Delarosbil dings the Express
Score another one for Soo Thunderbirds forward Cole Delarosbil against his former Espanola Express crew. The 20-year old forward once again found the back of the net for his current Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League team against his former one.
…[read more]Rock climbing to the top
Points wise, Timmins Rock trails both the Hearst Lumberjacks and Powassan Voodoos atop the East Division standings of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. But with games in hand on Hearst and Powassan, Timmins has 53 points from a record of 25-5-3 for what is a league best winning percentage of .803.
…[read more]Riley rallies North Stars
It was a night of firsts. Sault College Cougars recruit Trennis Riley posted his first win in the Superior International Jr. Hockey League and the Thunder Bay North Stars scored their first victory of 2022.
…[read more]OHL extends regular season
We have good news to report from the Ontario Hockey League. The OHL has confirmed a comprehensive update to its regular season schedule. It is one that will enable all 20 OHL teams to complete their respective 68-game schedules by an extended closing date of Sunday, April 17.
…[read more]Power play proficiency
Four of the 12 teams in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have power plays that are clicking at a better than 20 per cent success rate.
…[read more]Blackburn and Lumberjacks
Wisconsin Lumberjacks forward Ryan Blackburn seems to be proving his coach right by having dealt for him at this year’s junior hockey trade deadline.
…[read more]Hounds in the Great North hunt
Along with the Sudbury U18 Nickel Capitals and the North Bay U16 Trappers, Soo Jr. Greyhounds are among the upper class teams atop the standings of the eight member Great North Under 18 Hockey League. And the major junior scouts are taking notes.
…[read more]Up North and along Superior
Here and there in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League and the Superior International Jr. Hockey League:
…[read more]Tough break for the Beavers
A broken ankle and subsequent surgery has sidelined Garden River First Nation product Nate Headrick for the balance of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League season. The big defenseman had signed with the Blind River Beavers as a free agent earlier this month and had an assist in six games while playing regular minutes.
…[read more]SIJHL on a forward path
Founded in 2001, the Superior International Jr. Hockey League has had a helter skelter existence of disorder and confusion via pop up teams in northwestern Ontario, Wisconsin and Minnesota that came and went without ever gaining validity. But the league’s newest entry, the Kam River Fighting Walleye, has swiftly become an ideal franchise. And the SIJHL is set to expand to Sioux Lookout next season.
…[read more]Rebek has seen the hockey world
When Jeremy Rebek left his Sault Ste. Marie home as a 17-year old it was the beginning of what would be three seasons as an overachieving defenseman with the Owen Sound Platers of the Ontario Hockey League.
Then came a long and winding professional hockey career that would eventually lead him to Austria, Northern Ireland and Italy before finally retiring as a player at the age of 37.
…[read more]Sault High salutes its seniors
Sault High Blue Devils closed out the home segment of the 2021-2022 regular season schedule on the weekend with a pair of victories including a 5-4 win over the Traverse City Titans on Senior Night.
…[read more]Dogs pound falling Stars
There is no longer a tie for third place in the Superior International Jr. Hockey League. Dryden Ice Dogs took care of that in ferocious fashion with a two game takedown of the Thunder Bay North Stars.
…[read more]Wild West of the North
It is setting up to be a wild ride in the West Division of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. While the East Division of the NOJHL features a torrid race for first place between three teams, the Wild West has close battles going on for the first and second, third and fourth, and fifth and sixth slots with mere points separating the pairings.
…[read more]Espanola via Thief River Falls
Espanola Express of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League has signed 2003 birth year goalie Matthew Loney. A free agent, Loney had been playing with the Thief River Falls Norskies of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]Clarke clicks for Kam River
Forward Dayton Clarke gave a three goal glimpse of why he was a prize catch by Kam River Fighting Walleye general manager Kevin McCallum at the Canadian Jr. Hockey League trade deadline.
…[read more]150 and counting for Kyle Brick
Every time the Blind River Beavers win a game it just adds to the success totals of Kyle Brick as the coach with the most victories in the history of the small market Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League team.
…[read more]Stars align for Ice Dogs
It has been two months since they last played a game. But having been inactive from game competition — first from the Christmas holiday break, then because of the Ontario government shutdown relative to the Omicron variant — Dryden Ice Dogs are slated to return to Superior International Jr. Hockey League action this weekend when they play host to the Thunder Bay North Stars in Friday-Saturday evening tilts.
…[read more]Major improvement in Timmins
Signs of progress are evident as the Timmins Majors of the Great North Under 18 Hockey League have shrugged off a slow start to the 2021-2022 season.
…[read more]New kids in T-Bay town
Thunder Bay North Stars are no longer the lone junior hockey act in town. Just a few miles away on the outskirts of T-Bay town, the Kam River Fighting Walleye is establishing itself as a Superior International Jr. Hockey League power house as the new kids on the block.
…[read more]Recommence and rehash
Return to play from a six week hiatus that spanned the holiday season and subsequent pause via Ontario government shutdown has managed to produce some good cheer throughout the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]Earning his Wings in EL debut
Defenseman Calum McGill achieved a goal in his debut with the Elliot Lake Red Wings as the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League returned to regular season action following an Ontario government mandated pause relative to the Omicron variant.
…[read more]13 straight for Kam River
It began 2022 the way it ended 2021. With another victory. Three goals in the third period lifted the Kam River Fighting Walleye to its 13th successive win as the Superior International Jr. Hockey League resumed regular season play on Friday.
…[read more]First Nations faction of SIJHL
When the Dryden Ice Dogs added three Indigenous players at the January 10 trade deadline it brought to seven the number of First Nations products who are on the active roster of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League team. Notably, as a circuit, the SIJHL became a trailblazer before the start of this season when it hired Trevor Iserhoff as its first ever director of diversity and inclusion.
…[read more]U14 Hounds are ranked 10th
Coach Terry Chitaroni and the under 14 AAA Soo Jr. Greyhounds have an overall record of 20-4-3 as they head into the 2022 segment of the minor hockey season.
…[read more]Two on tap in the NOJHL
Cochrane Crunch is at the Hearst Lumberjacks and the Sudbury Cubs are home to the Espanola Express as the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League recommences regular season play tonight.
…[read more]Blind River inks Nate Headrick
Garden River First Nation product Nate Headrick is poised to make his Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League debut as a free agent signing of the Blind River Beavers, Hockey News North has confirmed.
…[read more]Ice Dogs hounding Walleye
Dryden Ice Dogs head into the 2022 segment of the season 12 points back of the first place Kam River Fighting Walleye. But high scoring Ice Dogs forward Brady Frattinger is of the notion that Dryden is just as good — if not better — than any team in the Superior International Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]New to the Espanola net
Espanola Express of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League has signed free agent goalie Dylan Kosik, Hockey News North has confirmed.
…[read more]Thunderchief and Ice Dogs
Anticipation. It is something that many junior hockey players are feeling ahead of a return to play this week from pause related to the Omicron variant. One such player is 20-year old forward Nakoda Thunderchief of the Dryden Ice Dogs of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League.
…[read more]Firebirds in the fast lane
Clouds of uncertainty hovered over the 20 teams of the Ontario Hockey League when the 2021-2022 season began after the entire 2020-2021 campaign was lost due to the Covid-19 nemesis. More so perhaps was the unknown evident in Flint where the Firebirds had made sweeping changes to the organization with a new general manager and coaching staff.
…[read more]Thief River Falls shuts it down
They played their four most recent games — in mid January — with as few as a dozen skaters. Thus, they are shutting it down for the rest of the season.
…[read more]Four on tap for SIJHL resumption
It will be a four game weekend involving five of its seven teams when the Superior International Jr. Hockey League recommences with regular season play on February 4 and 5.
…[read more]NOJHL teams to play 48 games
As the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League has confirmed a return from pause in play next week, it has announced a reduction in regular season games for all 12 teams.
…[read more]SIJHL teams set for recommence
Kam River Fighting Walleye will be out to extend its 12 game winning streak when play resumes in the Superior International Jr. Hockey League after February 1. Meanwhile, fifth seed Wisconsin Lumberjacks will be building towards what their coach calls the “end game.”
…[read more]’62-63 was NOJHL debut season
I was in Grade 5 at Holy Angels elementary school, having just turned 10 years of age on October 25, 1962. And two days after turning 10 — October 27, 1962 — as a birthday present, my dad took me to the first ever game in Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League history as the Soo Greyhounds played host to the Espanola Eagles.
…[read more]NOJHL return to play outlook
Poised to recommence from a pause in play relative to the Omicron variant and rules of the provincial government, the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League will soon begin the 2022 section of the season.
…[read more]SIJHL shapes up for ’22 segment
Ice sheets will soon return to game use up in northwestern Ontario. The Superior International Jr. Hockey League will join other provincial alliances of similar stature in a recommence of the 2021-2022 regular season that was paused due to the Omicron variant.
…[read more]Ice time on the outdoor rink
It is a Sault Ste. Marie gem in the Canal District — a covered outdoor rink, complete with artificial ice and dressing rooms in an adjacent nearby building that also features the Blockhouse Pub.
…[read more]CCHL will play a full slate
Commissioner Kevin Abrams and the Board of Governors of the Central Canada Hockey League have confirmed that the 2021-2022 regular season will resume with practice and training on January 31.
…[read more]NOJHL restarting on February 3
Regular season play in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League will resume on Thursday, February 3, according to the NOJHL website. And there is a full slate of activity for that week.
…[read more]NOJHL poised to recommence
Given that arenas in Ontario have been cleared by the provincial government to reopen on Monday, Jan. 31, the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League will return to play at some point that week.
…[read more]Set in net in Blind River
It is a 12-team Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League that features a compound of 1-2 goalie duets of high grade standard. And in the case of the Blind River Beavers, they have no less than three goalies who have appreciable net worth.
…[read more]Cross border to Kam River
About half of the roster of the Kam River Fighting Walleye of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League is made up of local players from the Thunder Bay area. But Fighting Walleye general manager Kevin McCallum and his hockey operations staff have also gone across the Prairies and into British Columbia to recruit players to Kam River. And at the recent junior hockey trade deadline, McCallum and the Fighting Walleye added three American-born skaters.
…[read more]On and off in the ‘O’
Multiple games have been postponed and rescheduled. But the Ontario Hockey League has soldiered on through Omicron as battles rage on in both the Western Conference and Eastern Conference.
…[read more]NOJHL, SIJHL top contestants
It is a pause relative to Omicron, not a postponement. As such, there is good reason to believe that junior A hockey activity in Ontario will resume from provincial government exile either later this month or by early February. Which — for those of us from the north — seems to suggest that play in both the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League and Superior International Jr. Hockey League will recommence for the 2022 segment of the season sooner than later.
…[read more]Lumberjacks, Norskies split four
Their five Ontario members remain in provincial government pause relative to the Omicron variant. But the 2022 segment of the regular season schedule in the Superior International Jr. Hockey League began last week with four games between the SIJHL’s two American squads.
…[read more]Dryden sets up for ’22 segment
They won 10 of 11 games prior to a holiday break that has extended into a pause in the schedule relative to the Omicron variant. And when the Dryden Ice Dogs resume play in the Superior International Jr. Hockey League — the return from provincial government exile is being pegged at later this month or early next — it will be with several notable newcomers obtained at the January 10 trade deadline.
…[read more]Walleye star signs up for school
Standout forward Alex Enegren of the first place Kam River Fighting Walleye of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League has a school commitment for the 2022-2023 season.
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