Back with the Berkley Bruins
Tim Muhsman has opted to put off school for another year and return to the Berkley Bruins of the Midwest Jr. Hockey League for a second season.
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Soo Firehawks name captains
Three 1994 birth-year skaters have been selected to serve as captains for the Soo Firehawks of the Midwest Jr. Hockey League.
The three — defencemen Matthew Majic and Matthew Maclaren and forward Anthony Laaskonen — are all Sault Ste. Marie area products who will be playing in their third season with the Firehawks in 2014-2015.
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MWJHL finalizes schedule
Six of its nine teams will take to the ice on Friday, October 3 when the first pucks drop on the 2014-2015 Midwest Jr. Hockey League season.
The trio of opening-night games has Soo Firehawks home to Michigan Ice Dogs, the defending champion Traverse City Hounds playing host to West Michigan Freeze and Berkley Bruins visiting MC Monarchs. …[read more]
Irish setter
He has had offers to move up to the American Collegiate Hockey Association ranks for the 2014-2015 season.
But playmaking forward James Smith has informed Detroit Fighting Irish coach-general manager Dan Vasquez that he will be returning to the Midwest Jr. Hockey League team for his final season of eligibility in 2014-2015. …[read more]
Four for the Fighting Irish
Detroit Fighting Irish of the Midwest Jr. Hockey League has signed four players for the upcoming 2014-2015 campaign.
The four are 1994 birth-year defenceman Jake Moschall, 1996 birth-year forwards Lyle Soucey and Mac Slowick and 1995 birth-year goalie George Hill. …[read more]
More for the Monarchs
Another day, another set of players.
Make that six more skaters for the new MC Monarchs of the Midwest Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Monarchs acquire Fighting Irish trio
MC Monarchs, a first-year entry in the Midwest Jr. Hockey League, have bolstered their roster via a three-player trade with the rival Detroit Fighting Irish. …[read more]
Midwest player exchange
A pair of Midwest Jr. Hockey League players are on the move.
Detroit Fighting Irish and Michigan Ice Dogs of the MWJHL have completed a one-for-one trade. …[read more]
Irish eyes are smiling
Detroit Fighting Irish of the Midwest Jr. Hockey League has tendered five more players as it continues to prep for the 2014-2015 season. …[read more]
Two MWJHL teams add players
MC Monarchs and Detroit Fighting Irish of the Midwest Jr. Hockey League have added to their respective rosters as both teams prep for the 2014-2015 season.
The Monarchs, a first-year entry into the MWJHL, have signed five players while the Fighting Irish has added some beef to its blueline. …[read more]
Steve Glover turns Irish
Detroit Fighting Irish of the Midwest Jr. Hockey League has beefed up its player development department with the addition of Steve Glover to the staff.
Fighting Irish coach-general manager Dan Vasquez said Glover will assist the MWJHL team as a scout and consultant to the hockey department. …[read more]
DFI recruit played for Kevin Conway
There is a Sault Ste. Marie connection to one of the new recruits of the Detroit Fighting Irish of the Midwest Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Richie Pinkowski: Ball of energy
They are out there.
They are the players who may not be the leading scorer or the most-skilled member of the team but for whatever reason, they stand out.
Sometimes it’s the swagger, sometimes it’s the electricity, sometimes it’s the anticipation that something good is going to happen. …[read more]
Geographical interlock
Teams from the Midwest Jr. Hockey League and the new Canadian International Hockey League are perusing a 2014-2015 regular-season schedule that would include interlocking games based on geography. …[read more]
Ice Dogs are cheap skates
How’s this for a cheap skate?
Michigan Ice Dogs of the Midwest Jr. Hockey League have set up a series of summer skates that will continue once a week through until Tuesday, July 29 at Farmington Hills Ice Arena.
All of the Tuesday sessions are one-and-a-half hours in length and the cost is $10 per skate. …[read more]
Eagles eye Twin Soo talent
As Soo Eagles prepare for their third season as members of the North American Hockey League, coach-general manager Bruno Bragagnolo continues to try to take advantage of the area talent pool. …[read more]
Sewell, Stephens are Fighting Irish
There is no place quite like home.
Detroit Fighting Irish of the Midwest Jr. Hockey League have inked a pair of area products, coach-general manager Dan Vasquez has confirmed to HockeyNewsNorth.com. …[read more]
Soo Indians to Michigan Warriors
Andrew Barbeau really wants to play for the Michigan Warriors in 2014-2015.
And the Warriors in turn are impressed with what the 1997 birth-year defenceman from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. has to offer. …[read more]
Soo Eagles draft Owen Headrick
Garden River First Nation product Owen Headrick became a North American Hockey League draft pick today.
Soo Eagles selected the 6-foot, 190 pound defenceman in the third round of the 2014 NAHL draft. …[read more]
Andrew Barbeau to Michigan Warriors
Hard-hitting defenceman Andrew Barbeau of Sault Ste. Marie was selected in the second round of today’s North American Hockey League draft by the Michigan Warriors. …[read more]
Dan Oleksy joins MC Monarchs
MC Monarchs of the Midwest Jr. Hockey League have rounded out their coaching staff.
The new Michigan-based, MWJHL franchise has brought aboard 31-year-old former college and minor-pro player Dan Oleksy as an assistant under head coach Jason McCrimmon. …[read more]
Midwest merry-go-round
Round and round it goes.
There are major confirmations to relay today from the Midwest Jr. Hockey League.
Michigan Ice Dogs — who are based in Farmington Hills — have a new head coach.
As well, the MWJHL has approved the relocation of the Bloomington Blaze to the Illinois town of Decatur.
And the new MC Monarchs have announced upcoming tryout dates. …[read more]
Fighting Irish at the Ice Box
Summer heat? What summer heat?
Detroit Fighting Irish of the Midwest Jr. Hockey League held a three-day spring skates tryout camp that concluded on Friday night at the Ice Box Sports Center in Brownstown. …[read more]
Fighting Irish tryouts start tonite
It’s tryout time in Brownstown.
Open tryouts for the Detroit Fighting Irish of the Midwest Jr. Hockey League start tonight. …[read more]
Francis Anzalone, head coach
The kid has graduated.
Again.
Francis Anzalone has become a head coach at a high level at the tender age of 26. …[read more]
2014 NAHL Draft, FYI
The North American Hockey League will hold its annual draft on Tuesday, June 3 at 1 p.m. Central time.
Fans and players will be able to following the draft on-line via NAHL.com.
Following — courtesy NAHL.com — is some key information pertaining to the upcoming draft. …[read more]
NAHL champs have a Soo side
For the second time in the last four years, Fairbanks Ice Dogs have won the Robertson Cup as champions of the North American Hockey League. …[read more]
Warriors had a good run
Their season ended more than 3,000 miles from home up in Fairbanks, Alaska.
It’s over, perhaps, but not forgotten.
Michigan Warriors can reflect on a 2013-2014 North American Hockey League season and tuck it away under good memories. …[read more]
Warriors capture NAHL North
For the second time in their four-year existence, Michigan Warriors are headed to the North American Hockey League’s Robertson Cup championship tournament. …[read more]
Dan is the man in Brookings
Reputable junior coach Dan Daikawa has a new gig.
Brookings Blizzard of the North American Hockey League have hired Daikawa as head coach. …[read more]
Old school Moe and the Warriors
He is demanding but fair.
He is tough but has a soft side.
He is not easy to play for but his players play hard for him.
He is 53-year old Moe Mantha and he is the old-school coach of the Michigan Warriors of the North American Hockey League. …[read more]
Warriors winning ways
Michigan Warriors are one win away from capturing the North American Hockey League’s North Division playoff crown.
The Warriors blanked Port Huron Fighting Falcons 3-0 on Saturday to take a two-games-to-none lead in the best-of-five series. …[read more]
Michigan marathon
Colin Larkin scored at 5:37 of the third overtime period to give visiting Michigan Warriors a dramatic 1-0 victory over Port Huron Fighting Falcons in the opening game of the best-of-five series for the North American Hockey League’s North Division title. …[read more]
Road Warriors in Port Huron
Michigan Warriors are on the road to Port Huron for Game 1 of a best-of-five playoff series that will determine the champion of the North American Hockey League’s North Division. …[read more]
Warriors chief respects Falcons
Michigan Warriors coach Moe Mantha likes where his North American Hockey League team is at.
Fresh from a three-game sweep of Janesville Jets in the first round of the playoffs, Michigan will face off against the Port Huron Fighting Falcons in a best-of-five series for the NAHL North Division crown. …[read more]
Soo Eagles to Lawrence University
Brad Mueller is taking his talents as a steady, stay-at-home defenceman to the Lawrence University Vikings.
Mueller, a 6-foot-2, 195 pound, 1993 birth year from the Oak Park area of Chicago, played in 59 regular-season games for the Soo Eagles of the North American Hockey League in 2013-2014, scoring twice and adding five assists. …[read more]
NAHL North showdown
The top two teams from the regular season will face off for the North American Hockey League’s North Division playoff championship.
Port Huron Fighting Falcons and Michigan Warriors will meet in a best-of-five series to determine the North Division rep at the NAHL’s Robertson Cup Championship Tournament. …[read more]
Michigan Warriors moving on
Hail to the Warriors.
Colin Larkin scored a pair of goals — including the game winner with less than three minutes to play — and Trevor Gorsuch made 31 saves as Michigan Warriors completed a three-game, opening-round, playoff sweep of Janesville Jets on Friday with a 3-2 road win. …[read more]
D1 deal for Soo Eagles forward
Power forward Mike Sabatini has committed to play for the Canisius College Golden Griffins of the Division 1, Atlantic Hockey Association effective the 2014-2015 season.
Sabatini, a 6-foot-1, 185 pounder, led the Soo Eagles of the North American Hockey League in scoring during the 2013-2014 season with 19 goals, 22 assists, 41 points in 58 games. …[read more]
Warriors get the message
Veteran headmaster Moe Mantha delivered a strong but simple message to his Michigan Warriors before the start of the North American Hockey League playoffs. …[read more]
Michigan Warriors take charge
So far so good for Michigan Warriors, who have picked a good time to solve an opposing puzzle.
The Warriors have taken a two games to none lead in their first-round, best-of-five, North American Hockey League playoff series with Janesville Jets. …[read more]
In control in the NAHL North
Port Huron Fighting Falcons and Michigan Warriors have taken 2-0 leads in the opening round of their respective best-of-five playoff series. …[read more]
Stretch run told story in NAHL North
From top to bottom, it was a close race.
And it went to the second-last day of the 2013-2014 regular season to decide the fourth-and-final playoff spot in the North Division of the North American Hockey League.
At the end of the day, it was the Johnstown Tomahawks getting the last playoff spot, one point ahead of fifth-place Springfield Jr. Blues and three points more than sixth-place Soo Eagles. …[read more]
New MWJHL team hires coach
MC Monarchs, the newest team in the MidWest Jr. Hockey League, have made their first coaching hire.
Detroit product Jason McCrimmon will be the bench boss of the Michigan-based Monarchs when they begin play effective the 2014-2015 season. …[read more]
Warriors in, Eagles out
Michigan Warriors are headed to the North American Hockey League playoffs.
Soo Eagles are not.
The I-75 highway rivals will be going in opposite directions when the playoffs begin in the North Division of the NAHL on the first weekend of April. …[read more]
NAHL North nestle
Port Huron Fighting Falcons are in with 74 points.
Michigan Warriors are almost there with 63.
Which leaves four teams fighting for two playoffs spots in the North Division of the North American Hockey League.
And the clock is ticking. …[read more]
Soo 300 season-ticket drive
Soo Eagles of the Tier 2 junior, North American Hockey League have launched a “Soo 300” season-ticket drive for the 2014-2015 campaign.
The area-wide ticket drive will ensure the Eagles long-term commitment to Sault Ste. Marie and Chippewa County, according to primary owner Ron Lavin and owner-general manager-coach Bruno Bragagnolo. …[read more]
Eagles on air at Port Huron
Four points out of the fourth-and-final playoff spot in the North Division of the North American Hockey League with seven games to play in the regular season, Soo Eagles are in Port Huron tonight and Sunday afternoon.
Game times are 7 p.m. tonight and 4 p.m. on Sunday afternoon.
Both games will be broadcast live on ESPN 1400 Radio with John Bell calling the play-by-play. …[read more]
An Eagle and his dad
Soo Eagles of the North American Hockey League held a Parents Weekend on March 7-8.
Among the parents of the Eagles who traveled to the Soo to see their son play were Tom and Dawn Cuthrell of Waterford, Michigan. …[read more]
Bell tolls at Burger Bash
Here is another photo from the Soo Eagles Burger Bash that was held on Monday at the Elks Lodge. …[read more]
Soo Eagles Burger Bash
Soo Eagles of the North American Hockey League pride themselves on being a community-minded organization.
The Eagles on Monday night hosted a Burger Bash at the Elks Lodge and players and team personnel mingled with fans and supporters. …[read more]
Four-point weekend for Eagles
Only three weekends remain in the North American Hockey League regular season and four teams — including Soo Eagles — are in a frantic chase for two playoff spots in the North Division. …[read more]
Eagles on ice tonight
Soo Eagles will try to keep pace in the race for the fourth-and-final playoff spot in the North Division of the North American Hockey League when they play host to Michigan Warriors tonight.
Game time is 7 p.m. at Pullar Stadium. …[read more]
Eagles home to Warriors for two
Two points out of the fourth-and-final playoff spot in the North Division of the North American Hockey League, Soo Eagles will play host to second-place Michigan Warriors tonight and Saturday at Pullar Stadium.
Game times are 7:30 p.m. tonight and 7 p.m. on Saturday. …[read more]
Turning the Paige
After being sidelined for more than three months with a concussion, Paige Skoog is once again the main man between the pipes for the Soo Eagles of the North American Hockey League.
And the second-year NAHL goalie will try to backstop the Eagles into the North Division playoffs with nine games to play in the regular season.
Two points out of the fourth-and-final playoff spot in the North Division, the Eagles will play host to the second-place Michigan Warriors this Friday and Saturday at Pullar Stadium. …[read more]
Happy young Warriors fans
It is always nice to see smiles on the faces of young kids.
As in the above photo, for instance. …[read more]
Three-way tie for fourth in NAHL North
The race for the fourth-and-final playoff spot in the North Division of the North American Hockey League appears headed down to the wire.
Soo Eagles, Springfield Jr. Blues and Janesville Jets are tied for fourth place with 49 points apiece. …[read more]
Aberdeen to Amherst
They keep moving them on to the college ranks.
High-scoring defenceman Jake Horton has become the sixth member of the Aberdeen Wings of the North American Hockey League to get a Division 1, National Collegiate Athletic Association commitment this season. …[read more]
Borderline D1-D3
The majority of players in the North American Hockey League aspire to move on to the Division 1, National Collegiate Athletic Association level.
The fact is, though, that the majority of NAHLers do not make it to Division 1.
Which should not be seen as the end of the line for NAHLers who have made playing Division 1 hockey their ultimate goal.
To be sure, there are plenty of good Division 3, NCAA schools out there. …[read more]
Eagles need to Pullar together
Soo Eagles face a virtual must-win situation tonight when they play host to Janesville Jets in a 7:30 start-time encounter at Pullar Stadium.
The Eagles are tied with Springfield for the fourth-and-final playoff spot in the six-team North Division of the North American Hockey League with 47 points but the Jr. Blues have a game in hand. …[read more]
Minot d-man makes D1 commit
Minot Minotauros defenseman Scott Dornbrock has committed to play Division 1, National Collegiate Athletic Association hockey for the Miami of Ohio RedHawks effective the 2014-2015 season.
Dornbrock was acquired via North American Hockey League trade with the Topeka Roadrunners during the 2012-2013 season.
He has since played in 80 games for Minot. …[read more]
Knot in the North
A mere two points are all that stand between three teams fighting for one playoff spot in the six-member North Division of the North American Hockey League.
Springfield Jr. Blues and Soo Eagles are tied for fourth place in the NAHL North, just two points up on the Janesville Jets. …[read more]
Seasoned Warriors have strength
With eight 1993 birth-year skaters and 16 veterans in total, the Michigan Warriors were built for this 2013-2014 North American Hockey League season.
Just ask coach-general manager Bruno Bragagnolo of the Soo Eagles, who are a North Division rival of the Warriors. …[read more]
MS has a Chill side to it
This is one special fundraiser.
Coulee Region Chill of the North American Hockey League and one of its sponsors are teaming up to promote awareness and raise funds for multiple sclerosis research.
MS is close to the heart for both the Chill and a particular sponsor.
Chill coach-general manager A.J. Degenhardt was diagnosed with the disease a few years ago and is working to raise awareness and education about the disease in the Coulee Region. …[read more]
Eight straight for Michigan Warriors
All of a sudden, the Port Huron Fighting Falcons are looking behind them.
A season-high, eight-game winning streak has moved the mucking Michigan Warriors to within two points of first-place Port Huron in the North Division of the North American Hockey League. …[read more]
Soo Eagles goaltending shakeup
Losers of three straight games and four of their last five, Soo Eagles have addressed their shaky goaltending situation.
The Eagles, who are clinging to fourth place in the North Division of the North American Hockey League, one point ahead of Springfield Jr. Blues, have returned goalie Landon Trutt to Cape Cod Islanders of the Northern States Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Midwest Chill
There’s a Chill that is heating up the Midwest.
Over its past 21 games dating back to December 6, the Coulee Chill has won 16 times and now, with an overall record of 28-17-0, has moved into a tie for second place in the hotly-contested Midwest Division of the North American Hockey League. …[read more]
Anzalone an ‘A’ student of the game
He’s making his own way as a coach, far away from his hometown of Sault Ste. Marie.
Francis Anzalone in his first season as associate coach and director of player personnel with the Aberdeen Wings of the North American Hockey League — and he’s making a name for himself. …[read more]
Eagles v. Warriors on ESPN Radio
Soo Eagles are in Flint tonight and Saturday evening for a pair of all-important games with the Michigan Warriors.
The fourth-place Eagles trail the second-place Warriors by three points in the North Division of the North American Hockey League and Michigan has three games in hand. …[read more]
Make or break time in the NAHL
Eight weekends remain on the 2013-2014 regular-season schedule in the North American Hockey League.
Eight weekends to determine which four teams in each of the four divisions will make it to the playoffs in pursuit of the Robertson Cup.
With precious playoff positions at stake, there is much to gain and much to lose. …[read more]
A big deal in Minot
It’s been said that you have to give to get.
Minot Minotauros have obtained high-scoring forward Michael Louria from Janesville Jets in a North American Hockey League trade that was recently finalized.
But Louria, the NAHL’s sixth-leading scorer with 19 goals, 21 assists, 40 points in 41 games with Janesville, cost Minot plenty in return. …[read more]
Soo’s Sabatini cranks up the power
His coach thinks he can develop into a dominant power forward.
To be sure, Bruno Bragagnolo, who coaches and manages the Soo Eagles of the North American Hockey League, feels as though Mike Sabatini has the tools to become the consummate power forward. …[read more]
NAHL: North Division knot
There is little room for error in the North Division of the North American Hockey League.
With eight weekends to play in the 2013-2014 regular season, there is a frantic race for the four playoff positions in the six-team North Division.
Simply out, two pretty-good teams are going to be on the outside looking in once the playoffs begin in the NAHL North during the first week of April.
Let’s take a quick, top to bottom glance at the NAHL North. Team records are indicated in brackets. …[read more]
NAHL: Beydoun a Warrior in net
Robbie Beydoun has had quite the start to his North American Hockey League career with the Michigan Warriors.
Beydoun, a 1996 birth-year goalie, has won his first three NAHL starts with the Warriors and allowed only three goals in the process.
Beydoun’s three-game beginning with the Warriors reads 3-0 record, 1.00 goals against average and .960 save percentage.
“He’s a kid who we tendered and our goaltending had been just average this season so we thought we would take a look at Robbie,” Warriors coach-general manager Moe Mantha said of Beydoun, who is a product of the Detroit Compuware midget program.
“So far, so good, I would have to say,” Mantha added.
The rookie Beydoun is now in tandem with veteran puckstopper Trevor Gorsuch after the Warriors dealt goalie Dillon Kelley to the NAHL’s Austin Bruins.
As a team, the Warriors have won five straight games and have moved into second place in the NAHL’s North Division heading into play this week with 48 points from a record of 20-12-8.