NB Trappers to Mississauga
Defenseman Jake Gravelle, who starred with the North Bay Trappers of the Great North Midget Hockey League this past season, has signed with the Mississauga Steelheads of the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
It will be Erie v. Mississauga
The finalists for the Ontario Hockey League championship series have been finalized. Erie Otters ousted the Owen Sound Attack today to cap a Western Conference series comeback. …[read more]
Steelheads success story
A pre-season favourite to be a top contender within the Eastern Conference of the Ontario Hockey League, it instead looked for a while as though the Mississauga Steelheads were going to be the bust of the 2016-2017 campaign. …[read more]
Lining up to work for 67’s
Two very attractive positions in the Ontario Hockey League have opened up with the resignation of Jeff Brown as coach and general manager of the Ottawa 67’s. …[read more]
Change of the guard in Ottawa
After three seasons on the job — and three Ontario Hockey League playoff appearances — Jeff Brown has resigned as coach and general manager of the Ottawa 67’s. …[read more]
Seven straight for Steelheads
The hottest team in the Ontario Hockey League is neither of the Western Conference powerhouses, the Erie Otters or Owen Sound Attack. Rather, it is the surging Mississauga Steelheads, winners of seven straight playoff games. …[read more]
Wolves sign 1st-rounder
Centre Blake Murray has officially committed to the Sudbury Wolves after being their first round pick at this month’s Ontario Hockey League minor midget draft. …[read more]
Erie chases elusive title
For the fourth straight year, the Erie Otters are in the Western Conference finals. Will this be the year they finally win the Ontario Hockey League championship? …[read more]
Rider on the Storm
George Burnett rode back into Guelph the other day, almost 20 years after coaching the Storm to the 1997-1998 Ontario Hockey League championship. …[read more]
Major change of the guard
George Burnett. Barclay Branch. Rob Papineau. In a day of major change at the helm of Ontario Hockey League teams, this troika of decision makers defined movement. …[read more]
Great North recognition
All in all, it was a pretty-good showing by the Great North Midget Hockey League at the recent, first-ever, Ontario Hockey League under-18 draft. …[read more]
Branch is in like Flint
Barclay Branch has vacated his position as general manager of the Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League to take an expanded role with the Flint Firebirds, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
Humble Hounds tumble home
This one has to hurt. With a commanding two games to none lead, Soo Greyhounds could not fend off the charging Owen Sound Attack. …[read more]
Eastern market supremacy
After all, through two rounds of Ontario Hockey League playoffs, it is the no. 1 and no. 2 seed teams that will face off in the Eastern Conference finals. …[read more]
Hounds seek Easter treat
And just like that, Soo Greyhounds are staring elimination from the Ontario Hockey League playoffs straight in the eyes. …[read more]
Hounds knock on Wood
Soo Greyhounds ended the fifth-and-final round of tonight’s first-ever Ontario Hockey League under-18 draft by selecting a second local product. …[read more]
Storm hits Bradon Caruso
Sault Ste. Marie product Bradon Caruso has been selected by the Guelph Storm in the second round of tonight’s first-ever Ontario Hockey League under-18 draft. …[read more]
Hounds draft Noah Boman
The first-ever Ontario Hockey League under-18 draft for players born in 1999 and 2000 is underway and Soo Greyhounds have opted for a local product in the first round. …[read more]
OHL playoff picture
Did you really think the Owen Sound Attack was going to retreat from its Ontario Hockey League playoff series with Soo Greyhounds without putting up a fight? …[read more]
A steal for Saginaw
Methinks that perhaps not even the Saginaw Spirit has an idea of how much of a steal it got when the Ontario Hockey League team pilfered fibrous forward Camaryn Baber in the third round of Saturday’s minor midget draft. …[read more]
North Bay 5, Soo 1
The facts are in the books. North Bay Trappers had five players selected at Saturday’s Ontario Hockey League draft compared to just one from their Great North Midget Hockey League counterparts, the Soo Greyhounds. …[read more]
Spirit shows in Porco, Baber
Saginaw Spirit of the Ontario Hockey League showed a shine for a pair of forwards from Sault Ste. Marie today in spending high draft picks on forwards Nick Porco and Camaryn Baber. …[read more]
Porco drafted in 1st round
Plum left winger Nick Porco has been picked by the Saginaw Spirit in the first round, fourth overall, of today’s Ontario Hockey League minor midget draft. …[read more]
Baber drafted in 3rd round
Hard-driven, hard-skating, highly-skilled forward Camaryn Baber has been selected by the Saginaw Spirit in the third round, 57th overall, of today’s Ontario Hockey League minor midget draft. …[read more]
MacKay drafted in 5th round
Right winger Cole MacKay has been picked by the hometown Soo Greyhounds in the fifth round of today’s Ontario Hockey League minor midget draft. …[read more]
North Bay d-man drafted
Slick defender Payton Vescio of the North Bay Trappers has been selected by the North Bay Battalion in the fourth round of today’s Ontario Hockey League minor midget draft. …[read more]
Hounds fend off Attack
There are a few happenings that stand out from Games 1 and 2 of the Ontario Hockey League Western Conference playoff series between Soo Greyhounds and Owen Sound Attack. …[read more]
Flint moves up in draft
Flint Firebirds have swapped three picks with Mississauga Steelheads ahead of Saturday’s Ontario Hockey League draft. …[read more]
OHL draft underway…sort of
Barrie Colts will make centre Ryan Suzuki the first overall pick at Saturday’s Ontario Hockey League minor midget draft. …[read more]
Guelph Storm fires coach
A coaching vacancy has arisen in the Ontario Hockey League as the Guelph Storm has parted ways with bench boss Jarrod Skalde. …[read more]
Ingham or Mancina?
Mississauga Steelheads have a net decision to consider as they get set to face Oshawa Generals in the second round of the Ontario Hockey League playoffs. …[read more]
Second round OHL playoffs
Impressive they were, these Soo Greyhounds, in skating to a Game 1 victory over the visiting Owen Sound Attack as Round 2 of the Ontario Hockey League playoffs got underway on Wednesday. …[read more]
Late-round look at Cicchello
It is almost certain that not only will Camaryn Baber be picked within the top two (or three) rounds of this Saturday’s Ontario Hockey League draft but that the Soo Greyhounds forward will be the first player taken from the Great North Midget Hockey League. And while there is no such certainty regarding Tristano Cicchello, the Soo defenseman looms as an intriguing late-round possibility. …[read more]
Thrills but no upsets in OHL
Two of the eight first-round series went to a seventh-and-deciding game. But all told, all eight of the higher-seeded teams prevailed to advance to the second round of the Ontario Hockey League playoffs. …[read more]
Hounds await Attack
Soo Greyhounds have home-ice advantage but Owen Sound Attack has been a formidable force of power over a 52-game stretch. …[read more]
Stevenson to sign with Storm
Winger Keegan Stevenson, who skated with Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League this season, is set to sign with Guelph Storm of the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
Soo trio of top OHL prospects
Three forwards from Sault Ste. Marie are projected to be taken within the top two rounds of this Saturday’s Ontario Hockey League draft. …[read more]
Oshawa cued the comeback
No. 6 seed Sudbury Wolves were poised for the upset of no. 3 seed Oshawa Generals. But it was Oshawa that upset Sudbury’s plans to pilfer the opening round Ontario Hockey League playoff series. …[read more]
Wolves forward suspended
Sudbury Wolves will be minus fibrous forward Michael Pezzetta for the remainder of their hard-boiled playoff series with the Oshawa Generals. …[read more]
Wolves backed into corner
Their backs are up against the wall and there is no guarantee of tomorrow if they do not come out playing their very best hockey tonight. …[read more]
Frantic fortunes
OHL Notebook:
Some are here. Some are there. Some have been removed from the Ontario Hockey League playoff picture. …[read more]
New job for Mike McKenzie
Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League have opted to promote highly-regarded Mike McKenzie to general manager effective immediately. …[read more]
Flint Firebirds on the brink
Unable to take advantage of a pair of home games, Flint Firebirds are on the brink of elimination in their first round Ontario Hockey League playoff series with Soo Greyhounds. …[read more]
No love lost in this OHL set
Oshawa Generals rookie forward Danil Antropov may have said it best when asked for his thoughts heading into Game 5 of the first round, Ontario Hockey League Eastern Conference playoff series with Sudbury Wolves. …[read more]
Hockey night in Hamilton
The national television lights of Sportsnet will shine on Hamilton tonight when the Bulldogs play host to the Kingston Frontenacs in Game 4 of their Ontario Hockey League Eastern Conference playoff series. …[read more]
Kings of upcoming OHL draft
Nick Porco. Thomas Harley. Nathan Staois. Three players from the Vaughan Kings minor midgets who could well be selected in the first round of the 2017 Ontario Hockey League draft. …[read more]
Pezzetta predicts Wolves win
There is no one who believes in the Sudbury Wolves more than the guys on the team. Ask game-winning goal scorer Michael Pezzetta and he’ll tell you just that. …[read more]
Wolves must stay out of box
The devil is in the details. A simple statement, yet somehow it is so often forgotten. Sunday night in Oshawa would be the perfect example of what happens when you forget. …[read more]
Back in Wolves country
Being in Sudbury for a playoff matchup as head coach of the Oshawa Generals is a homecoming of sorts for Bobby Jones. …[read more]