Rivermen rally for young fan
The biggest crowd to watch a game in the new Canadian International Hockey League came together on Friday night in support of one of the youngest fans of the Espanola Rivermen.
More than 900 people packed the Espanola Regional Recreation Complex for a CIHL game between the Rivermen and the visiting Sudbury Royals.
The Rivermen defeated the Royals 6-2 but the real story of the night was five-year-old Blake Crawford, who was recently diagnosed with leukemia. …[read more]
Attack at the Rankin tonight
Batchewana Attack of the new Canadian International Hockey League will put its 3-0 record to the test tonight when it plays host to the visiting St. Charles Spirit.
Game time is 7:30 p.m. at Rankin Arena. …[read more]
TC takes it to MC
A six-game winning streak to start the 2014-2015 Midwest Jr. Hockey League season came to a halt for the expansion MC Monarchs on Friday night in Traverse City.
Scoring four times in the second period, the hometown Hounds blanked the Monarchs 6-0. In knocking MC from the ranks of the undefeated, TC remains perfect with a record of 4-0. …[read more]
Trying to make it in Mattawa
He is the youngest owner in the nine-team, Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, operating a franchise that is based in the smallest town.
Not yet 30-years old, David Beauchamp is determined to make junior hockey work in Mattawa, a town of just over 2,000 residents. …[read more]
Soo Eagles headed the right way
Now in their fifth year under current ownership and a hockey department led by veteran coach-general manager Bruno Bragagnolo, the Michigan-based Soo Eagles have established a firm and faithful following.
From two years in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey to this, their third season in the North American Hockey League, the Eagles have served notice that they are in Sault Ste. Marie to stay. …[read more]
Another MC moment
Scoring sensation Adam Jonak struck for five more points and goalie Tyler Skulley made 53 saves as the expansion MC Monarchs continued to confound the Midwest Jr. Hockey League pundits on Wednesday night.
Jonak netted three goals and assisted on two others as the visiting Monarchs shrugged off an early 2-0 deficit to upend the Detroit Fighting Irish 5-2 at the Ice Box Sports Centre in Brownstown. …[read more]
Thunderbirds 6, Beavers 1
Seven up.
Soo Thunderbirds won their seventh game in succession on Wednesday night, a 6-1 road decision over the Blind River Beavers. …[read more]
Hot Dogs of the Soo are # 1
They have a perfect record of 7-0 thus far this season and have out-scored the opposition 36-14 in the process.
To be sure, the Soo Greyhounds are no. 1 in the Ontario Hockey League, albeit just ahead of the 6-0 Erie Otters. …[read more]
Battle of the unbeaten
The 4-0 Detroit Fighting Irish will play host to the 5-0 MC Monarchs tonight in a battle of unbeaten Midwest Jr. Hockey League teams.
Game time is slated for 8:10 p.m. at the Ice Box Sports Centre in Brownstown. …[read more]
Say hey to four from the Midwest
The Midwest Jr. Hockey League has announced its players of the week for the period ending Sunday, October 12.
The awards are voted on by league coaches, general managers and MWJHL staff.
The envelope, please. …[read more]
Early in the CIHL season
Collingwood Ice and Batchewana Attack are undefeated in the early going of the inaugural Canadian International Hockey League season and the Milton Battle Arts Cobras are not far behind. …[read more]
Batchewana blanks Sudbury
There is disparity that separates the Batchewana Attack and the Sudbury Royals and it was very evident on Monday afternoon at Rankin Arena.
The Attack was full measure for an 11-0 win over the Royals, limiting the visitors to very-few scoring chances while putting the puck in the Sudbury net in rapid fashion. …[read more]
Attack time is 1 p.m.
Batchewana Attack will play host to the Sudbury Royals today in a Thanksgiving afternoon match.
Game time is 1 p.m. at Rankin Arena. …[read more]
MC on a mission
Who are these guys?
Two weekends into the 2014-2015 season and the expansion MC Monarchs are the feel-good story in the eight-team Midwest Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
A first for the Mattawa Blackhawks
The first is in the books for the new Mattawa Blackhawks.
Tyler Broderson, Christian Sgroi and Colin Nicholson each tallied twice to lead Mattawa to its first-ever Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League win, an 8-5 decision over the visiting Powassan Voodoos this afternoon. …[read more]
Rookies spark Eagles sweep
Playing in front of back-to-back, Pullar Stadium crowds of more than 700 fans both nights, Soo Eagles fashioned a weekend sweep of the visiting Minnesota Wilderness.
Led by a pair of rookies — goalie Jack Berry and forward Keegan Miller — the Eagles emerged from the Wilderness with 7-2 and 4-3 triumphs to move into first place in the North Division of the North American Hockey League with a 7-5 record. …[read more]
MC, Detroit are tops in MWJHL
MC Monarchs and Detroit Fighting Irish remain 1-2 in the Midwest Jr. Hockey League standings following games from Saturday night.
Both teams take unbeaten records into games today. …[read more]
MC moves to 3-0 in MWJHL
Another day, another win for the new kids on the Midwest Jr. Hockey League block.
The expansion MC Monarchs won for the third time in as many starts on Friday, a 4-3 win over the visiting Soo Firehawks.
Two other games were played in the MWJHL on Friday and three more are slated for today. …[read more]
CIHL Thanksgiving continues
Milton Battle Arts Cobras scored their first-ever win in the new Canadian International Hockey League on Friday.
Coached by legendary National Hockey League goal-scorer Dennis Maruk, Milton evened its regular-season record at 1-1 with a 7-2 triumph over the Colborne Hawks.
The game was one of three played in the CIHL on Friday — and the new junior league still has a full serving of Thanksgiving weekend games on the holiday plate. …[read more]
Six straight for Thunderbirds
The winning continues for the Soo Thunderbirds.
It’s now a six-game winning streak for the Thunderbirds, who edged the visiting Abitibi Eskimos 5-4 in overtime on Friday at John Rhodes Community Centre. …[read more]
Birds seek sixth straight win
Winners of five straight games, Soo Thunderbirds play host to the Abitibi Eskimos tonight in a 7:30 match at John Rhodes Community Centre. …[read more]
CIHL Thanksgiving weekend
It’s a full plate of activity in the new Canadian International Hockey League this Thanksgiving weekend. …[read more]
St. Charles 6, Kalkaska 2
Playing at home on Thursday, St. Charles Spirit of the Canadian International Hockey League built up a 4-0 lead and held on for a 6-2 exhibition win over the independent Kalkaska Rhinos.
The match attracted 271 fans to the St. Charles Arena. …[read more]
Twin engine Attack
They just turned 16-years old earlier this month and are two of the youngest players in the eight-team, Ontario-based, junior-level, Canadian International Hockey League.
Just a season removed from the Soo Source For Sports AA midget team, twin brothers Darian Pilon and Drake Pilon have made the jump all the way up to the Batchewana Attack of the junior A CIHL. …[read more]
Winning Wednesday in the Soo
Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League and Soo Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League both won home games on Wednesday. …[read more]
Fighting Irish conquers Berkley
The more you shoot, the more you usually score.
Ken Winter and Jacob Hernandez scored two goals apiece to pace the Detroit Fighting Irish past the visiting Berkley Bruins 8-5 in Midwest Jr. Hockey League action on Wednesday night at the Ice Box Sports Center. …[read more]
Doctrine of the MC Monarchs
So far so good.
Two games do not a season make but the fact is the expansion MC Monarchs of the Midwest Jr. Hockey League are off to a 2-0 start to the 2014-2015 season. …[read more]
Cain to lead Team NOJHL
Three members of the Soo Thunderbirds will lead the staff which will oversee the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League squad that will compete at the Central Canada Cup Challenge, to be held November 14-16 at the MasterCard Centre in Toronto. …[read more]
Pat Gazzillo returns to the Soo Eagles
Soo Eagles coach-general manager Bruno Bragagnolo says a good team can never have enough good defencemen.
Ergo, Bragagnolo did not hesitate in bringing hard-boiled hombre Pat Gazzillo back to the Eagles when the opportunity presented itself. …[read more]
First up for the MWJHL
The Midwest Jr. Hockey League has unveiled its first players of the week for the new 2014-2015 season.
The awards are voted on by MWJHL coaches, general managers and league staff.
And the winners are: …[read more]
Rehash and replays
First pucks drop on the new Canadian International Hockey League…Four wins in a row for the Soo Thunderbirds…Soo Eagles have a Berry good goalie…Two perfect teams in the Ontario Hockey League…Opening act in the Midwest Jr. Hockey League… …[read more]
Scene from an opening Attack
A new junior hockey league arrived on the weekend and the Batchewana Attack and Espanola Rivermen were part of the debut with a Saturday night game at Rankin Arena. …[read more]
Season-opening Attack
More than 400 fans took in the first-ever regular-season game of the Batchewana Attack on Saturday night at Rankin Arena. …[read more]
Batchewana Attack home opener
Batchewana Attack will play its first-ever regular-season game tonight as members of the new, Ontario-based, junior-level, Canadian International Hockey League.
The visiting Espanola Rivermen will provide the opposition for the Attack in what is scheduled as a 7:30 p.m. start at Rankin Arena. …[read more]
Mattawa on the agenda
Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League governors are slated to meet in Sudbury on the weekend and one of the items on the agenda concerns the Mattawa Blackhawks, formerly the North Bay Trappers.
This is the first full season for the NOJHL in Mattawa following a trial run of games late in the 2013-2014 season. …[read more]
How the CIHL came to be
From dream to reality, thus begins the story of the new, Ontario-based, junior-level, Canadian International Hockey League.
The first puck will drop on the first-ever CIHL season this weekend, a mere seven months after its founder announced his plans and vision for the new league. And while there is no doubt that there will be bumps ahead — on and off the ice — the CIHL has arrived. …[read more]
Taking to the Ice in Collingwood
Junior hockey makes an official return to Collingwood on Sunday at 2 p.m. when the Ice takes to the ice of Central Park Arena.
The Collingwood Ice will play host to the Milton Battle Arts Cobras as part of opening weekend in the new, Ontario-based, Canadian International Hockey League. …[read more]
Thunderbirds need help on defence
Having halted a two-game losing streak with back-to-back wins that have pushed their record to 4-2, Soo Thunderbirds nonetheless remain in search of blueline assistance.
Kevin Cain, general manager of the Soo’s Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League team, acknowledged that he is on a coast-to-coast hunt for an experienced defenceman or two. …[read more]
CIHL Spirit adds 3 from NOJHL Eskimos
St. Charles Spirit of the new Canadian International Hockey League has signed four new players, including three former members of the Abitibi Eskimos of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Lakers begin WCHA season at home
Led by new head coach Damon Whitten, the Lake Superior State University Lakers begin the 2014-2015 Western Collegiate Hockey Association season at home against the Michigan Tech University Huskies this weekend.
The Lakers and Huskies are set to face off at 7:07 p.m. on Saturday and 5:07 p.m. on Sunday at Taffy Abel Arena. …[read more]
T-Birds increase Provenzano Cup lead
Rookie forward Nic Sicoly scored once and added two assists to lead the Soo Thunderbirds past the Blind River Beavers 6-1 in Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League action at John Rhodes Community Centre on Tuesday.
The win for the Soo improved its record to 3-2 on the season while Blind River fell to 0-8 with the setback. …[read more]
T-Bird midgets are 3-1
Head coach Jim Capy uses the word “satisfied” to describe the play of his Soo Thunderbirds through the first four games of the 2014-2015 Great North Midget Hockey League campaign.
After beginning the ’14-15 GNMHL regular season with a loss, the Thunderbirds have since reeled off three wins in succession. …[read more]
Time to Attack is near
The conquest of the exhibition season is complete. The time to Attack is approaching.
Having finished the pre-season with a perfect record of 7-0, the Batchewana Attack of the new Canadian International Hockey League is ready for the real thing. The eight-team CIHL — which is sanctioned by the United Hockey Union — begins its inaugural season this weekend and the Attack will play host to the Espanola Rivermen on Saturday night at 7:30 at Rankin Arena in Sault Ste. Marie. …[read more]
Owen Headrick to have shoulder surgery
Bluechip blueliner Owen Headrick is slated to have shoulder surgery on Wednesday of this week, the youngster’s mother has confirmed to HockeyNewsNorth.com. …[read more]
T-Birds tumble to 2-2
The expansion Elliot Lake Wildcats won their fifth consecutive game on Sunday as they defeated the Soo Thunderbirds 5-2 in Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League action at John Rhodes Community Centre.
With the win, Elliot Lake improves its record to 5-1 while the Soo falls to 2-2. …[read more]
A first for the Collingwood Ice
Collingwood Ice of the new Canadian International Hockey League won its first-ever pre-season game against the Colborne Hawks in front of a good-sized, partisan crowd in nearby Wasaga Beach on Saturday night.
Collingwood upended Colborne 11-1 led by Phil Koufis, who had four goals and two assists. …[read more]
Attack perfect at TC showcase
The perfection continues for the Batchewana Attack of the new Canadian International Hockey League.
The Attack won all three of its games at a weekend showcase tournament that was hosted by the reigning Midwest Jr. Hockey League champion Traverse City Hounds. …[read more]
Hounds, Halverson are 2-0
Brandon Halverson is passing the first tests as the new starting goalie for the Soo Greyhounds.
The Greyhounds are off to a 2-0 start this 2014-2015 Ontario Hockey League season and Halverson — who was a rookie backup to the since-graduated Matt Murray in 2013-2014 — has stood tall. …[read more]
Stops and starts
The 2014-2015 junior hockey season is in prime time.
From where we operate, the Ontario Hockey League, Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League and North American Hockey League regular seasons are well underway.
Meanwhile, first pucks will drop on the new Canadian International Hockey League and the third-year Midwest Jr. Hockey League regular seasons next weekend. …[read more]