Firebirds to Rock
A top goalie prospect of the Flint Firebirds of the Ontario Hockey League is slated to develop with the Timmins Rock of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League for the 2022-2023 season, Hockey News North has confirmed.
…[read more]Dog days of school
Many players at the junior A level have aspirations to move on to go to school and play college hockey. And that is what several graduates of the Dryden Ice Dogs of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League have signed up for effective the 2022-2023 school season.
…[read more]Birds boss reflects on big season
Cole Jarrett could not have envisioned what would transpire in his debut season as part owner and head coach of the Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. Not only did the Thunderbirds finish atop the standings of the 12-team NOJHL with a regular season record of 38-5-5 but they pulled off an epic comeback to win the league playoff championship.
…[read more]Busy on the Beaver dam
Blind River Beavers of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League absolutely made a whopper of a splash with the recent signings of three young high end players — a defenseman, a forward, and a goalie — from the Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League.
…[read more]Beavers add Majors d-man
Blind River Beavers of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have signed three more rookies ahead of the 2022-2023 season, Hockey News North has confirmed. Included in the trio is 2005 birth year defenceman Tucker McConnell-Fritz from the Timmins Majors of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League.
…[read more]T-Birds trade talented tender
He is on the move from the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League champion Soo Thunderbirds to the Lindsay Muskies of the Ontario Jr. Hockey League in a cash exchange. After a spectacular 2021-2022 rookie season, 2004 birth year goalie Noah Metivier is leaving town.
…[read more]Muswagon chooses Sault College
Yet another seasoned skater from the Dryden Ice Dogs of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League has made a commitment to the Sault College Cougars of the Division 2, American Collegiate Hockey Association for the 2022-2023 season.
…[read more]Aboflan opts for Blind River
A third member of the 2021-2022 Great North Under 18 Hockey League champion Soo Jr. Greyhounds has signed with the Blind River Beavers of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, Hockey News North has confirmed.
…[read more]Beavers deal with Walleye
Ryan Doucette will stay at home to play junior hockey for the 2022-2023 season. Doucette has been acquired by the Kam River Fighting Walleye of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League from the Blind River Beavers of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, Hockey News North has confirmed.
…[read more]Blind River to Timmins
Goalie Patrick Boivin is on the move in a Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League trade that has been confirmed by Hockey News North.
…[read more]Beavers are keen on Kallo
Yet another graduate of the Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League has signed with the Blind River Beavers of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]Burns signs with Blind River
It would appear that the Blind River Beavers are set in the net ahead of the 2022-2023 Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League season.
…[read more]SIJHL MVP is off to school
Maxime Collette is taking his considerable scoring skills to the Division 3, National Collegiate Athletic Association level.
…[read more]Trappers to Voodoos
Powassan Voodoos of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have stayed in their neighbourhood and signed high scoring forward Will Bourre from the North Bay Trappers of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League.
…[read more]Blind River to Sudbury
Sudbury Cubs have made a move to solidify their veteran goal-keeping presence following the graduation of prime time puck-stopper Joel Rainville.
…[read more]OHL Firebirds to AHL Marlies
Goalie Luke Cavallin, who backstopped the Flint Firebirds to their most successful season in franchise history, has signed a pro contract.
…[read more]New bunch for Crunch
Tom Nickolau has made several staff additions ahead of his second full season as president and head coach of the Cochrane Crunch of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]Let the trades begin
Junior hockey is officially open for business ahead of the 2022-2023 season. Multiple transactions involving teams from the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have received the proper approval.
…[read more]‘We are the North!’
Team Northern Ontario showed the opposition from the Greater Toronto Area and other Southern Ontario centres who was boss at the recent Draft Day Hockey Inc. Prospects Tournament for 2008 birth year players. Made up of players from Sault Ste. Marie, Blind River and Greater Sudbury, Northern Ontario won all five of its games to emerge as champions of the elite event.
…[read more]Scenes from the SIJHL
It was an uneven 2021-2022 season in which teams played varying numbers of games including one league member that called it quits mid way through the schedule. Still, there were teams and players in the Superior International Jr. Hockey League that rose to different forms of prominence.
…[read more]New conductor on the Express
Jason Rapcewicz has hired an experienced asset for the hockey operations department of the Espanola Express.
…[read more]Good vibes of the NOJHL
It was a 2021-2022 campaign capped by successive seventh and deciding playoff games of epic entertainment. And there was no scarcity of regular season fanfare in a Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League where eight of 12 teams were clear-cut contestants and younger players were prominent performers.
…[read more]Baby Birds lacked experience
The fact that the Soo Thunderbirds went winless in losing all four of their games at the recent 10 team, Centennial Cup national junior A hockey championship tournament only tells part of the story.
…[read more]Soo Eagles tryout camp
Lincolnwood, Illinois will be the site of an upcoming open tryout camp being staged by the Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. See below for details on how to register.
…[read more]Spirit catches Lincoln Moore
Saginaw Spirit has wasted little time in signing Garden River First Nation product Lincoln Moore to an Ontario Hockey League standard player contract.
…[read more]Set in net is a good bet
It starts with the starting goaltender. As it generally does with a junior A level hockey team. And as the Wisconsin Lumberjacks look to add on and build from this past season into the next one they have the makings of being set in net with holdover Kyler Lowden as the no. 1 goalie.
…[read more]Sault Major names coaches
As part of its elite program, the Sault Major Hockey Association has confirmed a number of head coaches ahead of the 2022-2023 season. They are as follows.
…[read more]The life and times of Lenny
He is a character like few others with an upbeat personality, a devilish smile and a motor of a mouth. He is also a winner and has taken his high wire act as a coach and general manager from the North of Superior Hockey League to the Greater Metro Hockey League to the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to the Central Canada Hockey League. He goes by the name of Ryan Leonard but is simply — and affectionately — known as Lenny to many in the junior hockey world.
…[read more]Northern teams eliminated
Neither of the clubs from northern Ontario will advance to the playoff round of the 10 team Centennial Cup national junior A hockey championship tournament that is being held in Estevan, Saskatchewan.
…[read more]Flint continues to motor
This is an unprecedented playoff run for the Flint Firebirds. Now into the third round of the 2022 post season, Flint had never won a single playoff series before in an Ontario Hockey League franchise history that began in 2015.
…[read more]Bright light on Red Lake
A brace of levelling losses has the Red Lake Miners winless through their first two games of the Centennial Cup national junior A hockey championship tournament in Estevan, Saskatchewan.
…[read more]Zeppa shines on big stage
Soo Thunderbirds have lost both games to begin the Centennial Cup national junior A hockey championship tournament in Estevan, Saskatchewan. The Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League champs lost to the Summerside Capitals of the Maritime Hockey League on Friday despite a big game performance from goalie Noah Zeppa.
…[read more]Teleco Cup assertion
Three junior A hockey teams have committed to the Teleco Cup pre-season tournament that is slated for September 9-11 at Norwest Arena on the outskirts of Thunder Bay. They are one team from the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League and two from the Superior International Jr. Hockey League including the host Kam River Fighting Walleye.
…[read more]Frenzy of the Fighting Walleye
If there is a model for success for a junior A hockey franchise in its first full season then just take a look at the Kam River Fighting Walleye. Besides a first place finish during the 2021-2022 regular season as the new kids on the block in the seven member Superior International Jr. Hockey League, Kam River — along with the established Dryden Ice Dogs — topped the attendance chart, well above the rest.
…[read more]Good ways of the NOJHL
More and more it has become a league of choice and course of action for players from across Canada and into the United States. It has men who coach for a living, rather than as a sideline. And the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League has parity as evidenced by the fact that seven of its 12 teams finished above the .500 mark — and an eighth came in a mere game below it — during the 2021-2022 regular season.
…[read more]Sault College lacks fan link
To be sure, there is a clear disconnect between the men’s hockey program at Sault College and the local fan base.
…[read more]Whiteduck, hockey & school
Pineshish Whiteduck says he is looking forward to the next chapter in his hockey career. It is a turning of a page that is poised to have him combine hockey and education at Sault College effective the 2022-2023 semester season.
…[read more]Thunderbird magic
On the cusp of being upset by a lower seeded team that had finished nine points behind them in the regular season standings, Soo Thunderbirds rallied from a three games to none deficit to edge the Hearst Lumberjacks for the 2022 Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League playoff championship.
…[read more]Dryden Ice Dogs AGM
Franchise mainstay Mike Sveinson will remain at the helm of the Dryden Ice Dogs of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League for a ninth consecutive term.
…[read more]There will be a Game 7
One game will determine the playoff champion of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League for the 2021-2022 season.
…[read more]Whiteduck lands at Sault College
Sault College Cougars have signed an energetic, speedster with prior experience in both the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League and Superior International Jr. Hockey League ahead of the looming 2022-2023 academic/athletic season.
…[read more]Pueblo to Sioux Lookout
Sioux Lookout Bombers of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League have a commitment from a goalie ahead of their 2022-2023 debut season.
…[read more]Cavallin in command
Soo Greyhounds have fired 114 shots at Flint Firebirds goalie Luke Cavallin through the first two games of their second round Ontario Hockey League playoff series.
…[read more]T-Birds take another
Soo Thunderbirds have extended the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League championship series to a sixth game. Playing at home on Sunday, the Thunderbirds held on for a 3-2 win over the Hearst Lumberjacks.
…[read more]Birds are still chirping
Top seed Soo Thunderbirds have remained in contention for the 2022 Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League championship.
…[read more]Spirit of the U18 Jr. Hounds
Saginaw Spirit has now had a top two pick at both the 2021 and 2022 Ontario Hockey League under 18 supplemental draft. And both times the Spirit has taken a right winger from the Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League.
…[read more]Miners prep for May days
Red Lake Miners dug deep to clinch the 2022 Superior International Jr. Hockey League championship on April 30. Now, the Miners have until May 19 before playing again, which is when they will begin to represent the SIJHL at the 10 day, 10 team Centennial Cup national junior A hockey championship tournament in Estevan, Saskatchewan.
…[read more]New hire for Sudbury Cubs
Darryl Moxam has long been a fixture in Sudbury as a high level hockey coach of good repute with multiple affiliations in his home town. And now, the 45-year old Moxam is returning to the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League from the Ontario Hockey League without leaving Sudbury.
…[read more]Road hogs of Hearst
Playing in enemy territory has brought out the beast in the Hearst Lumberjacks this Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League playoff season. Remarkably, Hearst has won eight of nine games away from home thus far in the playoffs.
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