Culina boosts Wolves depth
The recent acquisition of Mario Culina off waivers from the Windsor Spitfires means the Sudbury Wolves now have four overage players, not to mention three goalies. …[read more]
Steady stream in Saginaw
It is an intriguing team to follow. And while its best may be yet to come, the Saginaw Spirit is a current stream of Ontario Hockey League progress. …[read more]
Culina to Sudbury Wolves
Sudbury Wolves have obtained overage goalie Mario Culina off Ontario Hockey League waivers, multiple sources have confirmed to HockeyNewsNorth.com. …[read more]
Hot and cold in the OHL
As the Ontario Hockey League inches towards the one-third mark of the 2017-2018 regular season we check in on some of who are hot and some of who are not. …[read more]
Tough times for Wolves
Writing a weekend roundup when the Sudbury Wolves managed only one point from a three-game weekend requires a minimum three cups of coffee before sitting down, more to calm myself than anything. …[read more]
Carson returning to Wolves
It has been an injury plagued Ontario Hockey League season to date for the Sudbury Wolves but they should get an offensive boost this weekend with the return of fibrous forward Macauley Carson. …[read more]
Spirit adds overage center
Youth-laden Saginaw Spirit has filled its third overage spot by obtaining center Mason Kohn from the Oshawa Generals for a fourth-round pick at the 2020 Ontario Hockey League draft. …[read more]
Rumbling OHL rumour mill
Ah, those rumours. Like whiskey in an Irish pub, rumours go hand in hand within a major loop such as the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
Mickey Redmond in Flint
National Hockey League Hall of Fame forward Mickey Redmond will make a special guest appearance in Flint this Friday when the Firebirds play host to the North Bay Battalion in an Ontario Hockey League match at Dort Federal Event Center. …[read more]
Nic Sicoly to Aberdeen
Sault Ste. Marie product Nicolas Sicoly is headed to the Aberdeen Wings of the North American Hockey League, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
Spirit moves goalie
Saginaw Spirit of the Ontario Hockey League has shipped third-year backup goalie Brendan Bonello to the Kingston Frontenacs, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
Leaders of the Wolf pack
Leadership cannot be underestimated. Good leaders can go a long way towards the betterment of a team, in this case the Sudbury Wolves. …[read more]
What a Knight for Raaymakers
It was a Knight to remember for former Soo Greyhounds goalie Joseph Raaymakers in his Ontario Hockey League debut with London. …[read more]
John Parco coaches, trains
He has a lot more to offer than just being the coach of the Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. A former star player at the major junior and European professional levels, John Parco is also a sports vision trainer and a world-class, kinesiology-educated, disciple of the game that he lives and loves. …[read more]
Yet another OHL trade
Soo Greyhounds have cashed in on holdout goalie Joseph Raaymakers by dealing him to the London Knights for netminder Tyler Johnson and three draft picks. …[read more]
Flint to Kitchener
Kitchener Rangers have traded four draft picks to the Flint Firebirds for overage forward Kole Sherwood, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
Overage transaction
Sudbury Wolves have acquired overage defenseman Doug Blaisdell from the Kitchener Rangers in exchange for a fourth-round pick at the 2020 Ontario Hockey League draft. …[read more]
Flint flush with 5 overagers
As the general manager of the Flint Firebirds of the Ontario Hockey League, Barclay Branch finds himself in a good trade position. …[read more]
North Bay to Saginaw
1998 birth year left winger Daniil Vertiy is on the move from the North Bay Battalion to the Saginaw Spirit, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
Old Hounds are all Dunn
My old high school shut its doors as an education facility about six or seven years ago. Venerable Sir James Dunn Collegiate was then used as a community center and a movie site before the building was demolished within the past year. …[read more]
Spirit seeks to snap skid
It is a young team, one of the youngest in the Ontario Hockey League. But Saginaw Spirit has lost three straight games and with a 1-4-1 record through six outings could use a return to the win column with a pair of home contests coming up. …[read more]
Saginaw calls on Soo boy
Sault Ste. Marie product Camaryn Baber will join the Saginaw Spirit for a pair of Ontario Hockey League games this weekend, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
So far, so good for Flint
It may only be a seven-game sample but the Flint Firebirds are showing a sharp side thus far this Ontario Hockey League season. …[read more]
Wolves deal defenseman
Sudbury Wolves have tidied up their back yard by moving defensemen Conor Ali to the Kingston Frontenacs for a fourth-round draft pick in 2020. …[read more]
OHL teams with net issues
Not every Ontario Hockey League team has a Michael DiPietro or a Matthew Villalta or a Dylan Wells that they can go to as their no. 1 guy between the pipes. As a matter-of-fact, more than a third of teams in the OHL have starting goalies with save percentages that are well below the .900 watershed mark. …[read more]
Spirit of northern Ontario
Four northern Ontario products who are on the forward lines of the Saginaw Spirit have combined for eight points in four games thus far this 2017-2018 Ontario Hockey League season. …[read more]
First W for Sudbury Wolves
The fans can relax a bit now. So too can the players and maybe even the coaches. Sudbury Wolves have their first win of the 2017-2018 Ontario Hockey League season. …[read more]
NHL is high on Hayton et al
Soo Greyhounds centre Barrett Hayton is one of six Ontario Hockey League skaters who has an “A” rating on the initial list of players to watch for the 2018 National Hockey League draft. …[read more]
Players to watch have Spirit
Three members of the Saginaw Spirit of the Ontario Hockey League are on the initial Central Scouting players-to-watch list for the 2018 National Hockey League draft. …[read more]
A first for Nicholas Porco
It only took rookie forward Nicholas Porco four games to score his first Ontario Hockey League goal for the Saginaw Spirit. …[read more]
Home opener for Firebirds
Having started the 2017-2018 Ontario Hockey League regular season with a pair of road victories, Flint Firebirds take to the ice tonight for their home opener. …[read more]
OHL etches and sketches
As the bright lights of the Ontario Hockey League have begun to shine on the 2017-2018 season, news and views become common place throughout the major junior loop. …[read more]
Santa sends the Wolves
I hardly slept last night. I was worse than a young child on Christmas morning, with the anticipation of Santa Claus coming and bringing presents. Why? It’s the start of another Ontario Hockey League season for the Sudbury Wolves. …[read more]
Mem Cup champs open with W
Reigning Memorial Cup champion Windsor Spitfires opened the 2017-2018 Ontario Hockey League season the same way they ended the 2016-2017 campaign — with a victory. …[read more]
Talking about Nick Porco
He is skilled and smart and is set up nicely for his rookie season in the Ontario Hockey League as a first-round pick from the 2017 draft. And pardon the pun but Nick Porco is also full of Spirit. Saginaw Spirit, that is. …[read more]
Wolves add veteran defender
Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League have added experience to their defense corps with the acquisition of 19-year old Cole Candella from the Hamilton Bulldogs. …[read more]
Flint deals for Leafs prospect
Flint Firebirds have shipped a troika of draft picks to the London Knights for 1998 birth-year defenseman Nicolas Mattinen in an Ontario Hockey League trade completed today. …[read more]
Phil Caron a free-agent find
From the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to the Ontario Hockey League. And as an un-drafted, under-sized defenseman no less. …[read more]
OA goalie back in Saginaw
Saginaw Spirit of the Ontario Hockey League received a net gain today with the return of overage goalie Evan Cormier from the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League. …[read more]
Wolves drive the United Way
Not only did Sudbury Wolves Sports and Entertainment — parent company of the Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League — take a giant step into the modern day and age today, they did so by supporting the United Way, with a focus on youth and youth mental health initiatives. …[read more]
Western Conference watchtower
To be sure, it is the toughest conference in Canadian major junior hockey. And while there are those who have already anointed the Soo Greyhounds as the team to be reckoned with in the Western Conference of the Ontario Hockey League, others should not be taken lightly. …[read more]
Choosing the Flint Firebirds
Highly-touted center Kyle Harris has opted to commit to the Flint Firebirds of the Ontario Hockey League rather than choose from multiple National Collegiate Athletic Association overtures, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
Spirit sends Baber to T-Birds
Saginaw Spirit of the Ontario Hockey League has assigned recently-signed 2001 birth-year forward Camaryn Baber to the Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
Camping out with Wolves
Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League have signed four players while reducing their training camp roster to 27. …[read more]
Saginaw Spirit signs Soo boy
Sault Ste. Marie product Camaryn Baber has signed with the Saginaw Spirit of the Ontario Hockey League, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
A goal for Camaryn Baber
Hard-nosed rookie Camaryn Baber did not hurt his chances of making the Saginaw Spirit as a 2001 birth year forward when he scored a goal in the Ontario Hockey League team’s annual Blue-White game that was played on Wednesday. …[read more]
Time to show some Spirit
As August gets set to give way to September, roster spots are on the line throughout the Ontario Hockey League. In fact, the Saginaw Spirit will make player determinations tonight with its annual Blue-White match. …[read more]
Sicoly available for trade
Sault Ste. Marie native Nic Sicoly is moving on from the Guelph Storm after two full seasons with the Ontario Hockey League team, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
RBC deals Saginaw goalie
Rayside-Balfour Canadians of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have traded the rights of 2000 birth-year goalie Cameron Lamour to the Chatham Maroons of the Greater Ontario Jr. Hockey League. Lamour was a third-round pick of the Saginaw Spirit at the 2016 Ontario Hockey League draft. …[read more]