Rock adds Superior d-man
Top flight defenseman Brandon Rossetti has landed with the Timmins Rock of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League from the Fort Frances Lakers of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League. He had requested a trade out of Fort Frances.
…[read more]Kam River coaching change
Head coach Matt Valley and the Kam River Fighting Walleye of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League have parted ways as the team seeks a full time coach. The 32-year old Valley is a full time teacher in the Thunder Bay area and he and his wife recently welcomed their second child.
…[read more]Eight straight for Dryden
Dryden Ice Dogs are on a good run. After starting the Superior International Jr. Hockey League season with three losses, Dryden has since reeled off eight wins in succession.
…[read more]Walleye and Dogs make a deal
Being primary rivals did not prevent the Kam River Fighting Walleye and Dryden Ice Dogs from making a one for one trade.
…[read more]Who let the Dogs out?
Dryden Ice Dogs are on a run. The barking Dogs from Dryden have won six straight games since beginning the 2022-2023 Superior International Jr. Hockey League season with three losses.
…[read more]Doucette delivers for K-River
Ryan Doucette delivered big time in his delayed debut with the Kam River Fighting Walleye of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]Five straight wins for Dryden
After dropping three games in a row to begin the 2022-2023 regular season the Dryden Ice Dogs of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League have reeled off five successive victories.
…[read more]Cochrane to Wisconsin
Cochrane Crunch of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League and Wisconsin Lumberjacks of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League have completed a trade.
…[read more]Kam River fights back
This one surely ranks as a comeback for the ages. Trailing 5-1 with just over 10 minutes to play in the third period, the Kam River Fighting Walleye staged an epic rally to remain unbeaten atop the standings of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]Four up for Fighting Walleye
The reigning regular season pennant winners from Kam River are perfect through four games to begin the 2022-2023 Superior International Jr. Hockey League campaign.
…[read more]How sweep it is!
Kam River Fighting Walleye and Wisconsin Lumberjacks both had two wins on the weekend as 2022-2023 regular season play got underway in the Superior International Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]Puck drops on the SIJHL
Hockey games — and in due course, championships — are won on the ice. And while hockey writers do not determine victory, some of us see ourselves as soothsayers who forecast and foresee based on a combination of analysis and fact finding. Which brings this singular wordsmith to infer, suppose and have a hunch relative to the balance of power in the Superior International Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]Plaudits for the Dryden staff
Who knows the inner workings of the Dryden Ice Dogs better than the long-time president of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League’s flagship franchise?
…[read more]Captain of the Ice Dogs
Dryden Ice Dogs of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League have named 20-year old forward Brady Frattinger as their team captain for the 2022-2023 season.
…[read more]High tide on the Kam River
Kam River Fighting Walleye had a prize catch of a first full season as members of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League in 2021-2022.
…[read more]Back home in Dryden
Ben Hackl is in good position to cap his junior hockey career in his hometown. The 20-year old forward has been obtained by the Dryden Ice Dogs of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League from the reigning champion Dauphin Kings of the Manitoba Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]Another Miner in Timmins
Timmins Rock of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League has added a fourth key member from the reigning Superior International Jr. Hockey League champion Red Lake Miners via trade, Hockey News North has confirmed.
…[read more]Reappearing in Dryden
A goalie, three defensemen and five forwards comprise a checklist of seasoned performers who are in position to lead the way for the Dryden Ice Dogs of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League come the 2022-2023 campaign.
…[read more]Walleye lands local lad Leduc
Kam River Fighting Walleye of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League has added to its pool of local Thunder Bay products with the signing of a plum 2006 birth year forward.
…[read more]A win for the Walleye
Kam River Fighting Walleye of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League shook off a pair of narrow losses to the Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to take the third match of a three game inter league exhibition set today at NorWest Arena in Thunder Bay.
…[read more]Fiddes finds the net
Veteran Brian Fiddes netted three goals to spark the Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to a 5-3 victory over the Kam River Fighting Walleye of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League in an inter league exhibition match on Saturday at NorWest Arena in Thunder Bay.
…[read more]Chase at Sault College
Chase Muswagon has ventured approximately 1,200 miles from home to enrol in the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Technician program at Sault College and play for the varsity Cougars men’s hockey team. Hailing from The Pas, Manitoba, the 21-year old Muswagon is settling into his first year of student life at Sault College.
…[read more]Eagles nip Walleye
Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League soared back from a two-goal third period deficit to defeat the Kam River Fighting Walleye of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League 3-2 in inter league exhibition play on Friday at NorWest Arena in Thunder Bay.
…[read more]Red Lake to Elliot Lake
Yet another 20-year old member of the reigning Superior International Jr. Hockey League champion Red Lake Miners is ticketed for the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, Hockey News North has confirmed.
…[read more]Majors to Miners
Walker is taking over from Walker. Red Lake Miners of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League have a new head coach and general manager via the Timmins Majors of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League.
…[read more]Soo Eagles v. Kam River
It looms as an inter league prelude to the 2022-2023 regular season. As in, Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League and Kam River Fighting Walleye of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League are slated to face off in a three game set on Labour Day weekend.
…[read more]Smith moves up a rung
Sault Ste. Marie product Jordan Smith will carry on with his ascent up the hockey coaching ladder at the next par of the game. The 36-year old Smith, who has advanced from head coach in the Superior International Jr. Hockey League and the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to associate coach in the Ontario Hockey League, is inching one step closer to the National Hockey League.
…[read more]Rock lands another Miner
Timmins Rock of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League has traded for yet another high performance skater from the reigning Superior International Jr. Hockey League champion Red Lake Miners, Hockey News North has confirmed.
…[read more]To the fore of a looming season
Symmetry was somewhat suggestive among the top four teams in the Superior International Jr. Hockey League over the course of the 2021-2022 regular season. Kam River Fighting Walleye, Red Lake Miners, Dryden Ice Dogs and Thunder Bay North Stars all finished above the .500 mark with respective winning percentages of .818, .797, .622 and .561. Projections for the looming 2022-2023 season are not as clearly expressed.
…[read more]Dryden training camp
Dryden Ice Dogs of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League have confirmed their training/tryout camp details ahead of the upcoming season.
…[read more]Player to coach in Dryden
Few are those in the junior A hockey world who get to head half way across Canada from their home to help coach the team that they once played for. But that is the extraordinary adventure that awaits Jake Gushue as the new assistant coach of the Dryden Ice Dogs of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]North winds of junior hockey
There are a mingle of 19 teams that compete within the ranks of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League and the Superior International Jr. Hockey League. In true north form, 11 are based in northeastern Ontario, six are situated in northwestern Ontario towns, one operates in northern Michigan and another is stationed in the north region of Wisconsin. All are working towards the looming 2022-2023 season with ranging measures of outlook and probability.
…[read more]Miners to the Rock
This can be classified as a blockbuster deal. Timmins Rock of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League has acquired a high performance duo of 2002 birth year forwards from the reigning Superior International Jr. Hockey League champion Red Lake Miners in a cash exchange, Hockey News North has confirmed.
…[read more]Red Lake to Sweden
Geoff Walker is headed to Sweden to take over as head coach of Vannas HC, which is a Division 1 program. The 34-year old Walker becomes a pro coach after piloting the Red Lake Miners of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League to the 2022 playoff championship.
…[read more]Dryden to Cochrane
Hulking defenseman Tie Jacobs is back in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League after part of a season in the Superior International Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]Brothers of the Walleye
There will be another Vanska playing for the Kam River Fighting Walleye of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League come the 2022-2023 season.
…[read more]Kam River to Kirkland Lake
Dealing from strength at both the blue line position and potential overage players, the Kam River Fighting Walleye of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League has traded a 2002 birth year defenseman to the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]Back in the Walleye net
Kam River Fighting Walleye had as good a goalie tandem as there was in the Superior International Jr. Hockey League en route to a first place finish in the 2021-2022 regular season.
…[read more]Kings to the Walleye
Kam River Fighting Walleye of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League has snagged a plum homegrown defenseman from the Thunder Bay Kings AAA Under 18 elite program.
…[read more]Seven up for the SIJHL
In with the Sioux Lookout Bombers. Out with the Thief River Falls Norskies. Seven teams will make up the Superior International Jr. Hockey League for the 2022-2023 season.
…[read more]Wisconsin to the Soo
Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have added experienced depth to their forward lines with the acquisition of Ryan Blackburn from the Wisconsin Lumberjacks of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]Indigenous education fund
Forward Keaton Mercredi is off to play for the Maryville University Saints of the Division 1, American Collegiate Hockey Association in the fall. Notably, Mercredi has become the first recipient of a $1,000 scholarship from a post secondary education fund initiated by the Kam River Fighting Walleye of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League and Warrior Supplies.
…[read more]Returnees to Kam River
A trio of 2002 birth year performers — a goalie, a defenseman and a forward — have opted to return to the Kam River Fighting Walleye of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League for the 2022-2023 season, Hockey News North has confirmed.
…[read more]Lang on the Kam River gang
High scoring forward Ethan Lang has opted to return to the Kam River Fighting Walleye of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League for his final season of eligibility, Hockey News North has confirmed.
…[read more]Express to Sioux Lookout
The newest team in the Superior International Jr. Hockey League has added a seasoned defenseman with prior experience in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]More roar for the Cougars
It may be summer. But fall and winter are what the Sault College Cougars have eyes on as they continue to commit to returning and incoming players ahead of the 2022-2023 men’s hockey season.
…[read more]Dog days of school
Many players at the junior A level have aspirations to move on to go to school and play college hockey. And that is what several graduates of the Dryden Ice Dogs of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League have signed up for effective the 2022-2023 school season.
…[read more]Muswagon chooses Sault College
Yet another seasoned skater from the Dryden Ice Dogs of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League has made a commitment to the Sault College Cougars of the Division 2, American Collegiate Hockey Association for the 2022-2023 season.
…[read more]Beavers deal with Walleye
Ryan Doucette will stay at home to play junior hockey for the 2022-2023 season. Doucette has been acquired by the Kam River Fighting Walleye of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League from the Blind River Beavers of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, Hockey News North has confirmed.
…[read more]SIJHL MVP is off to school
Maxime Collette is taking his considerable scoring skills to the Division 3, National Collegiate Athletic Association level.
…[read more]Scenes from the SIJHL
It was an uneven 2021-2022 season in which teams played varying numbers of games including one league member that called it quits mid way through the schedule. Still, there were teams and players in the Superior International Jr. Hockey League that rose to different forms of prominence.
…[read more]Set in net is a good bet
It starts with the starting goaltender. As it generally does with a junior A level hockey team. And as the Wisconsin Lumberjacks look to add on and build from this past season into the next one they have the makings of being set in net with holdover Kyler Lowden as the no. 1 goalie.
…[read more]Northern teams eliminated
Neither of the clubs from northern Ontario will advance to the playoff round of the 10 team Centennial Cup national junior A hockey championship tournament that is being held in Estevan, Saskatchewan.
…[read more]Bright light on Red Lake
A brace of levelling losses has the Red Lake Miners winless through their first two games of the Centennial Cup national junior A hockey championship tournament in Estevan, Saskatchewan.
…[read more]Teleco Cup assertion
Three junior A hockey teams have committed to the Teleco Cup pre-season tournament that is slated for September 9-11 at Norwest Arena on the outskirts of Thunder Bay. They are one team from the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League and two from the Superior International Jr. Hockey League including the host Kam River Fighting Walleye.
…[read more]Frenzy of the Fighting Walleye
If there is a model for success for a junior A hockey franchise in its first full season then just take a look at the Kam River Fighting Walleye. Besides a first place finish during the 2021-2022 regular season as the new kids on the block in the seven member Superior International Jr. Hockey League, Kam River — along with the established Dryden Ice Dogs — topped the attendance chart, well above the rest.
…[read more]Whiteduck, hockey & school
Pineshish Whiteduck says he is looking forward to the next chapter in his hockey career. It is a turning of a page that is poised to have him combine hockey and education at Sault College effective the 2022-2023 semester season.
…[read more]Dryden Ice Dogs AGM
Franchise mainstay Mike Sveinson will remain at the helm of the Dryden Ice Dogs of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League for a ninth consecutive term.
…[read more]Whiteduck lands at Sault College
Sault College Cougars have signed an energetic, speedster with prior experience in both the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League and Superior International Jr. Hockey League ahead of the looming 2022-2023 academic/athletic season.
…[read more]Pueblo to Sioux Lookout
Sioux Lookout Bombers of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League have a commitment from a goalie ahead of their 2022-2023 debut season.
…[read more]Miners prep for May days
Red Lake Miners dug deep to clinch the 2022 Superior International Jr. Hockey League championship on April 30. Now, the Miners have until May 19 before playing again, which is when they will begin to represent the SIJHL at the 10 day, 10 team Centennial Cup national junior A hockey championship tournament in Estevan, Saskatchewan.
…[read more]Red Lake flows through Superior
It was no easy ride. It took the Red Lake Miners six games to sideline the Dryden Ice Dogs and six more to overcome the Kam River Fighting Walleye to become 2022 champions of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]Kam River prospect camp
Kam River Fighting Walleye of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League has confirmed a prospect identification camp for June 10 to 12 at Fort William First Nation Arena in Thunder Bay. See below for complete details.
…[read more]Great North to Superior
Bradley Moore, who led the Great North Under 18 Hockey League in goals scored during the 2021-2022 regular season, is poised to move up to the Superior International Jr. Hockey League effective the 2022-2023 campaign.
…[read more]Red Lake on the take
Five straight road triumphs have the Red Lake Miners two victories away from winning the Superior International Jr. Hockey League playoff championship.
…[read more]New SIJHL team names coach
Sioux Lookout Bombers, who are poised to commence play in the Superior International Jr. Hockey League as an expansion team effective the 2022-2023 season, have confirmed their head coach.
…[read more]Words from Dryden Ice Dogs
Hockey News North has received the following message from the president of the Dryden Ice Dogs of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]Northern, Superior six pack
There are four teams in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League and two in the Superior International Jr. Hockey League that remain in pursuit of playoff championships in their respective loops.
…[read more]Red Lake and Kam River
The frozen stage is set for the Superior International Jr. Hockey League championship series. It will be the no. 1 seed Kam River Fighting Walleye and the no. 2 seed Red Lake Miners facing off in a best of seven series.
…[read more]Dogs of determination
Dryden Ice Dogs stared down the cold reality of elimination on Saturday and did not blink. Thus, the Ice Dogs have extended their Superior International Jr. Hockey League playoff season to at least another game.
…[read more]Kam River to Lakehead U
Standout defenseman Zach Fortin will be moving up from the Superior International Jr. Hockey League to Ontario University Athletics.
…[read more]Plaudits for the SIJHL
I have followed the Superior International Jr. Hockey League in a sporadic manner since its formation about 20 years ago. Mostly, any heed I indemnified towards the SIJHL was the championship squad that represented it at the annual Dudley-Hewitt Cup tournament that also included the title teams from the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League and Ontario Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]Walleye hooks GM to extension
This only makes sense. That is, Kam River Fighting Walleye of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League has boosted the contract of highly regarded general manager and director of player personnel Kevin McCallum through to the end of the 2024-2025 season.
…[read more]Clarke clicks for Walleye
Kam River Fighting Walleye general manager Kevin McCallum hooked a big fish at this year’s trade deadline when he reeled in Dayton Clarke in an inter-league trade with the Elliot Lake Red Wings.
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