Paper Kings off to OHL camps
Espanola Paper Kings of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League will be well represented at several upcoming Ontario Hockey League training camps.
…[read more]Paper Kings via Jr. Spitfires
Ontario Hockey League draft pick Carter Trudell is moving up from the Windsor Jr. Spitfires of the Under 16 level Minor Hockey Alliance of Ontario to the Espanola Paper Kings of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League for the ’26-27 season.
…[read more]Alek Duguay to EL Vikings
He is a journeyman forward who is poised to suit up for his fourth team in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League come the looming ’26-27 regular season.
…[read more]Local lads in Soo Eagles net
Soo Eagles are staying in their own neck of the woods when it comes to two of the three goalies who will tend twine for the Michigan-based Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League team come the looming ’26-27 season.
…[read more]NOJHL can celebrate its own
It has been an off season like no other for the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League relative to alumni being hired to coach in the National Hockey League, Ontario Hockey League and Ontario University Athletics.
…[read more]Niagara University via Powassan
Graduated goalie Derrick Champagne is moving on from the Powassan Voodoos of the Northern Ontario Jr.Hockey League to the Niagara University Purple Eagles of American Collegiate Hockey Association Division 1 ranks.
…[read more]EL Vikings ink Sudbury lad
Elliot Lake Vikings of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have confirmed the signing of Sudbury product Landen Lake-Rego ahead of the looming ’26-27 season.
…[read more]OHL team hires ex NOJHL goalie
Jake Paterson, who backstopped the Soo Eagles to the 2011 Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League championship as a 16-year old rookie goalie, has turned to coaching.
…[read more]Up North comes up first
The second week of September is on the slate for the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to set the stage for the ’26-27 regular season schedule. The NOJHL is again poised to function as an 11-team league with the return of the Elliot Lake Lake Vikings and the surprise exit of the three-time reigning champion Sudbury Cubs.
…[read more]Three goalies in Eagles net
Soo Eagles are set in net ahead of the looming ’26-27 Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League season. President and general manager Bruno Bragagnolo has confirmed to Hockey News North that the Eagles have three goalies signed, including a pair of local area lads.
…[read more]Soo Eagles sign local goalie
Goalie Daryn Szabo is staying home in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan to play junior hockey. A 5 foot 10, 170 pound puck stopper with a 2009 birth date, Szabo has signed with the Michigan-based Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League ahead of the ’26-27 season.
…[read more]NOJHL also advances coaches
It has a sustained track record of developing draft picks for the Ontario Hockey League as well as moving players to college and university programs throughout Canada and into the United States. And in the span of mere weeks during this off season, the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League has seen three members of its head coach fraternity move up to higher levels of the game.
…[read more]Brandon Perry to Queen’s U
Homegrown head coach Brandon Perry is leaving the Timmins Rock of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to coach in his adopted home town of Kingston. The 37 year old Perry has been named as the new bench boss of the Queen University Golden Gaels.
…[read more]Paper Kings net a goalie
Espanola Paper Kings have completed a trade with their nearby rival Blind River Beavers for an established Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League goalie.
…[read more]French River signs young star
Given his hockey resume, Dacey Dupuis had no shortage of suitors looking to sign him ahead of the looming ’26-27 season. And it is the French River Rapids of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League who the electrifying 2010 birth year forward chose to sign with.
…[read more]NOJHL “will move forward”
It is now a certainty that big market Sudbury will not have a presence in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League for the ’26-27 season. The recent announcement by owners Mark Burgess and son Connor Burgess that the three time reigning champion Cubs have voluntarily turned their franchise over to the NOJHL sent shockwaves throughout the junior hockey world. Having said that, the departure of Sudbury still leaves the NOJHL with 11 teams and as commissioner Rob Mazzuca relayed to Hockey News North, “we will move forward.”
…[read more]NOJHL re: Sudbury Cubs
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League has released the following statement relative to the recent decision by the Sudbury Cubs to depart the NOJHL as per their own media release.
…[read more]Sudbury Cubs leaving NOJHL
EDITOR’S NOTE: The owners of the reigning Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League champion Sudbury Cubs have sent out the following press release to media outlets, including Hockey News North.
…[read more]New coach in Powassan
Tyler Pracek is off to his third head coach gig in as many seasons in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. The 33 year old Pracek has been hired as the new bench boss of the Powassan Voodoos after previous stints with both the Iroquois Falls Storm and Kirkland Lake Gold Miners.
…[read more]Jordan Smith to the NHL
Sault Ste. Marie native Jordan Smith is headed to the Show. The 40 year old Smith has been hired as an assistant coach by the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League.
…[read more]Peter Goulet to the OHL
A lengthy apprenticeship spanning a few decades has finally resulted in an Ontario Hockey League assistant coach position for the highly regarded Peter Goulet. Most recently with the Powassan Voodoos of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League as a two time coach of the year, the 56-year old Goulet will join the OHL staff of new Brantford Bulldogs head coach Michael Babcock.
…[read more]The rise of Kenny Belanger
He has gone from a player who as a youngster was unceremoniously cut from a AAA program in his hometown of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. to become a productive performer at the junior A and Ontario university levels.
…[read more]Soo Eagles + Soo Indians
This is setting up to further establish a pipeline between the under 18 and junior levels of the game. That is, the Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League are now officially overseeing the operations of the U18 Soo Indians of the Michigan Amateur Hockey Association’s Tier 1 Elite League.
…[read more]Upstate NY via Espanola
Graduated Espanola Paper Kings forward Jason Galante has committed to attend Morrisville State University ahead of the ’26-27 season. Located in upstate New York, Morrisville is a Division 3 National Collegiate Athletic Association school.
…[read more]NOJHL grads off to school
Teams in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have long been suppliers of players to the Division 3 level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. And some of the more recent NCAA commitments ahead of the ’26-27 season are as follows.
…[read more]NB goalie to Powassan
Powassan Voodoos of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have stayed in their own back yard to sign 2008 birth year goalie Carson Ruddy from the reigning Great North Under 18 Hockey League champion North Bay Trappers.
…[read more]Bertrand is back up North
Greater Sudbury product Anthony Bertrand is returning to the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League from the Central Canada Hockey League.
…[read more]Southwind in Elliot Lake
Elliot Lake Vikings of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have signed local product Gerald Southwind ahead of the ’26-27 season.
…[read more]Espanola to Cleveland, Ohio
Espanola Paper Kings of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have confirmed the commitment of forward Callum Millar to Hiram College of Cleveland effective the ’26-27 season. Hiram is a Division 3, National Collegiate Athletic Association school.
…[read more]BR goalie off to D3 school
Graduated Blind River Beavers goalie Justin Sullivan has committed to Southern New Hampshire University for the ’26-27 season. SNHU is a Division 3, National Collegiate Athletic Association school.
…[read more]School is in for Soo Eagles
Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League are without peer when it comes to advancing players to the American college ranks. Indeed, in the 16 years that the venerable Bruno Bragagnolo has led the program as president, general manager and in various coaching roles, the Eagles have sent in the neighbourhood of 150 players to college hockey programs.
…[read more]Mazzuca in positions of power
The boss is still the boss. Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League commissioner Rob Mazzuca will continue to have considerable say and authority as the chair of the board for the Canadian Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]Thrills of an NOJHL season
Sudbury Cubs are the champions of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League for the third successive season by virtue of an unbeaten playoff run that produced a perfect 12-0 record. And it isn’t just Sudbury that accounted for some splendid story lines from the ’25-26 NOJHL season.
…[read more]Sudbury up 3-0 on Timmins
A shorthanded goal by Kaedyn Long and the shutout net minding of Iain Wintle helped to spark the visiting Sudbury Cubs to a 3-0 win over the Timmins Rock in Game 3 of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League championship series before more than 1,200 fans at venerable McIntyre Arena.
…[read more]Cubs up two on the Rock
It was yet another big crowd in the range of 1,000 fans at Gerry McCrory Countryside Sports Complex on Friday night. And the Sudbury Cubs skated to a second straight win over the visiting Timmins Rock to take a 2-0 lead in the best of seven Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League championship series.
…[read more]Sudbury rattles the Rock
Close to 1,000 fans were on hand at Gerry McCrory Countryside Sports Complex on Thursday to watch Sudbury’s best junior hockey team continue what has been a perfect playoff run to date.
…[read more]NOJHL finals set to start
And now there are two left. The best of seven Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League championship series between the two time reigning champion Sudbury Cubs and the Timmins Rock gets underway tonight at 7:00 at Gerry McCrory Countryside Sports Complex in the Nickel City.
…[read more]NOJHL finals schedule
The schedule is set for the best of seven series between the no. 1 seed Sudbury Cubs and the no. 4 seed Timmins Rock to decide this year’s Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League championship.
…[read more]A salute to the Soo Eagles
They lost their first nine games of the ’25-26 regular season and recovered enough to finish in seventh place among the 11 teams of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League — and earn one of eight playoff spots. But the Soo Eagles were far from done.
…[read more]Rock on to the NOJHL finals
There is no bigger fan of the Timmins Rock than its supportive team president Ted Gooch. And Gooch relayed more than 200 words of praise to Hockey News North about his Timmins team that is headed to the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League finals against the two time reigning champion Sudbury Cubs following a second round playoff series sweep of the arch-rival Hearst Lumberjacks.
…[read more]Sudbury Cubs still clicking
Is there any slowing down the Sudbury Cubs? The two time reigning champions in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have been virtually unstoppable since the calendar flipped to 2026.
…[read more]EL Vikings late May camp
They are primed to return to the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League effective the ’26-27 season. And the Elliot Lake Vikings — having been on a leave of absence for the past year and a half relative to structural issues at their now restored home arena — have an upcoming camp planned.
…[read more]Rock rolls into NOJHL semis
At the end of it all it was home ice advantage for the seventh and deciding game that tilted the Timmins Rock towards the semi-finals in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]Surging Soo Eagles sweep
The odds of a no. 7 seed beating a no. 2 seed in a best of seven playoff series are very low. The odds of the no. 7 seed doing so in a four game sweep are even lower.
…[read more]NOJHL playoff tracker
First round playoff action is underway within the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. Sudbury Cubs have a 2-0 lead on the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners while the surprising Soo Eagles are up two on the Powassan Voodoos as are the Hearst Lumberjacks ahead of the Espanola Paper Kings by the same margin. Meantime, the Timmins Rock and Soo Thunderbirds are even at a game apiece. All series are best of seven.
…[read more]EL Vikings back in business
It has been a long, difficult process but the Elliot Lake Vikings are poised to return to the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League as active members effective the ’26-27 season. The slated comeback of the Vikings would be coincidental with the scheduled reopening of 59 year old Rogers Arena — formerly known as Centennial Arena — at some point this summer.
…[read more]NOJHL quarter finals
Eight teams will hit the ice this week as the playoffs begin in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. All four first round sets are best of seven series. Following is the schedule for all four of the opening round series.
…[read more]Sudbury Cubs, Kirkland Lake
The Northern Ontario Jr.Hockey League has confirmed the schedule for the opening round, best of seven playoff series between the no. 1 seed Sudbury Cubs and the no. 8 seed Kirkland Lake Gold Miners.
…[read more]NOJHL playoffs are looming
The eight teams that will begin the playoffs in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have been accounted for. Still, there is much to play for in this, the final week of the ’25-26 regular season as there are three teams in the mix for second place.
…[read more]