Cougars have good Wood
Sault College Cougars, featuring leading scorer Caleb Wood, are in Oxford, Ohio this weekend for a series of games against American Collegiate Hockey Association opponents.
…[read more]Message from Sault Major
(EDITOR’S NOTE: As the executive of the Sault Major Hockey Association is planning ahead for the 2023-2024 season it has posted a message of intent. It is as follows.)
…[read more]Sault College men on a roll
Home at last. Sault College Cougars men’s hockey team played its first home games since the onset of the Covid pandemic this weekend.
…[read more]A boy and his goalie hero
Owen Whitehead, who is a goalie with the Under 12 AA Soo Jr. Greyhounds, has long thought of Marc-Andre Fleury as one of his favourite National Hockey League goalies.
…[read more]Sault College teams at home
For the first time since the onset of the Covid pandemic the men’s and women’s hockey teams at Sault College will both have home games on the same weekend.
…[read more]Travelling by helicopter and train
Road trips along rugged highways to games and tournaments are a fact of life for minor hockey teams in Northern Ontario towns such as Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury, North Bay, Timmins, Kapuskasing, New Liskeard, Thunder Bay, etc. Then there is Moose Factory.
…[read more]Hockey Canada scandal fallout
A simply awful way of conducting business from Canada’s governing body has affected the game of hockey from coast to coast.
…[read more]All about Zoli’s Kleaners
Good guy Bronson Kovacs made a good name for himself as a hockey player who rose through the ranks of the game in Sault Ste. Marie from pee wee to bantam to midget to junior A before playing four years at the National Collegiate Athletic Association level and six more years as a pro over in Hungary.
…[read more]U16 AA Hounds are top dogs
Soo Jr. Greyhounds will skate into the holiday break in first place in the Under 16 AA division of the Nickel District Minor Hockey League.
…[read more]U11 A Silver Stick champs
Take a bow, Bulldogs. Bulk Barn Bulldogs of Sault Ste. Marie recently returned home after winning the Under 11 A division championship at the Silver Stick Hockey Tournament in Sudbury.
…[read more]Little NHL champs
Representing the Soo Pee Wee Hockey League, the Under 10 A level Hurricanes went undefeated on the weekend to bring home the championship banner from the Welland Little NHL Tournament.
…[read more]Hockey can be too much
When does it ever end? Short answer: It doesn’t. We have hockey here, we have hockey there. We have hockey in the fall, we have hockey in the winter, we have hockey in the spring and yes, we have hockey in the summer. We can’t get away from hockey even if we want to.
…[read more]Leaders of the U16 Hounds
Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Northern Ontario Hockey Association’s Under 16 AA program have confirmed their leadership group for the remainder of this season.
…[read more]Nickel Capitals show starch
They made all five of their games close, two of which went to shootout and another that was decided in overtime. All in all, the Sudbury Nickel Capitals showed grit by posting a 2-1-2 record at the Big Nickel Hockey Tournament.
…[read more]Borrelli backstops Nickel Caps
Sudbury Nickel Capitals stole one from the Pembroke Lumber Kings today in an Under 18 Division match at the annual Big Nickel Hockey Tournament. And it was Sault Ste. Marie product A.J. Borrelli who stood tall in net for Sudbury.
…[read more]Lady Cougars at home
Home at last. For the first time since Covid created closures and forced leagues and programs into forms of shutdown, a Sault College hockey team is slated to play at home.
…[read more]Varsity men of Sault College
It is about hockey and a life long love for the game. It is about practicing and playing and improving and achieving and making new friendships. It is about school and getting an education at a reputable community college.
…[read more]U16 Hounds set to play
The under 16 AA Soo Jr. Greyhounds are slated to take to the home ice of GFL Memorial Gardens this Sunday at 1 p.m. for a Northern Ontario Hockey Association season opening match against the Nickel City Sons. See below for the U16 AA Hounds player photo roster.
…[read more]Smyl off to sizzling start
Cooper Smyl, who scored 33 goals in 68 games over two seasons with the Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, is making his mark with the Whitecourt Wolverines of the Alberta Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]Cougars in the win column
Sault College Cougars shrugged off some questionable refereeing to upend the Lake Superior State Lakers on Sunday for their first win of the Division 2, American Collegiate Hockey Association season.
…[read more]Evan Roach with Soo Indians
Having just recently recovered from a nagging injury, Soo Greyhounds draft pick Evan Roach is set to restart his development with the Soo Indians of the Michigan Amateur Hockey Association’s Under 18 Tier 1 AAA League.
…[read more]It’s Miller time for this lad
Being bypassed — for whatever reason — to play for an AAA team does not mean that there is no high level hockey available in a given town. Take Preston Miller of Sault Ste. Marie, for example.
…[read more]Zero tolerance for bullying
Minor hockey season is underway throughout Ontario. As youngsters in Sault Ste. Marie and all over northern Ontario and across the province have laced up the skates for a new season, all who are involved in the game should be reminded that hockey is designed to be a safe, welcoming environment for players of all skill levels and background.
…[read more]Here are the U12 AA Hounds
The coaching staff of the under 12 AA Soo Jr. Greyhounds has confirmed the player roster for the 2022-2023 season. It is as follows.
…[read more]Soo boy in the Windsor Zone
Sault Ste. Marie product Gage Evans has signed with the Windsor Zone of the Under 18 Minor Hockey Alliance of Ontario, Hockey News North has confirmed.
…[read more]Cougars cuffed by Red Hawks
Sault College Cougars began their Division 2, American Collegiate Hockey Association season on the weekend with a pair of losses to the Miami of Ohio Red Hawks.
…[read more]Hockey North Show Podcast
The Hockey North Show with Randy Russon will return for another season, albeit in a new format. Slated to start the new 2022-2023 season in early October, the Hockey North Show is moving from radio to podcast.
…[read more]Chase at Sault College
Chase Muswagon has ventured approximately 1,200 miles from home to enrol in the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Technician program at Sault College and play for the varsity Cougars men’s hockey team. Hailing from The Pas, Manitoba, the 21-year old Muswagon is settling into his first year of student life at Sault College.
…[read more]Red Wings of 1965-1966
They were within two victories of winning the 1966 Stanley Cup only to come up short in what would have been a stunning championship triumph. Still, the Detroit Red Wings of the 1965-1966 season remain unflinchingly and unshakeably rooted in my National Hockey League, Original Six memory bank.
…[read more]Original Six recollections
To me, what will always stand out from being born in the early 1950s and being a National Hockey League fan from as early as I can remember are the indelible memories of so many players from the various teams of the Original Six.
…[read more]Sault College tryouts
This serves as a notice to any eligible student-athlete looking for an education while being able to play with the Sault College Cougars of the Division 2, American Collegiate Hockey Association.
…[read more]Sault College fundraiser
Sault College Cougars men’s hockey team is holding a fundraiser in the form of a World Junior Hockey Championship viewing party.
…[read more]U16 Greyhound tryouts
Three sessions of tryout scrimmages will be held to select the Under 16 AA edition of the Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Sault Major Hockey Association for the 2022-2023 season. The dates are as follows.
…[read more]Red Lake to Sweden
Geoff Walker is headed to Sweden to take over as head coach of Vannas HC, which is a Division 1 program. The 34-year old Walker becomes a pro coach after piloting the Red Lake Miners of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League to the 2022 playoff championship.
…[read more]Dunbar gets NHL look
Sault Ste. Marie product Ty Dunbar received a look-see at the recent National Hockey League summer development camp of the Colorado Avalanche.
…[read more]Porco off to Italy
Sault Ste. Marie product Nick Porco, who played four full seasons in the Ontario Hockey League as a speedy winger, has signed with Asiago HC of the International Central European Hockey League.
…[read more]Birds nest at Sault College
Yet another Soo Thunderbirds grad will be a part of the men’s hockey program at Sault College when the Cougars take to the ice for the 2022-2023 season.
…[read more]Indigenous education fund
Forward Keaton Mercredi is off to play for the Maryville University Saints of the Division 1, American Collegiate Hockey Association in the fall. Notably, Mercredi has become the first recipient of a $1,000 scholarship from a post secondary education fund initiated by the Kam River Fighting Walleye of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League and Warrior Supplies.
…[read more]Cougar men of the den
It is the middle of the summer season. The actual playing of ice hockey matches are still a few months away. And the summer side of life aside, fall and winter are what the Sault College Cougars are planning for as they continue to commit to returning and incoming players ahead of the 2022-2023 men’s hockey season.
…[read more]NOJHL to QMJHL
A pair of 2004 birth year stalwarts are moving up from teams in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to the Acadie-Bathurst Titan of the Quebec Major Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]Cougars bolster blue line
Sault College Cougars have signed a young defenseman to their American Collegiate Hockey Association men’s team assembly ahead of the 2022-2023 season. He is Austin Griffin, a 2004 birth year defender who heads to Sault College after a full season of junior hockey in 2021-2022.
…[read more]Hockey Canada sex scandal
Several major corporations are putting their Hockey Canada sponsorships on ice in the wake of the national governing body’s handling of an alleged sexual assault.
…[read more]Marc Lafleur to the Q
Championship coach Marc Lafleur is moving up from the Powassan Voodoos of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to the Acadie-Bathurst Titan of the Quebec Major Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]More roar for the Cougars
It may be summer. But fall and winter are what the Sault College Cougars have eyes on as they continue to commit to returning and incoming players ahead of the 2022-2023 men’s hockey season.
…[read more]Hall of fame at Sault College
He is as down to earth a person as there is in the hockey world. He has never made the game about himself and is known to always credit success to the team over any individual. He is long time, former Sault Ste. Marie under 18 hockey coach Mike Hall, who is now the head master of the men’s program at Sault College.
…[read more]Muswagon chooses Sault College
Yet another seasoned skater from the Dryden Ice Dogs of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League has made a commitment to the Sault College Cougars of the Division 2, American Collegiate Hockey Association for the 2022-2023 season.
…[read more]‘We are the North!’
Team Northern Ontario showed the opposition from the Greater Toronto Area and other Southern Ontario centres who was boss at the recent Draft Day Hockey Inc. Prospects Tournament for 2008 birth year players. Made up of players from Sault Ste. Marie, Blind River and Greater Sudbury, Northern Ontario won all five of its games to emerge as champions of the elite event.
…[read more]Sault Major names coaches
As part of its elite program, the Sault Major Hockey Association has confirmed a number of head coaches ahead of the 2022-2023 season. They are as follows.
…[read more]The life and times of Lenny
He is a character like few others with an upbeat personality, a devilish smile and a motor of a mouth. He is also a winner and has taken his high wire act as a coach and general manager from the North of Superior Hockey League to the Greater Metro Hockey League to the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to the Central Canada Hockey League. He goes by the name of Ryan Leonard but is simply — and affectionately — known as Lenny to many in the junior hockey world.
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