All posts by Hockey News North Staff
Pucci tops Indians scoring chart
Despite missing six of his team’s games this 2013-2014 season, Frankie Pucci has emerged as the leading scorer for the Soo Indians major midgets.
Pucci, a 1997 birth-year centre and Ontario Hockey League draft pick of the Erie Otters, topped the Indians scoring chart with 22 goals, 34 assists, 56 points in 46 games. …[read more]
Soo midgets player meeting tonight
Players who are interested in being a part of the new Soo team for the 2014-2015 Great North Midget Hockey League season are advised of an information session to be held tonight at 7 p.m. at the Essar Centre.
Both general manager Kevin Cain and head coach Jim Capy will be at the session.
For more information, e-mail Coach Capy: capyj@hotmail.com
Minot d-man makes D1 commit
Minot Minotauros defenseman Scott Dornbrock has committed to play Division 1, National Collegiate Athletic Association hockey for the Miami of Ohio RedHawks effective the 2014-2015 season.
Dornbrock was acquired via North American Hockey League trade with the Topeka Roadrunners during the 2012-2013 season.
He has since played in 80 games for Minot. …[read more]
NOJHL moves into Mattawa
North Bay Trappers of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have scheduled their next three home games for the Mike Rodden Arena and Community Centre in nearby Mattawa. …[read more]
Soo midgets information session
Players who are interested in trying out for, and being a part of, the new Soo, Ontario major midget team for the 2014-2015 season are advised of an information session to be held this Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Essar Centre. …[read more]
Silver Creek Winter Classic
The hockey setting was Silver Creek Golf Course on Garden River First Nation.
Twenty-two teams and more than 150 players took part in the first-ever Silver Creek Winter Classic, a 4-on-4 hockey tournament that was played outside on three man-made rinks.
“This was pretty cool and a ton of fun getting to play with our buddies outside — just as we did when we were kids learning to play the game,” said Micky Sartoretto, who played three seasons in the Ontario Hockey League with the Kitchener Rangers and Saginaw Spirit before finishing his junior career at home as championship captain of the Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Eight Lakers are athletic scholars
The Division 1 men’s hockey team at Lake Superior State University has been duly recognized for its academic prowess.
No less than eight Lake Superior State Lakers have been named to the Western Collegiate Hockey Association scholar-athlete team for this 2013-2014 season. …[read more]
First look at newest Greyhound
It isn’t often that an Ontario Hockey League team adds a new player this late in the season.
But that’s what Soo Greyhounds did earlier this week when they inked free-agent centre Charley Graaskamp, pictured above. …[read more]
Metro Jets edge closer to Toledo
Metro Jets still have a shot at a playoff spot in the East Division of the North American 3 Hockey League.
Metro edged Toledo 2-1 on Friday night to move to within four points of the Cherokee for the fourth-and-final playoff spot in the NA3HL East.
The two teams play again tonight at 7:50 at Lakeland Arena in Waterford. …[read more]
25 straight for T-Birds
The beat goes on.
Soo Thunderbirds won their 25th successive game on Friday, a 3-1 road decision over the Espanola Rivermen. …[read more]
Soo boys named to Team NOHA
Two Sault Ste. Marie youngsters who left home for Sudbury to play in the Great North Midget Hockey League this 2013-2014 season have been named to the Team NOHA entry that will compete at the OHA Cup, to be held in Cambridge from March 7-10.
They are Caleb Boman, a 6-foot-1, 195 pound defenceman with the Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves and Jacob Palmerio, a 5-foot-8, 150 pound forward with the Nickel City Sons. …[read more]
Miners chasing Birds
Having won 24 straight games, one might think that Soo Thunderbirds would have first place in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League clinched by now.
But they don’t. …[read more]
MS has a Chill side to it
This is one special fundraiser.
Coulee Region Chill of the North American Hockey League and one of its sponsors are teaming up to promote awareness and raise funds for multiple sclerosis research.
MS is close to the heart for both the Chill and a particular sponsor.
Chill coach-general manager A.J. Degenhardt was diagnosed with the disease a few years ago and is working to raise awareness and education about the disease in the Coulee Region. …[read more]
Hounds snag NHL draft prospect
Soo Greyhounds have themselves a new player, an undrafted Ontario Hockey Leaguer from Wisconsin who nonetheless is rated by National Hockey League Central Scouting for the 2014 draft. …[read more]
Two Flint Generals sign NAHL tenders
A pair of skaters from the East Division-leading Flint Jr. Generals of the North American 3 Hockey League have signed tenders with North American Hockey League teams for the 2014-2015 season. …[read more]
Soo Atom Wildcats take title
Soo Great Lakes Wildcats won the championship today at the 24th annual London Devilettes atom girls hockey tournament. …[read more]
Two dozen in a row for T-Birds
The no. 1 ranked team in the Canadian Jr. Hockey League won its 24th straight game on Saturday night.
Playing on the road, Soo Thunderbirds cuffed Blind River Beavers 5-2 to improve to 42-4-2 on the season and with 86 points, remain atop the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League standings. …[read more]
Birds win again, Burbach scores again
Another win for the first-place team.
Two more goals for the leading scorer.
Soo Thunderbirds won their 23rd game in a row on Wednesday, upending the Elliot Lake Bobcats 5-1 before 327 fans at Rankin Arena. …[read more]
Lakers to honour Gil Somes
It will be a weekend of firsts and a night of recognition.
Lake Superior State Lakers will play host to Western Collegiate Hockey Association rival Alaska Anchorage for the first time ever in regular-season action this Friday-Saturday nights at Taffy Abel Arena. …[read more]
T-Birds, Elliot Lake at Rankin tonight
Soo Thunderbirds will play an away game without leaving home tonight.
Huh?
The Thunderbirds will take on the Elliot Lake Bobcats at 7 p.m. tonight in a Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League game that was supposed to be played in Elliot Lake. …[read more]
Thunderbirds ranked no. 1 in Canada
Soo Thunderbirds are now ranked no. 1 in the nation in the latest weekly rankings released by the Canadian Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
NOJHL: Birds play host to Bobcats
Led by high-scoring centre Darcy Haines (photo, above) the Soo Thunderbirds will play host to the Elliot Lake Bobcats tonight in a 7:30 p.m. start at the Essar Centre. The speedy Haines has 16 goals, 31 assists, 47 points in just 22 games for the Thunderbirds this season. The Thunderbirds, who have won 21 straight games, are atop the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League standings with 80 points from a record of 39-4-2. (Photo by Ali Pearson.)
Sault High to Team USA
Abby Roque, a 16-year old forward with the Sault High Blue Devils, has been named to the Team USA squad that will compete at the Under-18 Women’s World Hockey Championships in March.
The 5-foot-6, 150 pound Roque is a daughter of Jim Roque, who is the head coach of the Division 1, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Lake Superior State Lakers.