Giving thanks for hockey
It is Thanksgiving weekend in Canada. But as there are family dinners with turkey and stuffing planned, there is also hockey to be played and enjoyed. …[read more]
NOJHL showcase event
Teams from throughout the 12-member Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League will hit the ice for the third annual showcase tournament to be held at the Gerry McCrory Countryside Sports Complex in Sudbury on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. …[read more]
OHL scout likes Soo boys
At least one Ontario Hockey League scout sees a duo of defensemen from the Soo Minor Thunderbirds of the Great North Midget Hockey League as potential first or second round picks at the 2019 priority selections draft. …[read more]
NOJHL East heats up
Hearst Lumberjacks and Kirkland Lake Gold Miners are putting the heat on the pace-setting Powassan Voodoos in the East Division of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Porco: 5 goals in 5 games
It has taken Saginaw Spirit left winger Nick Porco just five games into the 2018-2019 Ontario Hockey League regular season to match his goal total from the 2017-2018 campaign. …[read more]
Numbers on Soo midgets
It has been a struggle through the first month of the 2018-2019 Great North Midget Hockey League regular season for both the Soo Major Thunderbirds and the Soo Minor Thunderbirds. …[read more]
NHL scouting likes Soo boys
Sault Ste. Marie products Nick Porco of the Saginaw Spirit and Keegan Stevenson of the Guelph Storm are among 44 players from the Ontario Hockey League who have made the initial ‘players to watch’ list ahead of the 2019 National Hockey League draft. …[read more]
Majors math: 4-4 = 500
A weekend sweep of the North Bay Minor Trappers and the Soo Major Thunderbirds has vaulted the surging Timmins Majors to the .500 mark in the Great North Midget Hockey League. …[read more]
Adieu to a good oldtimer
He was a retired elementary school teacher and one of the founders of the Soo Water Tower Inn 35’s oldtimers hockey team. Good guy Branko Danicich passed away suddenly on Saturday at the age of 76. …[read more]
The Wolves are howling
Sudbury Wolves are showing some teeth. Since being soundly cuffed by the Barrie Colts just a few days ago, the Wolves have responded with a pair of come-from-behind victories to improve their record to 3-2-0 in the early going of the 2018-2019 Ontario Hockey League season. …[read more]
Cougars busy at the rinks
The men’s and women’s hockey teams from Sault College were on the ice against the Michigan-based Davenport University Panthers on the weekend. …[read more]
Soo draft prospects
Defenseman Jack Matier heads a list of 2003 birth year skaters from the Soo Minor Midget Thunderbirds of the Great North Midget Hockey League who have been tapped as potential prospects for the 2019 Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft. …[read more]
Wolves win home opener
A night after being shellacked 10-3 by the Barrie Colts, Sudbury Wolves roared back to upend the Oshawa Generals 5-2 on Friday. It was the home opener for the Wolves, who evened their record at 2-2-0 in the early going of the 2018-2019 Ontario Hockey League season. …[read more]
Debut win for BR goalie
Blind River Beavers tightened up the standings in the West Division of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League on Thursday with the help of a new goalie. …[read more]
Big Bird Bazarin
Off to a sizzling 5-0-0 start to the 2018-2019 Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League season, Soo Thunderbirds have added more size up front. …[read more]
Home cooking in Timmins
An old sports adage relates to taking it one game at a time. That aside, Timmins Majors of the Great North Midget Hockey League have two games to play this weekend. And if the Majors can take advantage of being at home, they can turn two wins into a .500 record. …[read more]
Good managing by Branch
Staring adversity straight into the eyes just two games into the 2018-2019 Ontario Hockey League regular season, Flint Firebirds general manager Barclay Branch did not blink. …[read more]
Early going in the NOJHL
We go here and there through the first three weeks of the 2018-2019 Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League regular season. …[read more]
Firebirds are Bangs on
Having lost two straight games to begin the 2018-2019 season and giving up a whopping 18 goals in the process, Flint Firebirds have acquired 2000 birth year defenseman Ryan Bangs in an Ontario Hockey League trade with the London Knights. …[read more]
Saginaw adds vet d-man
Looking to bolster his team’s blue-line brigade with experience, Saginaw Spirit general manager Dave Drinkill has traded for fifth-year, overage defenseman Reagan O’Grady. …[read more]
Major weekend at home
Timmins Majors get to stay home this weekend. After playing five of their first six games of the 2018-2019 Great North Midget Hockey League season on the road, Timmins is home for games on Saturday night and Sunday morning. …[read more]
Eagles win home opener
After beginning the 2018-2019 season with five road games, Soo Eagles skated to a 7-3 home-ice victory over the Blind River Beavers before more than 700 fans at Pullar Stadium. …[read more]
Talking up the OHL north
I have never been reticent about trying to boost — when and where it is opportune and worthy — hockey in northern Ontario. And I had the occasion of doing that on television earlier this week during a guest segment on CTV News Northern Ontario. …[read more]
Setting it up in Sudbury
It is an iconic Ontario Hockey League franchise that has been more than 45 years in the making. But since entering the OHL along with their since-more-successful, northern neighbour Soo Greyhounds in 1972, the Sudbury Wolves have never won a league championship and have never participated in the Memorial Cup tournament. …[read more]
Major home match
Having started the 2018-2019 Great North Midget Hockey League regular season with three road games, the Timmins Majors will play their home opener on Friday night. …[read more]
Coach in Cruise control
The first year head coach of the Soo Major Midget Thunderbirds is encouraged by the commitment that is being shown by his players in the early stages of the 2018-2019 Great North Midget Hockey League season. …[read more]
Saginaw skates past Soo
Rookie centre Cole Perfetti potted a pair of goals as the Saginaw Spirit skated past the visiting Soo Greyhounds 5-2 as the regular season in the Ontario Hockey League opened tonight. …[read more]
Beavers dam good so far
Winners of four of five games to begin the 2018-2019 season, Blind River Beavers are the top team in the West Division of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Seen on the Soo scene
The rinks in the area surrounding Sault Ste. Marie are full of action. Regular season schedules got underway in both the Great North Midget Hockey League and the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League a couple of weekends ago. And the bright lights of the Ontario Hockey League will shine on the Soo Greyhounds and 19 others teams beginning this week. …[read more]
Up north in the OHL
At first blush, it would appear that the Soo Greyhounds, Sudbury Wolves and North Bay Battalion are all poised to at least make the Ontario Hockey League playoffs in 2018-2019. …[read more]
Into the Spirit of things
Now this is what can be called a promotion. Beginning with its regular season opener against the Soo Greyhounds on Wednesday, Saginaw Spirit of the Ontario Hockey League will introduce a 90 minute food and drink special that will be held before every home game at The Dow Event Center. …[read more]
Soo PW Hounds advance
Soo Pee Wee AA Minor Jr. Greyhounds have moved on to Sunday’s semi-final match at the Peterborough Kawartha Lakes Hockey Tournament. …[read more]
Goals by Baber and Porco
Sault Ste. Marie products Camaryn Baber and Nick Porco combined to score the tieing and winning goals as the Saginaw Spirit upended the Flint Firebirds 6-4 in Ontario Hockey League exhibition play from Friday. …[read more]
Campbell piling up points
Rookie David Campbell continued his frantic scoring pace on Friday as the Powassan Voodoos won their third straight game to begin the 2018-2019 Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League season. …[read more]
PW minor Hounds tie twice
Soo Pee Wee AA Minor Jr. Greyhounds skated to a pair of opening day ties this afternoon at the Peterborough Kawartha Lakes Hockey Tournament. …[read more]
Mackenzie Ableson signs up
Soo Major Midget Thunderbirds of the Great North Midget Hockey League have added yet another player to their growing roster, Hockey News North has confirmed. …[read more]
Enrolled at Sault College
It reads as a display of commitment and depth. With a 26 player roster that includes 14 forwards, eight defensemen and four goalies, the Sault College Cougars are poised for their first full season as members of the Michigan Collegiate Hockey Conference. …[read more]
Soo major midget add-ons
Two more players have been added to the roster of the Soo Major Midget Thunderbirds of the Great North Midget Hockey League, Hockey News North has confirmed. …[read more]
Okay start in Great North
Take into account that they still have room on the roster for three more players and it was a decent start to the 2018-2019 regular season for the Soo Major Midget Thunderbirds. …[read more]
Early shines in the NOJHL
A pair of 16-year old draft picks from the 2018 Ontario Hockey League priority selections process are off to good starts as Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League rookies. …[read more]
Hamilton hires Pat Jarrett
Reigning Ontario Hockey League champion Hamilton Bulldogs have rounded out their coaching staff for the 2018-2019 season with the hiring of Sault Ste. Marie native Patrick Jarrett, Hockey News North has confirmed. …[read more]
Majors take it to T-Birds
Brennen Martel potted a pair of third period goals to propel the visiting Timmins Majors to a 5-2 win over the Soo Major Midget Thunderbirds in Great North Midget Hockey League action from this afternoon. …[read more]
Soo major midgets win one
A pair of empty net goals iced a Great North Midget Hockey League season-opening victory for the Soo Major Midget Thunderbirds over the Timmins Majors. …[read more]
Great North season begins
A pair of doubleheaders tops the slate of activity as the 2018-2019 Great North Midget Hockey League season gets going this weekend. …[read more]
Soo major midgets add two
Soo Major Midget Thunderbirds of the Great North Midget Hockey League have added two players to their roster, Hockey News North has confirmed. …[read more]
Soo Indians v. Soo T-Birds
Soo Indians of the Michigan Amateur Hockey Association and Soo Major Midget Thunderbirds of the Great North Midget Hockey League will face off against each other four times over the course of the 2018-2019 season. …[read more]
NOJHL watchtower views
A writer’s selection of storyline material as it relates to the tidy, well-maintained, Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
OHL watchtower views
A writer’s selection of storyline material ahead of the approaching 2018-2019 Ontario Hockey League regular season. …[read more]
Soo major midgets so far
Mike Creedon, who is the general manager of the Soo Major Midget Thunderbirds, has confirmed the commitment of two goalies, four defensemen and nine forwards to Hockey News North ahead of the 2018-2019 Great North Midget Hockey League season. …[read more]