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]
Chill reaches for the Stars
Coulee Region Chill of the North American Hockey League has confirmed an affiliation agreement with the Dallas Jr. Stars of the North American 3 Hockey League. …[read more]
A look at the re-aligned NAHL
The tier 2 junior North American Hockey League will operate with 22 teams in 2015-2016, including four in the new East Division. …[read more]
Adrian College ends Chase for Matson
Hard-working, hard-skating centre Chase Matson has parlayed a two-year North American Hockey League career into a commitment to play for the Adrian College Bulldogs, one of the top Division 3 National Collegiate Athletic Association programs in the United States. …[read more]
High-end coaches with a Soo side
Two coaches with a Sault Ste. Marie background are moving up a level and a third is poised to advance in the ranks. They are: …[read more]
Alliston Coyotes goalie moves up
1994 birth-year goalie Donald Oldreive, who completed the 2014-2015 season with the Alliston Coyotes of the Greater Metro Jr. Hockey League, will play at the Division 3, National Collegiate Athletic Association level in 2015-2016. …[read more]
We thank our advertisers
As we begin the month of June, HockeyNewsNorth.com would like to once again thank our many advertisers and sponsors. …[read more]
Wings don’t need Babcock to win
So, as we know, there is joy in the so-called hockey empire. …[read more]
Truths and rumours
The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? What’s the fun in that? Let’s spice the truth by sprinkling in a few rumours. …[read more]
Just back from Hockeytown
Hi all.
In case you were wondering where I have been the past few days — I did receive a number of messages asking why no fresh material had been posted — I was on the road in Hockeytown. …[read more]
Here ‘n there
Around the rinks in early May: …[read more]
Clarkson University honors Joe Drago
The venerable, gentlemanly Joe Drago received an honorary doctor of science degree at Clarkson University’s 122nd commencement on Saturday. …[read more]
An interview with my inner self
The hockey writer in me spends a lot of time talking to myself.
I ask myself a lot of questions and I answer them truthfully. …[read more]
Paul Gagne development camp
Paul Gagne, the former Ontario Hockey League and National Hockey League first-rounder and five-time Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League coach-of-the-year, will once again be overseeing a summer development camp. …[read more]
Eagles poised to return to NOJHL
Pending approval from the various governing bodies, Soo Eagles are set to return to the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League effective the 2015-2016 season. …[read more]
May the fourth be with them
As the hockey season ends for more and more junior teams, today’s headline is for those who are still playing for a championship in May. …[read more]
Rookie goalie saves Soo Eagles
The kid came through in the clutch.
Rookie goalie Jack Berry helped save the season for the Soo Eagles on Friday night. …[read more]
Wandering and wondering
Thoughts to peruse on just another hockey day: …[read more]
A message from Tim Clayden
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following release was sent to HockeyNewsNorth.com from Tim Clayden, founder and president of the fledgling Canadian International Hockey League. …[read more]
Chad Catt commits to U-M
Soo Eagles goalie Chad Catt has committed to play for the University of Michigan Wolverines effective the 2015-2016 season, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
Catt carries Eagles to series sweep
The cool Catt flexed his claws once again.
Backed by the scintillating goaltending of Chad Catt, the Soo Eagles upended the visiting Keystone Ice Miners 3-1 on Friday to sweep the first-round, best-of-five, North American Hockey League, North Division playoff series. …[read more]
Eagles can put Keystone on ice
Soo Eagles can move on to the second round of the North American Hockey League playoffs with a win at home tonight. …[read more]
Here ‘n there
As the sun melts the snow and the grass starts to show, hockey is still a go. …[read more]
When the game is not decided on ice
Hockey may be played on ice but much of what makes — or breaks — the game happens away from it. …[read more]
Joe Drago has plenty to say
(ED. NOTE: The following interview with Hockey Canada chairman Joe Drago was conducted by TH Sports Media on behalf of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League.) …[read more]
Soo Eagles v. Keystone Ice Miners
They finished a single point apart during the 2014-2015 North American Hockey League regular season.
And now, the Keystone Ice Miners and Soo Eagles will face off in a first-round, best-of-five, NAHL North Division playoff series. …[read more]
Where are they now?
He was a hard-toiling, hard-boiled left winger who worked the corners and became an old Memorial Gardens fan favourite following an Ontario Hockey League trade from the erstwhile Kingston Canadians to the Soo Greyhounds during the 1981-1982 season. …[read more]
Triple crown champions
They are the atom minor hockey champions of Sault Ste. Marie — times three. …[read more]
Mantha shows coaching mettle
A wild weekend ended the 2014-2015 North American Hockey League regular season in stunning fashion.
Desperately needing to sweep two road games from the Soo Eagles and just as desperately needing the Johnstown Tomahawks to lose a home-and-home series with the Keystone Ice Miners to make the playoffs, the Michigan Warriors got all of that. …[read more]
Here ‘n there in the rinks
Soo Greyhounds and North Bay Battalion both scored easy wins in their Ontario Hockey League playoff openers on Friday…Second place is still at stake in the North Division of the North American Hockey League…Soo Thunderbirds and Elliot Lake Wildcats resume their Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League playoff series tonight. …[read more]
A big Eagle and his two little chums
Rookie forward Jacob Hernandez guested on the most-recent edition of the Soo Eagles Hockey Show, which airs on Tuesdays from 5-6 p.m. on ESPN 1400 Radio.
Later, Hernandez got to meet two young hockey players from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario — brothers Nick and Sam Caruso — who were on hand for the Eagles show, which is broadcast live from the Service Grill on Korah Rd. …[read more]
Fastest game on ice?
It’s similar to hockey but it is not quite the same.
Those who play it — with all due respect to hockey — call it the “fastest game on ice.” …[read more]
Junior hockey relocation, movement
As the junior hockey world turns, teams enter and exit through a revolving door that spins open and shut.
Even the self-proclaimed, best junior loop in the world — the Ontario Hockey League — is not exempt from movement. …[read more]
Soaring Eagles seek second
Soo Eagles are on a mission.
With five games to play in the 2014-2015 North American Hockey League regular season, the Eagles are in sole possession of second place in the six-team North Division. …[read more]
T-Bird teams take two
Soo Thunderbirds of the Great North Midget Hockey League and Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League both scored playoff victories on Saturday. …[read more]
Great North midget finals resume
Soo Thunderbirds can win the Great North Midget Hockey League championship this weekend without leaving home. …[read more]
Eagles in race for second place
Two teams in a race for second place in the North Division of the North American Hockey League will face off tonight and Saturday evening at Pullar Stadium in the Michigan Soo. …[read more]
Wicked winds of change
What a difference a few days can make.
The winds of change that blew through Espanola on Monday swept south of the border into Michigan on Tuesday and affected several junior hockey leagues in the process. …[read more]