Rayside to Charlottetown
1999 birth-year forward Cayse Ton is moving on from the Rayside-Balfour Canadians of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to the Charlottetown Islanders of the Quebec Major Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
No Soo minor bantam team
Sault Ste. Marie will not be represented by a AAA minor bantam team for the 2017-2018 season, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
Trecroce to Sault College
Nick Trecroce has had a change of plans. Instead of moving on from the Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to the Division 3, National Collegiate Athletic Association Morrisville State College Mustangs, Trecroce has opted for the Sault College Cougars of the American Collegiate Hockey Association. …[read more]
JDM Sports links with RSG
David Maciuk, family advisor and president of JDM Sports, has confirmed a relationship for his clients with the pro-oriented Roy Sports Group. …[read more]
Big coup for Sault College
Sault College Cougars of the American Collegiate Hockey Association have landed one of the better defensemen from the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Sault College via Timmins
Defenseman Kevin Lanoix, who hails from the northeastern Ontario town of Timmins, has committed to the Sault College Cougars of the American Collegiate Hockey Association for the 2017-2018 season. …[read more]
Q tryouts for Rattlers duo
A pair of Russian-born, 1999 birth year forwards who starred with the Bradford Rattlers of the Greater Metro Jr. Hockey League last season are on tryouts with teams in the Quebec Major Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Sault College via Blind River
There is a multiple player connection between the Blind River Beavers of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League and the Sault College Cougars of the American Collegiate Hockey Association. …[read more]
Big commit to Sault College
Power forward Tyler Brown, who has multiple seasons of high-level experience in the Quebec Major Jr. Hockey League, the Maritime Hockey League and the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, has committed to the Sault College Cougars for the 2017-2018 season. …[read more]
Polar Bear Classic coming up
Hosted by the Cochrane Crunch of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, the second annual Polar Bear Classic will be an expansion of the first, with a midget division added. …[read more]
Greyhound grad is Grads coach
Cumberland Grads of the Central Canada Hockey League have hired former Soo Greyhounds scoring sensation Tony Iob as their new head coach. …[read more]
Cole Jarrett headed to Belfast
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario product Cole Jarrett is adding to his world-class professional hockey resume by signing with the Belfast Giants of the British Elite League. …[read more]
Rabideau to lead Team NOHA
Team NOHA — comprising minor midget-aged, 2002 birth-year players from Northern Ontario — will be led Matt Rabideau as director of operations for the 2017-2018 season. …[read more]
New scouting gig for Pyette
After being part of three Stanley Cup championship teams with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Sault Ste. Marie native Ron Pyette is taking his scouting talents to the Buffalo Sabres. …[read more]
CCHL division realignment
Central Canada Hockey League commissioner Kevin Abrams has confirmed the realignment of the Eastern Ontario-based loop for the 2017-2018 campaign. …[read more]
Memories of Michael Doan
Death is part of life. We are born. We live. We die. And while all of us are born to eventually die, some leave sooner than others. …[read more]
Jason Uhl stars in school
Sault College Cougars of the American Collegiate Hockey Association have confirmed the return of forward Jason Uhl for the 2017-2018 season. …[read more]
Rest in peace, Michael Doan
This is a heart-breaker to report. Family and friends are mourning the tragic passing of former high school, junior, college and minor pro goalie Michael Doan. …[read more]
Construction at Sault College
The building of the fledgling varsity men’s hockey program at Sault College is an ongoing process and a work in progress. …[read more]
Cougars get defensive
Sault College Cougars of the American Collegiate Hockey Association have confirmed the commitment of defenseman Jared Binguis for the 2017-2018 season. …[read more]
Committed to Sault College
Defenseman Jamie Kamzol has committed to play for the Sault College Cougars as they debut as members of the Division 3, American Collegiate Hockey Association in 2017-2018. …[read more]
Hockey issues in S.S. Marie
To be sure, there is a widespread notion that all is not well as it pertains to minor hockey in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. …[read more]
On the Rowe to Sault College
Sault College Cougars of the Division 3, American Collegiate Hockey Association have recruited another high-end skater for the 2017-2018 season. …[read more]
Be-Leaf in Flint defenseman
He moved to Toronto from Russia at age seven and could not speak a word of English. A little more than 10 years later, after adapting to life in Canada and becoming a big fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Fedor Gordeev is living a dream. …[read more]
Ups, downs from NHL draft
Of the 217 players who were selected at the 2017 National Hockey League draft, 42 were picked from teams in the Ontario Hockey League. Following are one writer’s list of ups and downs relative to the OHL presence at the weekend NHL draft. …[read more]
Hockey rise at Sault College
A varsity athletics fixture in basketball and volleyball for decades, Sault College is working towards further establishing its men’s and women’s hockey programs. …[read more]
New to Sault female hockey
Sault Female Hockey Association has passed a motion to implement a comprehensive concussion protocol for the 2017-2018 season, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
Rattlers to Division 3, NCAA
Kyle Vigar is moving on from the Bradford Rattlers of the Greater Metro Jr. Hockey League to play at the Division 3, National Collegiate Athletic Association level. …[read more]
Bulls to Swedish pro league
Centre Tyler Quintos, who served as captain for the Bradford Bulls of the Greater Metro Jr. Hockey League in 2016-2017, has signed a pro contract. …[read more]
Tully an OHL GM in waiting
He’s a former Ontario Hockey League star defenseman who went on to captain a Team Canada, world junior, gold-medal champion. And now as the general manager of a national champion junior A team, Brent Tully has aspirations of returning to the OHL. …[read more]
Sault midget hockey scene
As it now stands, Sault Ste. Marie will be represented by two teams effective the 2017-2018 Great North Midget Hockey League season. But there is a condition to having both a major midget and minor midget entry in the Great North loop. …[read more]
Tyler Bertuzzi, MVP
Grand Rapids Griffins are the champions of the American Hockey League and the top affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Detroit Red Wings got a most valuable player performance from a gritty northern Ontario kid. …[read more]
Vendramin to Sault College
Ryan Vendramin will be staying home this fall to continue his athletic career at Sault College of Applied Arts and Technology. …[read more]
Big hire for Bradford Rattlers
Former Soo Greyhounds all-star defenseman Ric Jackman, who went on to play on a Stanley Cup championship team, has been named head coach of the Bradford Rattlers of the Greater Metro Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Soo Eagles hire video coach
As hockey evolves in the statistical sense it is the off-ice preparation through video and analysis that has become a difference maker between winning and losing. …[read more]
New gig for Moe Mantha
Moe Mantha, who has coached in the Ontario Hockey League and Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League among other stops, is returning to the North American Hockey League. …[read more]
Soo boy a CCHL co-owner
Kemptville 73’s of the Central Canada Hockey League have been sold to an ownership group that includes a Sault Ste. Marie native. …[read more]
Sault Major sends an appeal
Sault Major Hockey Association is asking the Great North Midget Hockey League to reconsider its recent decision to deny membership to a minor midget team from the Soo for the 2017-2018 season. …[read more]
When I think of Windsor
Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League and the city itself will be in the national spotlight as hosts of the 2017 Memorial Cup tournament that begins on May 19. As someone with a long association to Windsor through family and hockey, thoughts are many and memorable related to the town and the Spitfires. …[read more]
Porco, Baber star at Gold Cup
Featuring the top 2001 birth-year players in Ontario, the 2017 edition of the eight-team OHL Gold Cup tournament wrapped up on the weekend. …[read more]
Bertuzzi hockey family, Act 3
They have family and hockey roots that are deep within the gritty northern Ontario town of Sudbury. But at the Ontario Hockey League level it is the Guelph Storm that continues to serve as home to the Bertuzzi family. …[read more]
Blind River to Sault College
Andrew Trowbridge is moving on from three full seasons with the Blind River Beavers of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to play for the Sault College Cougars effective the 2017-2018 campaign. …[read more]
Brennan Roy piles up points
From the Kapuskasing Flyers of the Great North Midget Hockey League to the erstwhile Abitibi Eskimos of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to the best defenseman in the Ontario Jr. Hockey League as a member of the Cobourg Cougars. …[read more]
Good job, Brandon Grandinetti
A standout in the classroom and a high-end defenseman on the ice, Sault Ste. Marie’s Brandon Grandinetti is headed to new heights. …[read more]
May 1 musings
A little bit of this and a little bit of that. That is how we will head into May and the continuation of a hockey season that never really ends. …[read more]
Sault Major names 8 coaches
Sault Major Hockey Association has confirmed eight of the coaches who will head its elite program teams for the 2017-2018 season. …[read more]
Sault Major to name coaches
Sault Major Hockey Association will soon unveil its head coach selections for the 2017-2018 season including those who will head up the major and (proposed) minor midget teams. …[read more]
Minor midget team for Soo?
Sault Ste. Marie could be home to two teams in the Great North Midget Hockey League effective the 2017-2018 season. …[read more]
Soo trio of top OHL prospects
Three forwards from Sault Ste. Marie are projected to be taken within the top two rounds of this Saturday’s Ontario Hockey League draft. …[read more]