Superior race for first place
Dryden Ice Dogs will play host to the Kam River Fighting Walleye this weekend in a two-game showdown between the top teams in the Superior International Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]U12 AA Hounds assist SOYA
For the Soo Under 12 AA Jr. Greyhounds, hockey has certainly proven to be about so much more than wins and losses and simply playing the game. To be sure, as team manager Kenny Deplonty noted, “putting on that red and white Soo Jr. Greyhounds jersey brings a responsibility to our community.
…[read more]OHL is returning to Brantford
The city of Brantford has been without an Ontario Hockey League team since the Alexanders left in 1984 after a six year existence. But the OHL has confirmed that, due to impending renovations and the long-term closure of FirstOntario Centre in Hamilton, the Bulldogs will at least temporarily relocate to Brantford effective the 2023-2024 season.
…[read more]Roar of the Cougars
Playing with a shortened lineup due to injuries did not deter the Sault College Cougars from earning a weekend split of American Collegiate Hockey Association games with the big campus Michigan State Spartans.
…[read more]Once a scout always a scout
He has scouted for multiple teams in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League for renumeration that was no more than a hat, a jacket and a cold beer or two after a given game. He has old school values and roots that have grown to embrace today’s game. Now in his early 70s, the fire for the game stills burns deep within Charly Murray as the tireless head scout and recruiter for the Sault College Cougars men’s hockey team.
…[read more]Wood is good at Sault College
He is an academic standout at Sault College as a Business Administration major with a 3.50 grade point average. He is also the captain and scoring leader on the Cougars men’s hockey team. And Caleb Wood is also a former Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League star who has good memories from his three seasons with first the Soo Eagles and then the Soo Thunderbirds.
…[read more]O, O, Ouellette!
Goalie Keiran Ouellette netted his second successive shutout and the Sudbury U18 Nickel Capitals surged to their third straight win on Wednesday with a 5-0 blanking of the crosstown Sudbury U16 Nickel Capitals.
…[read more]Respect for the Great North
There are about 200 scouts who work under the 20 general managers of teams in the Ontario Hockey League. And it is rather discernible to someone who pays close attention that players from the Great North Under 18 Hockey League do not receive the same overall monitoring as those from programs of the Greater Toronto, Southwestern Ontario and Ottawa areas of the province.
…[read more]NOJHL playoff picture
Playoff season in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League will not get underway until the third week of March. But for many NOJHL teams, just about every game being played at this stage of the regular season is like a playoff match.
…[read more]Sault College Winter Classic
Rankin Arena will be the site for what the Sault College Cougars hockey program refers to as its Winter Classic. It is slated for this Saturday when the men’s and women’s teams are both in action with respective 2:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. games.
…[read more]U16 Caps have net worth
Nick Marson and Mateo Beites of the Sudbury U16 Nickel Capitals form the youngest goalie set among the eight teams of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League.
…[read more]U18 Hounds clip U16 Caps
It was more of the same today as the Soo Under 18 Greyhounds faced off against the visiting Sudbury Under 16 Nickel Capitals in the second game of a Great North Under 18 Hockey League weekend series.
…[read more]Home cooking for U18 Hounds
Not to say that the Soo U18 Greyhounds didn’t deserve to win. Just saying that the Sudbury U16 Nickel Capitals deserved a better shake from the referees.
…[read more]NOHA evaluation camp
A total of 43 select players with 2007 birth dates from teams in the Great North Under 18 Hockey League have been picked to attend an upcoming Northern Ontario Hockey Association camp.
…[read more]Kam River prospect camp
Hockey season never really ends. And as such, the Kam River Fighting Walleye of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League has already scheduled a prospect identification camp for this summer. See below for details.
…[read more]U16 Caps v. U18 Hounds
It will be tantamount to a David versus Goliath hockey matchup when the visiting Sudbury Under 16 Nickel Capitals take on the Soo Under 18 Jr. Greyhounds this weekend at John Rhodes Community Centre.
…[read more]Borrelli in Blind River
Sault Ste. Marie product AJ Borrelli is getting an extended stay with the Blind River Beavers of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. The 16-year old goalie will remain with Blind River as an affiliate player until February 4, Hockey News North has confirmed.
…[read more]Paper Kings spring camp
Espanola Paper Kings of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League are already in the planning stages for the 2023-2024 season. Paper Kings head coach Jason Rapcewicz and general manager Marc Gagnon have confirmed a northern evaluation camp for April 28-29 in Espanola.
…[read more]Ice Dogs in pursuit of Walleye
Dryden Ice Dogs have sledded within tracking range of the Kam River Fighting Walleye atop the standings of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]U16 AA Jr. Hounds are hot
Four straight wins on the weekend have solidified the Soo U16 AA Jr. Greyhounds lead atop the standings of the Northern Ontario Hockey Association’s eight-team U18 AA program. The U16 AA Greyhounds now have a record of 17-4-3 within NOHA regular season play.
…[read more]A tale of two AP goalies
What were the chances of this? Two goalies from Sault Ste. Marie who play for separate Great North Under 18 Hockey League teams in Sudbury both dressed as affiliate player backups for opposite clubs in the same Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League game.
…[read more]BR goalie signs OHL deal
Niagara IceDogs of the Ontario Hockey League have signed goalie Charlie Burns of the Blind River Beavers of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to a standard player contract.
…[read more]Highs and lows of Superior
Through addition and subtraction, the Superior International Jr. Hockey League has managed to hold steady with seven teams — six in northwestern Ontario and one in northern Wisconsin.
…[read more]Cougars have good Wood
Sault College Cougars, featuring leading scorer Caleb Wood, are in Oxford, Ohio this weekend for a series of games against American Collegiate Hockey Association opponents.
…[read more]Timmins v. Hearst
Tense. Testy. Torrid. Just three words of description that narrate the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League rivalry between the Timmins Rock and Hearst Lumberjacks.
…[read more]Message from Sault Major
(EDITOR’S NOTE: As the executive of the Sault Major Hockey Association is planning ahead for the 2023-2024 season it has posted a message of intent. It is as follows.)
…[read more]GNU18HL in Peterborough
All eight teams from the Great North Under 18 Hockey League are in Peterborough this week for the prestigious Steve Richey Tournament of Champions.
…[read more]Kowal the Paper King AP
Teams in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League are known for making good use of affiliate players from the Great North Under 18 Hockey League in the case of injury and shortened lineups.
…[read more]U18 Majors Indigenous lads
This is something to be extremely proud of. That is, Timmins Majors of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League can confirm that they are one of few teams in Canada in their age group that are made up of more than 50 per cent of players who are of Indigenous — First Nation and Metis — descent.
…[read more]Sault College men on a roll
Home at last. Sault College Cougars men’s hockey team played its first home games since the onset of the Covid pandemic this weekend.
…[read more]U18 Jr. Hounds take two
Soo Jr. Greyhounds have added to their lead atop the standings of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League with two more victories.
…[read more]A boy and his goalie hero
Owen Whitehead, who is a goalie with the Under 12 AA Soo Jr. Greyhounds, has long thought of Marc-Andre Fleury as one of his favourite National Hockey League goalies.
…[read more]Mauro propels Paper Kings
It was a nice return to the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League for Devin Mauro. The 18-year old Sault Ste. Marie product scored once and added an assist as the Espanola Paper Kings edged the French River Rapids by a 7-5 margin tonight.
…[read more]Walker and the Walleye
A showdown between the top two teams in the Superior International Jr. Hockey League is on the marquee as the first place Kam River Fighting Walleye is set to play host to the second seed Dryden Ice Dogs tonight and Saturday evening at NorWest Arena.
…[read more]From the Rock to the Majors
Timmins Majors of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League have been bolstered by the return of 17-year old forward Thomas Beard from the Timmins Rock of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]Travelling the Great North
Here ‘n there as the Great North Under 18 Hockey League picks up the pace in the second segment of the 2022-2023 season:
…[read more]Sault College teams at home
For the first time since the onset of the Covid pandemic the men’s and women’s hockey teams at Sault College will both have home games on the same weekend.
…[read more]Captain Kaden to the Cubs
The first place team in the West Division of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League strengthened itself at the Canadian Jr. Hockey League trade deadline. Sudbury Cubs obtained big centre man Kaden Laverdiere of the last place Elliot Lake Red Wings in a cash exchange.
…[read more]EPK nabs big Brinn Burleigh
Espanola Paper Kings of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League finalized their blue line brigade at the Canadian Jr. Hockey League trade deadline in a big way.
…[read more]Devin Mauro to Espanola
Sault Ste. Marie product Devin Mauro has joined the Espanola Paper Kings of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League via the Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League.
…[read more]Travelling by helicopter and train
Road trips along rugged highways to games and tournaments are a fact of life for minor hockey teams in Northern Ontario towns such as Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury, North Bay, Timmins, Kapuskasing, New Liskeard, Thunder Bay, etc. Then there is Moose Factory.
…[read more]Hope for the small goalie
There is little doubt that when it comes to goalies — especially as they get older and the level gets higher — that coaches and scouts prefer and favour those net minders who have size. But according to one reputable scout, there is once again hope for the small goalie.
…[read more]Thunderbirds and Beavers
A mid week home and home set between the Soo Thunderbirds and Blind River Beavers is on tap in the hotly-contested West Division of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]Majors stun Jr. Greyhounds
This is the upset of the season thus far in the Great North Under 18 Hockey League. Playing at home, the Timmins Majors handed the Soo Jr. Greyhounds just their second loss of the season with a 3-2 victory.
…[read more]Kramps to Kam River
Under-rated forward Noah Kramps has joined the first place Kam River Fighting Walleye of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League via the Stony Plain Flyers of the Capital Jr. Hockey League, Hockey News North has confirmed.
…[read more]Bell tolls for Espanola
Sault Ste. Marie product Coulson Bell got to make his Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League debut as a 15-year old affiliate player for the Espanola Paper Kings with family members in attendance.
…[read more]Nickel Caps to Paper Kings
A pair of productive 15-year old forwards from the Sudbury U16 Nickel Capitals of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League will make their Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League debut tonight as affiliated players for the Espanola Paper Kings.
…[read more]’06-07 Schreiber Diesels
They were only in existence for four years as a small town junior A franchise. But back during the 2006-2007 season, the upstart Schreiber Diesels won the Superior International Jr. Hockey League championship in stunning fashion.
…[read more]Elliot Lake to Sudbury
Devin Shoreman is moving from the last place team in the West Division of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to the first place club.
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