What a Hall of Fame night!
It was a jam packed gathering that featured numerous “salt of the earth” hockey people and members of their respective families. The newly formed Hockey North Hall of Fame recently held its inaugural induction ceremony in the Steamfitters Lounge of the Machine Shop venue in Sault Ste. Marie’s west end.
…[read more]U18 Soo Indians via Ohio
Forward Jack Hovanetz will be venturing from the Ohio based Under 16 AAA level Gilmour Academy to play for the Under 18 Soo Indians of the Michigan Amateur Hockey Association’s Tier 1 Elite League. Hockey News North has confirmed that the late November, 2009 birth year skater has signed with the new look Indians ahead of the ’26-27 season.
…[read more]Hockey North HOF induction
The newly formed Hockey North Hall of Fame will hold its inaugural induction ceremony this Thursday at 5 p.m. at the Machine Shop venue in the Canal District of Sault Ste. Marie. The Hockey North Hall of Fame has been established to recognize individuals with a link to the north who have made an impact on the game dating back to 1975.
…[read more]Player agent thumbs-up
Being in the hockey business as a writer for more than 50 years often leads to me being asked by parents, relatives and friends of young players for recommendations when it comes to choosing a player agent aka family advisor.
…[read more]Soo Indians sign local lad
Soo Indians of the Under 18 Tier 1 Elite level of the Michigan Amateur Hockey Association have signed a rookie skater with ties to both sides of the International Bridge at Sault Ste. Marie ahead of the ’26-27 season. He is Andrew Aikens, a 6 foot 2, 190 pound defenseman with a 2009 birth date.
…[read more]Martone a rising sensation
He has a family link to Sault Ste. Marie and has become a clear cut playing sensation — and both a fan and media favourite — beginning late in the ’25-26 National Hockey League regular season and now into the playoffs. He is 19-year old Porter Martone and he has burst onto the NHL scene like few others in a long time.
…[read more]All new U18 Soo Indians
Soo Indians of the Under 18 Tier 1 Elite level are already at work ahead of the ’26-27 hockey season. With a fresh, new operator in local businessman Dennis Eby — who will also be the general manager of the Michigan Amateur Hockey Association team — the Indians have also brought aboard the highly regarded Doug Laprade as their head coach.
…[read more]Lady Cougars win another
Simply sensational. As in, make that four national championships in succession for the powerhouse Sault College Cougars’ women’s hockey program.
…[read more]Muto & Chapman pass tests
Sault Ste. Marie products Mateo Muto and Eli Chapman are tried and tested from more than 60 games at the Under 16 AAA prep level for BioSteel Sports Academy of Windsor. To be sure, over the course of the recently completed ’25-26 schedule, both Muto and Chapman stood out for BioSteel, which recorded a record of 39-18-6 against top AAA competition from across Ontario and into the United States.
…[read more]Woods on Red Wings radio
To be sure, Paul Woods has more than earned the time off that will come with his looming retirement. Woods, who was a rookie centre for the Soo Greyhounds when they made their Ontario Hockey League debut as an expansion team way back in 1972, will retire as the radio analyst for the Detroit Red Wings at the end of this National Hockey League season after 40 years on the job.
…[read more]Scouting Sault boys in Windsor
Forward Eli Chapman and defenseman Mateo Muto from Sault Ste. Marie are part of a host of players performing at the AAA Under 16 level in Windsor who have the attention of general managers and scouts ahead of the 2026 Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft.
…[read more]Hockey North HOF induction
Established in 2025, the newly formed Hockey North Hall of Fame will be staging its inaugural induction ceremony on Thursday, May 21 at 5 p.m. at the Machine Shop venue in the Canal District of Sault Ste. Marie.
…[read more]What’s up with Sault Major?
Imagine how strong the Under 16 AAA level of the Soo Jr. Greyhounds program would be if four plum 2010 birth year skaters had not departed the Sault Major Hockey Association to pursue their dreams and aspirations elsewhere. Whatever their reason or reasons for leaving the comfort of their families in Sault Ste. Marie are, standout forwards Colin Kennedy, Cole Guizzetti and Eli Chapman and stalwart defenseman Mateo Muto are all excelling in reputable AAA programs a good distance from home.
…[read more]Sault side to BioSteel champs
It was a big event accomplishment by BioSteel Sports Academy of Windsor that featured a pair of Sault Ste. Marie products in defenseman Mateo Muto and forward Eli Chapman.
…[read more]Top four OHL contenders
Now that the Ontario Hockey League trade deadline has passed — it was a frenzied, frantic process — the 2026 segment of the regular season schedule is in resumption with rosters set for the stretch run. And from among a host of contenders for this year’s OHL championship there are four teams that stand out more than the others, at least to us.
…[read more]Way to go, Tyler Diluzio
A good kid from a good Sault Ste. Marie family had a hockey weekend to remember while standing tall as an affiliate player for the Under 15 AA Sudbury Jr. Wolves — and against his hometown Soo Jr. Greyhounds no less.
…[read more]Guizzetti … Chapman … Muto
It is about freedom of movement. It is about choice, opportunity and pursuing a passion. Not only that, their reason or reasons for departing the oft maligned Sault Major Hockey Association to play elsewhere is their business.
…[read more]Guizzetti a top OHL prospect
Sault Ste. Marie product Cole Guizzetti has been identified as one of the Top 80 prospects in the province well ahead of the June, 2026 Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft.
…[read more]My very first hockey jersey
Being a hockey writer, this is a story that, after all these years, never gets old in my mind. I am now in my early 70s but the little kid in me still remembers back to when I was just a wee youngster.
…[read more]Same rules for volunteers
Being a volunteer coach doesn’t mean that he or she gets to ignore the rules, policies and procedures of a given team, league, or association. Yet, there are some volunteer coaches out there who think that they can break or ignore rules and procedures because they aren’t being paid.
…[read more]D1 for Sault College women
They are moving up to the top floor of the American Collegiate Hockey Association. After a half dozen wildly wonderful seasons of winning at the ACHA Division 2 and 3 national championship levels, the Sault College Cougars women’s team has been elevated to Division 1 status effective the ’26-27 season.
…[read more]Ted Nolan assists U9 practice
It seems as though legendary Ontario Hockey League, Quebec Maritimes Jr. Hockey League and National Hockey League head coach Ted Nolan is never far away from a rink. Just recently, Nolan ran a practice for the Under 9, tier 1 level Niagara Nationals, who are coached by fellow Sault Ste. Marie product Freddie Coccimiglio.
…[read more]50 years covering the Hounds
It was 50 years ago — October of 1975 — that I officially became a member of the Sault Ste. Marie sports media as a part time sports caster and reporter for radio station CKCY. And part of my duties as a roving sports reporter — for the tidy sum of $3 an hour — was to cover the Soo Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League.
…[read more]Eli Chapman, Mateo Muto
A pair of plum recruits from Sault Ste. Marie are among the top performers for the Under 16 AAA Prep Level BioSteel Sports Academy of Windsor. They are forward Eli Chapman and defenseman Mateo Muto.
…[read more]The return of Nik Rossetto
Sault Ste. Marie product Nik Rossetto recently made his ’25-26 Ontario Hockey League debut for the Brantford Bulldogs after missing the first 16 games of the season while recovering from a shoulder injury.
…[read more]Rossetto helps Steel a title
Sault Ste. Marie spark plug Brett Rossetto played a starring role in the Hamilton Steel stunning the favoured — and host — Toronto Jr. Canadiens in the under 15 level championship game of the recent Tyler Cragg AAA Memorial Hockey Tournament.
…[read more]Atta boy, Josh Jameus
Talk about an honour for a well deserving lad, this is quite exceptional. That is, Sault Ste. Marie product Josh Jameus has been named an assistant captain for the Under 15 AAA Barrie Colts of the Ontario Minor Hockey Association.
…[read more]U15 Hounds take 2 of 3
Scoring leader Gavyn Nevers capped a winning weekend for the Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Northern Ontario Hockey Association at the Minor Hockey Alliance of Ontario’s Under 15 AAA Face Off to the ’25-26 regular season that concluded today.
…[read more]U15 Hounds blank London
Hard working, high performance forward Gavyn Nevers scored his second goal in as many games and added an assist and Carter Rome posted the shutout as the Soo Jr. Greyhounds blanked the London Jr. Knights 3-0 in their second outing today at the Minor Hockey Alliance of Ontario’s Under 15 AAA Face Off to the ’25-26 regular season.
…[read more]U15 Hounds lose close one
Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Northern Ontario Hockey Association dropped their opening game at the Minor Hockey Alliance of Ontario’s Under 15 AAA Face Off to the ’25-26 regular season today.
…[read more]U15 Hounds in Windsor
Highly touted — and with lofty internal expectations — the Under 15 AAA level Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Northern Ontario Hockey Association are off to the Minor Hockey Alliance of Ontario’s Face Off to the ’25-26 regular season this weekend.
…[read more]Sault boy to St. Catharines
James Elliott is headed to the Greater Ontario Jr. Hockey League for a season of development with the St. Catharines Falcons. Elliott, a 2008 birth year forward from Sault Ste. Marie and a seventh round, 2024 Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft pick of the Soo Greyhounds, spent the ’24-25 season with the Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]Soo Indians sign local lad
Hard working forward Madden Glavota has signed with the AAA Under 18 Soo Indians of the Michigan Amateur Hockey Association ahead of the ’25-26 season.
…[read more]On to a few good rivalries
The restless hands of time are ticking towards the start of the ’25-26 hockey season. And while little can be done about certain self absorbed, self serving minor hockey coaches and managers who treat the game as though it is a special sanctuary for them, their kids, their friends and their kids — at the expense of others — here’s to a good season ahead for all of the good folks of the game.
…[read more]Huckson heading to Flint
Free agent defenseman Colton Huckson — who has a late December, 2008 birth date — is slated to attend the upcoming Ontario Hockey League training camp of the Flint Firebirds. Mike Oliverio, who is the head scout for the OHL Firebirds, confirmed to Hockey News North that Huckson, who is a Sault Ste. Marie product, has been invited to Flint for next week’s camp.
…[read more]Leaving Sault to play hockey
OK, so we are a week into August and another month of the summer season. But regardless of the month, hockey is the year round sport of all sports with summer ice sessions and off season tournaments now being more of the rule than the exception.
…[read more]Downturn of hockey up north
Once upon a time, teams in the Ontario Hockey League were all in on players from the north. And not just from the bigger northern communities of Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie, North Bay and Timmins.
…[read more]SMHA loss = win for Windsor
Like it or not — and any self serving excuses aside — the Sault Major Hockey Association is losing plum players as young as 14 and 15 years old to other programs across Ontario. Some have signed with teams in Barrie, Hamilton and Sudbury ahead of the ’25-26 season. And Windsor has also proven to be a preferred course of action.
…[read more]Windsor via Sault Major
Mateo Muto, a highly regarded 2010 birth year defenceman, has opted to move away from home and depart the Sault Major Hockey Association to play at the prep level for BioSteel Sports Academy of Windsor.
…[read more]Goalies and goalie coaches
They are the goalies. They are the quirky kids. Unlike any other position, they can win or lose a hockey game on their own. Meanwhile, a good goalie coach can make a real difference for a good goalie. There are good goalie coaches out there, just as there are those who, unfortunately, are imposters.
…[read more]Rob Mazzuca re-elected
The Canadian Jr. Hockey League recently concluded its annual general meeting in Calgary. Among major items of business, Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League commissioner Rob Mazzuca was re-elected as the chair of the board of the Canada wide CJHL.
…[read more]Soo boys off to Windsor
A trio of lads from Sault Ste. Marie will be heading to southwestern Ontario to play at the rep hockey level in Windsor come the ’25-26 season. They are 2010 birth year forward Eli Chapman, 2010 birth year defenseman Mateo Muto and 2011 birth year goalie Owen Whitehead.
…[read more]Carter Kucher is a champ
Sault Ste. Marie product Carter Kucher now has the elite experience of being a championship defenseman. The 16 year old youngster recently hoisted the title trophy as a member of the Chatham Maroons of the Greater Ontario Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]Brett Rossetto is a Steel
Hamilton Steel of the Under 15 AAA level of the Ontario Minor Hockey Association has signed 2011 birth year standout Brett Rossetto away from the U15 AAA Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Northern Ontario Hockey Association.
…[read more]U15 AAA Jr. Hounds
Following is the roster for the Under 15 AAA Soo Jr. Greyhounds ahead of the ’25-26 Northern Ontario Hockey Association season.
…[read more]Hound sparks U18 Canada
Hail to the Canadians! For the first time in program history, Team Canada is back to back champions at the Under 18 World Hockey Championships — with considerable help from a member of the Soo Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League.
…[read more]Lady Cougars new coach
An expected hiring has been confirmed. As in, the three time reigning champion Sault College Cougars of the Division 2 level of the American Collegiate Hockey Association have officially announced Megan Dubas as the new head coach of the wildly successful varsity women’s hockey team.
…[read more]Legacy of Brianne Shunock
What a truly remarkable and inspiring run of success this has been. After guiding the Sault College Cougars women’s hockey program through one of the most dominant stretches in Division 2, American Collegiate Hockey Association history, head coach Brianne Shunock has officially announced her retirement.
…[read more]Lady Cougars still roaring
It was an all Canadian final between two teams of Cougars for the American Collegiate Hockey Association women’s national championship. And it was the Sault College Cougars who upended the Assiniboine College Cougars of Brandon, Manitoba in the title tilt.
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