Matt Murray rises to the occasion
Through four up-and-down Ontario Hockey League seasons with the Soo Greyhounds, Matt Murray provided a few scattered snapshots that he had the makings of being a professional goalie. …[read more]
Hound development camp details
Three Sault Ste. Marie products will be among the 31 prospects who will take part in a development camp that is being hosted by the Soo Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League this weekend. …[read more]
Zack Dorval deserves a real shot
I am of the notion that even though Zack Dorval has struggled his first two seasons in the Ontario Hockey League, the rugged forward is going to develop into an impact player. …[read more]
Pressure on Spitfires to contend
Windsor Spitfires are proof positive that it is difficult to sustain status as a consistent contender in the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
45 years in OHL for Soo, Sudbury
Neighbours from the north, Soo Greyhounds and Sudbury Wolves will both celebrate their 45th anniversary as members of the Ontario Hockey League effective the 2016-2017 season. …[read more]
Those howling Wolves of ’06-07
As the Niagara IceDogs have made it to this year’s Ontario Hockey League championship series despite being the no. 4 seed in the Eastern Conference, we think back to the 2006-2007 season when the Sudbury Wolves wrote a Cinderella playoff story of their own. …[read more]
IceDogs run no surprise to Perlini
Niagara IceDogs are on a spectacular playoff run that includes a 12-1 record and a 10-game winning streak — and one of their top scorers is taking it all in stride. …[read more]
Tassone gets OHL tryout invite
Niagara IceDogs of the Ontario Hockey League have extended a tryout invite to Mark Tassone of the Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Windsor wins 2017 Mem Cup bid
Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League will play host to the 2017 Memorial Cup tournament. …[read more]
Good scouts trust their intuition
The good scouts are the ones who look beyond the obvious. The good scouts are the ones who do their homework and rely on their own intuition rather than just going with the flow. …[read more]
What’s with all the OHL sweeps?
The Ontario Hockey League playoffs have turned into a breeze. …[read more]
This is one smart hockey player
Flint Firebirds rookie goalie Kyle Keyser has won the Ontario Hockey League’s Ivan Tennant Memorial Award as the top academic high school student for the 2015-2016 season. …[read more]
Hendo and the boys
Jamie Henderson is running a skills development program that is going on for bantam-aged hockey players and older at Community First Soo Pee Wee Arena. …[read more]
The IceDogs cometh
Underachievers during the regular season, the Niagara IceDogs have come together in the playoffs and are on the cusp of advancing to the Ontario Hockey League championship series. …[read more]
Speers, White to Albany Devils
Albany Devils of the American Hockey League have signed forward Blake Speers and defenseman Colton White of the Ontario Hockey League Soo Greyhounds to amateur tryout agreements for the remainder of the 2015-2016 season. …[read more]
Good look ahead for Greyhounds
They were the only lower-seeded team to win a first-round playoff series and while their run came to an abrupt halt in the second phase of the Ontario Hockey League post-season, the 2015-2016 campaign can be deemed a definite success for the Soo Greyhounds. …[read more]
Message from Flint Firebirds owner
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following statement was issued today by Rolf Nilsen, owner of the Flint Firebirds of the Ontario Hockey League: …[read more]
Saginaw Spirit coach search
Veteran Ontario Hockey League assistant coach David Bell is among the front-runners to become the new head coach of the Saginaw Spirit, multiple sources are telling HockeyNewsNorth.com. …[read more]
Hounds keeping Otters close
Soo Greyhounds have shown they can play with the Erie Otters for 60 minutes. And on Monday night at the Essar Centre, the Greyhounds needed a last-minute goal to defeat the visiting Otters 3-2 in Game 3 of their Ontario Hockey League playoff series. …[read more]
OHL Draft Notebook
A few notes and anecdotes pertaining to the annual Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft: …[read more]
New low for Sault at OHL draft
Only two players from Sault Ste. Marie were selected at Saturday’s Ontario Hockey League draft — which is the lowest total in more than 40 years. …[read more]
Rick Kowalsky, coach-of-the-year
Rick Kowalsky, who captained the Soo Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League to the 1993 Memorial Cup championship as an energetic, inspirational right winger, has been named American Hockey League coach-of-the-year for the 2015-2016 season. …[read more]
Erie almost had Owen Headrick
Top-seeded Erie Otters of the Ontario Hockey League came very close to persuading Owen Headrick to leave the Lake Superior State Lakers of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association during the 2015-2016 season but the freshman defenseman decided to remain in school, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
Soo kids up for OHL draft
The annual Ontario Hockey League draft will be held via the internet this Saturday and two Sault Ste. Marie skaters appear poised to be picked as mid-to-late-round selections. …[read more]
Trent Mallette a good overage bet
His coach calls him a character kid and consummate team guy who plays with a lot of energy. And that is just some of why Trent Mallette is a good bet to be an over-ager with the Ottawa 67’s next season. …[read more]
Did you see this coming?
The highly improbable has become stark reality. I mean, did you see the Soo Greyhounds stealing Game 7 against the Sarnia Sting? …[read more]
Hounds ready to Rock tonight
Soo Greyhounds have one more shot at completing a first-round Ontario Hockey League playoff upset tonight when they face off against the Sarnia Sting in a slated 7:05 p.m. start. …[read more]
Game 7 to settle Soo-Sarnia set
Sarnia Sting stared adversity — and elimination — straight in the eyes on Sunday night in Sault Ste. Marie and stood up to the challenge. …[read more]
Hounds giving Pucci a chance
Three years after he was drafted into the Ontario Hockey League, Frankie Pucci is finally getting a good opportunity to show that he belongs. …[read more]
Hounds in the driver’s seat
It was playoff hockey at its most exciting, complete with the drama of more than 27 minutes of overtime. …[read more]
Which Hounds will show up?
Soo Greyhounds may have a 2-1 series lead but it’s the visiting Sarnia Sting that has the momentum heading into Game 4 tonight at the Essar Centre. …[read more]
Habs brass at Hounds game
A trio of Soo Greyhounds wingers rated for selection at the 2016 National Hockey League draft did not put their best feet forward in front of a gathering of scouts on Wednesday. …[read more]
Puck luck and hockey gods
Puck luck has reportedly been a factor through the first three games of the Ontario Hockey League playoff series between the Niagara IceDogs and Ottawa 67’s. …[read more]
What is going on here?
Can the improbable become reality? Can the underdog Soo Greyhounds add to their two games to none lead and really eliminate the high-powered Sarnia Sting in the first round of the best-of-seven Ontario Hockey League playoff series? …[read more]
Spirit rises to face Erie
An all-American, Ontario Hockey League showdown begins tonight when the eighth-place Saginaw Spirit takes on the top-seeded Erie Otters in Game 1 of a best-of-seven Western Conference playoff series. …[read more]
Soo scribes side with Sarnia Sting
Three seasoned Sault Ste. Marie sportswriters — myself included — aren’t giving the underdog Soo Greyhounds much of a chance in their first-round, best-of-seven, Ontario Hockey League playoff series versus the Sarnia Sting. …[read more]
Pucci has 1st skate with Hounds
Sault Ste. Marie native Frankie Pucci has begun practicing with the Soo Greyhounds but it remains to be seen when he will suit up for his hometown Ontario Hockey League team. …[read more]
67’s seek return to playoff glory
Ottawa 67’s will be out to win an Ontario Hockey League playoff series for the first time since the first round of the 2011-2012 campaign when they take on the Niagara Ice Dogs in an Eastern Conference set that begins this week. …[read more]
OHL playoff matchups are set
Playoffs in the Ontario Hockey League get underway this week with 16 teams beginning a quest that will lead one of them to the May 19-29 Memorial Cup tournament in Red Deer, Alberta. …[read more]
Sidebars to Kingston-Oshawa series
It will be no ordinary playoff series when the Kingston Frontenacs take on the Oshawa Generals in a first-round, best-of-seven, Ontario Hockey League Eastern Conference set. …[read more]
Old Hound back in town
The erstwhile overage goalie who backstopped the Soo Greyhounds to their first-ever Ontario Hockey League playoff berth was back in town this weekend. …[read more]
OHL playoffs: Soo versus Sarnia
Soo Greyhounds will be the decided underdog in their first-round, best-of-seven, Ontario Hockey League playoff series versus the Sarnia Sting. …[read more]
Ottawa 67’s have a high-low profile
It is a time-honoured Ontario Hockey League franchise with an iconic logo that is highly visible yet the Ottawa 67’s remain somewhat concealed in the nation’s capital. …[read more]
Famed trio: Lambert, Simon, Turco
Denny Lambert was never drafted into the Ontario Hockey League or the National Hockey League but he made it to both levels and played with distinction. …[read more]
Culina paying off for Spitfires
Free-agent goalie Mario Culina has been money in the bank for the Windsor Spitfires as a 1997 birth-year rookie. …[read more]
5-game ban for Cody Caron
Hard-nosed Kingston Frontenacs forward Cody Caron has been issued a five-game suspension by the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
Brad Baber’s boy a scoring leader
Camaryn Baber, a 2001 birth-year forward with the Soo Greyhounds of the Northern Ontario AAA Hockey League’s major bantam division, is showing some of his father’s ability as a player. …[read more]
Ex-Red Wings coach to show Spirit
Former Detroit Red Wings coach Dave Lewis is joining the Saginaw Spirit as a defensive consultant for the remainder of the 2015-2016 Ontario Hockey League season. …[read more]
Hounds of the highway
Soo Greyhounds may only be in seventh place in the 10-team Western Conference but their road record is the best among the five-member West Division of the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]