Powassan Voodoos add two
The new Powassan Voodoos of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have completed their first trade in franchise history.
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Six skaters with a sweet Soo side
The warmth of the August sun is pointing to the ice of September.
As the clock ticks toward the 2014-2015 junior hockey season, let us take time to begin our watch on six notable players with a Sault Ste. Marie side to them.
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Brett Findlay to Toronto Marlies
Echo Bay product Brett Findlay is poised to move up the hockey ladder.
Findlay, a 1992 birth-year forward who was part of an East Coast Hockey League championship team with the Alaska Aces in 2013-2014, has signed an American Hockey League contract with the Toronto Marlies.
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Seven up for Batchewana Attack
Nate Harris, a 5-foot-10, 160 pound, 1996 birth-year forward from Glenbrook North High School in Chicago, has become the seventh player to sign with the Batchewana Attack of the new Canadian International Hockey League.
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Lucky 13 for Sudbury Royals
Sudbury Royals of the new Canadian International Hockey League now have 13 players signed, general manager KB Beals has confirmed to HockeyNewsNorth.com. …[read more]
USHL to OHL
From one major junior league to another.
Defenceman Chad Duchesne is poised to leave the United States Hockey League for the Ontario Hockey League.
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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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Fresh start in Mattawa
David Beauchamp is young — very young — as far as being an owner of a junior A hockey team goes.
Not yet 30-years old, Beauchamp is about to begin his second season as an owner in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League.
To be sure, Beauchamp is hoping for better days in 2014-2015 as owner and general manager of the Mattawa Blackhawks, formerly the North Bay Trappers.
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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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Two OHL draft picks to Batchewana
A duo of dandy defencemen from Sault Ste. Marie with ties to the Ontario Hockey League have signed with Batchewana Attack of the new Canadian International Hockey League.
Attack president-director of hockey operations David Maciuk told HockeyNewsNorth.com that Nick Trecroce and Adam Baggs have committed to Batchewana for the 2014-2015 season.
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Soo Thunderbirds add hometown forward
Matt Pinder is returning home to Sault Ste. Marie to continue his junior hockey career, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed.
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NY Apple Core to Batchewana Attack
Robert Delury, a 5-foot-11, 190 pound, 1995 birth-year forward from New York, has signed with the Batchewana Attack of the new Canadian International Hockey League.
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Where is the Mattawa schedule?
Perhaps this is much ado about nothing.
But is it just me or has the Mattawa Blackhawks schedule been removed from the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League website?
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Another day in hockey paradise
Officially, Sault Ste. Marie is unofficially Hockeytown, at least to us Twin Soo residents who have ice in our veins.
Our status as Hockeytown comes from the fact that the Twin Soo market is home to no less than five teams in five different junior leagues and a Division 1 collegiate program.
At any rate, the dog has been fed, the morning walk has been completed and the grass has been cut and watered.
Ergo, let’s check in on the six high-level teams within the Twin Soo border.
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Thunderbirds major midget tryouts
Head coach Jim Capy has advised HockeyNewsNorth.com that tryouts for the Soo Thunderbirds of the Great North Midget Hockey League will be held on Monday, August 18 from 4-6 p.m., Tuesday, August 19 from 5-7 p.m. and Wednesday, August 20 from 5-7 p.m. at John Rhodes Community Centre.
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Player promotion is a CIHL goal
with files from Brent Cooper
The new Canadian International Hockey League has unveiled a website that is dedicated to the promotion of its players.
Chad Clarke, director of social media communications for the CIHL, said the goal of the player-driven website is, simply put, promotion. …[read more]
CIHL switch
As it stands, the new Canadian International Hockey League will begin the 2014-2015 season with eight teams — four in northern Ontario and four in southern Ontario.
CIHL founder and president Tim Clayden said that the Central Ontario HTI Stars will be replaced by a Toronto entry and that the new league will proceed with eight teams as planned.
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Early August brunch
Here ’n there on a Canadian holiday Monday:
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August tryout camps
Various teams in various junior hockey leagues will be holding their main tryout camps during the month of August.
Following are details on several of them.
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Branding the Michigan Warriors
Through their four-year existence in the North American Hockey League, the Michigan Warriors have been an on-ice success.
Under the tried, tested and true leadership of coach-general manager Moe Mantha, the Warriors have won two North Division playoff titles in the four years they have been playing out of Perani Arena in Flint.
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Mattawa coach packs it in
In a surprise move — and with the start of the 2014-2015 Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League regular season less than five weeks away — Zane Neily has stepped down as head coach of the Mattawa Blackhawks.
Mattawa owner-general manager David Beauchamp confirmed Neily’s abrupt departure to HockeyNewsNorth.com.
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Sudbury Royals sign Russian rocket
Score one for Sudbury’s new junior A hockey team.
Speedy Sergey Erileev is taking his goal-scoring machine to the Sudbury Royals of the new Canadian International Hockey League.
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Soo Eagles promote from within
Alex Sawruk has been promoted to full-time associate coach with the Soo Eagles of the North American Hockey League, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed.
The 34-year old Sawruk, who hails from the Michigan Soo, was a volunteer assistant with the Eagles in 2013-2014. …[read more]
Soo Thunderbirds sign a speedster
Soo Thunderbirds have added a small-but-speedy centre to their roster.
Thunderbirds general manager Kevin Cain has confirmed that the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League team has signed 1997 birth-year pivot Matt Caruso.
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A first for the new Batchewana Attack
Personnel from the Batchewana Attack of the new Canadian International Hockey League made their first public appearance at a press conference held earlier today.
Members of the local media representing HockeyNewsNorth.com, Sault This Week, SooToday.com, CTV Sault Ste. Marie and radio station Oldies 93 were on hand at Rankin Arena to hear from Attack primary owner David Maciuk, general manager Dennis Bolton and head coach Denny Lambert. …[read more]
Good intentions for two teams in one town
Where I live — the Canadian side of the International Bridge at Sault Ste. Marie — has become home to two junior A hockey teams in two separate leagues.
And like it or not, it has resulted in a cross-fire of sorts between factions loyal to either side.
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Hounds top pick commits
The message has been sent.
The message has been received.
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Sudbury signings include plum prospect
Sudbury Royals of the new Canadian International Hockey League have signed four players from their recent tryout camp, general manager KB Beals has confirmed to HockeyNewsNorth.com.
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Andrew Barbeau has what it takes
Suffice to say that Moe Mantha knows a thing or two about defencemen, having patrolled the blueline in the National Hockey League over a career that spanned 12 seasons and 673 games. …[read more]
K is for Kujawinski
As Kingston Frontenacs look to build on a 2013-2014 regular season in which their 84 points were second most in the Eastern Conference of the Ontario Hockey League, 1995 birth-year centre Ryan Kujawinski is eagerly awaiting the 2014-2015 campaign. …[read more]
Stops and starts
Recent junior hockey player and personnel moves to peruse: …[read more]
Be-Leaf in Kyle Dubas
So, the boy wonder is leaving Houndtown for the Show and taking his new wife with him.
And it’s not just any seat in the Show.
At age 28 — and just three years after being named general manager of the Soo Greyhounds — Kyle Dubas is departing a small-market Ontario Hockey League team to become the assistant GM of the Toronto Maple Leafs on what is the National Hockey League’s biggest stage. …[read more]
CIHL looks to Northwest development
The Canadian International Hockey League — an Ontario-based loop operating under the auspices of the United Hockey Union and sanctioned by the Amateur Athletic Union — has announced the appointment of an experienced manager to oversee development and expansion to Northwestern Canada. …[read more]
OHL is staying in Mississauga
The Ontario Hockey League will retain its presence in Mississauga for at least another four years.
Mississauga Steelheads have confirmed that they have reached a new four-year lease agreement that will keep the OHL team at the Hershey Centre. …[read more]
Blind River to Northland College
Tim Perks, a 1993 birth-year forward who finished the 2013-2014 season with a flourish for Blind River Beavers of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, is off to the National Collegiate Athletic Association ranks. …[read more]
Ex-OHLer to assist Batchewana Attack
Sault Ste. Marie’s new junior A hockey team has made another major coaching hire.
Gary Roach is joining the Batchewana Attack of the Canadian International Hockey League as an assistant to head coach Denny Lambert, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
Sudbury Royals have a doctor in the house
Acupuncture and traditional medicine are a passion for Dr. Martin Beals, who has been practising in the Greater Sudbury Area for about 20 years.
Hockey is another passion of Dr. Beals — so much so that he teamed up with his son, KB, to start a new junior team in the Greater Sudbury Area. …[read more]
Toronto Maple Leafs hire Kyle Dubas
The boy wonder is moving on and up.
Kyle Dubas is leaving the Soo Greyhounds for the Toronto Maple Leafs, HockeyNewsNorth.com confirmed this morning. …[read more]
Record numbers: NAHL to NCAA
NAHL.com exclusive by Alex Kyrias with files from Randy Russon
It’s been said that every young hockey player grows up with a dream.
For the majority of those who are playing junior hockey in the United States, that dream is to one day play college hockey within the National Collegiate Athletic Association ranks. …[read more]
Batchewana Attack tryout camp
Batchewana Attack of the new Canadian International Hockey League will be holding its inaugural open tryout camp on August 8, 9 and 10 at Lake Superior State University’s Taffy Abel Arena. …[read more]
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]
Erie Otters sign Frankie Pucci
Multiple sources have confirmed that 1997 birth-year centre Frankie Pucci — who led the Soo Indians major midgets in scoring in 2013-2014 — has signed with the Erie Otters of the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
Good and bad of newest Greyhound
He has a history that is both good and not-so-good.
First the good news.
Gabe Guertler, a 5-foot-9, 185 pound, 1995 birth-year centre, can put the puck in the net. …[read more]
Nickel City Sons to Sudbury Royals
Sudbury Royals of the new Canadian International Hockey League have committed to a hometown skater who played in the Great North Midget Hockey League in 2013-2014.
Royals general manager KB Beals has confirmed the addition of 1997 birth-year forward Dexter Lamarche to the roster of the CIHL team. …[read more]
A mid-summer hockey day
Seems as though there is no such thing as a day or a night away from hockey, even in mid-summer.
Take yesterday, for instance. …[read more]
U of Minnesota to Soo Greyhounds
Gabe Guertler is departing the University of Minnesota to play for the Soo Greyhounds.
Greyhounds general manager Kyle Dubas confirmed today that Guertler, a 1995 birth-year centre, is leaving the Division 1, National Collegiate Athletic Association ranks to play in the Ontario Hockey League for the Soo. …[read more]
NOJHL to CIHL
After three full seasons as a top-notch, high-scoring defenceman with the Blind River Beavers of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, Scott Marshall is taking his talents to the St. Charles Spirit of the new Canadian International Hockey League. …[read more]
St. Charles has net worth
Jonathan Goulet has become the first goalie to sign with the St. Charles Spirit of the new Canadian International Hockey League. …[read more]
New GM for Espanola Rivermen
Espanola Rivermen of the new Canadian International Hockey League has a new general manager.
Area businessman Chad Clarke — who spent the 2013-2014 season as assistant general manager and game-day co-ordinator for the Rivermen, formerly of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League — also has experience in the sports promotion area. …[read more]