Let’s not forget Zeppa
As the Soo Greyhounds seek to fill the roster spot of 1999 birth-year goalie Matthew Villalta — he is expected to turn pro within the National Hockey League farm system of the Los Angeles Kings — there are a number of newcomers in the mix ahead of the 2019-2020 Ontario Hockey League season.
…[read more]Score one for the Sting
Swedish defenseman Eric Hjorth — a fourth-round pick of the Columbus Blue Jackets at the 2019 National Hockey League draft — has signed with the Sarnia Sting of the Ontario Hockey League.
…[read more]Bobby Jones gets NHL job
Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League have rounded out their coaching staff with the hiring of Bobby Jones as an assistant, Hockey News North has learned.
…[read more]Between the pipes
It is the most-scrutinized position in hockey. And if that isn’t enough, the goalie position is the toughest to project as far as overall ability and future development goes.
…[read more]OHL coaches corner
One vacant coaching position in the Ontario Hockey League has been filled and other plum jobs remain open as summer turns to July.
…[read more]A future Star
Joe McDonnell is of the notion that Nick Porco will play for the Dallas Stars at some point in the future. McDonnell, who is the director of amateur scouting for the Stars, zeroed in on Porco to make the Sault Ste. Marie product the only forward that Dallas selected at the recent National Hockey League draft.
…[read more]Rangers net goalie vet
Kitchener Rangers have gone out and acquired a veteran goalie — and National Hockey League draft pick — ahead of the 2019-2020 Ontario Hockey League season.
…[read more]Spirit, Steelheads swap
Frequent trade partners Saginaw Spirit and Mississauga Steelheads have completed another Ontario Hockey League transaction, Hockey News North has confirmed.
…[read more]Two takeaways from Flint
Among the signs that the Flint Firebirds are an up-and-coming team in the Ontario Hockey League is that two of its players were selected at the recent National Hockey League draft.
…[read more]Stars align for Nick Porco
As the fourth round of Saturday’s National Hockey League draft ended and the fifth round was about to begin, Nick Porco said he started to get restless and pace the floor of his family’s Sault Ste. Marie home.
…[read more]Porco an NHL draft pick
Sault Ste. Marie product Nick Porco has become a National Hockey League draft pick. Porco, who has played the past two seasons with the Saginaw Spirit of the Ontario Hockey League, was selected by the Dallas Stars in the fifth round, 142nd overall, of today’s NHL draft.
…[read more]Committed to the Sting
Sarnia Sting now has signed commitments from its top three picks at the 2019 Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft.
…[read more]More fuel for the Firebirds
Another day, another commitment. Flint Firebirds have signed another top prospect ahead of the 2019-2020 Ontario Hockey League season.
…[read more]Top pick signs up in Flint
Brennan Othmann and the Flint Firebirds have made it official. Othmann, a supreme left winger who was the second overall pick at the 2019 Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft, has signed up to play in Flint.
…[read more]Zeppa signs with Chatham
Local product Noah Zeppa has a Plan B in place if he doesn’t crack the roster of the Soo Greyhounds for the 2019-2020 Ontario Hockey League season. The 2002 birth-year goalie has signed with the Chatham Maroons of the Greater Ontario Jr. Hockey League, Hockey News North has confirmed.
…[read more]Matier in a good place
To be sure, it would have been nice for the family if the Soo Greyhounds had used the 18th pick of the first round of the 2019 Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft to take homegrown defenseman Jack Matier.
…[read more]Flint, Leamington to affiliate
A team that is seen as being on the rise in the Ontario Hockey League has formed an affiliation with a reputable member of the Greater Ontario Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]Hounds add overage goalie
Looking to replace the graduated Matthew Villalta with a veteran goalie, Soo Greyhounds have obtained overage puck-stopper Christian Propp from the North Bay Battalion.
…[read more]Porco poised to be an NHL pick
He is seen as being somewhat of a wild card ahead of the upcoming National Hockey League draft. Depending on who one talks to, Saginaw Spirit winger Nick Porco could be drafted anywhere between rounds three and five of the June 21-22 NHL process.
…[read more]Old Centennial back in the O
Lee Jinman, who scored 134 points during his rookie season with the erstwhile North Bay Centennials, is back in the Ontario Hockey League.
…[read more]Takeaways from an OHL season
The book has closed on the 2018-2019 Ontario Hockey League season. But ahead of the 2019-2020 campaign, there will be summer stories relative to player signings and trades and activity within the coaching ranks. Before that, however, we glance at six takeaways from the 2018-2019 term.
Read moreCHL’s best rookie is a Wolf
Standout Sudbury Wolves skater Quinton Byfield has followed up on being named Ontario Hockey League rookie of the year by being voted as the best freshman in the entire Canadian Hockey League.
…[read more]Wins but no championships
Somewhere at some point, the Soo Greyhounds must have offended the hockey gods. The Greyhounds have had seven straight winning seasons — averaging 45 victories a year during that span — but do not have a single Ontario Hockey League championship to show for it.
…[read more]New coaches in like Flint?
Flint Firebirds could be closing in on the hiring of their new associate coach and assistant coach ahead of the 2019-2020 Ontario Hockey League season.
…[read more]Holmes is for the Hounds
First came the selection. Then came the signing. Soo Greyhounds have inked their first-round pick from the 2019 Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft.
…[read more]Kressler kids a few miles apart
Neither Braeden Kressler or his older sister Bryanna will be living at home with their mom and dad come the fall. But as Braeden is slated to be playing hockey in Flint and with Bryanna about to enter her junior year as a softball standout at Wayne State University, the siblings won’t be far apart.
…[read more]Job openings in Flint
Head coach Eric Wellwood will have two new coaching sidekicks to work alongside when the 2019-2020 season gets underway for the Flint Firebirds of the Ontario Hockey League.
…[read more]Following up in Flint
It was a fast forward to the future in Flint as the Firebirds of the Ontario Hockey League held their orientation camp.
…[read more]Flint camp photo shoot
Poised to be a much-improved team come the 2019-2020 season courtesy a talent pool of returning and incoming players, Flint Firebirds of the Ontario Hockey League are hosting an orientation camp this weekend.
…[read more]Theriault going to the Dogs
Better late than never. Three years after being drafted by the Niagara IceDogs, Sault Ste. Marie product Lucas Theriault has signed on with the Ontario Hockey League team.
…[read more]What’s up in Saginaw?
Fresh from a 2018-2019 season in which the Saginaw Spirit set a franchise record for most points and then advanced to the Western Conference playoff finals for the first time ever, there is some disconnect being linked to the Ontario Hockey League team.
…[read more]Trades tilted Storm surge
George Burnett has been a rather-successful coach over an Ontario Hockey League bench career that began in 1989. But it was the 57-year old Burnett’s work as the general manager (and coach) of the Guelph Storm that led it to a stunning OHL championship of this spring.
…[read more]Guelph takes OHL by Storm
The comeback kids are the improbable champions of the Ontario Hockey League. Against all odds, the Guelph Storm will represent the OHL at the upcoming Memorial Cup tournament.
…[read more]Heading out to camp in Flint
First-round pick Brennan Othmann and a host of prospects from the past two drafts — including a pair from the Great North Midget Hockey League — will be among the 30 fresh faces in Flint next weekend as the Firebirds hold their orientation camp.
…[read more]All signed up in Saginaw
First-round draft pick Connor Punnett has wasted little time in signing with the Saginaw Spirit of the Ontario Hockey League.
…[read more]What a goalie!
Goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen played a starring role in the major Ontario Hockey League turnaround that the Sudbury Wolves fashioned during the 2018-2019 season.
…[read more]Doc Vaughan passes away
The legendary founder and inaugural owner of the erstwhile Belleville Bulls of the Ontario Hockey League has passed away at the age of 81.
…[read more]67’s will take time with Matier
Ottawa 67’s are not just in a one-year mode of championship contention in the Ontario Hockey League. With a team of veterans slated to return in 2019-2020 — including five defensemen — Ottawa will be in position to properly develop first-round draft pick Jack Matier as the 67’s again pursue a title next season.
…[read more]OHL rookie sensations
Import defenseman Vladislav Kolyachonok, an early-season, waiver-wire acquisition by the Flint Firebirds from the London Knights, has been named an Ontario Hockey League first-team, all-star rookie for the 2018-2019 season.
…[read more]Guelph storms back again
Seven times in these Ontario Hockey League playoffs, the Guelph Storm has played an elimination game. And all seven times — lucky seven, perhaps? — it has been a perfect Storm.
…[read more]Going to Game 7
No. 4 seed Guelph Storm has forced a seventh-and-deciding game with no. 2 seed Saginaw Spirit in the Western Conference final of the Ontario Hockey League playoffs.
…[read more]Saginaw pair suspended
Saginaw Spirit will have to do without starting goalie Ivan Prosvetov and overage defensemen Justin Murray via lengthy suspensions handed down by the Ontario Hockey League today.
…[read more]Overtime shift in Saginaw
Trade deadline acquisition Ryan McLeod scored just before the seven-minute mark of overtime tonight as the Saginaw Spirit upended the Guelph Storm by a 4-3 margin.
…[read more]A hint of glint in Flint
There is light at the end of the Ontario Hockey League tunnel that leads to Flint. If the second half of the 2018-2019 season can be used as a measuring stick, expect the Flint Firebirds to make big gains in the OHL standings in 2019-2020.
…[read more]Soo’s Matier signs with 67’s
It is official, as with a signature. Sault Ste. Marie product Jack Matier has signed with the Ottawa 67’s of the Ontario Hockey League.
…[read more]Future of the Flint Firebirds
EDITOR’S NOTE: In this Hockey News North special report, Dominic Hennig assists us as we take a look at the 15 players — 10 forwards and five defensemen — who were taken by the Flint Firebirds at the recent Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft.
…[read more]Wolves forward is top rookie
The first overall pick from the 2018 priority selections draft has gone on to become the Ontario Hockey League rookie of the year.
…[read more]Storm shuts down London
Low-key coach George Burnett and the Guelph Storm completed an improbable Ontario Hockey League comeback tonight with a 6-3 road win over the London Knights to advance to the Western Conference finals.
…[read more]Pressure cooker playoffs
From a pressure-packed Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League playoff game to an elimination match in the Ontario Hockey League, the tension was ticking on a Sunday in Sault Ste. Marie.
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