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]
Border battle resumes tonight
Round one went to the reigning champs on Friday as the Soo Thunderbirds upended the visiting Soo Eagles 5-2 in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League regular-season opener for the cross-border rivals. …[read more]
Opening night in the NOJHL
It’s a night of opening acts in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League as all 12 teams take to the ice to begin the 2015-2016 regular season. …[read more]
Wolves send Silveri to Voodoos
Already a favourite to contend for the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League title this season, Powassan Voodoos have added 1997 birth-year forward Michael Silveri from the Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
Twin brothers to T-Birds
Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have signed twin brothers Darian Pilon and Drake Pilon. …[read more]
First pucks to drop on NOJHL
The league now features an unprecedented 12 teams — and they all begin regular-season play on Friday of this week. …[read more]
Weekend on the Rhodes
Soo Thunderbirds, Elliot Lake Wildcats and Soo Eagles played off in a three-team, round-robin, Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, Labour Day weekend exhibition series at John Rhodes Community Centre. …[read more]
Cochrane Crunch on a fishing trip
With the start of a lengthy 2015-2016 regular season less than a week away, members of the Cochrane Crunch of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League will experience outdoor life this Labour Day holiday weekend. …[read more]
Three more NOJHL signings
Soo Thunderbirds and Powassan Voodoos of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have reported three players signings as the start of the 2015-2016 regular season draws near. …[read more]
Trio of NOJHL games in Soo
Three exhibition games involving three teams from the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League are slated for this weekend at John Rhodes Community Centre in Sault Ste. Marie. …[read more]
Soo T-Birds to Windsor Spitfires
Goalie Mario Culina — a good, old Croatian boy from Sault Ste. Marie — has signed with the Ontario Hockey League Windsor Spitfires as an undrafted free agent. …[read more]
Elliot Lake shuffles the deck
Elliot Lake Wildcats of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have confirmed the status of three high-scoring forwards. …[read more]
Todd Stencill gets the job done
Suffice to say that the Elliot Lake Wildcats of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League are in capable, experienced hands with Todd Stencill at the helm as general manager. …[read more]
NOJHL upends OJHL once again
Score another decision for the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League over the Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Rayside rocks Timmins
It was only a Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League exhibition game but first impressions of the Rayside-Balfour Canadians were good impressions. …[read more]
Cade Nolan joins Soo Eagles
Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have signed 1996 birth-year defenceman Cade Nolan, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
Hockey North Show to return
The weekly Hockey North Show that I host on Sault Ste. Marie radio station ESPN 1400 will return for a fifth season beginning on Tuesday, September 15. …[read more]
Ryan Erickson is right for Rayside
Big right winger Ryan Erickson is poised to play out his junior career at home with the Rayside-Balfour Canadians of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Hill of a road trip
George Hill just wants to play — even if it means packing up and driving more than 700 miles from his southeastern Michigan home for an opportunity to be the starting goaltender for the Smooth Rock Falls Thunder of the Thunder Bay Jr. B Hockey League. …[read more]
Voodoos-Eskis make NOJHL trade
Powassan Voodoos and Iroquois Falls Eskis have completed a Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League trade, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]