St. Charles 6, Kalkaska 2
Playing at home on Thursday, St. Charles Spirit of the Canadian International Hockey League built up a 4-0 lead and held on for a 6-2 exhibition win over the independent Kalkaska Rhinos.
The match attracted 271 fans to the St. Charles Arena. …[read more]
Twin engine Attack
They just turned 16-years old earlier this month and are two of the youngest players in the eight-team, Ontario-based, junior-level, Canadian International Hockey League.
Just a season removed from the Soo Source For Sports AA midget team, twin brothers Darian Pilon and Drake Pilon have made the jump all the way up to the Batchewana Attack of the junior A CIHL. …[read more]
Scene from an opening Attack
A new junior hockey league arrived on the weekend and the Batchewana Attack and Espanola Rivermen were part of the debut with a Saturday night game at Rankin Arena. …[read more]
Season-opening Attack
More than 400 fans took in the first-ever regular-season game of the Batchewana Attack on Saturday night at Rankin Arena. …[read more]
Batchewana Attack home opener
Batchewana Attack will play its first-ever regular-season game tonight as members of the new, Ontario-based, junior-level, Canadian International Hockey League.
The visiting Espanola Rivermen will provide the opposition for the Attack in what is scheduled as a 7:30 p.m. start at Rankin Arena. …[read more]
How the CIHL came to be
From dream to reality, thus begins the story of the new, Ontario-based, junior-level, Canadian International Hockey League.
The first puck will drop on the first-ever CIHL season this weekend, a mere seven months after its founder announced his plans and vision for the new league. And while there is no doubt that there will be bumps ahead — on and off the ice — the CIHL has arrived. …[read more]
Taking to the Ice in Collingwood
Junior hockey makes an official return to Collingwood on Sunday at 2 p.m. when the Ice takes to the ice of Central Park Arena.
The Collingwood Ice will play host to the Milton Battle Arts Cobras as part of opening weekend in the new, Ontario-based, Canadian International Hockey League. …[read more]
CIHL Spirit adds 3 from NOJHL Eskimos
St. Charles Spirit of the new Canadian International Hockey League has signed four new players, including three former members of the Abitibi Eskimos of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Time to Attack is near
The conquest of the exhibition season is complete. The time to Attack is approaching.
Having finished the pre-season with a perfect record of 7-0, the Batchewana Attack of the new Canadian International Hockey League is ready for the real thing. The eight-team CIHL — which is sanctioned by the United Hockey Union — begins its inaugural season this weekend and the Attack will play host to the Espanola Rivermen on Saturday night at 7:30 at Rankin Arena in Sault Ste. Marie. …[read more]
A first for the Collingwood Ice
Collingwood Ice of the new Canadian International Hockey League won its first-ever pre-season game against the Colborne Hawks in front of a good-sized, partisan crowd in nearby Wasaga Beach on Saturday night.
Collingwood upended Colborne 11-1 led by Phil Koufis, who had four goals and two assists. …[read more]
Attack perfect at TC showcase
The perfection continues for the Batchewana Attack of the new Canadian International Hockey League.
The Attack won all three of its games at a weekend showcase tournament that was hosted by the reigning Midwest Jr. Hockey League champion Traverse City Hounds. …[read more]
Batchewana Attack hires Drew Fata
Batchewana Attack of the new Canadian International Hockey League has hired former Ontario Hockey League and National Hockey League defenceman Drew Fata as its general manager.
Attack president and primary owner David Maciuk confirmed the hiring of Fata as the team’s GM and praised him as a “character individual with a strong hockey and business background.” …[read more]
Statement from the Batchewana Attack
Batchewana Attack of the new Canadian International Hockey League and general manager Dennis Bolton have parted ways. …[read more]
CIHL, MWJHL teams in TC
Batchewana Attack and Espanola Rivermen of the new Canadian International Hockey League, in conjunction with the host Traverse City Hounds and their Midwest Jr. Hockey League partners, the Soo Firehawks, are slated to take to the ice as part of the first-ever, International College Classic Summit Showcase junior hockey tournament.
The event, to be hosted by two-time defending MWJHL regular-season and playoff champion Traverse City, will take place at the Hounds home arena, CENTRE Ice, this Friday and Saturday. …[read more]
Let it Snow
Steady, dependable defenceman Shane Snow will line up for his fourth team in his third league in his fourth season of junior hockey in 2014-2015 as a member of the St. Charles Spirit of the new Canadian International Hockey League. …[read more]
CIHL rivalries
Geographic rivalries are what the new Canadian International Hockey League is based on, according to its founder and president. …[read more]
Rivermen GM applauds Attack
It may only be the exhibition season but Espanola Rivermen general manager Chad Clarke is of the notion that the Batchewana Attack has already assembled a Canadian International Hockey League powerhouse. …[read more]
Rivermen sign Swiss centre
From the land of the Swiss Alps to the North Shore of Espanola.
Espanola Rivermen general manager Chad Clarke has confirmed to HockeyNewsNorth.com that the Canadian International Hockey League team has signed high-scoring centre Jason Borer, who hails from Sissach, Switzerland. …[read more]
Batchewana sweeps Espanola
Batchewana Attack completed a weekend sweep of the Espanola Rivermen in the first two exhibition games played in the new Canadian International Hockey League.
Sunday afternoon at Rankin Arena in Sault Ste. Marie, Batchewana cuffed visiting Espanola 6-1. …[read more]
Spirit catches the Hester brothers
St. Charles Spirit coach-general manager Scott Ginson is just happy to have been able to sign brothers Alexander and Trevor Hester, who hail from Cree First Nation in northern Quebec.
“Both brothers were heavily recruited to play by teams in three other junior leagues,” Ginson told HockeyNewsNorth.com. “We are thrilled that they chose to come to St. Charles and be a part of the new Canadian International Hockey League.” …[read more]
Colborne Hawks main camp
Colborne Hawks of the new Canadian International Hockey League will be holding their main camp starting on Monday, September 15 in Brighton, Ontario. …[read more]
A first for the new CIHL
The first-ever exhibition game for the new Canadian International Hockey League was played on Friday night at the Espanola Recreational Complex.
And in front of a capacity crowd, the visiting Batchewana Attack blanked the Espanola Rivermen 6-0. …[read more]
Two home exhibition games for Attack
Batchewana Attack of the new Canadian International Hockey League has scheduled two home exhibition games prior to the start of its inaugural 2014-2015 season.
The games will be played at the home rink of the Attack — Rankin Arena in Sault Ste. Marie. …[read more]
Snow in St. Charles
Veteran junior defenceman Shane Snow will suit up for the St. Charles Spirit of the new Canadian International Hockey League this season.
St. Charles coach-general manager Scott Ginson told HockeyNewsNorth.com that Snow, a 5-foot-11, 190 pound, 1995 birth-year defenceman who has played in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League with the Blind River Beavers and Soo Thunderbirds, has signed with the CIHL Spirit. …[read more]
Ready…set…CIHL
The new Ontario-based, junior hockey league that detractors said would never get off the ground is less than a month away from dropping its first puck.
With four teams in northern Ontario and four more from the southern area of the province, the Canadian International Hockey League is ready and set to go with a regular-season schedule to begin during the first week of October. …[read more]
Getting ready to Attack
The coach has his players in Attack mode.
Batchewana Attack is prepping for the inaugural season of the new Canadian International Hockey League under the watchful eyes of a coach who knows his way around the game.
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OHL grad to assist Attack
Batchewana Attack of the new Canadian International Hockey League has brought aboard former Ontario Hockey League defenceman Trevor Solomon as an assistant coach. …[read more]
Phoenix to Collingwood
Collingwood Ice of the new Canadian International Hockey League has signed a pair of American-born skaters, the team’s general manager has confirmed to HockeyNewsNorth.com. …[read more]
Sudbury Royals add speed
Speed demon Matt St. Jean has committed to playing his final season of junior with the Sudbury Royals of the new Canadian International Hockey League.
St. Jean, a 5-foot-9, 155 pound, 1994 birth-year centre who previously played at the AA level in both Sudbury and Mississauga, will bring “leadership and maturity” to the Royals, according to general manager KB Beals. …[read more]
Solomon joins Syrette on the Attack
First it was Grant Syrette. Now it is Jeremy Solomon.
In the space of two days this week, Syrette and Solomon have both confirmed that they are leaving the Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to sign with the Batchewana Attack of the new Canadian International Hockey League.
Both players are 1994 birth-year skaters who hail from Garden River First Nation. …[read more]
Meet the Sudbury Royals poster boy
Jake Mactaggart is back home and the Sudbury Royals are the beneficiary.
After tending goal for other junior teams the past three seasons, Mactaggart will play his final season of eligibility in 2014-2015 with the Sudbury Royals of the new Canadian International Hockey League.
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Soo Thunderbirds to Batchewana Attack
Grant Syrette is heading across town from one junior A hockey team to another.
To be sure, the Batchewana Attack of the new Canadian International Hockey League has landed a feared left winger with Ontario Hockey League and Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League experience. …[read more]
Milton Cobras sign big guy
Milton Battle Arts Cobras of the new Canadian International Hockey League have signed 20-year old forward Zach Crema. …[read more]
Five take to the Ice in Collingwood
Collingwood Ice of the new Canadian International Hockey League has signed five players, including three with high-level, junior experience, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed.
Topping the list of Ice recruits are 1995 birth-year goalie CJ Sharp and 1994 birth-year defencemen Austin Bissonnette and Jan Mendel.
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Ex-OHLer to coach CIHL, Toronto
Toronto Jr. Hockey Academy, one of eight teams in the new Canadian International Hockey League, has confirmed the hiring of its head coach to HockeyNewsNorth.com.
33-year old Tommy Kotsopoulos, who skated as a dependable forward for three Ontario Hockey League seasons with the Sudbury Wolves, will coach the Toronto entry of the new CIHL.
After his OHL playing days, Kotsopoulos went on to play parts of eight seasons in the minor-pro ranks.
Sudbury Royals getting their KICX
They are Sudbury’s newest junior hockey team and they are getting their message out to area fans and supporters via marketing and promotion.
Sudbury Royals are part of the new, eight-team, Ontario-based, junior-level, Canadian International Hockey League that will begin play this 2014-2015 season.
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Maruk’s Milton Cobras go local
Milton Battle Arts Cobras of the new Canadian International Hockey League have signed a pair of homegrown forwards.
Montana Kingsbury and Paul Knight are both 1997 birth-year skaters who were born and raised in Milton.
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Brett Cooke joins Espanola Rivermen
In keeping with an organizational mandate of providing opportunities for quality players from the North Shore, Espanola Rivermen of the new Canadian International Hockey League have signed 1996 birth-year defenceman Brett Cooke.
Cooke, who hails from the small northern town of Thessalon, heads down the highway to Espanola after spending the 2013-2014 season in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League with first the Elliot Lake Bobcats, then the Blind River Beavers. …[read more]
USPHL to CIHL
Defenceman Adam Johns is taking his game from the Syracuse Stars of the United States Premiere Hockey League to the Espanola Rivermen of the new Canadian International Hockey League.
Johns, a 5-foot-11, 195 pound, 1994 birth-year skater who hails from the southeastern Michigan town of Clarkston, heads to Espanola for his final season of junior following an impressive showing at a recent tryout camp of the Soo Eagles of the North American Hockey League. …[read more]
Net gains for Espanola Rivermen
Trevor Kalinowski and Keegan Paulette will form a 1-2 goaltending tandem to begin the 2014-2015 season for the Espanola Rivermen of the new Canadian International Hockey League.
Espanola general manager Chad Clarke told HockeyNewsNorth.com that the Rivermen — formerly of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League and now of the CIHL — have committed roster spots to the 5-foot-10, 160 pound Kalinowski and the 6-foot-1, 195 pound Paulette. …[read more]
Twin signings for Milton Cobras
Milton Battle Arts Cobras of the new Canadian International Hockey League have gone local and signed twin brothers Brett and Zac McInal, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed.
The twins, who are 1998 birth-year skaters, played for the Oakville Rangers minor midgets of the Ontario Minor Hockey Association in 2013-2014 — Brett as a high-scoring forward and Zac as a top defencemen. …[read more]
Jimmy Roy shows his Spirit
Jimmy Roy is joining the St. Charles Spirit of the new Canadian International Hockey League from the Sudbury Nickel Barons of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League.
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Knights to Attack
Jesse Delavalle, a 6-foot-3, 195 pound, 1996 birth-year forward, has committed to play for the Batchewana Attack of the new Canadian International Hockey League for the 2014-2015 season.
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St. Charles signs five more forwards
Make that five more player signings for the St. Charles Spirit of the new Canadian International Hockey League.
Just after confirming that he had committed to 1994 birth-year centre Ben Miller — formerly of the Abitibi Eskimos of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League — St. Charles general manager Scott Ginson has told HockeyNewsNorth.com that five more forwards have signed with the CIHL team.
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Abitibi Eskimos to St. Charles Spirit
Ben Miller, a 1994 birth-year forward from Timmins, Ont., has committed to the St. Charles Spirit of the new Canadian International Hockey League for the 2014-2015 season.
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Setting the record straight
President and founder Tim Clayden wants to set the record straight regarding players who choose to play in the new, eight-team, Ontario-based, junior-level, Canadian International Hockey League.
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Pilon twins join the Attack
Batchewana Attack of the new Canadian International Hockey League has committed roster spots to twin brothers Darian and Drake Pilon for the 2014-2015 season.
The brothers are 1998 birth-year forwards who played for the Soo Source For Sports AA midgets in 2013-2014 and were 1-2 in team scoring.
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Getting ready to Attack
They represent the new Jr. A hockey team in Sault Ste. Marie.
Members of the new, eight-team, Ontario-based, Canadian International Hockey League, the Batchewana Attack will play out of Rankin Arena effective the upcoming 2014-2015 season.
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13 players commit to Attack
They are lining up for the Attack.
Batchewana Attack of the new Canadian International Hockey League has received 10 player commitments in the past week, general manager Dennis Bolton has confirmed to HockeyNewsNorth.com.
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Seven up for Batchewana Attack
Nate Harris, a 5-foot-10, 160 pound, 1996 birth-year forward from Glenbrook North High School in Chicago, has become the seventh player to sign with the Batchewana Attack of the new Canadian International Hockey League.
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Lucky 13 for Sudbury Royals
Sudbury Royals of the new Canadian International Hockey League now have 13 players signed, general manager KB Beals has confirmed to HockeyNewsNorth.com. …[read more]
Two OHL draft picks to Batchewana
A duo of dandy defencemen from Sault Ste. Marie with ties to the Ontario Hockey League have signed with Batchewana Attack of the new Canadian International Hockey League.
Attack president-director of hockey operations David Maciuk told HockeyNewsNorth.com that Nick Trecroce and Adam Baggs have committed to Batchewana for the 2014-2015 season.
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NY Apple Core to Batchewana Attack
Robert Delury, a 5-foot-11, 190 pound, 1995 birth-year forward from New York, has signed with the Batchewana Attack of the new Canadian International Hockey League.
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Player promotion is a CIHL goal
with files from Brent Cooper
The new Canadian International Hockey League has unveiled a website that is dedicated to the promotion of its players.
Chad Clarke, director of social media communications for the CIHL, said the goal of the player-driven website is, simply put, promotion. …[read more]
CIHL switch
As it stands, the new Canadian International Hockey League will begin the 2014-2015 season with eight teams — four in northern Ontario and four in southern Ontario.
CIHL founder and president Tim Clayden said that the Central Ontario HTI Stars will be replaced by a Toronto entry and that the new league will proceed with eight teams as planned.
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Sudbury Royals sign Russian rocket
Score one for Sudbury’s new junior A hockey team.
Speedy Sergey Erileev is taking his goal-scoring machine to the Sudbury Royals of the new Canadian International Hockey League.
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A first for the new Batchewana Attack
Personnel from the Batchewana Attack of the new Canadian International Hockey League made their first public appearance at a press conference held earlier today.
Members of the local media representing HockeyNewsNorth.com, Sault This Week, SooToday.com, CTV Sault Ste. Marie and radio station Oldies 93 were on hand at Rankin Arena to hear from Attack primary owner David Maciuk, general manager Dennis Bolton and head coach Denny Lambert. …[read more]
Sudbury signings include plum prospect
Sudbury Royals of the new Canadian International Hockey League have signed four players from their recent tryout camp, general manager KB Beals has confirmed to HockeyNewsNorth.com.
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CIHL looks to Northwest development
The Canadian International Hockey League — an Ontario-based loop operating under the auspices of the United Hockey Union and sanctioned by the Amateur Athletic Union — has announced the appointment of an experienced manager to oversee development and expansion to Northwestern Canada. …[read more]
Ex-OHLer to assist Batchewana Attack
Sault Ste. Marie’s new junior A hockey team has made another major coaching hire.
Gary Roach is joining the Batchewana Attack of the Canadian International Hockey League as an assistant to head coach Denny Lambert, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
Sudbury Royals have a doctor in the house
Acupuncture and traditional medicine are a passion for Dr. Martin Beals, who has been practising in the Greater Sudbury Area for about 20 years.
Hockey is another passion of Dr. Beals — so much so that he teamed up with his son, KB, to start a new junior team in the Greater Sudbury Area. …[read more]
Batchewana Attack tryout camp
Batchewana Attack of the new Canadian International Hockey League will be holding its inaugural open tryout camp on August 8, 9 and 10 at Lake Superior State University’s Taffy Abel Arena. …[read more]
Nickel City Sons to Sudbury Royals
Sudbury Royals of the new Canadian International Hockey League have committed to a hometown skater who played in the Great North Midget Hockey League in 2013-2014.
Royals general manager KB Beals has confirmed the addition of 1997 birth-year forward Dexter Lamarche to the roster of the CIHL team. …[read more]
NOJHL to CIHL
After three full seasons as a top-notch, high-scoring defenceman with the Blind River Beavers of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, Scott Marshall is taking his talents to the St. Charles Spirit of the new Canadian International Hockey League. …[read more]
St. Charles has net worth
Jonathan Goulet has become the first goalie to sign with the St. Charles Spirit of the new Canadian International Hockey League. …[read more]
New GM for Espanola Rivermen
Espanola Rivermen of the new Canadian International Hockey League has a new general manager.
Area businessman Chad Clarke — who spent the 2013-2014 season as assistant general manager and game-day co-ordinator for the Rivermen, formerly of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League — also has experience in the sports promotion area. …[read more]
Sudbury Royals tryout camp
Sudbury Royals of the new Canadian International Hockey League will be holding a tryout camp on Friday, July 25.
Royals head coach Trevor Blanchard advises that the tryout camp will be held at Countryside Arena in Sudbury. …[read more]
CIHL team signs OHL draft pick
This is a major signing for the St. Charles Spirit of the new Canadian International Hockey League.
Spirit general manager Scott Ginson has confirmed that St. Charles has signed Niibin Nashkawa, a speedy, puck-moving, 1997 birth-year defenceman who was a 13th-round pick of the Sudbury Wolves at the 2013 Ontario Hockey League draft. …[read more]
Ex-OHLer joins CIHL Colborne
This guy is no stranger to junior hockey.
Brian Drumm, who first played in the Ontario Hockey League as a 14-year old and went on to skate in 253 regular-season games with the Oshawa Generals and Peterborough Petes, has joined the coaching staff of the Colborne Cramahe Hawks of the new Canadian International Hockey League as director of player development. …[read more]
Visitor has Spirit
Danny Visitor, a 1994 birth-year forward who hails from the Cree Nation of Chisasibi on the eastern shore of James Bay in northern Quebec, has been named the first-ever captain of the St. Charles Spirit of the new Canadian International Hockey League. …[read more]
Midwest flow extends north
It is a work in progress that will begin its third season in 2014-2015 — and it will do so in part with brethren north of the International Bridge.
Like any new enterprise, it has had its ups and downs and highs and lows. …[read more]
OHL player, CIHL coach
Sudbury Royals of the new Canadian International Hockey League have tapped local product Trevor Blanchard to be their head coach.
KB Beals, director of hockey operations for the Royals, has confirmed the hiring of Blanchard, who was born and raised in Sudbury. …[read more]
Denny Lambert to coach Batchewana Attack
Good guy Denny Lambert — who played hockey at its highest level as the consummate overachiever — is making a return to the game.
The well-liked Lambert, a Wawa native who has called Sault Ste. Marie home for a number of years, has been named head coach of the Batchewana Attack of the new Canadian International Hockey League. …[read more]
The CIHL advantage
Time may not be on the side of the new Canadian International Hockey League as its teams prepare to take the ice for an inaugural 2014-2015 season.
But teams in the Ontario-based CIHL — which is sanctioned by the United Hockey Union under the umbrella of the Amateur Athletic Union — do have an advantage over other junior leagues when it comes to recruiting players. …[read more]