Downturn of hockey up north


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July 6, 2025

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.

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SMHA loss = win for Windsor


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June 3, 2025

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.

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Windsor via Sault Major


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May 23, 2025

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.

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Goalies and goalie coaches


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May 20, 2025

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.

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Rob Mazzuca re-elected


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May 19, 2025

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.

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Soo boys off to Windsor


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May 18, 2025

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.

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Carter Kucher is a champ


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May 14, 2025

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.

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Brett Rossetto is a Steel


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May 9, 2025

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.

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U15 AAA Jr. Hounds


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May 8, 2025

Following is the roster for the Under 15 AAA Soo Jr. Greyhounds ahead of the ’25-26 Northern Ontario Hockey Association season.

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Hound sparks U18 Canada


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May 5, 2025

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.

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Lady Cougars new coach


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April 30, 2025

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.

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Legacy of Brianne Shunock


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April 15, 2025

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.

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Lady Cougars still roaring


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March 29, 2025

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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U14 AA Hounds win NOHA


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March 24, 2025

TIMMINS — They were one loss away from elimination in the round robin portion of the Northern Ontario Hockey Association’s Tournament of Champions. But the Under 14 AA Soo Jr. Greyhounds rebounded to not only make the playoffs but skate to victory in both a semi final match and the title tilt to return home to Sault Ste. Marie as NOHA champions.

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Sudbury AAA coaches


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March 6, 2025

Sudbury Minor Hockey Association has confirmed its Sudbury Jr. Wolves AAA level head coaches for the 2025-2056 season. They are as follows.

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Korah is best of the North


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March 5, 2025

Korah Colts are Northern Ontario Secondary Schools Association boys high school hockey champions. And they worked two overtime frames to bring the crown to Sault Ste. Marie by virtue of a 2-1 victory over the Sudbury St. Charles Cardinals.

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Comeback kids of Korah


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February 28, 2025

The cardiac kids completed an improbable comeback to win the Sault Ste. Marie boys high school hockey championship. Korah Colts overcame a 3-1 third period deficit on Thursday to score a stunning 5-3 victory over the Central Algoma Huskies in the fifth and deciding game of the title series.

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Sault U9 Bruins are champs


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February 18, 2025

Hail to the International Silver Stick champions from Sault Ste. Marie. Sault Bruins Under 9 hockey team competed at the recent Lambton Shores Regional International Silver Stick tournament and returned home as champions.

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Hail the U14 AA Hounds


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February 9, 2025

A perfect five for five weekend at the Halton Hills Winter Classic resulted in a minor hockey championship celebration for the Soo Under 14 AA Jr. Greyhounds.

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Say hey to Nathan Day


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February 7, 2025

Flint Firebirds of the Ontario Hockey League have a new leader for most career wins by a goalie in a franchise history that dates back to 2015.

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Be-leaf in Anthony Stolarz


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February 4, 2025

David Maciuk recalls the time when he had to beg a tier two junior hockey team to sign little known goalie Anthony Stolarz. Now 31 years of age and a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs, the 6 foot 6 Stolarz has since forged a lengthy National Hockey League career as the quintessential backup goalie.

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Rest easy, Brent Jarrett


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February 1, 2025

Brent Jarrett, who rose from the frigid outdoor and chilly indoor rinks of Sault Ste. Marie to become an unlikely superstar with the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League and the minor pro Kalamazoo K-Wings, has passed away at the age of 65.

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CHL grads to NCAA ranks


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January 30, 2025

Adrian Gedye of Pinnacle Hockey Management is one family advisor/certified player agent whose clients are taking full advantage of the new rule that makes Canadian Hockey League players eligible to play for Division 1, National Collegiate Athletic Association programs effective the ’25-26 season.

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Gold for U13 AAA Hounds


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December 9, 2024

Head coach Craig Kennedy and the Under 13 AAA Soo Jr. Greyhounds struck gold at the recent 32nd annual Hamilton Steel Hockey Classic.

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MID WEEK NOTEBOOK


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November 13, 2024

A regular, rhythmic write-up covering the exploits of various players, teams and leagues at the rep, junior and collegiate hockey levels.

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MID WEEK NOTEBOOK


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November 6, 2024

A regular, rhythmic write-up covering the exploits of various players, teams and leagues at the rep, junior and collegiate hockey levels.

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U14 AA Hounds hang in


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October 28, 2024

LONDON, Ontario — Close but not quite. Soo Under 14 AA Jr. Greyhounds made it to within a game of the championship match at the annual London Jr. Knights Fall Classic Hockey Tournament that was held here on the weekend.

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Leamington via Thessalon


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October 16, 2024

Brendan Cooke, a signed Ontario Hockey League prospect of the Flint Firebirds, is continuing his development with the Leamington Flyers and has his first goal as a member of the Ontario Jr. Hockey League team.

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Local lad in net in Halton


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October 9, 2024

Goalie Cam Ingram, who hails from the Sault Ste. Marie area farming town of Echo Bay, is spending the ’24-25 season with the Halton Hurricanes of the AAA Under 18 Ontario Minor Hockey Association. The 6 foot, 185 pound Ingram, who has a November 7, 2008 birth date, was picked by the Windsor Spitfires in the 13th round of the 2024 Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft.

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Romaniuk to the QMJHL


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October 8, 2024

Scoring sensation Brant Romaniuk is moving up from the Timmins Rock of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to the Gatineau Olympiques of the Quebec Maritimes Jr. Hockey League, Hockey News North has confirmed.

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Road hockey rascals


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September 4, 2024

A time honoured tradition continues to be played out by at least some of today’s youth. A group of Sault Ste. Marie youngsters recently got together for a day of road hockey on Coulson Ave. in the city’s mid town. And they even took time to pose for a photo for Hockey News North.

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U14 three on three champs


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August 19, 2024

SUDBURY — A team of players from Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury won the under 14 division at the Hockey Benders Cup three on three tournament that was held here on the weekend.

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Henderson to U14 Hounds


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August 8, 2024

Jamie Henderson is the new head coach of the under 14 AAA level Soo Jr. Greyhounds, Hockey News North has confirmed.

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RIP, Bobby Jones


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July 26, 2024

If they say that only the good die young, well, in this case that is certainly true. Hailing from Haviland Bay, Ontario — he was proud to refer to it as his home — Bobby Jones has passed away at the young age of 54 after being diagnosed a few years back with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS.) 

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SMHA coaching program


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July 17, 2024

There is more game changing and ground breaking news emanating from the ranks of the Sault Major Hockey Association. Hockey News North has confirmed that world class former coach and player Craig Hartsburg is instituting a coaching program guide that all Sault Major coaches at the AAA and AA levels will be expected to follow.

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TC North wins it all


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July 15, 2024

Team Canada Black — with all 17 of its 2011 birth year hockey players from various towns in northern Ontario — returned home from Vaughan, Ont. as champions of the recent Sports Illustrated Prospects Challenge.

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Connor Toms to Carleton


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July 11, 2024

Former Soo Greyhounds and Windsor Spitfires defenseman Connor Toms is utilizing his Ontario Hockey League education package to begin his university schooling and playing career this fall.

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Timmins to Chatham


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July 3, 2024

Forward Ian Lachance, who led the Timmins Majors and the Great North Under 18 Hockey League in scoring in 2023-2024, has signed with the Chatham Maroons of the Greater Ontario Jr. Hockey League, Hockey News North has confirmed.

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Paul Maurice and Stanley


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June 26, 2024

I have been rooting for Paul Maurice ever since the 1984 Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft when the Windsor Spitfires took the lanky defenseman in the third round from the Sault Ste. Marie Legion midgets.

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Hartsburg joins Sault Major


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June 25, 2024

This is really good news — as good as it gets — for minor hockey in Sault Ste. Marie. That is, Craig Hartsburg — world class as both a player and a coach — has been appointed to the position of AAA league director by the Sault Major Hockey Association.

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Road hockey heroes


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June 3, 2024

(EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is an excerpt from my next book — More Tales Of An Old Hockey Writer — which I plan on publishing later this year.)

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Here are the U14 AA Hounds


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May 6, 2024

Head coach Ryan Corcoran and his staff have selected the players who will represent the Soo Jr. Greyhounds at the Under 14 AA level of the Northern Ontario Hockey Association for the 2024-2025 season.

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Blind River to Sault College


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April 26, 2024

Two high end graduates of one of the top programs in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have committed to the Sault College Cougars of the American Collegiate Hockey Association ahead of the 2024-2025 season.

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So close for U15 AA Hounds


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April 24, 2024

Representing the Northern Ontario Hockey Association, the Soo Under 15 AA Jr. Greyhounds left a lasting impression at the recent Ontario Hockey Federation championship tournament that was held in Oakville.

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Soo Eagles to Soo Indians


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April 19, 2024

Doug Laprade has got himself a new head coaching gig ahead of the 2024-2025 season. But the 55 year old bench boss will not be leaving Sault Ste. Marie.

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U13 AA Hounds at OHF


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April 18, 2024

Two weeks after leaving Timmins with silver medals from the Under 13 AA Northern Ontario Hockey Association Tournament of Champions, the Soo Jr. Greyhounds are back in the same northeastern Ontario town this weekend for the Ontario Hockey Federation finals.

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North Channel to OHL Spitfires


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April 14, 2024

There are feel good stories aplenty in the hockey world. And this just could be another one in the making. It deals with a young goalie who started out playing hockey in the little farm town of Echo Bay — located 30 miles or so outside of Sault Ste. Marie — for a house league team called the North Channel Lightning.

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Marson stands out for Hounds


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April 8, 2024

Soo Jr. Greyhounds were outshot, outscored and generally outplayed by the powerhouse Waterloo Wolves in their opening night match at the Central Region Under 18 AAA Hockey Championship Tournament at the Northern Community Centre.

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Silver for U13 AA Jr. Hounds


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April 8, 2024

TIMMINS — Soo Jr. Greyhounds gave the powerhouse host Timmins North Stars a mighty scare in the title tilt of the Northern Ontario Hockey Association Under 13 AA Tournament of Champions that was held here on the weekend.

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