All posts by Hockey News North Staff
Thunderbirds major midget tryouts
Head coach Jim Capy has advised HockeyNewsNorth.com that tryouts for the Soo Thunderbirds of the Great North Midget Hockey League will be held on Monday, August 18 from 4-6 p.m., Tuesday, August 19 from 5-7 p.m. and Wednesday, August 20 from 5-7 p.m. at John Rhodes Community Centre.
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Player promotion is a CIHL goal
with files from Brent Cooper
The new Canadian International Hockey League has unveiled a website that is dedicated to the promotion of its players.
Chad Clarke, director of social media communications for the CIHL, said the goal of the player-driven website is, simply put, promotion. …[read more]
Hounds top pick commits
The message has been sent.
The message has been received.
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CIHL looks to Northwest development
The Canadian International Hockey League — an Ontario-based loop operating under the auspices of the United Hockey Union and sanctioned by the Amateur Athletic Union — has announced the appointment of an experienced manager to oversee development and expansion to Northwestern Canada. …[read more]
Record numbers: NAHL to NCAA
NAHL.com exclusive by Alex Kyrias with files from Randy Russon
It’s been said that every young hockey player grows up with a dream.
For the majority of those who are playing junior hockey in the United States, that dream is to one day play college hockey within the National Collegiate Athletic Association ranks. …[read more]
Batchewana Attack tryout camp
Batchewana Attack of the new Canadian International Hockey League will be holding its inaugural open tryout camp on August 8, 9 and 10 at Lake Superior State University’s Taffy Abel Arena. …[read more]
Irish setter
He has had offers to move up to the American Collegiate Hockey Association ranks for the 2014-2015 season.
But playmaking forward James Smith has informed Detroit Fighting Irish coach-general manager Dan Vasquez that he will be returning to the Midwest Jr. Hockey League team for his final season of eligibility in 2014-2015. …[read more]
Week-long camp for NAHL Warriors
Fresh from a strong 2013-2014 campaign in which the Michigan Warriors captured the North Division title and advanced to the Robertson Cup semi-finals, the North American Hockey League team is looking to add new talent to its 2014-2015 roster. …[read more]
Sudbury Royals tryout camp
Sudbury Royals of the new Canadian International Hockey League will be holding a tryout camp on Friday, July 25.
Royals head coach Trevor Blanchard advises that the tryout camp will be held at Countryside Arena in Sudbury. …[read more]
Four for the Fighting Irish
Detroit Fighting Irish of the Midwest Jr. Hockey League has signed four players for the upcoming 2014-2015 campaign.
The four are 1994 birth-year defenceman Jake Moschall, 1996 birth-year forwards Lyle Soucey and Mac Slowick and 1995 birth-year goalie George Hill. …[read more]
A first for the Powassan Voodoos
Powassan Voodoos have inked an area defenceman as the first signing in the history of the new Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League team. …[read more]
Laker summer hockey camps
Doug Laprade, who has a strong association with the Lake Superior State University Lakers as a player and assistant coach that dates back to 1987, will be heading up a pair of hockey camps at the school’s Norris Centre facility this summer. …[read more]
Laker season ticket, schedule info
Season-ticket packages for the 2014-2015 edition of the Lake Superior State University Lakers of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association are on sale and can be purchased at the ticket office located within the school’s Norris Center. …[read more]
Midwest player exchange
A pair of Midwest Jr. Hockey League players are on the move.
Detroit Fighting Irish and Michigan Ice Dogs of the MWJHL have completed a one-for-one trade. …[read more]
Twin Soo midgets to face off
The two Soo major midget teams representing both sides of the International Bridge will face off in a six-game series for the HockeyNewsNorth.com Cup over the course of the 2014-2015 regular season. …[read more]
They said it
Multiple players with ties to Sault Ste. Marie and the Ontario Hockey League were among those who were selected at this weekend’s 2014 National Hockey League draft.
Following is some of what three of them had to say after being drafted. …[read more]
Irish eyes are smiling
Detroit Fighting Irish of the Midwest Jr. Hockey League has tendered five more players as it continues to prep for the 2014-2015 season. …[read more]
Here come the NOJHL Voodoos
The newest team in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League held its first press conference on Monday as the ownership group of Marc Rivet, Sylvain Rivet, Dan Rivet, Ray Seguin, Graeme Bruce and Jim Bruce unveiled the Powassan Voodoos. …[read more]
New CIHL team advertises positions
Batchewana Attack of the Canadian International Hockey League is advertising all positions with the new Sault Ste. Marie area junior team.
The Attack, which will begin play in the new CIHL effective the 2014-2015 season, has secured Rankin Arena as its home base.
Rankin Arena is located on First Nation land in Sault Ste. Marie.
The Batchewana Attack is looking to fill the following positions. …[read more]
Six and counting for CIHL
The ever-growing Canadian International Hockey League is officially at six teams — with a seventh to be announced on Saturday.
The latest to join the newly-formed junior league — one in which Canadian and American players will share equal status as non-imports and teams can utilize as many as 12 Europeans and unlimited 15-and-16 year olds — is the Collingwood Ice. …[read more]
Lakers add second assistant coach
Lake Superior State University Lakers head coach Damon Whitten has completed the staff of his Western Collegiate Hockey Association team by hiring Peter Aubry as an assistant coach. …[read more]
Girls Summer Hockey Academy
Sault Ste. Marie’s Brianne Veale, a former assistant captain with the Brock University women’s hockey team, is hosting a summer academy from Monday, July 28 to Friday, August 1 at John Rhodes Community Centre in the Soo.
Called the Girls Summer Hockey Academy, Veale has separate sessions for beginner, intermediate and elite players. …[read more]
Spirit rising
As HockeyNewsNorth.com was first to report earlier this month, Sault Ste. Marie product Adam McPhail has signed with Saginaw Spirit of the Ontario Hockey League.
Well, HockeyNewsNorth.com now has a photo of McPhail showing his Spirit by sporting a Saginaw jersey. (see above.) …[read more]
Soo Indians major midget tryouts
General manager Mike Kaunisto advises that the Soo Indians major midget hockey team will be holding its main tryout camp on June 28-29 at Taffy Abel Arena on the campus of Lake Superior State University. …[read more]
Richie Pinkowski: Ball of energy
They are out there.
They are the players who may not be the leading scorer or the most-skilled member of the team but for whatever reason, they stand out.
Sometimes it’s the swagger, sometimes it’s the electricity, sometimes it’s the anticipation that something good is going to happen. …[read more]
Ice Dogs are cheap skates
How’s this for a cheap skate?
Michigan Ice Dogs of the Midwest Jr. Hockey League have set up a series of summer skates that will continue once a week through until Tuesday, July 29 at Farmington Hills Ice Arena.
All of the Tuesday sessions are one-and-a-half hours in length and the cost is $10 per skate. …[read more]
NOJHL adds on
The Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League is back in Elliot Lake without having really left it.
In a 5-1 vote on Monday, Elliot Lake City Council approved the creation of a non-profit NOJHL franchise effective the upcoming 2014-2015 season. …[read more]
NOJHL to Powassan?
A source close to the scene is saying that the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League could — could — have a team in Powassan for the 2014-2015 season.
Powassan — which is located a mere 18 miles from North Bay — has been home to a team in the Greater Metro Jr. Hockey League since 2008. …[read more]
Signing up with Sudbury Wolves
Sudbury Wolves have a signed commitment from their first-round pick at the 2014 Ontario Hockey League draft.
Michael Pezzetta, a 6-foot-1, 200 pound forward, skated for the Mississauga Senators of the Greater Toronto Hockey League in 2013-2014 and was their scoring leader with 26 points in 29 games. …[read more]
CIHL open for business
Its membership into the United Hockey Union — which is sanctioned by the Amateur Athletic Union — official, the new Canadian International Hockey League now begins the task of determining which teams will begin play effective the 2014-2015 season, said president and founder Tim Clayden. …[read more]
Fighting Irish tryouts start tonite
It’s tryout time in Brownstown.
Open tryouts for the Detroit Fighting Irish of the Midwest Jr. Hockey League start tonight. …[read more]
Beavers Golf Tournament
Talk some hockey. Play some golf.
Want to support the Blind River Beavers and play a round of golf at the same time?
Huron Pines Golf Club will be the site for the annual tournament in support of the Beavers Jr. A hockey team.
Called the ‘Beavers Open Scramble Golf Tournament’ the event is slated for Saturday, July 5 with a 10 a.m. shotgun start. …[read more]
Thibodeau, Robichaud to OUA
Nipissing Lakers of Ontario University Athletics have added some veteran junior hockey experience to their 2014-2015 roster with the signing of a pair of Northern Ontario products.
Headed to Nipissing are Sault Ste. Marie native Chad Thibodeau and Timmins product Erik Robichaud. …[read more]
2014 NAHL Draft, FYI
The North American Hockey League will hold its annual draft on Tuesday, June 3 at 1 p.m. Central time.
Fans and players will be able to following the draft on-line via NAHL.com.
Following — courtesy NAHL.com — is some key information pertaining to the upcoming draft. …[read more]
NB captain to Buffalo State
Another player from the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League is moving up to the Division 3, National Collegiate Athletic Association level.
North Bay Trappers captain Ryan Demyen confirmed to HockeyNewsNorth.com on Tuesday that he has accepted a commitment from the Buffalo State Bengals, who are members of the SUNYAC. …[read more]
Open tryouts, summer loop
Hockey season just keeps playing on.
Detroit Fighting Irish of the Midwest Jr. Hockey League will be staging open tryouts later this month followed by a junior-college summer league. …[read more]
Michigan Ice Dogs summer skates
How does 10 bucks a skate sound?
Michigan Ice Dogs of the Midwest Jr. Hockey League have set up a series of summer skates that begin on Tuesday, June 3 and will continue once a week through until Tuesday, July 29 at Farmington Hills Ice Arena. …[read more]
Cruz control
Detroit Fighting Irish of the Midwest Jr. Hockey League has new ownership.
Lisa Cruz, a resident of the Downriver Detroit area, has purchased the Fighting Irish franchise and will operate it with her husband, Mark Cruz. …[read more]
Cooper communicator
The Canadian International Hockey League has named Huntsville, Ont. resident Brent Cooper as its director of internal communications and executive branch secretary.
Cooper, who is a native of Little Current, Ont., has been involved with junior hockey for more than 20 years. …[read more]
Season ends for NOJHL champs
The champions of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have come up empty up at the Dudley-Hewitt Cup, Central Canada playdowns that are going on in Wellington, Ont.
Kirkland Lake Gold Miners were doubled up 6-3 by the Superior International Jr. Hockey League champion Fort Frances Lakers today and were thus eliminated from further play. …[read more]
Kirkland Lake still has a shot
Kirkland Lake Gold Miners are winless through two games at the Dudley-Hewitt Cup, Central Canada Jr. A hockey playdowns.
But with one game left in the four-team round-robin, the Gold Miners still have a shot at advancing to the semi-final playoffs. …[read more]
KL at the DHC
Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League champion Kirkland Lake Gold Miners lost their opening game at the Dudley-Hewitt Cup, Central Canada playdowns that are being held in Wellington.
The host Wellington Dukes of the Ontario Jr. Hockey League upended Kirkland Lake 4-1 on Tuesday. …[read more]
Tryout, pre-draft camps
For many hockey teams, the 2013-2014 season has ended.
However, in the majority of cases, preparation for the 2014-2015 campaign is already underway.
Spring and summer tryout camps — and in some instances, pre-draft camps — have been scheduled.
Following is a list of upcoming camps for various teams in various leagues. …[read more]
New post for Randy Blake
The new Canadian International Hockey League has named Randy Blake as its Director of Operations.
Blake has deep Northern Ontario roots. …[read more]
Good as gold in Kirkland Lake
Hail to the champs from the mile of gold in historic Kirkland Lake.
In front of more than 1,000 frenzied fans at Joe Mavrinac Community Complex, Kirkland Lake Gold Miners edged Soo Thunderbirds 2-1 on Tuesday to win the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League championship. …[read more]
T-Birds in must-win mode
Win or stay home.
Soo Thunderbirds need a victory tonight to extend their best-of-seven Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League championship series with Kirkland Lake Gold Miners. …[read more]
Silver medal for Silver Creek girls
Silver Creek Novice Wildcats of the Sault Female Hockey Association returned home from the Ontario Women’s Hockey Association provincial tournament recently with silver-medal honours.
The Wildcats won five straight games before falling 3-0 in the gold-medal game to the Sarnia Lady Sting. …[read more]
Soo Atom Wildcats strike gold
Hail to the champs.
Soo Great Lakes Bus Atom BB Wildcats captured the Ontario Women’s Hockey Association provincial championship over the weekend. …[read more]