News…views…around the rinks
News and views pertaining to the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, Soo Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League and Lake Superior State University Lakers of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. …[read more]
Two more board the Express
The expansion Espanola Express has added a pair of veterans to its Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League roster, general manager Chad Clarke has confirmed. …[read more]
Scouting Ryan Mooney
He’s young, a 1998 birth-year defenceman who leads his Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League team in scoring — and the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division 1 scouts are taking note. …[read more]
Surging Eagles flap their wings
They have won four of their last six games and have the best record of any of the three expansion teams in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
New additions to Rayside-Balfour
Rayside-Balfour Canadians of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have added dependable depth and experience to their roster with the acquisition of two 1995 birth-year skaters. …[read more]
And the NOJHL’s best team is…?
As the schedule turns towards November a case might be made for any of the six teams that are among the best in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
EL Wildcats, community recognition
In their second season of existence, the Elliot Lake Wildcats of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League continue to be a success on the ice and within the community. …[read more]
Around the rinks
Good day hockey fans, I am back from a three-day, mini-vacation to Detroit, home of my favourite (though I am not sure why) National Football League team. Time now to head out on a trip of a different sort and pay a visit to the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, the Ontario Hockey League, the Greater Metro Hockey League, the Great North Midget Hockey League, the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, the North American Hockey League, the North American 3 Hockey League and the U.S. Premier Hockey League. …[read more]
A first for the French River Rapids
It took an overtime goal over a fellow expansion team — and on the road no less — for the French River Rapids to post their first regular-season victory in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Current state of the NOJHL
To be sure, the 12-team Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League has a lot going for it as it moves into the second quarter of the 2015-2016 season. …[read more]
Eagles ink former Greyhound pick
Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have signed free-agent left winger Gordie Helmuth, who was a 10th-round pick of the Soo Greyhounds at the 2012 Ontario Hockey League draft. …[read more]
Crunch adds seasoned skaters
Cochrane Crunch, already a Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League contender with a record of 12-3, has added a pair of veteran forwards from elsewhere in the Canadian Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Charly Murray is back scouting
An old bird dog has returned to the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League scouting scene. …[read more]
Espanola v. French River tonight
Two Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League expansion teams will face off tonight. …[read more]
Rayside looking to make right turn
Rayside-Balfour Canadians are a much-better team than the .500 record they currently sport. …[read more]
Which is the NOJHL’s best team?
More than five weeks into the 2015-2016 season, six of the 12 teams in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have records well above the .500 mark. …[read more]
Express moves ahead with additions
Espanola Express has added a pair of forwards as the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League expansion team moves forward. …[read more]
NOJHL attendance chart
Five weeks into the 2015-2016 season and the expansion Soo Eagles lead the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League in average per-game attendance. …[read more]
Voodoo magic is no. 1
A franchise in only its second year of existence, the small-town Powassan Voodoos are a national sensation early this 2015-2016 season. …[read more]
No excuses, says Soo Eagles coach
They are an expansion team that has played four of its first 10 games against the powerful Soo Thunderbirds but Soo Eagles coach-general manager Bruno Bragagnolo does not want to make — or hear — any excuses. …[read more]
Bad refereeing, in my opinion
Under the close watch of commissioner Rob Mazzuca, referees who work games in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League are held to high standards and are more accountable than ever before. …[read more]
Eagles finally break through
Soo Eagles shrugged off a four-game losing streak — and a goal-scoring drought — with an 8-1 rout of the visiting Blind River Beavers in Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League action from Friday. …[read more]
Pink in the Rink at the Pullar
Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League will support breast cancer research with “Pink in the Rink” home games tonight and Saturday evening at Pullar Stadium. …[read more]
High-scoring Hepler back in EL
Elliot Lake Wildcats have welcomed the return of a high-scoring forward in time for tonight’s Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League game against the visiting Soo Thunderbirds. …[read more]
French River seeks first win
They have been close more than once but the French River Rapids are still seeking their first win as a Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League expansion team. …[read more]
RBC halts five-game slide
Veteran forward Ryan Erickson scored once and assisted on four others and MacKenzie Savard stopped 28 shots as the Rayside-Balfour Canadians ended a five-game losing skid on Wednesday. …[read more]
This looks good on the NOJHL
It may only be a ranking that is conducted weekly by the Canadian Jr. Hockey League as a means of promotion. …[read more]
New to the Espanola Express
Four defencemen have recently joined the Espanola Express of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
Birds show bad side in latest win
Let’s begin by stating that the Soo Thunderbirds were easily the better team in scoring a 4-0 win over the shorthanded Soo Eagles on Saturday. …[read more]
T-Birds trim Eagles once again
Soo Thunderbirds made it three straight wins over their border rivals on Friday with a 3-1 road triumph over the Soo Eagles before close to 750 fans at venerable Pullar Stadium. …[read more]
Wildcats waiting in the woods
There are four teams ahead of them in the overall standings but the Elliot Lake Wildcats are in good position heading into a pair of weekend home games. …[read more]
Laker coach talks up Headrick
Despite being the youngest player on the 29-man roster of the Lake Superior State University Lakers, 1997 birth-year defenceman Owen Headrick is poised for regular lineup duty with the Western Collegiate Hockey Association team for the 2015-2016 season. …[read more]
Mooney on the mark for Rayside
He is one of the younger players in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League and seven games into the 2015-2016 season, he leads his team and all defencemen in scoring. …[read more]
T-Birds v. Eagles for two more
Make way for two more rounds of the Soo Thunderbirds-Soo Eagles junior hockey border battle. …[read more]
More power to Powassan
Powassan Voodoos are living up to lofty expectations through six games of the 2015-2016 Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League season. …[read more]
Hockey-related performance training
Jeff Coccimiglio has initiated a performance training for hockey players using a program that extracts the movement which the players use in a game. …[read more]
Beavers ride Uhl tide
Sault Ste. Marie product Jason Uhl had a three-point night on Wednesday as the Blind River Beavers — who went winless during the 2014-2015 Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League season — skated to their second victory of the 2015-2016 campaign. …[read more]
N.O. Notes: Rapids, Rock seek revenge
Revenge could well be on the collective minds of the French River Rapids and Timmins Rock when they take to home ice in Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League play tonight. …[read more]
Headrick gets media poll mention
The Western Collegiate Hockey Association held its annual media teleconference today and Lake Superior State University Lakers freshman defenceman Owen Headrick — a former standout with the reigning Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League champion Soo Thunderbirds — received a mention. …[read more]
NOJHL to QMJHL
Dakotah Woods, a 1998 birth-date defenceman who played with the Elliot Lake Wildcats of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League as a 16-year old in 2014-2015, has signed with the Quebec Remparts of the Quebec Major Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Eagles make a point with the Rock
It was fitting that the game should end in a tie given the spirited effort put forth by the lineup-depleted Soo Eagles and the visiting Timmins Rock. …[read more]
Mitchell is the man…Eagles win first
A pair of late third-period goals lifted the unbeaten Soo Thunderbirds to a 4-3, come-from-behind victory over the visiting Timmins Rock in Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League play from Friday. …[read more]
Beavers heading across the pond
Blind River Beavers — who already have one more win this season than all of last — will head across the International Bridge to play the Soo Eagles tonight in one of five games on the slate in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Soo Eagles name their leaders
Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have officially named their captain and three assistant captains. …[read more]
There is joy in Iroquois Falls
David beat Goliath on Wednesday in the initial showdown of a steamy northeastern Ontario rivalry. …[read more]
Two NOJHL teams are 3-0
Rayside-Balfour Canadians and the reigning Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League champion Soo Thunderbirds both have a record of 3-0 to begin the 2015-2016 season. …[read more]
T-Birds deploy forward depth
They are the reigning Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League champs and while they have lost a few star players — defencemen Owen Headrick and David Radke to Division 1, National Collegiate Athletic Association schools and goalie Mario Culina to the Ontario Hockey League — Soo Thunderbirds define depth on the front lines. …[read more]
Bright NOJHL lights
Here ‘n there in the first few days of the 2015-2016 Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League regular season: …[read more]
Fans click the NOJHL turnstiles
On the ice, the reigning champion Soo Thunderbirds, Cochrane Crunch and Rayside-Balfour Canadians are all off to quick 2-0 starts. At the gate, there have been good-sized crowds on hand as the 2015-2016, Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League season is underway. …[read more]