal draft
The Midwest Jr. Hockey League has confirmed that the Berkley Bruins have ceased operations and will not compete for the remainder of the 2014-2015 season. …[read more]
MC Monarchs a solid second
Derrick Treppa tapped in two goals and Tyler Skulley made 22 saves as the MC Monarchs solidified their hold on second place in the Midwest Jr. Hockey League standings with a 6-1 triumph over the visiting Michigan Ice Dogs on Tuesday. …[read more]
Kudos to Cain, Team NOJHL
Apropos, the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League has announced that Team NOJHL — which represented it at the Central Canada Cup Challenge in Toronto over the weekend — has been named its “Stars of the Week” for the period ending November 16. …[read more]
Fighting Irish shuts down Firehawks
A pair of third-period goals from Jacob Hernandez lifted Detroit Fighting Irish to a 3-1 verdict over Soo Firehawks in Midwest Jr. Hockey League action from Sunday. …[read more]
12 straight for Batchewana Attack
Unbeaten Batchewana Attack showed on Saturday night why it is the top team in the Canadian International Hockey League.
The Attack blanked the visiting St. Charles Spoirit 10-0 before 117 fans at Rankin Arena. …[read more]
A first for the Kalkaska Rhinos
Goalie Bryan Briggs backstopped the Kalkaska Rhinos to their first win in Canadian International Hockey League action from Saturday.
Briggs stopped 46 shots as visiting Kalkaska defeated the Espanola Rivermen 2-1 before a matinee crowd of 566 spectators. …[read more]
Hounds take it to the Irish
Patrick Rogowski netted two power-play goals, added a shorthanded tally and — for good measure — assisted on three others as the first-place Traverse City Hounds humbled the visiting Detroit Fighting Irish 9-1 before a big crowd of 900-plus fans on Friday. …[read more]
CIHL revises weekend schedule
Canadian International Hockey League president Tim Clayden has confirmed a revised schedule of games for this weekend. …[read more]
Remembrance Day in the CIHL
Old-fashioned, hard-checking hockey came to the St. Charles Arena on Remembrance Day.
And when it was all over, the visiting Espanola Rivermen edged the St. Charles Spirit 3-2 in Canadian International Hockey League action. …[read more]
Big games for Pilon, Marshall et al
Four games were played in the new Canadian International Hockey League on the weekend and there was a first. …[read more]
Sunday afternoon Attack
Batchewana Attack will be out to extend its season-opening, nine-game winning streak today when it plays host to the Espanola Rivermen in a 2 p.m. match at Rankin Arena. …[read more]
A first for the Colborne Hawks
Colborne Hawks rallied for their first win of the season, a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Jr. Hockey Academy in Canadian International Hockey League action on Saturday.
Alex Bidwell scored the winner in the shootout to improve Colborne’s record to 1-8 and out of last place past the Sudbury Royals. …[read more]
Soo teams win
Soo Greyhounds and Soo Eagles both scored home-ice victories on Friday while Soo Thunderbirds won on the road. …[read more]
Message from the CIHL president
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a message from Tim Clayden of the Canadian International Hockey League.
CIHL Hockey has been in operation for a month now and has experienced its fair share of trials and tribulations. We have had many gains and successes and are fully prepared to deal with the stumbles ahead which could be considered common in the beginnings of a new junior hockey league. We will persevere even when others continually criticize and try to tear apart what we know is a hockey program that will be second to none at this level in providing options and dreams to world-wide student-athletes. …[read more]
Burks backstops Monarchs to victory
Rookie goalie Joseph Burks made 26 saves and the MC Monarchs edged the visiting Berkley Bruins 2-1 in Midwest Jr. Hockey League action from Tuesday.
Young Burks, who has a 1999 birth date, got the offensive support he needed from MWJHL scoring leaders Adam Jonak and Trevor Pode, who tallied goals for the Monarchs. …[read more]
Four-goal game for Ken Winter
Detroit Fighting Irish shrugged off a three-goal deficit to upend the Alpena Flyers 6-5 in Midwest Jr. Hockey League action from Sunday afternoon.
Playing at Alpena, 1994 birth-year forward Ken Winter scored four goals and added an assist to pace Detroit to the road triumph. …[read more]
Big weekend for three CIHL teams
with files from CIHL Staff
Batchewana Attack, Espanola Rivermen and St. Charles Spirit all had four-point weekends with two victories apiece in Canadian International Hockey League action. …[read more]
Hawks and Hounds get the W
Soo Firehawks made a triumphant return to action while the Traverse City Hounds remained unbeaten following Midwest Jr. Hockey League activity from Friday night. …[read more]
Twin Soo action
There is junior hockey action aplenty on both sides of the International Bridge at Sault Ste. Marie this weekend. …[read more]
Jonak, Pode pace MC to victory
The high-scoring duo of Adam Jonak and Trevor Pode combined for six points on Wednesday as the MC Monarchs outlasted the visiting Detroit Fighting Irish 6-4.
Jonak and Pode — who are the top two scorers in the Midwest Jr. Hockey League — both tallied twice and added an assist as the expansion Monarchs improved their record to an impressive 8-3 on the season. …[read more]
Adam Jonak is a two-timer
Another week, another award for Adam Jonak.
The Midwest Jr. Hockey League has announced its most-recent players-of-the-week and the high-scoring Jonak was again recognized.
The awards are voted on by league coaches, general managers and league staff. …[read more]
Batchewana 3, Espanola 2
A goal by Chris Skinner with less than three minutes to play in the third period lifted the visiting Batchewana Attack to a 3-2 win over the Espanola Rivermen in Canadian International Hockey League on action Friday.
The win improved Batchewana’s record to 6-0 on the season. …[read more]
TC and MC get the W
Traverse City Hounds and MC Monarchs both registered victories in Midwest Jr. Hockey League action on Friday night.
TC now has a record of 8-0 for the season and MC is 7-3. …[read more]
Statement from David Beauchamp
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a prepared statement from David Beauchamp, who was advised by the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League earlier today that he has been removed as owner of the Mattawa Blackhawks: …[read more]
Best of the week; week ahead
An unbeaten goalie from Traverse City heads the list of Midwest Jr. Hockey League players-of-the-week for the period ending Sunday, October 19.
The awards are voted on by MWJHL coaches, general managers and league staff.
And the latest winners are: …[read more]
Batchewana Attack improves to 5-0
Batchewana Attack remains undefeated in the early going of the 2014-2015 Canadian International Hockey League season.
Sunday afternoon in St. Charles, the Attack completed a weekend sweep of the Spirit with a 6-2 win over the home side.
The Attack began the weekend with a 3-0 home-ice blanking of the Spirit on Saturday night. …[read more]
TC Hounds sweep MC Monarchs
Make it a three-for-three weekend.
Patrick Rogowski rifled two goals and added an assist as the Traverse City Hounds completed a three-game weekend sweep of the visiting MC Monarchs with a 5-1 win on Sunday.
With the win, the Hounds remain undefeated on the 2014-2015 Midwest Jr. Hockey League season with a record of 6-0. …[read more]
Batchewana blanks St. Charles
Sergei Koroshun tallied twice and Jack Hickey made 33 saves as the Batchewana Attack improved its Canadian International Hockey League record to 4-0 with a 3-0 whitewash of the visiting St. Charles Spirit on Saturday night at Rankin Arena.
Darian Pilon also scored for Batchewana, which travels to St. Charles for a 2:30 p.m. game today. …[read more]
TC takes it to MC again
Patrick Rogowski’s hat trick propelled the Traverse City Hounds to a 5-2 win over the visiting MC Monarchs in Midwest Jr. Hockey League action on Saturday night.
It was the second win in as many nights for TC over MC. …[read more]
Rivermen rally for young fan
The biggest crowd to watch a game in the new Canadian International Hockey League came together on Friday night in support of one of the youngest fans of the Espanola Rivermen.
More than 900 people packed the Espanola Regional Recreation Complex for a CIHL game between the Rivermen and the visiting Sudbury Royals.
The Rivermen defeated the Royals 6-2 but the real story of the night was five-year-old Blake Crawford, who was recently diagnosed with leukemia. …[read more]
Thunderbirds 6, Beavers 1
Seven up.
Soo Thunderbirds won their seventh game in succession on Wednesday night, a 6-1 road decision over the Blind River Beavers. …[read more]
Battle of the unbeaten
The 4-0 Detroit Fighting Irish will play host to the 5-0 MC Monarchs tonight in a battle of unbeaten Midwest Jr. Hockey League teams.
Game time is slated for 8:10 p.m. at the Ice Box Sports Centre in Brownstown. …[read more]
Say hey to four from the Midwest
The Midwest Jr. Hockey League has announced its players of the week for the period ending Sunday, October 12.
The awards are voted on by league coaches, general managers and MWJHL staff.
The envelope, please. …[read more]
Early in the CIHL season
Collingwood Ice and Batchewana Attack are undefeated in the early going of the inaugural Canadian International Hockey League season and the Milton Battle Arts Cobras are not far behind. …[read more]
Attack time is 1 p.m.
Batchewana Attack will play host to the Sudbury Royals today in a Thanksgiving afternoon match.
Game time is 1 p.m. at Rankin Arena. …[read more]
A first for the Mattawa Blackhawks
The first is in the books for the new Mattawa Blackhawks.
Tyler Broderson, Christian Sgroi and Colin Nicholson each tallied twice to lead Mattawa to its first-ever Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League win, an 8-5 decision over the visiting Powassan Voodoos this afternoon. …[read more]
MC, Detroit are tops in MWJHL
MC Monarchs and Detroit Fighting Irish remain 1-2 in the Midwest Jr. Hockey League standings following games from Saturday night.
Both teams take unbeaten records into games today. …[read more]
MC moves to 3-0 in MWJHL
Another day, another win for the new kids on the Midwest Jr. Hockey League block.
The expansion MC Monarchs won for the third time in as many starts on Friday, a 4-3 win over the visiting Soo Firehawks.
Two other games were played in the MWJHL on Friday and three more are slated for today. …[read more]
CIHL Thanksgiving continues
Milton Battle Arts Cobras scored their first-ever win in the new Canadian International Hockey League on Friday.
Coached by legendary National Hockey League goal-scorer Dennis Maruk, Milton evened its regular-season record at 1-1 with a 7-2 triumph over the Colborne Hawks.
The game was one of three played in the CIHL on Friday — and the new junior league still has a full serving of Thanksgiving weekend games on the holiday plate. …[read more]
Six straight for Thunderbirds
The winning continues for the Soo Thunderbirds.
It’s now a six-game winning streak for the Thunderbirds, who edged the visiting Abitibi Eskimos 5-4 in overtime on Friday at John Rhodes Community Centre. …[read more]
CIHL Thanksgiving weekend
It’s a full plate of activity in the new Canadian International Hockey League this Thanksgiving weekend. …[read more]
St. Charles 6, Kalkaska 2
Playing at home on Thursday, St. Charles Spirit of the Canadian International Hockey League built up a 4-0 lead and held on for a 6-2 exhibition win over the independent Kalkaska Rhinos.
The match attracted 271 fans to the St. Charles Arena. …[read more]
Winning Wednesday in the Soo
Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League and Soo Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League both won home games on Wednesday. …[read more]