Soo Eagles to Trine X 2
Another member of the Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League has committed to Trine University, a Division 3 National Collegiate Athletic Association school. …[read more]
3-2 series lead for Rayside
Rayside Balfour Canadians have moved to within one win of advancing to the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League championship series. …[read more]
Beavers to Wolves
Sudbury Wolves made a startling selection in the 10th round of today’s Ontario Hockey League draft. In a process that is designed for players born in 2002, the Wolves opted for 2000 birth year centre Owen Robinson from the Blind River Beavers of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
T-Birds even the score
It has been reduced to a best-of-three series. Playing at home on Thursday, Soo Thunderbirds came through with a clutch 8-2 verdict over the Rayside Balfour Canadians to even their Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League playoff series at two games each. …[read more]
Rayside steals road win
Advantage to the visitors. Rayside Balfour Canadians have taken the edge in their Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League playoff series with the Soo Thunderbirds. …[read more]
Rayside v. Soo resumes
The series is tied at a game apiece. There is the side bar relative to a blind-side hit that has a player out for the season with a concussion and the instigator of it suspended by the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Soo Eagles to Trine U
Having graduated from the Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, defenseman Owen Kipke has made a commitment to play at Trine University effective the 2018-2019 season. …[read more]
Uproar over hit on Baber
The Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League is investigating a blind side hit on Soo Thunderbirds rookie forward Camaryn Baber that took place on the opening shift of a playoff game against the Rayside-Balfour Canadians on Friday. …[read more]
Seven game sizzler
One team had to win. One team had to lose. One team did win. Barely. One team did lose. Barely. …[read more]
In the Nick of time
Leave it to a pure goal scorer to decide a hotly-contested, seven-game playoff series. A power play marker by top gun Nick Smith with just over seven minutes to play in the third period lifted the Soo Thunderbirds to a dramatic 3-2 win over the Soo Eagles tonight in the seventh-and-deciding game of their Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League West Division semi-final set. …[read more]
Game 7 showdown
If this one does not stimulate the junior hockey fire and desire from within then you may want to check your heart beat. …[read more]
Give the NOJHL some love
It is not the Ontario Hockey League. But there are players aplenty who get to the OHL via the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
T-Birds force Game 7
It was thought by many of those close to the scene that this would go the distance. And it will. Soo Thunderbirds and Soo Eagles will play a seventh-and-deciding game in their Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League playoff series. …[read more]
NOJHL tickets punched
Three of four seats for the divisional playoff dance have been booked. Timmins Rock — yes, Timmins Rock — and Cochrane Crunch from the East block along with Rayside Balfour Canadians from the West side have all punched their tickets to the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League division finals. …[read more]
T-Birds extend series
Soo Thunderbirds stared elimination straight in the eyes on Saturday and did not flinch. Eric Schuch made 27 saves and rookie forward Camaryn Baber made a triumphant return to the lineup as the T-Birds forced a sixth game in their Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League playoff series with the Soo Eagles. …[read more]
T-Birds are teetering
Successive shutouts have Soo Eagles in position to put away Soo Thunderbirds for the season with another win tonight. …[read more]
Eagles blank T-Birds
Nothing like a whitewash on home ice to take a pivotal series lead. Rookie forward Austin Rowe tallied once and set up two others as the Soo Eagles blanked the Soo Thunderbirds 3-0 tonight in Game 3 of their Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League playoff series. …[read more]
NOJHL playoff trail
A playoff march through March has more than a touch of spring fever to it along a path of parity in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Eagles tie up T-Birds
The border battle is even. Soo Eagles upended Soo Thunderbirds 3-2 in a Monday night match to tie their best-of-seven, Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League semi-final playoff series at a game apiece. …[read more]
Cicchello shoots, scores!
It can be such a simple philosophy. That is, shoot the puck at the net and there is always a chance of scoring a goal. …[read more]
Twin Soo border alert
And so it begins. And so it will be written. The latest chapter in the ongoing saga involving the cross-border foes from Sault Ste. Marie will turn pages beginning tonight. …[read more]
NOJHL playoff picture
It’s a game of crazy eights now. The cards are on the table. There are eight teams spanning four playoff series of chance in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Stick it! BR sweeps EL
Apropos, Blind River Beavers are moving on to the semi-final playoff round within the West Division of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
NOJHL has its Ides of March
There is hustle and bustle — and some rustle — taking place as the Ides of March descend upon the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Eagles finish in third
Soo Eagles took advantage — barely — of a Soo Thunderbirds team that opted to rest several top players in the regular season finale for both clubs on Wednesday. …[read more]
Eagles in search of third
Soo Eagles are in position to overtake the Blind River Beavers for third place in the West Division when the regular season in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League draws to a close tonight. …[read more]
Down to the wire in NOJHL
There are only two games to play on the 2017-2018 regular season schedule in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Good news for Cochrane
Cochrane Crunch of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League already has its first victory of the 2018-2019 season. …[read more]
Baber is on the right path
The general manager of the Saginaw Spirit of the Ontario Hockey League is thrilled with the way rookie centre Camaryn Baber is developing with the Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Soo Eagles give and receive
Ever since arriving in Sault Ste. Marie in 2010 as the general manager and coach of the Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, Bruno Bragagnolo has been big on community involvement. …[read more]
Long, winding road to Hearst
Dawson Waddell has traveled the hockey highways through three junior leagues to get to where he is now in the northeastern Ontario town of Hearst. …[read more]
100+ points for Jake Palmerio
Soo Eagles forward Jake Palmerio reached and surpassed a career milestone on Wednesday in his team’s 5-0 win over the Rayside-Balfour Canadians. …[read more]
Eagles can fly higher
They have clinched fourth place and they will finish the regular season with a record above the .500 mark. And with seven games to play on the slate, Soo Eagles still have a chance to move up in the standings in the West Division of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Stretch run in the NOJHL
As the 2017-2018 regular season heads towards the finish line, there are a number of placings that are still to be determined in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Who, what, where in the N.O.
Some is good, some is bad, some is just plain okay. But most of what the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League is about is pretty good. …[read more]
Puckin’ around the NOJHL
As February inches towards the middle of the month let us visit and revisit a few rumours as they pertain to the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Eagles on a Rowe
Rookie forward Austin Rowe went on a scoring rampage on Friday as the Soo Eagles cuffed the visiting Soo Thunderbirds 7-1. …[read more]
No talk today from Powassan
As the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League takes pride in its relationship with the Canadian Mental Health Association as a partner in the Talk Today program, the president of the reigning champion Powassan Voodoos has his own method of communication. …[read more]
Potential NOJHL expansion
It has gone from a seven-team league to a 12-member loop in the span of about 10 years. And there is ongoing board room discussion that could lead the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to expand by two more teams within the near future. …[read more]
Soo boys have Spirit
Camaryn Baber will be joining fellow Sault Ste. Marie product Nicholas Porco in the lineup tonight when the visiting Saginaw Spirit takes on the Soo Greyhounds in an Ontario Hockey League matchup. …[read more]
Good, bad, ugly in Powassan
I am going to take a different route in the case of the league suspension and subsequent team firing of a first-place coach who carries a good, clean reputation in the hockey world. …[read more]
Beavers net is solid
Newcomer Camden Burggrabe has restored a solid goal-tending tandem to the Blind River Beavers of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
NOJHL and Talk Today
Talk Today, the mental health initiative program designed to assist amateur sports teams and their players across Canada, originated in 2014 courtesy the Ontario sector of the Canadian Mental Health Association. And since 2015, the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League has been active as a partner with the initiative that is part of Bell Let’s Talk, a wide-reaching program designed to break the silence around mental illness and to support mental health all across Canada. …[read more]
30 goals for Nick Smith
The Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League has its first 30-goal scorer of the 2017-2018 campaign in the person of Soo Thunderbirds forward Nick Smith. …[read more]
Soo Eagles v. Soo T-Birds
The border battle that features the Soo Eagles and Soo Thunderbirds continues with the cross-river rivals facing off again tonight. …[read more]
Nice start for new guys in BR
So far, so good, even though it is a small sample. That is, Zach Senecal is off to a good start with the Blind River Beavers in his return to the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Blind River adds Zach Senecal
1998 birth year forward Zach Senecal is returning to the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, this time with the Blind River Beavers. …[read more]
New goalie in Blind River
Former Soo Eagles goalie Camden Burggrabe is returning to the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, this time with the Blind River Beavers. …[read more]
Soo Eagles add Casey, Rowe
Already averaging more than four goals per game, Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have further strengthened their forward unit. …[read more]