Iroquois Falls to Elmira, N.Y.
1995 birth-year forward Tanner Bowditch, who produced 16 goals and 43 points for the Iroquois Falls Eskis of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League in 2015-2016, has a Division 3, National Collegiate Athletic Association commitment. …[read more]
One-day Beaver camp coming up
It’s a start of new beginnings in small-town Blind River, an upcoming, one-day mini camp. …[read more]
Denny Lambert talks T-Birds, Tech
He is settling into his new job at The Tech 1921 Ltd. as the director of hockey operations for the company that has taken over the Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League and has plans to start a school-based athletic academy by the fall of 2017. …[read more]
Player advance from Powassan
Graduated Powassan Voodoos defenceman Nicky Grose is headed to the New York-based Utica College Pioneers to continue his hockey career at the Division 3, National Collegiate Athletic Association level. …[read more]
Now Cain resigns from T-Birds
Shortly after Jamie Henderson stepped down as general manager of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League champion Soo Thunderbirds earlier today, president of hockey operations Kevin Cain has also resigned. …[read more]
Soo Thunderbirds GM steps down
Jamie Henderson has officially ended a five-year association with the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League champion Soo Thunderbirds. …[read more]
Express route to school
Espanola Express forward Ian Thompson has committed to attend Davenport University in Grand Rapids, Michigan effective the 2016-2017 season. …[read more]
Blind River should pursue old scout
As the new-look Blind River Beavers seek a return to better days, there’s a veteran Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League scout who could assist in the rebuild project. …[read more]
T-Birds down two assistants
As the back-to-back Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League champion Soo Thunderbirds transition to new operators during the off-season, a second assistant coach has moved on to become a head coach elsewhere. …[read more]
Blind River Beavers mini camp
Under the watch of new head coach Kyle Brick, the Blind River Beavers of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have scheduled a one-day mini camp. …[read more]
Cochrane to St. Scholastica
Dustin Cordeiro is taking his scoring touch from the Cochrane Crunch of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to the St. Scholastica College Saints, a Division 3, National Collegiate Athletic Association program that is based in Duluth, Minnesota. …[read more]
Eagles boss impressed with camp
Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League held a spring camp on the weekend that attracted 36 players, including 11 veterans. …[read more]
Change of the guard awaits T-Birds
They repeated as champions of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League with relative ease. They made it to the final game and just missed out in their bid to repeat as Dudley-Hewitt Cup, Central Canada Tournament champions. …[read more]
Trenton trims T-Birds in title tilt
Trenton Golden Hawks of the Ontario Jr. Hockey League have dethroned the defending Dudley-Hewitt Cup, Central Canada Tournament champion Soo Thunderbirds. …[read more]
T-Birds v. Trenton for DHC title
Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League will seek a second successive Dudley-Hewitt Cup, Central Canada Tournament title tonight when they face off against the Trenton Golden Hawks of the Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Dudley-Hewitt Cup winding up
It’s down to two games to decide the winner of the Dudley-Hewitt Cup, Central Canada Tournament with three of four teams still in the running for the junior A hockey championship. …[read more]
Senecal sparks Soo Thunderbirds
Rookie forward Zach Senecal dented twine three times to lead the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League champion Soo Thunderbirds to a 6-5 victory over the Fort Frances Lakers of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League in action this afternoon at the Dudley-Hewitt Cup Central Canada Tournament. …[read more]
Soo T-Birds lose DHC opener
The defending Dudley-Hewitt Cup champion Soo Thunderbirds dropped their opening game today at this year’s Central Canada Tournament. …[read more]
Building a team brick by Brick
It has been five years since the Blind River Beavers have had a winning season and the small-town Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League franchise has changed direction as it seeks a return to better days and competitive ways. …[read more]
Tassone gets OHL tryout invite
Niagara IceDogs of the Ontario Hockey League have extended a tryout invite to Mark Tassone of the Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Cochrane to Jamestown
Jeremy McNeil, who scored 18 goals in 62 games for the Cochrane Crunch of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League in 2015-2016, is headed to the University of Jamestown to play at the American Collegiate Hockey Association, Division 1 level. …[read more]
Elliot Lake to Elmira College
Hulking forward Spencer MacLean has committed to Elmira College, a New York-based, Division 3, National Collegiate Athletic Association program of good repute. …[read more]
On board in Blind River
Blind River Beavers of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have elected their board of directors for the 2016-2017 season. …[read more]
King of the Beavers
Blind River Beavers of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have added a four-year veteran of the Ontario Hockey League to their coaching staff. …[read more]
Elliot Lake to Lebanon Valley
After a splendid season of playing junior hockey in northern Ontario, Cole Hepler is returning to his home state to begin his National Collegiate Athletic Association, Division 3 career. …[read more]
Bird brain studies biology
Soo Thunderbirds defenceman Brandon Grandinetti has been named the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League’s scholastic player of the year. …[read more]
Soo Eagles to Aquinas College
Slick defenseman Levi Rowan is moving on from the Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to play at the American Collegiate Hockey Association Division 3 level, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
Soo Eagles tryouts on deck
Tryout time is getting close for the Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Thunderbird success, in the moment
Looking ahead to next season, major change awaits the Soo Thunderbirds. But for now, the Thunderbirds are simply looking good. …[read more]
Lambert to lead Tech hockey program
The Tech 1921 Ltd. is expanding its new-endeavour, Sault Ste. Marie hockey holdings to the extent that it is hiring the reputable Denny Lambert as its full-time director. …[read more]
Trying out for an NOJHL team?
The following Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League teams have advised HockeyNewsNorth.com of their upcoming spring tryout camps. …[read more]
Voodoos cast spring spell
Powassan Voodoos of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League held their spring prospects camp at nearby Memorial Gardens in North Bay over the weekend. …[read more]
Blind River Beavers have a GM
Less than a week after hiring Kyle Brick away from Soo Thunderbirds to be their new head coach effective the 2016-2017 season, Blind River Beavers have filled their vacant general manager position, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
T-Birds all over Kirkland Lake
Soo Thunderbirds have opened up a two games to none lead on the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners in the best-of-seven Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League championship series. …[read more]
NOJHL spring tryout camps
Just call it the league that never sleeps. Teams in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have already scheduled tryout camps well in advance of the 2016-2017 season. …[read more]
Puck drops on NOJHL title series
The two remaining teams in the quest for the 2015-2016 Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League championship are set to begin a best-of-seven series with Games 1 and 2 at the Essar Centre in Sault Ste. Marie. …[read more]
Big changes for Rayside-Balfour
New owner Adrian Gedye has brought sweeping changes to the Rayside-Balfour Canadians that includes the return of time-tested, title-winning coaches to the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Rayside calls a press conference
The new owner of the Rayside-Balfour Canadians will introduce the staff of his Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League team for the 2016-2017 season at a press conference tonight. …[read more]
New coach for Blind River Beavers
Kyle Brick will be leaving his position as an assistant coach with the Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to become head coach of the West Division rival Blind River Beavers. …[read more]
T-Birds to play on for a while
Regardless of whether they win the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League playoff championship, Soo Thunderbirds will still be playing once their best-of-seven series with the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners is over. …[read more]
Elliot Lake extends series
Elliot Lake Wildcats shrugged off an early 3-0 deficit and rallied to defeat the visiting Soo Thunderbirds 4-3 in overtime on Friday, thus extending the best-of-seven Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League playoff series. …[read more]
T-Birds up three on Wildcats
A second-successive shutout has the reigning champion Soo Thunderbirds within one win of a spot in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League title series. …[read more]
Soo Eagles spring tryout camp
Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League will be holding an open tryout camp on the May 6-8 weekend, co-coach/general manager Bruno Bragagnolo has confirmed to HockeyNewsNorth.com. …[read more]
Soo T-Birds spring tryout camp
Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League will hold their 2016 spring tryout camp from May 13-15 at John Rhodes Community Centre. …[read more]
NOJHL final four playoff update
Best-of-seven playoff finals in the West and East Divisions of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League resume this week. …[read more]
Tech takes over the T-Birds
As part of a friendly takeover, The Tech 1921 Ltd. will assume official command of the Soo Thunderbirds effective the end of the 2015-2016 Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League season. …[read more]
It’s Crunch time again
Cochrane Crunch continues its quest of trying to make it to the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League championship series for the second time in its two-year history when it takes on the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners in the East Division finals. …[read more]
Soo Eagles working towards ’16-17
Their 2015-2016 season over after being swept by the Soo Thunderbirds in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League’s West Division playoffs, Soo Eagles co-coach/general manager Bruno Bragagnolo has started building towards the 2016-2017 campaign. …[read more]
Crunch these playoff numbers
Cochrane Crunch scored a bunch in its playoff sweep of the Timmins Rock and now the small-market Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League team will face the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners in the East Division finals. …[read more]