Seventh sojourn
Tonight’s the night. Whether it’s Rod Stewart singing it or not, tonight is the night for the Soo Greyhounds and Owen Sound Attack. …[read more]
Culina cool under fire
Overage goalie Mario Culina has back-stopped the Kitchener Rangers into the Western Conference finals for the first time since 2012. A Sault Ste. Marie product, Culina has won 21 games for Kitchener since the Rangers acquired him from the Sudbury Wolves at the January 9 trade deadline. …[read more]
Good coach, Todd Gill
Different coaches have different strengths. Different coaches implement different systems and different styles of play. …[read more]
Plenty of Spirit here
That’s the Spirit! Saginaw Spirit has moved quickly to sign its two second-round picks from the recent Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft. …[read more]
Hounds halt the Attack
Good coaches and good teams make adjustments in the wake of defeat. With a tweak or two to the master plan, Soo Greyhounds have won two straight matches to take a three games to two lead on the Owen Sound Attack in the second round, best-of-seven, Ontario Hockey League playoff series. …[read more]
Game 5 factors
They have momentum. They have restored home ice advantage. They are factors that could favour Soo Greyhounds over Owen Sound Attack as the teams meet tonight in a pivotal Game 5 of their Ontario Hockey League playoff series. …[read more]
Wolves add to net worth
Seeming intent on creating more competition between the pipes, Sudbury Wolves now have a pack of goalies to choose from ahead of the 2018-2019 season. …[read more]
North Bay shows the way
The minor midget talent pool from North Bay out-splashed Sault Ste. Marie by several lengths at the 2018 Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft. …[read more]
Mauro has an Erie feeling
Better late than never. Soo Thunderbirds minor midget forward Justin Mauro was picked by the Erie Otters in the 15th round of today’s Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft. …[read more]
Beavers to Wolves
Sudbury Wolves made a startling selection in the 10th round of today’s Ontario Hockey League draft. In a process that is designed for players born in 2002, the Wolves opted for 2000 birth year centre Owen Robinson from the Blind River Beavers of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
David Campbell drafted
Sault Ste. Marie product David Campbell has become a prospect of the North Bay Battalion. The lanky forward, who starred for the North Bay Trappers of the Great North Midget Hockey League during the 2017-2018 season, was taken by the Battalion in the fourth round of today’s Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft. …[read more]
Hounds withstand Attack
Soo Greyhounds flirted with danger on Friday night. Oh yes they did. But the best team in the Ontario Hockey League was able to escape the danger zone and avoid a second straight Attack. …[read more]
Attack on the Hounds
Soo Greyhounds don’t have much time to lick their wounds after being soundly cuffed by the Owen Sound Attack on Thursday. …[read more]
Hounds await repeat Attack
Spring has sprung a repeat playoff pose from a year ago. Soo Greyhounds and Owen Sound Attack will again face off in an Ontario Hockey League, Western Conference, semi-final series. …[read more]
D-day has northern sky
D-day is looming in the Ontario Hockey League. As in the annual priority selections draft that is slated for this Saturday. …[read more]
As the Spirit moves
Saginaw Spirit is back home, crushed but not totally defeated. The young Spirit will now try to search for answers within itself after falling behind two games to none to the scoring machine that is the Soo Greyhounds. …[read more]
Spirit was showing but…
For almost two periods of their Ontario Hockey League playoff opener, the upstart Saginaw Spirit stayed with the free-wheeling Soo Greyhounds. Stride for stride. Pass for pass. Chance for chance. …[read more]
Centennials to Battalion
During the glory days of the erstwhile North Bay Centennials, the late Bert Templeton was the face of the Ontario Hockey League franchise as a coach and general manager who defined winning and respect. And while it was big, bad Bert who stood tall, it was the fresh-faced John McLellan who marketed the Centennials front and center. …[read more]
In the Spirit of it all
Good news for the Saginaw Spirit is that it is back in the Ontario Hockey League playoffs after missing them last season. But a formidable foe awaits the Spirit in the ferocious form of the Soo Greyhounds. …[read more]
Red, ready in Houndtown
They are getting ready to paint the town red, these Greyhounds. Ready to add more colour to the red that already adorns the windows and doors of the many businesses in downtown Houndtown. …[read more]
Hounds haven’t won yet
The envelope, please. Oops, there is nothing written inside of it as of yet. Must mean that the Soo Greyhounds have yet to be declared Ontario Hockey League champions after all. …[read more]
Firebirds built to last
Flint Firebirds posted a winning record in the tough Western Conference of the Ontario Hockey League in 2016-2017 before giving the heavily favoured Soo Greyhounds a good run in the first round of the playoffs. …[read more]
Soo boy scores against Soo
First place Soo Greyhounds won their 50th game of the 2017-2018 Ontario Hockey League season on Wednesday, a 4-1 road decision over the Saginaw Spirit. …[read more]
Baber is on the right path
The general manager of the Saginaw Spirit of the Ontario Hockey League is thrilled with the way rookie centre Camaryn Baber is developing with the Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Hot dog Hounds have mustard
Can the Soo Greyhounds be beat come playoff time? Being that they are not perfect, then yes, they can and will be beat. But I don’t know if there is a team in the Ontario Hockey League that can beat the Soo four times in a seven-game series. …[read more]
Bring on the Sting
It looms as a showdown between two of the hottest teams in the Western Conference of the Ontario Hockey League as the Soo Greyhounds and Sarnia Sting face off tonight. …[read more]
Beware the Bulldogs
Separated from the powerhouse teams of the Western Conference that dominate the Ontario Hockey League, the Hamilton Bulldogs are marking their territory as beasts of the Eastern Conference. …[read more]
Baber nets his first
Sault Ste. Marie product Camaryn Baber has his first Ontario Hockey League goal in his 10th game with the Saginaw Spirit. …[read more]
Trader Mike refuels Rangers
He swooped down like a hawk at the Ontario Hockey League trade deadline and scooped up four players who have made a good Kitchener Rangers team even better. …[read more]
OHL extends Talk Today
As part of its ongoing commitment to mental health, the Ontario Hockey League is making Talk Today a specific, month-long focus. …[read more]
Spirit rises sooner than later
It is a team that I have been touting as an Ontario Hockey League contender-in-waiting since last summer. It is also a team that most pundits figured would miss the Ontario Hockey League playoffs for a second straight season in 2017-2018. …[read more]
Soo boys have Spirit
Camaryn Baber will be joining fellow Sault Ste. Marie product Nicholas Porco in the lineup tonight when the visiting Saginaw Spirit takes on the Soo Greyhounds in an Ontario Hockey League matchup. …[read more]
Puck stops with Culina
Overage goalie Mario Culina continues to define “steal of a deal” for the Kitchener Rangers through six starts since being acquired from the Sudbury Wolves at the Ontario Hockey League trade deadline. …[read more]
Praise for Nicholas Porco
Saginaw Spirit first rounder Nicholas Porco isn’t putting up big points as a 16-year old Ontario Hockey League rookie. But there is no reason for worry, according to Saginaw general manager Dave Drinkill. …[read more]
Super week for Mario
Overage puck-stopper Mario Culina of the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League has been named Canadian Hockey League goaltender of the week. …[read more]
NHL Central Scouting has Spirit
There is evidence to support the claim that the Saginaw Spirit is home to some of the best young talent in the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
Beware the Battalion
Don’t look now but the North Bay Battalion is climbing up the ranks of the Eastern Conference of the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
Flashback: ’85-86 Wolves
The 1985-1986 edition of the Sudbury Wolves ended a string of five straight seasons of missing the Ontario Hockey League playoffs. …[read more]
Culina cool in the crease
Overage goalie Mario Culina has proven to be a bargain for the Kitchener Rangers in the three games since being acquired from the Sudbury Wolves at the Ontario Hockey League trade deadline. …[read more]
OHL trade deadline aftermath
It was a trade show that featured a number of star attractions. In a two-week period that led to the January 10 trade deadline in the Ontario Hockey League, no less than 28 transactions involving 47 players and 87 draft picks were consummated. …[read more]
Wolves in full rebuild mode
Rob Papineau could have tried to repair the structure that he inherited a year ago by patching a few holes. Instead, the Sudbury Wolves vice president and general manager opted for a full rebuild. …[read more]
Nice pick up for Flint
As he aims to position the Flint Firebirds for future success, general manager Barclay Branch closed the deal on a promising trade with the contending Hamilton Bulldogs today. …[read more]
Wolves pack adds young pup
Sudbury Wolves general manager Rob Papineau has continued a youth movement wheel and deal with a series of transactions that include a major addition. …[read more]
Kitchener gets Mario Culina
Sault Ste. Marie product Mario Culina has been acquired by the Kitchener Rangers from the Sudbury Wolves in an Ontario Hockey League trade that Hockey News North has confirmed. …[read more]
High rent district of the OHL
Rental prices have skyrocketed in the Ontario Hockey League, thanks in no small part to the Soo Greyhounds and Kingston Frontenacs, not to mention the Kitchener Rangers, Sarnia Sting and Hamilton Bulldogs. …[read more]
Soo gets Raddysh, Sambrook
Soo Greyhounds have finalized a long rumoured Ontario Hockey League trade with the Erie Otters by acquiring Team Canada right winger Taylor Raddysh. …[read more]
Write on about the OHL
It can be a high-stakes, high-risk league for players, coaches, owners et al. And there are many within it who make writing about the Ontario Hockey League a positive rite of passage. Some of whom — just to name a few — appear below. …[read more]
Swirling OHL trade winds
As rumours are rampant that the Erie Otters will move Team Canada right winger Taylor Raddysh before the January 10 trade deadline, the Hamilton Bulldogs have added yet another veteran player as they make a run at the Ontario Hockey League championship. …[read more]
Six OHL teams to like
There are a number of Ontario Hockey League teams who have issued strong statements thus far in the 2017-2018 season. Following is a HockeyNewsNorth.com “pick six” of the many OHL teams worth noting. …[read more]