U18 Hounds at the break
It has been an inverted, up and down and back again season for the Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League. A major exodus in players from 2022-2023 to 2023-2024 also included the Sault Major Hockey Association moving on from last year’s bench and management crew.
…[read more]Local lad in Windsor LaSalle
Sault Ste. Marie product Gage Evans is continuing his development with the Windsor LaSalle Vipers of the Greater Ontario Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]Majors of the Great North
Who are these guys? They are the Majors from Timmins that’s who. And they made a Major statement on the weekend with a home-ice sweep of the first place team in the Great North Under 18 Hockey League.
…[read more]U18 Hounds home for three
This is a crucial set of games for the Soo Jr. Greyhounds. The Jr. Hounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League are home for three games in as many days this weekend as the New Liskeard Cubs are in town.
…[read more]Wolves of the Great North
They are howling and are leaders of the pack atop the standings of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League. Sudbury U18 Wolves have a record of 11-2-1 ahead of three scheduled games this week.
…[read more]Modest surge for U18 Hounds
They are still not close to where new head coach Denny Lambert has aspirations for them to be. However, after winning just one of five games to begin the 2023-2024 Great North Under 18 Hockey League season, the Soo Jr. Greyhounds have five points from a record of 2-2-1 since Lambert and his new staff of assistant coaches took over.
…[read more]Majors are on the move
Timmins Majors are one of three teams in the seven member Great North Under 18 Hockey League with a winning record as November nudges towards December.
…[read more]Lambert has come full circle
Denny Lambert skated in the Ontario Hockey League for three seasons before eventually making it to the National Hockey League where he toughed it out for more than 500 games as a battling left winger. But the 53-year old Lambert, who recently stepped in to take over as head coach of the AAA Under 18 Soo Jr. Greyhounds, says it was his time with the program as a player in the Great North Under 18 Hockey League that went a long way to shape him for what was ahead.
…[read more]Hello from the Great North
Let us skate here and there in the good, old Great North Under 18 Hockey League with the middle of November now upon us:
…[read more]Latest on the U18 Jr. Hounds
Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League have decided on their coaching staff as they move ahead on the 2023-2024 season. Joining recently appointed head coach Denny Lambert on the new look staff of the Jr. Greyhounds are assistant coaches Jeremy Stevenson, Keegan Stevenson and Ty Zachary with added support from goalie coach Ryan Cook, trainer Dr. Kevin Caruso and equipment manager Louie Cuglietta.
…[read more]U18 Hounds moving forward
The winds of change have altered the course of the Soo Jr. Greyhounds in what are still the early stages of the 2023-2024 Great North Under 18 Hockey League season.
…[read more]New GM for U18 Hounds
As Denny Lambert is the new head coach of the Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League, he has brought a familiar sidekick on board to be the general manager of the program.
…[read more]Lambert to coach U18 Hounds
Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League have brought aboard the highly regarded and well respected Denny Lambert as their head coach.
…[read more]Kowal is a Paper King
Espanola Paper Kings of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have obtained hulking forward Cayden Kowal from the Georgetown Raiders of the Ontario Jr. Hockey League in a cash transaction.
…[read more]U18 Wolves bank on Shank
Sudbury U18 Wolves ran their record atop the Great North Under 18 Hockey League standings to 7-1-1 today with a decisive 10-2 win over the visiting New Liskeard Cubs.
…[read more]U18 Jr. Hounds cuff Kap
Soo Jr. Greyhounds have their first win of the 2023-2024 Great North Under 18 Hockey League season. In their home opener today, the Jr. Greyhounds upended the travel-weary Kapuskasing Flyers by a 5-1 score. The Soo victory followed three straight road losses to the North Bay Trappers last weekend.
…[read more]Circling the Great North
Sudbury U18 Wolves and the reigning champion North Bay Trappers are the pace setters in the early going of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League regular season.
…[read more]U18 Jr. Hounds ready to play
They are ready to skate into the regular season. And their coach is looking forward to the challenges ahead. With no less than 13 first year players on their roster, the new look Soo Jr. Greyhounds will finally begin 2023-2024 regular season play in the Great North Under 18 Hockey League this weekend when they are slated to head to North Bay for three games against the reigning champion Trappers.
…[read more]Local lad commits to Lakers
Smart, steady defenseman Candon O’Neill has a verbal, future commitment to play at the Division 1 National Collegiate Athletic Association level for the cross-river Lake Superior State University Lakers.
…[read more]Wolves of the Great North
Sudbury U18 Wolves have picked up points in each of their four games to begin the 2023-2024 regular season in the Great North Under 18 Hockey League.
…[read more]First star … Luc Dubois!
It has been quite an early season hockey ride for young Lucas Dubois. The 2007 birth year forward has already put up points for both the New Liskeard Cubs of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League and his hometown Espanola Paper Kings of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]U18 Hounds have potential
These are the young pups. With no less than 13 first year players on their roster, the new look Soo Jr. Greyhounds do not begin 2023-2024 regular season play in the Great North Under 18 Hockey League until the October 20-22 weekend when they are slated to head to North Bay for three games against the reigning champion Trappers.
…[read more]Prime prospect Chitaroni
He has moved up from the Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League to the Sudbury Cubs of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. And he is doing so as a coveted prospect of the Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League.
…[read more]Pucks drop on Great North
Not all seven teams saw league action. But 2023-2024 regular season play in the Great North Under 18 Hockey League began on the weekend with the Sudbury U18 Wolves and Timmins Majors as the pace-setters.
…[read more]Soo boys make their points
First pucks have dropped on the 2023-2024 Ontario Hockey League regular season. And several skaters with a link to Sault Ste. Marie picked up points in their respective team’s season opening games.
…[read more]Captain of the Firebirds
Northern Ontario product Zacharie Giroux will wear the ‘C’ on his jersey this season as the new captain of the Flint Firebirds of the Ontario Hockey League.
…[read more]Leaders of the Hounds
Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League have chosen their captain and assistant captains for the 2023-2024 season.
…[read more]Young pups of the Great North
It was a powerhouse Soo Jr. Greyhounds squad that raced to a 2022-2023 regular season record of 26-2-0 to finish first in the eight-team Great North Under 18 Hockey League by a wide margin only to somehow lose to the North Bay Trappers in the title tilt of the playoff championship tournament. And while a breath of fresh air has enveloped the 2023-2024 edition of the Jr. Hounds of the Great North, there are only three players who remain from the ’22-23 team.
…[read more]U18 Indians v. Jr. Hounds
It will be a cross-border, home and home exhibition set of games between the Soo Indians of the USA Under 18 Tier 1 Hockey Federation League and the Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League.
…[read more]Fellinger signs with Flint
Talk about a quick, improbable ascent to the Ontario Hockey League. That is, 2007 birth year defenseman Rylan Fellinger has signed with the Flint Firebirds after being a distant 13th round pick at the 2023 OHL priority selections draft from the Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League.
…[read more]Bertrand to EL Vikings
Small size forward Anthony Bertrand is moving up from the Sudbury U16 Nickel Capital Wolves of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League to the Elliot Lake Vikings of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, Hockey News North has confirmed.
…[read more]Sudbury U18 captains
They are back for another season with the Sudbury U18 Nickel Capital Wolves of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League. Not only that, forward Alek Duguay and defensemen Felix St. Onge will wear letters of leadership on their jerseys.
…[read more]Marson as an Espanola AP
Espanola Paper Kings of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have confirmed that goalie Nick Marson of the Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League is in their plans to once again be an affiliate player for the 2023-2024 season.
…[read more]Sudbury Cubs get Chitaroni
He was the first of 11 players from the Great North Under 18 Hockey League to be picked at the 2023 Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft. Subsequently, 2007 birth year forward Hudson Chitaroni is slated to develop with the Sudbury Cubs of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League this season.
…[read more]Nick Marson on a mission
He is back home and getting himself ready for his second season in the Great North Under 18 Hockey League. After moving away from home to play for the Sudbury U16 Nickel Capitals in 2022-2023, goalie Nick Marson is training hard for what his coach feels is going to be a big season as a member of the Soo U18 Jr. Greyhounds.
…[read more]Trappers to the Rapids
Pint size forward Jesse Lefebvre is moving up from the Great North Under 18 Hockey League champion North Bay Trappers to the French River Rapids of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]NOJHL via the Great North
It is a natural transition, based on geography. That is, the Great North Under 18 Hockey League serving as a logical, legitimate feeder system for the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]Powassan via North Bay
Powassan Voodoos of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have again stayed close to home to sign a high level forward from the Great North Under 18 Hockey League playoff champion North Bay Trappers.
…[read more]Dawson to Powassan
A championship skater from the Great North Under 18 Hockey League who is also an Ontario Hockey League draft pick will suit up for the Powassan Voodoos of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League this coming season.
…[read more]Jr. Greyhounds v. Soo Indians
A cross-border under-18 hockey rivalry is in position to be rekindled for the 2023-2024 season. Personnel from the Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League and the Soo Indians of the USA Under 18 Tier 1 Hockey Federation League are upbeat and eager to face off in a series of exhibition matches over the course of the ’23-24 campaign.
…[read more]U18 AAA Hounds, Indians
They are similar Under 18 AAA hockey programs that are separated by a mere two miles of International Bridge at Sault Ste. Marie. One team plays in the Great North Under 18 Hockey League under the umbrella of the Northern Ontario Hockey Association. The other is a participant in the USA Under 18 Tier 1 Hockey Federation League as members of the Michigan Amateur Hockey Association.
…[read more]Nickel Caps net tandem
Sudbury U18 Nickel Capitals of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League now have their goalie partners in place ahead of the 2023-2024 season.
…[read more]U18 Soo goalie to Sudbury
Sudbury U18 Nickel Capitals of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League have signed a 2007 birth year goalie from Sault Ste. Marie, Hockey News North has confirmed.
…[read more]Underdogs of the Great North
Gone is the stacked team that blew through the Great North Under 18 Hockey League regular season with a record of 26-2-0 and then won its first four games of the playoff tournament only to lose in the championship match. While the 2022-2023 Soo Jr. Greyhounds were top dogs, the 2023-2024 edition is already being cast as underdogs.
…[read more]Hopefulness for U18 Hounds
Anticipation. Aspiration. Belief. Desire. Faith. Optimism. Promise. They are but a smattering of synonyms that somewhat define and depict the transition of the Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League from one regime to another.
…[read more]Five for the Thunderbirds
Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have signed five players who were with the Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League in 2022-2023.
…[read more]Tersigni joins U18 Hounds
Morgan Tersigni, who is a certified personal trainer and sports nutritionist, has joined the Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League as the associate coach under new head coach Sean Gagnon.
…[read more]Carricato to assist U18 Hounds
Sean Gagnon is adding an accomplished, seasoned hand to the bench of the Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League in the person of newly-named assistant coach Pat Carricato.
…[read more]Local lads are for the Birds
Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have signed a pair of Ontario Hockey League draft picks who played for the Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League in 2022-2023.
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