Inside the Will Bitten trade
At first blush and considering the returns gained for impact players in several other Ontario Hockey League trades over the past few years, Flint Firebirds should have received more for holdout centre Will Bitten than they did from the Hamilton Bulldogs. …[read more]
This is a big OHL deal
Flint Firebirds have dealt holdout centre Will Bitten to the Hamilton Bulldogs in exchange for two players and two draft picks. …[read more]
Nice start for Flint Firebirds
Three games represent a mere fraction of a 68-game regular season. But two wins in three games adds up to a good start for the Flint Firebirds of the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
Forrest fends off the Attack
A first-team all-star goalie in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League in 2015-2016, Garrett Forrest has had a dream-come-true start to his Ontario Hockey League career. …[read more]
Up north in the OHL
All three northern teams — Soo Greyhounds, Sudbury Wolves and North Bay Battalion — begin their 2016-2017 Ontario Hockey League regular-season schedule on home ice tonight. …[read more]
A night of firsts in Flint
First game with a new general manager. First game with a new head coach. First goal for the new first-round pick on his first shift in his first Ontario Hockey League game. First shutout for the second-year OHL goalie. …[read more]
Writer’s selection: OHL optics
A writer’s selection of observations and opinions as they pertain to the upcoming 2016-2017 Ontario Hockey League season. …[read more]
Boys are back in Houndtown
It is not an ordinary, usual Friday-Saturday doubleheader at home for the Soo Greyhounds. No, it is a lot more than that. …[read more]
Opening night in OHL looms
Two Michigan-based teams separated by a mere 35 highway miles will have the honour of facing off on opening night of the 2016-2017 Ontario Hockey League season. …[read more]
Ottawa 67’s a work in progress
A general consensus among varying factions connected to the Ontario Hockey League suggests that the Mississauga Steelheads will be the team to beat in the Eastern Conference this season. …[read more]
General Jones of Oshawa
He is still young at age 46 yet he has spent almost half of his life behind the bench as a coach in the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
Onward and upward in Flint
Okay, so the first season in Flint did not go all that well for the Firebirds, the transplanted version of the Plymouth Whalers. …[read more]
NOJHL path to OHL, QMJHL
As the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League continues to send record numbers of its alumni to the National Collegiate Athletic Association and Canadian Interuniversity School ranks, the same can be said for a large group of alumnus that has made the step up to the major junior level, specifically the Ontario Hockey League and the Quebec Major Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Miller time for Soo Greyhounds
Overage centre David Miller is returning to the Soo Greyhounds after being acquired off Ontario Hockey League waivers from the Kitchener Rangers. …[read more]
Firebirds deal holdout goalie
Flint Firebirds of the Ontario Hockey League have granted the trade request of Kyle Keyser and shipped the 1999 birth-year goalie to the Oshawa Generals. …[read more]
Forrest in Flint via Powassan
He has made the jump from the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to the Ontario Hockey League — and as a 19-year old rookie, no less — but goalie Garrett Forrest is going to have to wait a few weeks before getting back into the net. …[read more]
Pesky Pilons sign with Sudbury
Twin brothers Darian Pilon and Drake Pilon of Sault Ste. Marie have signed with the Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League, HockeyNewsNorth.com has learned. …[read more]
Forrest is a Firebird
1997 birth-year goalie Garrett Forrest, who starred with the Powassan Voodoos of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League last season, has signed with the Flint Firebirds of the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
The Wolves according to Branch
He grew up around the game, beginning as a toddler when his father first became commissioner of the Ontario Hockey League in 1979. …[read more]
New hire for Sudbury Wolves
Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League have hired Rob Papineau for the newly-created position of vice-president of hockey operations. …[read more]
67’s set roster at 23
Third-year Ottawa 67’s coach-general manager Jeff Brown has narrowed the roster of his Ontario Hockey League team to 23 players after what he termed “three days of intense battles” that started training camp preparatory to the 2016-2017 season. …[read more]
Another Red Wing with Spirit
As second-year general manager Dave Drinkill carefully positions the Saginaw Spirit to climb the Western Conference ladder, the front office of the 15-year old Ontario Hockey League team has added another Stanley Cup champion. …[read more]
Firebirds GM in driver’s seat
Montreal Canadiens draft pick Will Bitten and two of his teammates may have requested a trade out of Flint but it is Firebirds general manager George Burnett who holds the keys to any deal. …[read more]
No-show Bitten wants a trade
Will Bitten did not report to the opening of the Flint Firebirds training camp today and the 1998 birth-year centre has asked for a trade, specifically to the Ottawa 67’s, HockeyNewsNorth.com has learned. …[read more]
Learning from the master
It seems only fitting that a rookie Ontario Hockey League coach would spend eight years being developed and mentored by the dean of all OHL coaches. …[read more]
Hounds coach cites familiarity
The head coach has expectations for the Soo Greyhounds in 2016-2017 that are designed to surpass what the Ontario Hockey League team achieved in 2015-2016. …[read more]
Pucci not yet at full strength
Having injured his knee earlier this summer, Sault Ste. Marie product Frankie Pucci will not be ready to participate in all drills when training camp opens for the Soo Greyhounds next week. …[read more]
Jimmy D shows his Spirit
When Little Caesars pizza baron Mike Ilitch bought the Detroit Red Wings back in 1982, one of his first moves was to hire Jimmy Devellano as general manager of what was then a downtrodden National Hockey League franchise. …[read more]
Wolves deal veteran goalie
Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League have traded 1997 birth-year goalie Troy Timpano to the Erie Otters for considerations well into the future — a second-round draft pick in 2021, a third-round pick in 2020 and a 10th-round pick in 2018. …[read more]
Hounds have the foot soldiers
They boast veteran forwards who can score — National Hockey League draft picks such as Zachary Senyshyn, Blake Speers, Boris Katchouk, Tim Gettinger and Jack Kopacka plus overage Bobby MacIntyre — but it’s the foot soldiers who may ultimately impact the success of the Soo Greyhounds in 2016-2017. …[read more]
Memories of Oshawa Generals
Think of the Oshawa Generals and a venerable history comes to the mind of a writer who has been covering the Ontario Hockey League for more than 40 years. …[read more]
Flint now at three overagers
Having dealt goalie Brent Moran to the North Bay Battalion on Monday, the Flint Firebirds have three overage players slated to report to their training camp on August 29. …[read more]
OHL rights of NOJHL goalie dealt
Garrett Forrest, a 1997 birth-year goalie who starred for the Powassan Voodoos of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League in 2015-2016, has had his Ontario Hockey League rights transferred from the North Bay Battalion to the Flint Firebirds. …[read more]
Wolves add Blues prospect
Sudbury Wolves and Owen Sound Attack have finalized an Ontario Hockey League trade that features two veteran forwards who are also National Hockey League draft picks. …[read more]
Ottawa 67’s overage shuffle
Ottawa 67’s coach-general manager Jeff Brown has made three trades thus far this Ontario Hockey League off-season and all three have involved overage players. …[read more]
Latest on Gustav Bouramman
Soo Greyhounds coach Drew Bannister talked to Gustav Bouramman via telephone today amid confirmation that the 1997 birth-year defenseman has been offered a contract to play pro hockey in his native Sweden for the 2016-2017 season. …[read more]
George Burnett: A hockey life
This is a man who has been a part of the Ontario Hockey League for almost half his life — a former standout player who has gained further respect as a coach and general manager. …[read more]
OHL trade front quiet, for now
There has been no trade activity in the Ontario Hockey League since June 30 but that could change next week when management of member teams are together. …[read more]
Big OHL season-ticket savings
Jeff Hunt, president of OSEG Sports, which is the ownership group of the Ottawa 67’s of the Ontario Hockey League, says it’s all about the fans.. …[read more]
Rayside signs Peterborough pick
Chad Denault, a third-round selection of the Peterborough Petes at the 2016 Ontario Hockey League draft, has signed with the Rayside-Balfour Canadians of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
North Bay to Powassan pipeline
Powassan Voodoos of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have added an Ontario Hockey League draft pick of the North Bay Battalion to their roster. …[read more]
Raaymakers to the rescue?
In many corners throughout the Ontario Hockey League, the Soo Greyhounds are seen as a legitimate contender within the Western Conference. …[read more]
Hounds have new bench help
After a lengthy process, Ryan Ward has been named the new assistant coach of the Ontario Hockey League’s Soo Greyhounds. …[read more]
Wolves summer camp for kids
Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League, in partnership with CTV, will play host to their annual ‘summer camp for kids’ on Monday, August 15 at Countryside Arena. …[read more]
Sudbury Wolves have been sold
Pending the approval of the Ontario Hockey League and the City of Greater Sudbury, the Sudbury Wolves have been sold, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
OHL Rangers hire Jason Fortier
Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League have hired Sault Ste. Marie native Jason Fortier to replace Daniel Tkaczuk as associate coach, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
NHL scouts fond of Hounds
Soo Greyhounds continue to draft and develop players who get the attention of the National Hockey League’s Central Scouting staff. …[read more]
NHL has eyes on two Firebirds
Flint Firebirds may have missed the Ontario Hockey League playoffs in 2015-2016 but their two 1999 birth-year players have both caught the attention of the National Hockey League’s Central Scouting department. …[read more]
Pressure is on Wolves coach
By all accounts, Sudbury Wolves head coach David Matsos is a thoughtful, intelligent man. Ergo, it is suspected that Matsos is smart enough to know that the pressure is on to get the Wolves back into the Ontario Hockey League playoffs after a two-year hiatus. …[read more]