NOJHL playoff picture
Seriously now, did anyone on the outside looking in give the Powassan Voodoos much of a chance in their Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League playoff series with the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners? …[read more]
Matt Caruso lights up Blind River
Soo Thunderbirds completed a one-sided playoff sweep of the Blind River Beavers on Tuesday and rookie forward Matt Caruso continued to light the lamp. …[read more]
Elliot Lake on the rebound
Now that was more like it.
With the pressure on and in a virtual must-win setting, Elliot Lake Wildcats returned to the victory column in front of their home fans on Monday night. …[read more]
Barons have Wildcats on the run
It’s been a reversal of fortunes for the Elliot Lake Wildcats and Sudbury Nickel Barons thus far in their best-of-seven playoff series. …[read more]
Nickel Barons in driver’s seat
Sudbury Nickel Barons have seized home-ice advantage — and then some — in their first-round, best-of-seven, Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League playoff series with the favoured Elliot Lake Wildcats. …[read more]
Thunderbirds 11, Beavers 0
Soo Thunderbirds built up a 10-0 lead after two periods and skated to an 11-0 shutout of the visiting Blind River Beavers in the opening game of the best-of-seven, Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League playoff series on Thursday. …[read more]
NOJHL mismatch
Soo Thunderbirds will play host to the Blind River Beavers at John Rhodes Community Centre tonight in Game 1 of a best-of-seven playoff series between the top and bottom teams in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
David Radke, Thunderbird all-star
Seasoned defenceman David Radke is the lone skater from the regular-season champion Soo Thunderbirds to be recognized as a Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League all-star for the 2014-2015 season. …[read more]
Mazzuca and me
There is a misconception out there that Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League commissioner Robert Mazzuca and I are not on speaking terms. …[read more]
Thunderbirds claim first place
Soo Thunderbirds scored two late third-period goals to pull out a 5-4 victory over the visiting Sudbury Nickel Barons in Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League action from Saturday. …[read more]
Six-point outing for Jaren Bellini
Jaren Bellini fired three goals and added three assists for good measure as the visiting Soo Thunderbirds routed the Blind River Beavers 10-0 in Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League action from Wednesday.
A second-year forward, Bellini now has 31 goals, 26 assists, 57 points for the league-leading Thunderbirds. …[read more]
NOJHL game in Blind River PPD
Tonight’s scheduled Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League game between the host Blind River Beavers and the visiting Sudbury Nickel Barons has been postponed. …[read more]
Best of the border
Today’s tour takes us from one side of the International Bridge to the other as we check in on the Soo Eagles of the North American Hockey League and Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Big game for Brett Jeffries
He is not known as a big goal scorer.
But Brett Jeffries had a big game on Tuesday, scoring four goals to spark the Soo Thunderbirds to a 7-3 victory over the visiting Blind River Beavers in Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League action. …[read more]
T-Birds blank Gold Miners
Brian Kment blocked 22 shots to backstop the visiting Soo Thunderbirds to a 4-0 blanking of the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners in Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League action from Friday. …[read more]
It’s not all fun and games
It is supposed to be all fun and games and for the kids but we all know it’s way more than that.
Junior A hockey isn’t the hundred million dollar business that the major junior game is but it’s still a business.
Take a look at the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Beavers at the bottom of the barrel
Just what is going on down Highway 17 East at Blind River?
At the very bottom of the nine-team Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League are the once-proud Blind River Beavers with one point from a record of 0-38-1. That’s right, one lousy point.
And as bad as things are on the ice in Blind River, it is a mess off the ice as well. …[read more]
T-Birds, Gold Miners all tied up
Double overtime solved nothing.
The top two teams in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League fought to a stalemate on Saturday night. …[read more]
Here come the KL Gold Miners
The two teams that met for the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League championship last spring will face off on Saturday night when the Soo Thunderbirds play host to the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners. …[read more]
Two more goals for Tassone
Veteran forward Nic Tassone tallied twice to spark the first-place Soo Thunderbirds to a 6-3 victory over the visiting Abitibi Eskimos in Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League action on Sunday. …[read more]
Blind River head coach resigns
Veteran bench boss Don Gagnon has resigned as head coach of the Blind River Beavers of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Thunderbirds thump Sudbury
Soo Thunderbirds skated to a 6-2 win over the visiting Sudbury Nickel Barons in Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League action from Saturday. …[read more]
Thunderbirds add Devin Shell
Devin Shell is back home.
Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have acquired the 1995 birth-year forward from the Cambridge Winter Hawks of the Greater Ontario Jr. Hockey League in a cash exchange. …[read more]
Mario Culina is player-of-the-month
Soo Thunderbirds rookie goalie Mario Culina has been named the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League’s player-of-the-month for December. …[read more]
Those high-flying Soo Thunderbirds
They are perched on top as play sets to resume following the holiday recess.
Thirty games into the 2014-2015 campaign, Soo Thunderbirds have the best winning percentage in the nine-team Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
T-Birds end 2014 with win
Rookie defenceman Andrew Barbeau scored his first Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League goal — and it stood as the game winner — as the Soo Thunderbirds closed out the 2014 portion of the season with a 4-2 triumph over the visiting Elliot Lake Wildcats on Sunday. …[read more]
Hat trick Nic
Nic Tassone has become the first member of the Soo Thunderbirds to hit the 20-goal mark this 2014-2015 Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League season. …[read more]
Two home tilts for T-Birds
Soo Thunderbirds will close out the 2014 portion of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League season with a pair of home games this weekend. …[read more]
Crunch time for Thunderbirds
Cochrane Crunch makes its first visit of the 2014-2015 season to Sault Ste. Marie tonight when it takes on the first-place Thunderbirds at John Rhodes Community Centre.
Game time is 7:30 p.m. …[read more]
The latest on Owen Headrick
He is a current Thunderbird and a future Laker and he is inching towards a return to active duty.
It’s been two months — almost to the day — since Owen Headrick underwent shoulder surgery and the likeable youngster from Garden River First Nation is on the road to recovery. …[read more]
Coach not happy with T-Birds
Soo Thunderbirds had an off night on Wednesday and the result was a 3-0 blanking at the hands of the visiting Elliot Lake Wildcats at John Rhodes Community Centre.
The loss dropped the Thunderbirds record to 18-3-2, though they remain atop the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League standings. …[read more]
T-Birds home on the Rhodes
The first-place Soo Thunderbirds play host to the Elliot Lake Wildcats tonight in a 7:30 p.m. match at John Rhodes Community Centre. …[read more]
Baby Birds flapping their wings
They have the veteran players who know their way around the junior hockey rinks.
But the Soo Thunderbirds have been getting major contributions from a number of rookie players as well. …[read more]
Birds work overtime on the road
Brett Jeffries tallied his second goal of the game less than three minutes into overtime to give the visiting Soo Thunderbirds a 3-2 win over the Elliot Lake Wildcats in Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League action from Friday. …[read more]
Birds best Barons behind Culina
Rookie goalie Mario Culina made 40 saves as the visiting Soo Thunderbirds upended the Sudbury Nickel Barons 4-1 in Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League play from Wednesday. …[read more]
Kudos to Cain, Team NOJHL
Apropos, the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League has announced that Team NOJHL — which represented it at the Central Canada Cup Challenge in Toronto over the weekend — has been named its “Stars of the Week” for the period ending November 16. …[read more]
Bummer in Blind River
They have seen better days.
All is not well with the Blind River Beavers and one has to wonder about the future of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League’s smallest-market team. …[read more]
Best of the NOJHL West
They are perched atop the four-team West Division and have the best record in the nine-member Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League.
That notation aside, Soo Thunderbirds are not alone as elite members of the NOJHL. …[read more]
Statement from David Beauchamp
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a prepared statement from David Beauchamp, who was advised by the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League earlier today that he has been removed as owner of the Mattawa Blackhawks: …[read more]
Hostile takeover in Mattawa?
Multiple sources have confirmed that the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League has forcibly removed David Beauchamp as owner of the Mattawa Blackhawks.
The same sources are saying that NOJHL commissioner Rob Mazzuca has new owners set to take over the first-year Mattawa franchise. …[read more]
Trying to make it in Mattawa
He is the youngest owner in the nine-team, Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, operating a franchise that is based in the smallest town.
Not yet 30-years old, David Beauchamp is determined to make junior hockey work in Mattawa, a town of just over 2,000 residents. …[read more]
Thunderbirds 6, Beavers 1
Seven up.
Soo Thunderbirds won their seventh game in succession on Wednesday night, a 6-1 road decision over the Blind River Beavers. …[read more]
A first for the Mattawa Blackhawks
The first is in the books for the new Mattawa Blackhawks.
Tyler Broderson, Christian Sgroi and Colin Nicholson each tallied twice to lead Mattawa to its first-ever Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League win, an 8-5 decision over the visiting Powassan Voodoos this afternoon. …[read more]
Six straight for Thunderbirds
The winning continues for the Soo Thunderbirds.
It’s now a six-game winning streak for the Thunderbirds, who edged the visiting Abitibi Eskimos 5-4 in overtime on Friday at John Rhodes Community Centre. …[read more]
Birds seek sixth straight win
Winners of five straight games, Soo Thunderbirds play host to the Abitibi Eskimos tonight in a 7:30 match at John Rhodes Community Centre. …[read more]
Cain to lead Team NOJHL
Three members of the Soo Thunderbirds will lead the staff which will oversee the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League squad that will compete at the Central Canada Cup Challenge, to be held November 14-16 at the MasterCard Centre in Toronto. …[read more]
Mattawa on the agenda
Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League governors are slated to meet in Sudbury on the weekend and one of the items on the agenda concerns the Mattawa Blackhawks, formerly the North Bay Trappers.
This is the first full season for the NOJHL in Mattawa following a trial run of games late in the 2013-2014 season. …[read more]
Thunderbirds need help on defence
Having halted a two-game losing streak with back-to-back wins that have pushed their record to 4-2, Soo Thunderbirds nonetheless remain in search of blueline assistance.
Kevin Cain, general manager of the Soo’s Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League team, acknowledged that he is on a coast-to-coast hunt for an experienced defenceman or two. …[read more]
CIHL Spirit adds 3 from NOJHL Eskimos
St. Charles Spirit of the new Canadian International Hockey League has signed four new players, including three former members of the Abitibi Eskimos of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]