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]
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]