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]
Silver medal winners
Centre Ice Hawks of Sault Ste. Marie won the silver medal today as part of the multi-division, Soo Pee Wee Hockey Extravaganza Tournament. …[read more]
Sunday’s best
Points to peruse and opinions to offer on a sunny, spring-like Sunday: …[read more]
And another game star
Olivia Trudeau of Grand Gardens was defensive game star in her team’s 5-1 win over Ergo Eagles in atom major action from today. …[read more]
Another game star
Colton Greene, who plays for Soo Lions Club in novice major A, was his team’s game star earlier today in a 5-4 victory over the Wawa Travellers. …[read more]
Game star
Damian Torresan of the Sault Insurance Lakers holds up his game-star award after scoring three goals in a tyke division contest earlier today. …[read more]
Jr. Greyhounds 2016-2017 tryouts
Attention all players who aspire to play within the Soo Jr. Greyhounds rep program next season — and attention all parents for a message from Sault Minor Hockey. …[read more]
O’Sullivan child-abuse story revisited
When many people think of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, they think of men returning from war. …[read more]
The puck stops with Ariella
To teammates and coaches, Ariella Merlino is just another developing player on the Soo Greyhounds pee wee minor AAA rep hockey club. …[read more]
Hound pee wees home for three
Soo Greyhounds pee wee minor AAA rep hockey team is home for three games at three different local rinks beginning with a pair of matches on Saturday. …[read more]
Two old hockey friends meet up
It was 1980 and Paul Hendrick was a rookie sportscaster with CKCY Radio-TV in Sault Ste. Marie and Ken Porteous was a rookie goalie with the Soo Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
Soo 1997 birth-year class a good one
They have moved up and on in multiple numbers from the Soo Thunder minor midget hockey team of 2012-2013 that was coached by Sal Lamantea and Jerry Lortie Jr. …[read more]
Soo pee wee minor reps win, lose
You win some, you lose some. As in the case of the Soo Greyhounds pee wee minor AAA rep hockey team that split of pair of games with the visiting Saginaw Spirit pee wee major AAA rep squad on Saturday. …[read more]