Little Caesars gives back
Mike Flammia, owner-operator of two Little Caesars franchise outlets in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., has been involved in a number of community projects in the three years that he has been in business. …[read more]
It’s how you play-by-play
Listening to Dan Dickerson so expertly and casually broadcast another Detroit Tigers baseball game on Sunday reminded me of how many well-called Ontario Hockey League matches that I have tuned in to on the radio over the years. …[read more]
Owen Headrick makes NACS list
Garden River First Nation product Owen Headrick, fresh from an eye-opening season as a freshman defenseman with the Lake Superior State University Lakers, has been ranked as a potential late-round pick for the upcoming National Hockey League draft. …[read more]
Howe I became a Red Wings fan
I was born in 1952 and have been a National Hockey League fan for as long as I can remember, all the while living a double life. …[read more]
Father, son and the big picture
Jeff Brown knows what it’s like to play and stay in the National Hockey League, having starred in more than 800 games at the highest level of competition. …[read more]
Denny Lambert talks T-Birds, Tech
He is settling into his new job at The Tech 1921 Ltd. as the director of hockey operations for the company that has taken over the Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League and has plans to start a school-based athletic academy by the fall of 2017. …[read more]
Matt Murray rises to the occasion
Through four up-and-down Ontario Hockey League seasons with the Soo Greyhounds, Matt Murray provided a few scattered snapshots that he had the makings of being a professional goalie. …[read more]
Headrick would be an NHL steal
His name does not appear on any official rankings chart but I am of the notion that Lake Superior State University Lakers freshman Owen Headrick would be an absolute steal for any National Hockey League team willing to take a flyer on the 1997 birth-year defenseman at next month’s draft. …[read more]
Hound development camp details
Three Sault Ste. Marie products will be among the 31 prospects who will take part in a development camp that is being hosted by the Soo Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League this weekend. …[read more]
Trenton trims T-Birds in title tilt
Trenton Golden Hawks of the Ontario Jr. Hockey League have dethroned the defending Dudley-Hewitt Cup, Central Canada Tournament champion Soo Thunderbirds. …[read more]
T-Birds v. Trenton for DHC title
Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League will seek a second successive Dudley-Hewitt Cup, Central Canada Tournament title tonight when they face off against the Trenton Golden Hawks of the Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Dudley-Hewitt Cup winding up
It’s down to two games to decide the winner of the Dudley-Hewitt Cup, Central Canada Tournament with three of four teams still in the running for the junior A hockey championship. …[read more]
Good scouts trust their intuition
The good scouts are the ones who look beyond the obvious. The good scouts are the ones who do their homework and rely on their own intuition rather than just going with the flow. …[read more]
KBX minor hockey alternative
EDITOR’S NOTE: HockeyNewsNorth.com has received the following information document from KBX Selects of Sault Ste. Marie. KBX Selects is owned and operated by Sault Ste. Marie native Ken Belanger, who played three seasons as a left winger in the Ontario Hockey League with the Ottawa 67’s and Guelph Storm and appeared in 260 National Hockey League games with the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Islanders, Boston Bruins and Los Angeles Kings. …[read more]
Hendo and the boys
Jamie Henderson is running a skills development program that is going on for bantam-aged hockey players and older at Community First Soo Pee Wee Arena. …[read more]
Lambert to lead Tech hockey program
The Tech 1921 Ltd. is expanding its new-endeavour, Sault Ste. Marie hockey holdings to the extent that it is hiring the reputable Denny Lambert as its full-time director. …[read more]
Can’t the kids just play hockey?
As some of the dust settles from the ongoing dispute between minor hockey factions in Sault Ste. Marie, one has to wonder if the adults who played any part in the debacle will pause for a minute and think about who the game is supposed to be for at this level. …[read more]
Speers, White to Albany Devils
Albany Devils of the American Hockey League have signed forward Blake Speers and defenseman Colton White of the Ontario Hockey League Soo Greyhounds to amateur tryout agreements for the remainder of the 2015-2016 season. …[read more]
Atom minor AA tryouts
A healthy group of 2007 birth-year skaters are signed up for this weekend’s Soo Jr. Greyhounds atom minor AA hockey tryouts. …[read more]
Minor hockey debacle in S.S. Marie
There is a toxic element that is having a chaotic and disruptive effect on minor hockey in Sault Ste. Marie. And in this case, the Soo Pee Wee Hockey League stands accused as the alleged culprit. …[read more]
Roadhouse women among the best
The Roadhouse, a women’s team from Sault Ste. Marie, made it to the finals of the CARHA World Cup of Hockey Tournament that is being held in Windsor, Ont. …[read more]
Rick Kowalsky, coach-of-the-year
Rick Kowalsky, who captained the Soo Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League to the 1993 Memorial Cup championship as an energetic, inspirational right winger, has been named American Hockey League coach-of-the-year for the 2015-2016 season. …[read more]
Latest on the Jr. Greyhounds
Six coaches have been appointed by Sault Minor Hockey to assume bench boss duties with the Soo Jr. Greyhounds rep program for the 2016-2017 season. …[read more]
PW minor Hounds take NOHL title
Devin Mauro lit the lamp three times as the Soo Jr. Greyhounds skated to a 7-1 decision over the Nickel City Sons on Sunday to bring home the Northern Ontario AAA Hockey League pee wee minor championship. …[read more]
Soo PW minors on verge of title
Soo Jr. Greyhounds pee wee minors are one victory away from winning the Northern Ontario AAA Hockey League championship. …[read more]
Back on the hockey beat
After spending parts of five days in Ottawa at the Tim Hortons Brier, Canadian men’s curling championships, I am back home on the hockey beat. …[read more]
Sault women are Ontario’s best
Coach Dominic Sacco and his Sault College Cougars are Ontario Colleges Committee on Campus Recreation women’s hockey champions for the 2015-2016 season. …[read more]
Want to play for the Jr. Greyhounds?
Players who aspire to play within the Soo Jr. Greyhounds rep program for the 2016-2017 season — this message is directed towards you and your parents. …[read more]
Famed trio: Lambert, Simon, Turco
Denny Lambert was never drafted into the Ontario Hockey League or the National Hockey League but he made it to both levels and played with distinction. …[read more]
Youth hockey: expensive, priceless
Times have certainly changed from the days of playing competitive hockey on outdoor rinks and in local arenas within a youth house-league system. …[read more]
Coach decides to Chill out
A.J. Degenhardt is leaving his position as coach-general manager of the Coulee Region Chill of the North American Hockey League effective the end of the 2015-2016 campaign. …[read more]
Sports Gold takes NOHA title
Sault Ste. Marie Sports Gold has won the Northern Ontario Hockey Association’s AA bantam minor title. …[read more]
NOHL pee wee major series tied
Sudbury Wolves have forced a fifth-and-deciding game in their best-of-five, Northern Ontario AAA Hockey League pee wee major division playoff series with the Soo Greyhounds. …[read more]
Soo pee wee majors have series lead
Soo Greyhounds pee wee majors can complete a first-round playoff upset on Saturday when they play host to the Sudbury Wolves in a 1 p.m. match at John Rhodes Community Centre. …[read more]
Jr. Greyhound new parent session
Sault Minor Hockey will be holding what it terms a “new parent information session” next Monday, March 7. …[read more]
Pee wee minor d-men can score too
Not only did the first-place Soo Greyhounds feature eight of the top 10 scorers during the Northern Ontario AAA Hockey League pee wee minor division regular season but their defensemen produced top point totals as well. …[read more]
Pee wee minors home to Green Bay
Soo Greyhounds pee wee minors will prepare for the forthcoming championship series in the Northern Ontario AAA Hockey League with a three-game tuneup this weekend against the visiting Green Bay Jr. Gamblers. …[read more]
Jr. Greyhound tryouts loom
This is a message for all players who aspire to play within the Soo Jr. Greyhounds rep program for the 2016-2017 season. …[read more]
March 1 musings
The first of March takes us one day closer to spring and another day closer to playoffs.. …[read more]
Massey still seeking junior team
As HockeyNewsNorth.com first reported in a November, 2015 article, the town of Massey is interested in bringing a junior hockey team to the area. …[read more]
Pee wee major scoring champion
Soo Greyhounds finished in third place during the Northern Ontario AAA Hockey League regular season and the pee wee major team featured the top scorer in the division. …[read more]
Little Caesars winter classic
The multi-team, multi-division, Little Caesars Winter Hockey Classic was held today on outdoor rinks on the grounds of Silver Creek Golf Course, just outside Sault Ste. Marie at Garden River First Nation. …[read more]
Brad Baber’s boy a scoring leader
Camaryn Baber, a 2001 birth-year forward with the Soo Greyhounds of the Northern Ontario AAA Hockey League’s major bantam division, is showing some of his father’s ability as a player. …[read more]
Pee wee minor scoring champ
Not only did the Soo Greyhounds finish atop the regular-season standings of the Northern Ontario AAA Hockey League’s pee wee minor division with a dominant record of 19-0-1 but they featured the top scorer in the loop. …[read more]
Hounds pee wee minors dominate
Soo Greyhounds pee wee minors have a first-round playoff bye due to a dominant regular season within the Northern Ontario AAA Hockey League. …[read more]
Jr. Greyhound information session
Sault Minor Hockey, as part of Sault Major Hockey Association, will be holding what it terms a “new parent information session” on Monday, March 7. …[read more]
Golden girl
Mai-Ann Dorval of the Kapuskasing Ice Hawks proudly displays a trophy and gold medal that she won at the four-day, Soo Pee Wee Hockey Extravaganza Tournament that was held last week. …[read more]
Kap Ice Hawks strike gold in the Soo
It was worth the 775-mile round-trip to Sault Ste. Marie for the Kapuskasing Ice Hawks, who returned home with gold medals on Sunday. …[read more]
Novice major A champs
Lions Club won the novice major A gold medal today with a 4-0 triumph over Avery Construction in an all-Sault Ste. Marie final as part of the multi-division, Soo Pee Wee Hockey Extravaganza Tournament. …[read more]