Batchewana Attack hires Drew Fata
Batchewana Attack of the new Canadian International Hockey League has hired former Ontario Hockey League and National Hockey League defenceman Drew Fata as its general manager.
Attack president and primary owner David Maciuk confirmed the hiring of Fata as the team’s GM and praised him as a “character individual with a strong hockey and business background.” …[read more]
Joey Miller re-joins Soo T-Birds
Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have re-acquired veteran forward Joey Miller.
The Sault Ste. Marie native was dealt to the Portage Terriers of the Manitoba Jr. Hockey League by the Thunderbirds during the off-season after requesting a trade. …[read more]
Weekend Warriors
Michigan Warriors are home for three games this weekend and the North American Hockey League team has several promotions planned for Perani Arena in Flint.
On the ice, the defending NAHL North Division playoff champions will be out to shrug off an 0-4 start to the 2014-2015 campaign. …[read more]
Sawruk assists surging Soo Eagles
Bruno Bragagnolo, the seasoned coach-general manager of the Soo Eagles of the North American Hockey League, is known as someone who gives credit when and where it is due.
And Bragagnolo has praise aplenty for his associate coach with the Eagles, Alex Sawruk. …[read more]
OHL prospects for 2015 NHL draft
No less than 41 players from the Ontario Hockey League are listed among the National Hockey League’s Central Scouting Players to Watch list for the 2015 draft. …[read more]
Jets seek return to winning ways
Metro Jets of the North American 3 Hockey League will look to return to the win column when they play host to the Pittsburgh Vengeance in Saturday-Sunday games at Lakeland Arena in Waterford, MI.
Saturday’s game has a 7:50 p.m. start while first puck on Sunday drops at 11:50 a.m. …[read more]
Statement from the Batchewana Attack
Batchewana Attack of the new Canadian International Hockey League and general manager Dennis Bolton have parted ways. …[read more]
Midweek Notes
Here ’n there on Wednesday, September 24: …[read more]
Scouting Speers
Blake Speers arrived in the Ontario Hockey League as a fresh-faced 16-year old rookie in 2013-2014 after being a first-round pick by the hometown Soo Greyhounds direct from the Soo Thunder minor midgets.
There were some concerns about his slight build but he started to fill out and he was able to handle the grind of the OHL and the big jump in levels from minor midget to major junior. …[read more]
NOJHL highs and lows
To be sure, there has been much to cheer about through the early going of the 2014-2015 Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League regular season.
For example, in Sudbury, the new-look Nickel Barons have the best record in the nine-team NOJHL at 6-1-0 while in Elliot Lake, the expansion Wildcats are off to a 3-1-0 start and have averaged 578 fans at their three home games.
But on the flip side, the Mattawa Blackhawks and Blind River Beavers are both off to disastrous starts. …[read more]
Soo Eagles Hockey Show returns tonight
The boys are back on the air.
The Soo Eagles Hockey Show makes its return to the airwaves tonight at 5 p.m. on ESPN 1400 Radio. …[read more]
CIHL, MWJHL teams in TC
Batchewana Attack and Espanola Rivermen of the new Canadian International Hockey League, in conjunction with the host Traverse City Hounds and their Midwest Jr. Hockey League partners, the Soo Firehawks, are slated to take to the ice as part of the first-ever, International College Classic Summit Showcase junior hockey tournament.
The event, to be hosted by two-time defending MWJHL regular-season and playoff champion Traverse City, will take place at the Hounds home arena, CENTRE Ice, this Friday and Saturday. …[read more]
Meet the LSSU Lakers
Fans and Sault Ste. Marie area youth hockey teams are invited to interact with the 2014-2015 Lake Superior State University Lakers and new head coach Damon Whitten on Sunday, September 28 at 4 p.m. at Taffy Abel Arena. …[read more]
Birds edged by Barons
Kevin Labelle made 48 saves and Jimmy Roy scored the game winner just past the 10-minute mark of the third period as the visiting Sudbury Nickel Barons edged the Soo Thunderbirds 3-2 in Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League action from Saturday. …[read more]
T-Birds upend Voodoos
Soo Thunderbirds improved their Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League record to 2-0 on Friday with a 4-2 win over the visiting Powassan Voodoos at John Rhodes Community Centre. …[read more]
Let it Snow
Steady, dependable defenceman Shane Snow will line up for his fourth team in his third league in his fourth season of junior hockey in 2014-2015 as a member of the St. Charles Spirit of the new Canadian International Hockey League. …[read more]
It’s not Miller time
Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League figure to be without high-scoring forward Anthony Miller for about two more weeks, according to general manager Kevin Cain. …[read more]
CIHL rivalries
Geographic rivalries are what the new Canadian International Hockey League is based on, according to its founder and president. …[read more]
Hockey North Show returns tonight
Back for its fourth season on ESPN 1400 Radio, the Hockey North Show with Randy Russon returns to the airwaves tonight at 5 p.m. …[read more]
Kingston, Soo are OHL teams to beat
Kingston Frontenacs and Soo Greyhounds are being tabbed as the teams to beat in the Ontario Hockey League this 2014-2015 season.
Pre-season rankings tabled by National Hockey League scouts on behalf of the Canadian Hockey League rate the Frontenacs and Greyhounds as the OHL’s top two teams. …[read more]
Rivermen GM applauds Attack
It may only be the exhibition season but Espanola Rivermen general manager Chad Clarke is of the notion that the Batchewana Attack has already assembled a Canadian International Hockey League powerhouse. …[read more]
Rivermen sign Swiss centre
From the land of the Swiss Alps to the North Shore of Espanola.
Espanola Rivermen general manager Chad Clarke has confirmed to HockeyNewsNorth.com that the Canadian International Hockey League team has signed high-scoring centre Jason Borer, who hails from Sissach, Switzerland. …[read more]
Birds put a dozen past the Beavers
Veteran Nic Tassone and rookie Nic Sicoly both posted three-goal, two-assist outings and Jaren Bellini set up three markers as the Soo Thunderbirds overwhelmed the visiting Blind River Beavers 12-1 on Sunday in the regular-season opener for the two Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League teams. …[read more]
Batchewana sweeps Espanola
Batchewana Attack completed a weekend sweep of the Espanola Rivermen in the first two exhibition games played in the new Canadian International Hockey League.
Sunday afternoon at Rankin Arena in Sault Ste. Marie, Batchewana cuffed visiting Espanola 6-1. …[read more]
Spirit catches the Hester brothers
St. Charles Spirit coach-general manager Scott Ginson is just happy to have been able to sign brothers Alexander and Trevor Hester, who hail from Cree First Nation in northern Quebec.
“Both brothers were heavily recruited to play by teams in three other junior leagues,” Ginson told HockeyNewsNorth.com. “We are thrilled that they chose to come to St. Charles and be a part of the new Canadian International Hockey League.” …[read more]
Thunderbirds hit the Rhodes tonight
Soo Thunderbirds begin defence of their Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League regular-season title tonight when they play host to the Blind River Beavers.
Game time is 7:30 p.m. at John Rhodes Community Centre. …[read more]
Colborne Hawks main camp
Colborne Hawks of the new Canadian International Hockey League will be holding their main camp starting on Monday, September 15 in Brighton, Ontario. …[read more]
A first for the new CIHL
The first-ever exhibition game for the new Canadian International Hockey League was played on Friday night at the Espanola Recreational Complex.
And in front of a capacity crowd, the visiting Batchewana Attack blanked the Espanola Rivermen 6-0. …[read more]
Soo Eagles eke one out
Bruno Birzitis netted his second goal of the game late in the third period to boost the Soo Eagles to a 3-2 win over the visiting Janesville Jets in the 2014-2015 regular-season opener for both North American Hockey League teams. …[read more]
Opening acts
There’s a bit of a chill in the air which to some, means hockey season is here.
Let the games begin. …[read more]
Two home exhibition games for Attack
Batchewana Attack of the new Canadian International Hockey League has scheduled two home exhibition games prior to the start of its inaugural 2014-2015 season.
The games will be played at the home rink of the Attack — Rankin Arena in Sault Ste. Marie. …[read more]
Kingston is top-ranked OHL team
Kingston Frontenacs are rated as the no. 1 team in the Ontario Hockey League in the Canadian Hockey League’s pre-season edition of its top-10 rankings for the 2014-2015 season.
The weekly rankings of the CHL’s top 10 teams are selected by a panel of National Hockey League scouts. …[read more]
Owen Headrick and two LSSU coaches
As HockeyNewsNorth.com was first to report on Wednesday, Soo Thunderbirds defenceman Owen Headrick has committed to play for the Lake Superior State University Lakers of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association effective the 2015-2016 season. …[read more]
Owen Headrick commits to LSSU Lakers
Lake Superior State University Lakers of the Division 1, Western Collegiate Hockey Association have secured a commitment from a plum prospect in their own backyard.
HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed that Owen Headrick, a 1997 birth-year defenceman who hails from Garden River First Nation, has committed to LSSU and will begin his collegiate career with the Lakers effective the 2015-2016 season. …[read more]
Midweek Notes
Here ’n there on September 10: …[read more]
Alpena Flyers free tryout camp
How does a free tryout sound?
Alpena Flyers of the Midwest Jr. Hockey League will be holding their main tryout camp September 22-26 at Northern Lights Arena in Alpena, Mich.
…[read more]
Formidable Frontenacs
The youngest head coach in the Ontario Hockey League has a simple message for his players.
28-year old Paul McFarland, who is about to begin his rookie season as a head coach in the OHL, wants his Kingston Frontenacs to “play the right way.” …[read more]
Snow in St. Charles
Veteran junior defenceman Shane Snow will suit up for the St. Charles Spirit of the new Canadian International Hockey League this season.
St. Charles coach-general manager Scott Ginson told HockeyNewsNorth.com that Snow, a 5-foot-11, 190 pound, 1995 birth-year defenceman who has played in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League with the Blind River Beavers and Soo Thunderbirds, has signed with the CIHL Spirit. …[read more]
Soo Eagles take Rollie King Cup
Soo Eagles of the North American Hockey League have possession of the Rollie King Cup.
The Eagles swept the Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League by 3-1 and 7-1 scores on the weekend to win the Rollie King Cup showdown between the Twin Soo rivals. …[read more]
Metro Jets start with a win
Veteran forward Alex Holm scored two goals and added an assist as the Metro Jets opened the 2014-2015 North American 3 Hockey League regular season with a 5-0 win over the visiting Cleveland Jr. Lumberjacks on Saturday night at Lakeland Arena in Waterford. …[read more]
Ready…set…CIHL
The new Ontario-based, junior hockey league that detractors said would never get off the ground is less than a month away from dropping its first puck.
With four teams in northern Ontario and four more from the southern area of the province, the Canadian International Hockey League is ready and set to go with a regular-season schedule to begin during the first week of October. …[read more]
Brody Brunet to LSSU
Sudbury area product Brody Brunet has committed to the Lake Superior State University Lakers of the Division 1, Western Collegiate Hockey Association effective the 2016-2017 season.
…[read more]
Getting ready to Attack
The coach has his players in Attack mode.
Batchewana Attack is prepping for the inaugural season of the new Canadian International Hockey League under the watchful eyes of a coach who knows his way around the game.
…[read more]
Spitfires to Wolves
Sudbury Wolves have acquired 1995 birth-year forward Brody Milne from the Windsor Spitfires in an Ontario Hockey League traded finalized earlier today. …[read more]
OHL grad to assist Attack
Batchewana Attack of the new Canadian International Hockey League has brought aboard former Ontario Hockey League defenceman Trevor Solomon as an assistant coach. …[read more]
Sandpaper Silk
He doesn’t turn 20-years old until the end of November but Brody Silk has already played four seasons in the Ontario Hockey League for the Sudbury Wolves. …[read more]
Fronts to Spits
Windsor Spitfires have added some versatility with the acquisition of Slater Doggett from Kingston Frontenacs in an Ontario Hockey League trade finalized earlier today. …[read more]
Midweek Notes
Here ’n there on September 3: …[read more]
Dorval making good first impression
To be sure, the step up from minor midget hockey to the major junior level is a big one.
But thus far, 1998 birth-year centre Zack Dorval has been making a good impression as he climbs the ladder from the Soo Thunder midgets to the Kingston Frontenacs of the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]