Ups, downs from NHL draft
Of the 217 players who were selected at the 2017 National Hockey League draft, 42 were picked from teams in the Ontario Hockey League. Following are one writer’s list of ups and downs relative to the OHL presence at the weekend NHL draft. …[read more]
Spirit lurking in Saginaw
It was no also-ran team that missed the Ontario Hockey League playoffs in 2016-2017. To be sure, Saginaw Spirit had more points in finishing ninth in the Western Conference than three teams that made the playoffs in the Eastern Conference. …[read more]
OHL rankings for NHL draft
Of the 70 players from the Ontario Hockey League who made the final rankings for the 2017 National Hockey League draft that begins tonight in Chicago, five forwards top the list. …[read more]
Setting the stage in Sudbury
They returned to the playoffs in 2016-2017 after sitting them out for two successive seasons. As the stage is set in Sudbury with new direction and a fresh script, the Wolves are emerging from the Ontario Hockey League wilderness. …[read more]
New associate in Flint
Fifteen years after graduating from the Ontario Hockey League as a player, Paul Flache is returning to it as associate coach of the Flint Firebirds. …[read more]
Rising Spirit catches another
Two drafts after taking a sixth-round flyer on Caleb Everett, Saginaw Spirit has the 6-foot-2, 185-pound defensemen signed to an Ontario Hockey League standard player agreement. …[read more]
Flint, NB make a trade
Flint Firebirds of the Ontario Hockey League have obtained 1998 birth-year forward Max Kislinger from the North Bay Battalion for a conditional draft pick. …[read more]
Top goalie commits to Flint
Luke Cavallin, who was selected by the Flint Firebirds in the second round, 28th overall, at the 2017 Ontario Hockey League minor midget draft, has made an official commitment. …[read more]
Tully an OHL GM in waiting
He’s a former Ontario Hockey League star defenseman who went on to captain a Team Canada, world junior, gold-medal champion. And now as the general manager of a national champion junior A team, Brent Tully has aspirations of returning to the OHL. …[read more]
Liking the look of the 67’s
As the Ottawa 67’s will mark their 50th anniversary and Canada’s 150th birthday in the same year, the iconic Ontario Hockey League franchise could have more to celebrate in the months ahead. …[read more]
Spitfires hire from within
Trevor Letowski has been duly promoted from associate coach to head coach of the 2017 Memorial Cup champion Windsor Spitfires. …[read more]
Gretz key to Flint Firebirds
Okay, so someone had to write this headline about Gretz key. As in Gretz being a key signing for the Ontario Hockey League Flint Firebirds. …[read more]
Major ink for Flint Firebirds
Flint Firebirds of the Ontario Hockey League have confirmed the signing of big defenseman Marcus Gretz, who was their second-round pick, 23rd overall, at the 2017 minor midget draft. …[read more]
New gig for David Matsos
David Matsos is headed home to continue his Ontario Hockey League coaching career as the Hamilton Bulldogs have hired the Burlington native as associate coach. …[read more]
Quiet on the OHL trade front
It has been almost two weeks since trade season opened in the Ontario Hockey League but unlike last year there has been no activity to date. …[read more]
Hunt is over for Ottawa 67’s
It’s double dip day in the nation’s capital as the Ottawa 67’s of the Ontario Hockey League have both a new general manager and head coach. …[read more]
New GM for the Ottawa 67’s
The new general manager of the Ottawa 67’s has spent more than half of his life within the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
Wray to Battalion via Voodoos
Scott Wray will be leaving his position as head coach of the reigning Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League champion Powassan Voodoos to join the North Bay Battalion of the Ontario Hockey League as an assistant coach, multiple sources have told HockeyNewsNorth.com. …[read more]
Interest in Mario Culina
Mario Culina aspires to return to the Ontario Hockey League for a third term in 2017-2018 and the overage goalie who has spent the past two years with the Windsor Spitfires should have little difficulty finding work. …[read more]
OHL coaching vacancies
Both the Memorial Cup champion Windsor Spitfires and the runner-up Erie Otters have joined the growing Ontario Hockey League coach search. …[read more]
Fan friendly Flint Firebirds
A weekend-oriented, 2017-2018 regular season schedule. Not only that, there will be multiple $2 beer and $2 hot dog nights. …[read more]
Overagers? Culina, Headrick
A pair of Sault Ste. Marie area products who played on teams that made it to the recent Memorial Cup final could return to the Ontario Hockey League in 2017-2018 as overage players. …[read more]
New gig for Moe Mantha
Moe Mantha, who has coached in the Ontario Hockey League and Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League among other stops, is returning to the North American Hockey League. …[read more]
Flint signs first-rounder
Power forward Ethan Keppen, who was taken by the Flint Firebirds in the first round, 10th overall, at the 2017 minor midget draft, has signed on with the Ontario Hockey League team. …[read more]
Don’t stop believing
Some will win, some will lose. Windsor Spitfires went from losing in the first round of the Ontario Hockey League playoffs almost two months ago to winning the 2017 Memorial Cup championship on Sunday. …[read more]
New coach a plus for Wolves
By most accounts, former Sudbury Wolves coach David Matsos is a good guy. By most accounts, new Sudbury Wolves coach Cory Stillman is a good guy. …[read more]
OHL shows its strength
An all-Ontario Hockey League final at the 99th running of the Memorial Cup tournament defines a clear show of superiority over both the Quebec Major Jr. Hockey League and the Western Hockey League. …[read more]
Notes from a Stillman scene
It really is a new era in Sudbury. Yes indeed folks, these are the new era Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
New coach in Wolves den
Two days after the mutual departure of veteran coach David Matsos, Sudbury Wolves have hired Cory Stillman as their new bench boss. …[read more]
Wolves new head coach is…
One day after announcing that David Matsos will not be returning as head coach next season, Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League have decided on a new bench boss. …[read more]
Wolves, coach part company
Sudbury Wolves head coach David Matsos and the Ontario Hockey League team have opted to go separate ways, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
James Boyd, free agent GM
He has spent almost half his life in the Ontario Hockey League as a player, coach and general manager. And after departing the Mississauga Steelheads as their conference-winning GM, James Boyd is testing the free-agent waters. …[read more]
Sudbury signs big left winger
Anthony Tabak has signed with the Sudbury Wolves after being their third-round pick at the 2017 Ontario Hockey League minor midget draft. …[read more]
Soaring Spitfires no surprise
From this corner, the only thing surprising about the Windsor Spitfires being off to a 2-0 start at the 2017 Memorial Cup tournament is that so many people are surprised. …[read more]
Wait is over for Windsor
Windsor Spitfires will play their first game since April 4 tonight when the Memorial Cup hosts take to the ice to begin the 99th edition of the time honoured tournament. …[read more]
New goalie coach in Saginaw
Saginaw Spirit general manager Dave Drinkill has confirmed the hiring of the highly-touted A.J. Walczak as goalie coach for the Ontario Hockey League team. …[read more]
Prestigious award for Peters
Of the multiple honours that the Ontario Hockey League awards annually one of the most heartfelt and sentimental is the Mickey Renaud Captain’s Trophy. …[read more]
Spirit shows at prospect camp
All in all, general manager Dave Drinkill was impressed with the pace that was set at the Saginaw Spirit prospect camp that featured a Sault Ste. Marie pair among the 33 participants. …[read more]
Erie acquisitions paid off
Seen as a contender even before the season began, Erie Otters added on to what was already a very good team en route to winning the 2017 Ontario Hockey League championship. …[read more]
Hounds sign 4th-rounder
Soo Greyhounds have signed their fourth-round pick from the 2017 Ontario Hockey League draft, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
Headrick, Culina to meet up
Teammates at the major bantam, minor midget and junior A hockey levels in Sault Ste. Marie, the paths of Owen Headrick and Mario Culina will cross again at next week’s Memorial Cup tournament. …[read more]
Camaryn Baber at Spirit camp
Sault Ste. Marie’s Camaryn Baber is one of 33 players taking part in the Ontario Hockey League prospect camp of the Saginaw Spirit. …[read more]
When I think of Windsor
Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League and the city itself will be in the national spotlight as hosts of the 2017 Memorial Cup tournament that begins on May 19. As someone with a long association to Windsor through family and hockey, thoughts are many and memorable related to the town and the Spitfires. …[read more]
Hounds top dog signs on
Some call a signing a formality. But just as it is exciting when a player is drafted in to the Ontario Hockey League there is also a level of excitement when an actual agreement is signed. …[read more]
Wolves scout is Taylor made
Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League have confirmed the promotion of seasoned talent judge Mike Taylor to head scout. …[read more]
Spirit of the north fills camp
Northern Ontario will pipeline a prolific player presence when the Saginaw Spirit holds its prospect camp this weekend. …[read more]
Porco, Baber star at Gold Cup
Featuring the top 2001 birth-year players in Ontario, the 2017 edition of the eight-team OHL Gold Cup tournament wrapped up on the weekend. …[read more]
Cormier key to Spirit revival
As the Spirit seeks to rise in Saginaw and return to the Ontario Hockey League playoffs in 2017-2018 it could well begin with the presence of goalie Evan Cormier. …[read more]
Big move up for big defender
He is not likely to be a first or second round pick at next month’s National Hockey League draft. But 1999 birth-year defenseman Fedor Gordeev of the Flint Firebirds of the Ontario Hockey League has gone from earlier projections as a seventh-round pick to a possible third or fourth round selection. …[read more]