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]
Shuffle in the Beavers net
Reigning West Division playoff champion Blind River Beavers have shuffled their net worth with the 2018 portion of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League season set to get underway. …[read more]
Write on about the NOJHL
There is so much good that can be written about the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. And here are just a few examples from among the many folks who make following the NOJHL worth while. …[read more]
Soo T-Birds to BR Beavers
The top two teams in the West Division of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have finalized a trade, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
Soo midgets hop the Express
Espanola Express of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League has called on forward Parker Morgan and defenseman Jacob Doucette from the Soo Greyhounds of the Great North Midget Hockey League, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
Timmins to Rimouski
1999 birth year defenseman Josh Anderson is moving up from the Timmins Rock of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to the Rimouski Océanic of the Quebec Major Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
NOJHL debut for Campbell
Minor midget forward David Campbell made a point, literally, in his Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League debut as an affiliate player with the Blind River Beavers. …[read more]
Ritchie makes NOJHL debut
Short on players for a weekend road trip, French River Rapids of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League called on defenseman Jordan Ritchie from the Soo Greyhounds of the Great North Midget Hockey League. …[read more]
Neault makes NOJHL history
Rayside-Balfour Canadians forward Matt Neault has established a new Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League record for most career games played. …[read more]
Best of the NOJHL West
Call them the Four Tops. As in the top four teams from the West Division of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
A win for Michael Doan
On a night that honoured their fallen former goalie, the Soo Thunderbirds came through in heavenly fashion for the late Michael Doan. …[read more]
Ex-OHLer to NOJHL in Hearst
Hard-working, character-kid forward Zack Dorval, who played three full seasons in the Ontario Hockey League before leaving on his own terms following the 2016-2017 season, has signed with the Hearst Lumberjacks of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Michael Doan to be honoured
As his former teams face off in a Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League match on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at John Rhodes Community Centre, the late Michael Doan will be honoured in a pre-game tribute. …[read more]
Soaring Soo Eagles sweep
Michigan Soo Eagles pulled off a road trip rarity on the weekend with three successive wins up in rugged northeastern Ontario. …[read more]
In and out of Rayside
Player movement has been plentiful of late as the Rayside-Balfour Canadians of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League are tweaking their roster. …[read more]
Rayside aims at Powassan
Rayside-Balfour Canadians have added a seasoned skater to their roster as they take aim at a Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League championship. …[read more]
Crunch time for Soo boy
Kurtis Rogers of the Soo Greyhounds of the Great North Midget Hockey League got to experience the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League recently as a Cochrane Crunch affiliate player. …[read more]
T-Birds tap local market
To be sure, Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League are becoming even more of a local team. …[read more]
KL strikes gold
Newly-acquired forward Gregory Trudeau-Paquet is already paying dividends for the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Crunch, Beavers are hot
One from the East, one from the West. They represent two Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League teams that are on a roll. …[read more]
Birds bring pair to the nest
Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have officially confirmed the acquisition of a pair of homegrown forwards. …[read more]
Kap gains for Hearst
There is a tidy development path along the rugged highway from Kapuskasing to Hearst that serves as player advancement between the two northeastern Ontario towns. …[read more]
T-Birds v. Eagles tonight
It looms as a game that is a promotion in itself, the fabled border battle rivalry featuring the Soo Thunderbirds and Soo Eagles. …[read more]
NOJHL teams on the up
Rayside-Balfour Canadians. Soo Eagles. Kirkland Lake Gold Miners. They are three Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League teams on the move. …[read more]
This is Team NOJHL
The 2017 Eastern Canada Cup all-star challenge is slated to be held November 13-15 in Trenton, Ont. and the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League has confirmed its roster for the event. …[read more]
NOJHL East is a beast
Parity is rather evident among the six divisional rivals. Indeed, just six points stand between the second place Kirkland Lake Gold Miners and the sixth place Timmins Rock in the East Division of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Wrong way in Elliot Lake
Widely viewed as a serious championship contender before the start of the 2017-2018 Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League season, Elliot Lake Wildcats have instead been a big disappointment to date. …[read more]
Eagles 4, Thunderbirds 3
Soo Eagles continued their winning ways of late while at the same time putting a halt to the seven-game unbeaten streak of the cross-river Soo Thunderbirds …[read more]
John Parco coaches, trains
He has a lot more to offer than just being the coach of the Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. A former star player at the major junior and European professional levels, John Parco is also a sports vision trainer and a world-class, kinesiology-educated, disciple of the game that he lives and loves. …[read more]
15 goals for Nick Smith
He has hands of silk and a nose for the net. Soo Thunderbirds second-year forward Nick Smith is evolving into a goal-scoring machine. …[read more]
Hot in the NOJHL West
Rayside-Balfour Canadians, Soo Eagles and Soo Thunderbirds are three teams from the West Division who are on a roll in the 12-member Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]