Hernandez hangs in with Eagles
So far, so good.
Detroit Fighting Irish forward Jacob Hernandez will continue his audition with the Soo Eagles next week. …[read more]
Hockey Remembrance Day at Pullar
Saturday looms as a big hockey day at Pullar Stadium in the Michigan Soo.
In preparation, Lake Superior State University president Tom Pleger and mascot Seamore practise their face off (photo above) for Saturday’s first-ever Hockey Remembrance Day at the venerable Pullar. …[read more]
Eagles deal with Odessa
Soo Eagles have completed a four-player exchange with the Odessa Jackalopes.
In a North American Hockey League trade finalized late Tuesday, the Eagles have acquired hard-hitting, 1995 birth-year defenceman Jake Hamilton and energetic, 1995 birth-year forward Leo Lumm from Odessa. …[read more]
Attack blows out Rivermen
Another night, another win.
Rob Delury dented the twine three times and young Chris Lindsay, making his first Canadian International Hockey League start, pitched the shutout as the Batchewana Attack blanked the visiting Espanola Rivermen 7-0 on Tuesday. …[read more]
Little Caesars Winter Classic
Outdoor hockey is headed this way.
The second annual Little Caesars Winter Classic is coming to Sault Ste. Marie in mid-February. …[read more]
Tuneup Tuesday
If rumours do make the junior hockey world go around then the old mill is really turning.
Rampant rumours are running through the (in alphabetical order) Canadian International Hockey League, Midwest Jr. Hockey League, North American Hockey League and Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Beavers at the bottom of the barrel
Just what is going on down Highway 17 East at Blind River?
At the very bottom of the nine-team Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League are the once-proud Blind River Beavers with one point from a record of 0-38-1. That’s right, one lousy point.
And as bad as things are on the ice in Blind River, it is a mess off the ice as well. …[read more]
CIHL at the crossroads
Yes, there have been struggles. Major struggles, in fact.
For one reason or another, teams have either left on their own or have been shown the door.
To be sure, all has not gone according to the plan of the founder of the first-year Canadian International Hockey League. …[read more]
T-Birds, Gold Miners all tied up
Double overtime solved nothing.
The top two teams in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League fought to a stalemate on Saturday night. …[read more]
Six Soo teams win games
Six Sault Ste. Marie-based teams — representing six separate hockey leagues — all won their games on Friday night. …[read more]
A message from the CIHL
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following message from Canadian International Hockey League president Tim Clayden addresses the completion of the 2014-2015 season and future plans. …[read more]
Irish goalie and the Eagles nest
A second member of the Detroit Fighting Irish of the Midwest Jr. Hockey League has been invited to attend a week of practice with the Soo Eagles of the North American Hockey League. …[read more]
Here come the KL Gold Miners
The two teams that met for the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League championship last spring will face off on Saturday night when the Soo Thunderbirds play host to the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners. …[read more]
Eagles have eyes on second spot
First place may be out of reach for the Soo Eagles but finishing second will mean home-ice advantage come playoff time. …[read more]
Triumphant tale of T-Bird midgets
To be sure, major midget hockey has made a positive return to Sault Ste. Marie following a one-year absence that many feel should never have happened in the first place.
At any rate, gone are the Soo North Stars and their multiple Great North Midget Hockey League championships and in their place are the Soo Thunderbirds. …[read more]
Remo assists the Attack
He had once hoped to tend goal beyond the junior level, perhaps at a Canadian or American university.
But a groin injury that he suffered while playing for the Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League never fully healed so Remo Febbraro stepped away from the game as a 20-year old. …[read more]
Possible MWJHL, CIHL scenarios
Here’s to hockey without borders. …[read more]
WHAM Warriors are mighty mites
WHAM Warriors competed in the January Freeze Hockey Tournament in Bay City, Michigan on the weekend — and the mite division team of seven-year old skaters from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario came away with the silver medal. …[read more]
How sweep it is
Having swept the visiting Bemidji State University Beavers on the weekend — the first such perfection under first-year head coach Damon Whitten — the Lake Superior State University Lakers have moved into Western Collegiate Hockey Association playoff contention. …[read more]
Rivermen row past Royals
Espanola Rivermen defeated the lowly Sudbury Royals 7-4 in the lone Canadian International Hockey League game played on Sunday. …[read more]
T-Bird midgets maintain first place
Soo Thunderbirds took two of three games from the visiting Nickel City Sons this weekend at John Rhodes Community Centre. …[read more]
Formidable Attack
Batchewana Attack is establishing itself as the powerhouse of the new Canadian International Hockey League.
Almost perfect, the Attack leads the CIHL with a record of 25-0-1. …[read more]
Soo Eagles are about opportunity
It’s part of a never-ending search to try to improve the hockey team.
And at the same time, it allows the staff the opportunity to evaluate a player up close. …[read more]
T-Bird midgets home for three
In first place in the seven-team Great North Midget Hockey League with 41 points from a record of 20-7-1, Soo Thunderbirds will play host to the fourth-seeded Nickel City Sons tonight, Saturday evening and Sunday morning. …[read more]
First impressions and a sleepy goalie
The newest members of the Soo Greyhounds made memorable first impressions playing as a fearsome foursome in front of the hometown Ontario Hockey League fans.
But was the Greyhounds goalie awake enough to witness the offensive explosion of his new teammates? …[read more]
Adam Jonak nearing 100 points
Pint-sized pivot Adam Jonak added to his Midwest Jr. Hockey League-leading point totals on Wednesday by scoring twice and assisting on another as the MC Monarchs upended the visiting Detroit Fighting Irish by a 6-3 margin. …[read more]
Plymouth Whalers moving to Flint
Pending formal approval from the Ontario Hockey League, the Plymouth Whalers will be moving an hour north to Flint effective the 2015-2016 season, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed.
The announcement of the sale of the Michigan-based team from Peter Karmanos to IMS USA Inc. was made official this morning. …[read more]
Tuneup Tuesday
Soo Greyhounds may have assembled a dream team but will they awake as champions of the Ontario Hockey League in May?…Sudbury Wolves of the OHL need to get it right when hiring their next head coach…The coach-general manager of the Detroit Fighting Irish of the Midwest Jr. Hockey League is a fan of the style of play of the Canadian International Hockey League… …[read more]
Wojo and the best of the Midwest
The Midwest Jr. Hockey League has announced its players of the week for the period ending Sunday, January 11.
The awards are voted on by MWJHL coaches, general managers and league staff.
The envelope, please. …[read more]
OHL trade deadline aftermath
It’s not about what you give up, it’s what you get in return.
Let’s begin with the Soo Greyhounds, who were one of the top three teams in the Ontario Hockey League before the dawn of last week’s trade deadline. …[read more]
Two more goals for Tassone
Veteran forward Nic Tassone tallied twice to spark the first-place Soo Thunderbirds to a 6-3 victory over the visiting Abitibi Eskimos in Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League action on Sunday. …[read more]
Blind River head coach resigns
Veteran bench boss Don Gagnon has resigned as head coach of the Blind River Beavers of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Attack takes showcase title
Batchewana Attack of the Canadian International Hockey League edged the Central Michigan University Chippewas 3-2 in Saturday’s championship game of the Tiffany Eckler Ferguson Memorial Showcase Tournament that was held in Kalkaska. …[read more]
Thunderbirds thump Sudbury
Soo Thunderbirds skated to a 6-2 win over the visiting Sudbury Nickel Barons in Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League action from Saturday. …[read more]
Thunderbirds add Devin Shell
Devin Shell is back home.
Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have acquired the 1995 birth-year forward from the Cambridge Winter Hawks of the Greater Ontario Jr. Hockey League in a cash exchange. …[read more]
Wojo lights the Monarch lamp
MC Monarchs returned to Midwest Jr. Hockey League action for the first time in 2015 on Friday and it was a winning performance. …[read more]
Young Wolves in the den
They are in last place in the overall standings and the odds are against them moving up to make the playoffs this 2014-2015 Ontario Hockey League season.
But general manager Blaine Smith has made good on trade deadline moves that have positioned the Sudbury Wolves for better seasons ahead — in 2015-2016 and beyond. …[read more]
Soo Greyhounds to Sudbury Wolves
Soo Greyhounds have dealt 1996 birth-year forward Charley Graaskamp to the Sudbury Wolves in an Ontario Hockey League trade finalized this afternoon. …[read more]
Hounds trade for DeAngelo
Another day, another trade.
Soo Greyhounds have acquired high-scoring, 1995 birth-year defenceman Anthony DeAngelo from the Sarnia Sting. …[read more]
Hounds get Ritchie, Boland
A day after acquiring 19-year old forward Justin Bailey from the Kitchener Rangers, Soo Greyhounds have swung another major Ontario Hockey League trade. …[read more]
CIHL seeks coaches, managers
Already looking ahead — and being rather innovative — the Canadian International Hockey League is seeking coaches and general managers for the 2015-2016 season. …[read more]
Anthony Stefano traded to Windsor
Peterborough Petes have dealt 1996 birth-year forward Anthony Stefano to the Windsor Spitfires.
Stefano, who is in his second Ontario Hockey League season, had requested to be traded from the Petes. …[read more]
Hounds pay ransom for Bailey
Soo Greyhounds have paid a heavy price to acquire the Kitchener Rangers leading scorer.
In an Ontario Hockey League trade finalized earlier today, the Greyhounds obtained 1995 birth-year forward Justin Bailey from the Rangers — and he did not come cheap. …[read more]
Tuneup Tuesday
Canada has returned to the top of the world junior hockey summit…There are hockey moms and then there is this hockey mom who owns two junior teams and manages the arena that both play out of…Here and there and around the rinks we go… …[read more]
Cody Caron traded to Kingston
Kingston Frontenacs have acquired 1996 birth-year forward Cody Caron from the Niagara Ice Dogs for a sixth-round draft pick in 2015.
A Sault Ste. Marie native, Caron had 1 goal and 44 penalty minutes in 34 games for Niagara this season. …[read more]
Kudos to Jonak, Luca, Gorzelski, Long
The Midwest Jr. Hockey League has announced its players of the month for December.
The awards are voted on by MWJHL coaches, general managers and league staff. …[read more]
Thunderbird teams in first place
Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League and Soo Thunderbirds of the Great North Midget Hockey League are both in first place with play underway in the 2015 portion of this season’s schedule. …[read more]
Frontenacs deal with Battalion
Kingston Frontenacs general manager Doug Gilmour has confirmed finalization of an Ontario Hockey League trade with an Eastern Conference rival. …[read more]
Christmas Jamboree champs
Hail to the overtime heroes.
It took three OT periods but Prouse Motors edged Elks Lodge for a Christmas present to remember. …[read more]