Home side rules border battle
Soo Thunderbirds and Soo Eagles continue to utilize home ice in the ongoing border battle between the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League rivals. …[read more]
Birds, Eagles home & home
Intense and indelible, the Twin Soo hockey rivalry will be revisited when the Soo Thunderbirds and Soo Eagles meet in a home-and-home set on Friday and Saturday. …[read more]
Second season scene in NOJHL
Some of what is seen, scene and heard as play sets to resume in the second half of the 2016-2017 Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League season: …[read more]
Powassan power at full steam
Ho, ho, ho. Times 23. Powassan Voodoos of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League are headed into the Christmas break on a remarkable 23-game winning streak. …[read more]
20 wins for the BR Beavers
When he took the job as the new head coach of the Blind River Beavers prior to the start of the 2016-2017 Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League season, Kyle Brick told HockeyNewsNorth.com that his first priority would be “to change the culture within the team.” …[read more]
Voodoos, T-Birds keep winning
Masked by the fact that the Powassan Voodoos have won 20 straight games is that the two-time reigning champion Soo Thunderbirds have reeled off eight successive victories. …[read more]
Express route to North Bay
As we were first to report via Twitter, North Bay Battalion of the Ontario Hockey League has gone to the Espanola Express of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to obtain 1997 birth-year goaltender Logan Sawka. …[read more]
Lamour shows Spirit in Rayside
A third-round pick of the Saginaw Spirit at the 2016 Ontario Hockey League draft, 16-year old goalie Cameron Lamour is spending a critical development season with the Rayside-Balfour Canadians of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Surging Soo Eagles reach .500
It was towards the end of the third week of October and the Soo Eagles were floundering near the bottom of the 12-team, Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League with an unsightly record of 4-11-2. …[read more]
NOJHL is rapid on advancement
Given its recent track record of advancing talent to the Division 1, National Collegiate Athletic Association and Ontario Hockey League levels, one has to wonder why any player from the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League would want to leave it for a lateral move within the Canadian Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
There’s more to the Voodoos
Powassan Voodoos — already in first place in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League — have added on to a team that has won 17 straight games. …[read more]
Good news from the NOJHL
Following are just a few samplings from the many good news stories that are out there in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
T-Birds could use some love
Soo Thunderbirds have won back-to-back championships in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League and are contenders again this season. …[read more]
Three good NOJHL stories
This tour of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League takes us from Powassan to Blind River across the International Bridge to the Michigan Soo. …[read more]
T-Birds in very good company
The reigning, two-time defending champion Soo Thunderbirds have company atop the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
EL coach “not on hot seat”
Elliot Lake Wildcats general manager Todd Stencill says first-year head coach Corey Bricknell “is not on the hot seat.” …[read more]
Hot to trot in the NOJHL
Here ‘n there in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League as we approach mid November. …[read more]
Eagles take it to the limit
Fourth-place Soo Eagles continue to save their best for the first-place Soo Thunderbirds. …[read more]
Adding on to the Express
Espanola Express of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League is not a reflection of its 5-15-1 record through 21 games of the 2016-2017 season, according to team president Chad Clarke. …[read more]
T-Birds fan appreciation
Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have designated November as Fan Appreciation Month, sponsored by their parent company, The Tech 1921 Ltd. …[read more]
Around the NOJHL
Here ‘n there in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League as we head into the second week of November. …[read more]
Crunch time in Moose Factory
Moose Factory and the adjacent community of Moosonee will benefit from the presence of the Cochrane Crunch of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League for three days next week. …[read more]
Bronson Kovacs is world class
HockeyNewsNorth.com has learned that Sault Ste. Marie native Bronson Kovacs will be part of the Hungarian national team that will face off against opponents from Italy, Denmark, Poland, Austria and Korea in a Euro Ice Hockey Challenge tournament to will be held over a five-day span beginning later this week. …[read more]
Eagles getting it together
Soo Eagles have reeled off three wins in succession and are starting to look more like the team that was originally cast as a contender for the 2016-2017 Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League season. …[read more]
Battalion calls on a Voodoo
Forward Andy Baker, who leads the Powassan Voodoos of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League in goals, has signed an Ontario Hockey League contract with the North Bay Battalion. …[read more]
New coach hops the Express
Espanola Express of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League has added more experience to its coaching staff in the person of Dennis Martindale. …[read more]
Rayside to Peterborough
Iroquois Falls product Chad Denault, a 2000 birth-year right winger, has signed with the Peterborough Petes of the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
French River to Halifax
Caleb Rich is moving up from the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to the Quebec Major Jr. Hockey League, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
Eagles look to Pullar together
Affected by a recent rash of injuries and having been hindered by sub-par goaltending for most of the season, Soo Eagles return to the friendly confines of Pullar Stadium for a pair of Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League home games this weekend. …[read more]
What’s wrong with the Eagles?
This is a team that has a lot of Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League watchers puzzled. With a record of 4-11-2, the Soo Eagles have the second-worst winning percentage in the 12-team NOJHL. …[read more]
NOJHL attendance figures
Through the first month or so of the 2016-2017 season, Soo Eagles lead the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League in attendance and the Timmins Rock is not far behind. …[read more]
NOJHL gives thanks to scouts
The Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League has put its hand in its pocket to try to ensure that its showcase tournament is well-attended by scouts and recruiters. …[read more]
Twin torches of the Wolves
Free agent rookie forwards from the Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, twin brothers Darian Pilon and Drake Pilon have brought a fiery passion to the Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
Turkey and then a tournament
First, the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League will celebrate Thanksgiving on Monday, Oct. 10. Then, the 12-team loop will play host to a showcase tournament at the Gerry McCrory Countryside Sports Complex in Sudbury. …[read more]
Contenders aplenty in NOJHL
Of the 12 teams that make up the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, no less than eight of them have winning records as of this writing — and two others are not far off the mark. …[read more]
Writer’s selection: Hot and not
Who’s hot and who’s not as we peruse the Ontario Hockey League, the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League and the Central Canada Hockey League: …[read more]
Twin Soo NOJHL weekend set
Soo Thunderbirds and Soo Eagles will face off twice this weekend as the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League’s border battle resumes on two fronts. …[read more]
Tassone has high-level ability
If I am Lake Superior State Lakers head coach Damon Whitten or Northern Michigan Wildcats head coach Walt Kyle I am taking in a Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League game with the expressed purpose of making a future Division 1, Western Collegiate Hockey Association commitment to Soo Thunderbirds forward Mark Tassone. …[read more]
NOJHL West is slightly best
Through three weeks of the 2016-2017 season, parity is evident within the 12-team Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, more so in the West Division. …[read more]
Soo T-Birds make a trade
Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have dealt 1997 birth-year defenseman Matt Busby and the rights to 1998 birth-year defender Dakotah Woods to the Aurora Tigers of the Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
NOJHL notes, quotes
Here and there in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League as the 2016-2017 regular season heads into its third week: …[read more]
NOJHL gaining in stature
The proof is in the pudding. Those from the outside are taking note. The Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League is gaining in reputation. …[read more]
Soo Eagles sign Nick Trecroce
Make that a fourth player from the Canadian side of the St. Mary’s River to join the Michigan-based Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
NOJHL season-opening acts
Soo Thunderbirds are in familiar territory and Blind River Beavers are in an unfamiliar spot following opening weekend action in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
NOJHL path to OHL, QMJHL
As the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League continues to send record numbers of its alumni to the National Collegiate Athletic Association and Canadian Interuniversity School ranks, the same can be said for a large group of alumnus that has made the step up to the major junior level, specifically the Ontario Hockey League and the Quebec Major Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Doug Gilmour’s son in NOJHL
Tyson Gilmour, who is a son to retired National Hockey League legend Dougie Gilmour, will play in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League this season. …[read more]
Soo Eagles sign slick defender
Michigan-based Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have reached across the border to sign Canadian-born defenseman Nolan Makkonen, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
NOJHL through these eyes
East and West, 12 teams in two divisions, first pucks of the 2016-2017 regular season will drop this week on the ever-improving Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Forrest in Flint via Powassan
He has made the jump from the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to the Ontario Hockey League — and as a 19-year old rookie, no less — but goalie Garrett Forrest is going to have to wait a few weeks before getting back into the net. …[read more]