All posts by Hockey News North Staff
Sunday success on the road
Hamilton Bulldogs and Ottawa 67’s both pulled off big Sunday afternoon road triumphs as playoffs continued in the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
NOJHL playoff update
Rayside-Balfour Canadians have tied their series with Blind River Beavers while Powassan Voodoos have advanced to the next round of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League playoffs. …[read more]
OHL playoff schedule
Playoff pairings have been finalized and the schedules in all eight first-round Ontario Hockey League series have been set, including four games that will be televised on Sportsnet 360. …[read more]
Express tryout camp
Espanola Express of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League has confirmed that its spring tryout camp will be held on Saturday April 22 at the Gerry McCrory Countryside Arena in Sudbury. …[read more]
NOJHL playoffs continue
Second-round playoff action in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League continues with three games slated for tonight. …[read more]
Birds, Eagles hit the Rhodes
The famed Twin Soo rivalry, aka the Border Battle, is set up for another installment with the Soo Thunderbirds and Soo Eagles facing off in the second round of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League playoffs. …[read more]
Time to Pullar together
Soo Eagles and Elliot Lake Wildcats will decide their best-of-three, preliminary round, Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League playoff series tonight. …[read more]
Lakers to NHL via Soo Eagles
Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League have confirmed the signing of Lake Superior State Lakers freshman defenseman Kris Bindulis to a three-year contract. …[read more]
A feel-good survival story
16-year old cancer survivor Jake Murray has signed a standard player agreement with the Hamilton Bulldogs of the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
Great North set squared 1-1
The championship series in the Great North Midget Hockey League is down to a best-of-three playoff set. …[read more]
Great North finals begin
North Bay Trappers will begin their best-of-five Great North Midget Hockey League championship series against the Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves with a pair of home games at Memorial Gardens. …[read more]
Best of the Great North
The five-member all-star team from the Great North Midget Hockey League for the 2016-2017 regular season has been confirmed by commissioner Bob MacLean and relayed to HockeyNewsNorth.com. …[read more]
North American showcase
Looking to play junior A hockey in Ontario, Canada next season? Well, the newly-formed North American Junior Hockey Showcase has a series of upcoming camps planned. …[read more]
Female hockey coach search
Sault Female Hockey Association is seeking coaches for the 2017-2018 season to lead their Wildcat rep teams in all divisions — novice, atom, pee wee, bantam and midget, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
Hound midgets in a hole
Soo Greyhounds of the Great North Midget Hockey League are facing elimination following a pair of road losses to the Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves on the weekend. …[read more]
Soo midgets sweep Sudbury
It’s on to the second round of the Great North Midget Hockey League playoffs for the Soo Greyhounds following a relatively-easy, first-round sweep. …[read more]
Four really smart Lakers
Four members of the Lake Superior State Lakers of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association are scholar-athlete award recipients for the 2016-2017 season. …[read more]
NOJHL commish speaks out
A standout Ontario Hockey League defenseman during his playing days with the Sudbury Wolves, 54-year old Robert Mazzuca is now in his sixth season as the commissioner of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. Mazzuca also serves as the chair of the junior council for the Ontario Hockey Federation. Following is a transcript of an interview with HockeyNewsNorth.com and Mazzuca. …[read more]
Hounds home for three
Soo Greyhounds, with the third-most points in the Ontario Hockey League, will be in the comfort of home for three games this week, beginning tonight. …[read more]
Two with Crunch to NCAA
Forwards Konnar Dechaine and Brandon McReynolds of the Cochrane Crunch of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have landed Division 3, National Collegiate Athletic Association commitments effective the 2016-2017 season. …[read more]
Birds, Beavers hit the Rhodes
Soo Thunderbirds will vacate the cavernous Essar Centre to return to their old home tonight — the cozy confines of John Rhodes Community Centre — to play host to the Blind River Beavers. …[read more]
7 straight for Crunch bunch
Riding the crest of a seven-game winning streak, Cochrane Crunch is now the hottest team in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Rattler rattles off the goals
Veteran Bradford Rattlers forward Rasmus Brunnberg now holds the Greater Metro Jr. Hockey League team’s franchise record for most career goals scored. …[read more]
Owen in an Erie outfit
After a season-and-a-half with the Lake Superior State Lakers of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, 1997 birth-year defenseman Owen Headrick is now a member of the Erie Otters of the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
State of CCHL, junior hockey
It is a 12-team junior loop located in the Ottawa region and the Central Canada Hockey League has forged a good reputation for developing and advancing its players. In all, CCHL teams combine to advance more than 100 players annually. Kevin Abrams is the 56-year old commissioner of the CCHL and via this transcript, he and HockeyNewsNorth.com discuss the state of the league — and junior hockey in general. …[read more]
Hound midgets sweep Wolves
Second-seeded Soo Greyhounds solidified their standing in the Great North Midget Hockey League with a weekend-series sweep of the Sudbury Wolves. …[read more]
Eagles end Voodoos spell
Soo Eagles used the home ice of Pullar Stadium on Friday to halt the remarkable 26-game unbeaten streak of the Powassan Voodoos. …[read more]
Hound midgets home for three
Soo Greyhounds of the Great North Midget Hockey League will close the 2016-2017 regular season with six games on home ice beginning with three this weekend. …[read more]
Wolves add net insurance
Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League have signed former Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League goalie Mackenzie Savard to a standard player agreement. …[read more]
Two all-star Rattlers
Sean Werth, general manager of the Bradford Rattlers, has confirmed that two of his players have been selected to play in the Greater Metro Jr. Hockey League all-star game.
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67’s give Chase to Attack
Ottawa 67’s have dealt 1998 birth-year winger Chase Campbell to the Owen Sound Attack in an Ontario Hockey League trade. …[read more]
Express route to North Bay
As we were first to report via Twitter, North Bay Battalion of the Ontario Hockey League has gone to the Espanola Express of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to obtain 1997 birth-year goaltender Logan Sawka. …[read more]
RR Rangers win Silver Stick
Sudbury was the site for a regional portion of the International Silver Stick Hockey Tournament on the weekend and the Root River Rangers of Sault Ste. Marie returned home with a championship banner. …[read more]
Wolves boast 3 NHL captains
Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League not only help to produce their share of players for the National Hockey League but they are developing captain material as well. …[read more]
Russian Rattler puts up points
He is just 17-years old and Russian-born forward Khassan Al-Dzhilaui of the Bradford Rattlers is leading the Greater Metro Jr. Hockey League in scoring with 18 goals, 44 assists, 62 points in 20 games thus far this season. …[read more]
Top 10 of the CCHL
Only nine points separate the top 10 scorers — who are all forwards — in the 12-team Central Canada Hockey League. …[read more]
T-Birds fan appreciation
Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have designated November as Fan Appreciation Month, sponsored by their parent company, The Tech 1921 Ltd. …[read more]
Hail to the NB atom champs
North Bay major atom AA Trappers returned from the nation’s capital with the gold-medal crown after edging the host Ottawa Silver Seven 2-1 in the title tilt of the weekend’s 12th annual Capital Fall Hockey Classic. …[read more]
World under-17 playoffs set
Quarter-final games are set to go today at the World under-17 Hockey Challenge that is being held in Sault Ste. Marie. …[read more]
Appreciation night in Alpena
Alpena Flyers of the U.S. Premier Hockey League will play host to an Emergency Personnel Appreciation Night this Saturday at Northern Lights Arena. …[read more]
Battalion calls on a Voodoo
Forward Andy Baker, who leads the Powassan Voodoos of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League in goals, has signed an Ontario Hockey League contract with the North Bay Battalion. …[read more]
Bradford to Lakehead
Bradford Rattlers of the Greater Metro Jr. Hockey League have a 10-year history of championship success, not to mention player advancement to various higher levels of play. …[read more]
Here’s to the Jr. Senators
Ottawa Jr. Senators of the Central Canada Hockey League will play host to the 24th annual Eastern Canada Jr. A championships in 2018. …[read more]
Irish forward in Cruz control
Tristan Cruz of the Detroit Fighting Irish of the U.S. Premier Hockey League is known around the team as a “jock of all trades.” …[read more]
Nice start for Headrick, Lakers
Lake Superior State Lakers flashed a new-look offense en route to a 6-1, opening-night win over the Michigan State Spartans before a Friday crowd of close to 2,800 at Taffy Abel Arena. …[read more]
Irish in mid October
Detroit Fighting Irish of the U.S. Premier Hockey League’s Elite Midwest Division will be out to try to reverse its fortunes this weekend. …[read more]
Alpena in mid October
Winners of two of their first three games to begin the 2016-2017 season in the U.S. Premier Hockey League’s USP3 Midwest Division, Alpena Flyers are home for three games this weekend. …[read more]
Big numbers! OHL to CIS
The numbers do not lie. No less than 198 graduates of the Ontario Hockey League are beginning the 2016-2017 season with Canadian Interuniversity Sport programs as they pursue goals — on the ice and in the classroom — via their respective OHL scholarship packages. …[read more]