A real hockey hero
10-year old Taten Hammerberg of Sault Ste. Marie passed away early this morning, leaving his family and a hockey town to mourn with aching hearts. …[read more]
Taten’s Warriors band together
Determined to show support for one of its own, the Sault Ste. Marie minor hockey community is rallying around 10-year old Taten Hammerberg. …[read more]
Junior hockey’s leading lady
Suffice to say that as the primary owner of three junior teams, Michelle Bryant is a big hockey fan. …[read more]
Another JDM client gets D1 commit
Justin Kapelmaster of the Wichita Falls Wildcats of the North American Hockey League has become the second goaltender client of family advisor David Maciuk to get a Division 1, National Collegiate Athletic Association commitment in the past week. …[read more]
Wisconsin via New Jersey via Soo
Goalie Jack Berry, who played for the Soo Eagles during the 2014-2015 season when they were members of the North American Hockey League, has committed to play for the Wisconsin Badgers of the Division 1, Big 10 Conference. …[read more]
Trying to overcome the odds
After losing out in the first round of the minor-pro, ECHL playoffs with the Orlando Solar Bears last season, Brett Findlay wasn’t sure what the future had in store for him. …[read more]
Soo Eagles via Aberdeen Wings
1996 birth-year forward Chris Murphy will suit up for the Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League after stints with two teams in the North American Hockey League. …[read more]
Soo Eagles v. U.S. Coast Guard
Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League and a team representing the United States Coast Guard will face off tonight in a charity game to raise funds for a foundation that aspires to keep teenagers from using their cell phones while driving. …[read more]
Scouting 9-and-10-year old players
There just could be a future member of the Ontario Hockey League’s Oshawa Generals skating in our midst at Soo Pee Wee Arena. …[read more]
Soo Pee Wee tournament champs
It produced a warm feeling inside a cold rink, watching two teams of spirited 10-year-old players facing off in a championship game. …[read more]
Time for change in major junior hockey
It may be time to change the old guard that watches over major junior hockey in Canada and encourage the man who has held so much influence and power for so many years to begin the retirement chapter of his life. …[read more]
Jim Aldred, 2 Coyotes are all-stars
Alliston Coyotes will be sending three representatives to the 2016 Greater Metro Hockey League all-star game that will be held in Tottenham, Ont. on January 12. …[read more]
I want to wish you a
It’s Christmas Day and I am blessed to again spend it with those who I love most in the world, my closest family members. …[read more]
Good deed in Powassan
While attending a recent home game of the Powassan Voodoos of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, young Keaton Lefebvre, who is a goalie for the Atom House League’s Powassan Hawks, had an unfortunate accident which resulted in a broken nose. …[read more]
A new program via NOHA, OHF
The Northern Ontario Hockey Association and Ontario Hockey Federation are teaming up to implement the Respect in Sport Parent Program effective the 2016-2017 season. …[read more]
Raymond Brice to Michigan Tech
Houghton native Raymond Brice will realize a dream of playing for his hometown Michigan Tech Huskies of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. …[read more]
Jana Headrick has the Varsity Blues
Jana Headrick, a 1998 birth-year defenseman who hails from Garden River First Nation, will be furthering her hockey and academic career next fall at prestigious University of Toronto. …[read more]
Nice donation via Silver Creek Cup
The third annual Silver Creek Cup — held on the weekend at Rankin Arena, just outside Sault Ste. Marie — helped raise money for a local family in need as well furnishing equipment for several young hockey players. …[read more]
Soo Eagles to Soo Indians
Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have assigned 1998 birth-year forward Sasha Miniouchine to the Soo Indians major midgets. …[read more]
Cochrane Crunch via Soo Indians
Forward Michael Miller is now the property of the Cochrane Crunch of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League after starting the season with the Pembroke Lumber Kings of the Central Canada Hockey League. …[read more]
Mooney to Moncton
Skilled, smooth-skating defenceman Ryan Mooney is making the jump from the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to the Quebec Major Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Junior hockey headed to Massey?
Its arena facility has undergone a recent face-lift that includes the installation of 205 new seats (see photo above) and sources are saying that the Massey & District Community Centre could house a junior hockey team for the 2016-2017 season. …[read more]
Former Soo Eagle commits to LSSU
Defenceman Kristofers Bindulis, who played for the Soo Eagles during the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 seasons when they were members of the North American Hockey League, has committed to the Lake Superior State University Lakers of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
Here ‘n there
Around the rinks of the Ontario Hockey League, Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League and Western Collegiate Hockey Association: …[read more]
Waiting for another OHL shot
He has played in two games for the powerhouse Erie Otters — one last season and one this season — but having narrowly missed out on gaining a full-time roster spot, 1997 birth-year forward Frankie Pucci awaits another Ontario Hockey League opportunity. …[read more]
Bracebridge Blues on the move
After a cold start to the season they are now one of the hottest teams in the North Division of the Greater Metro Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Those high-scoring Alliston Coyotes
Alliston Coyotes of the Greater Metro Jr. Hockey League are lighting the lamp to the tune of more than nine goals scored per game. …[read more]
News…views…around the rinks
News and views pertaining to the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, Soo Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League and Lake Superior State University Lakers of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. …[read more]
Around the rinks
Good day hockey fans, I am back from a three-day, mini-vacation to Detroit, home of my favourite (though I am not sure why) National Football League team. Time now to head out on a trip of a different sort and pay a visit to the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, the Ontario Hockey League, the Greater Metro Hockey League, the Great North Midget Hockey League, the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, the North American Hockey League, the North American 3 Hockey League and the U.S. Premier Hockey League. …[read more]
Sault female hockey success story
In one of multiple good news stories early this 2015-2016 season, the Sault Female Hockey Association has confirmed a record turnout for its FUNdamental program. …[read more]
Old Hound leads pack of Coyotes
Jim Aldred can’t get enough of the game that he says is in his veins.
The 52-year old Aldred, a former prime-time grinder with the Soo Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League, has turned to coaching in recent years. …[read more]
Here’s to the Alliston Coyotes
Not only are the Alliston Coyotes of the Greater Metro Jr. Hockey League winning games, they are doing so in resounding fashion. …[read more]
Hockey-related performance training
Jeff Coccimiglio has initiated a performance training for hockey players using a program that extracts the movement which the players use in a game. …[read more]
Smooth Rock Falls main camp
The new Smooth Rock Falls Thunder of the Thunder Bay Jr. B Hockey League will be holding its main tryout camp on the Sept. 26-27 weekend. …[read more]
Tryout time in Smooth Rock Falls
Led by coach Richard Solomon, general manager Cory Hofferd and scout Jody (Bad News) Biedermann, the Smooth Rock Falls Thunder of the Thunder Bay Jr. B. Hockey League has set the dates for its first-ever tryout camp. …[read more]
Hockey North Show to return
The weekly Hockey North Show that I host on Sault Ste. Marie radio station ESPN 1400 will return for a fifth season beginning on Tuesday, September 15. …[read more]
Hill of a road trip
George Hill just wants to play — even if it means packing up and driving more than 700 miles from his southeastern Michigan home for an opportunity to be the starting goaltender for the Smooth Rock Falls Thunder of the Thunder Bay Jr. B Hockey League. …[read more]
Want to play in Smooth Rock Falls?
Under the direction of coach Richard Solomon, general manager Cory Hofferd et al, the Smooth Rock Falls Thunder of the Thunder Bay Jr. B. Hockey League has set the dates for its first-ever tryout camp. …[read more]
Alliston Coyotes tryout camp
Head coach Jim Aldred and the Alliston Coyotes of the Greater Metro Jr. Hockey League have confirmed dates for their main tryout camp. …[read more]
Through the looking glass
Some of what I see in the north country as I look ahead to the 2015-2016 season in the U.S. Premier Hockey League and the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League: …[read more]
Thunder in Smooth Rock Falls
Cochrane Crunch head honcho Ryan Leonard has added to his junior hockey property with a new team in Smooth Rock Falls. …[read more]
David Maciuk, family advisor
He has been around the game a long time, dating back to before he played in the Ontario Hockey League with the Soo Greyhounds during the 1973-1974 season. …[read more]
Coulee Region Chill to Ferris State
Joe Rutkowski has a future commitment to play at the Division 1, National Collegiate Athletic Association level, the family advisor for the Coulee Region Chill defenceman has confirmed. …[read more]
Marble forces Perry back to junior
The emergence of Tyler Marble as the no. 1 goalie for the Colorado College Tigers has forced Detroit Red Wings draft pick Chase Perry to return to junior hockey with the Wenatchee Wild for the 2015-2016 season. …[read more]
Bronson Kovacs signs pro contract
Sault Ste. Marie native Bronson Kovacs has inked his first professional hockey contract. …[read more]
Gagne development camp
There is still time to register for coach Paul Gagne’s annual northeastern Ontario hockey development camp. …[read more]
Soo midgets to Thunder Bay Jr. A
Two players who starred for the Soo Thunderbirds of the Great North Midget Hockey League in 2014-2015 have signed with the Thunder Bay North Stars of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
A new gig for Tim Clayden
Tim Clayden, who owned and managed multiple championship and high-performance teams in both the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League and the Ontario Jr. Hockey League before founding the now-dormant Canadian International Hockey League, has a new gig. …[read more]
Fresh start for Gamelin, Gauthier
Chase Gamelin and Will Gauthier are moving far from their Sault Ste. Marie hometown to continue playing in the North American Hockey League in 2015-2016. …[read more]