Mauro opts for Blind River
Midget-aged forward Justin Mauro of Sault Ste. Marie has signed with the Blind River Beavers of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, Hockey News North has confirmed. …[read more]
Hockey talk and patio bars
Even when it isn’t hockey season, it is. If you play hockey, are a hockey parent, a hockey coach, or if you write about hockey, it becomes a year-round focus, if not a fascination. …[read more]
Changes in Rayside Balfour
There are new personnel in place at the helm of the Rayside Balfour Canadians of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Ciraulo joins JDM Sports
Having coached more than 300 players who went on to the college level and more than 60 others who advanced to play professional hockey, Bill Ciraulo is joining JDM Sports as its Detroit area representative. …[read more]
Saginaw goes Wilde
Call it a walk on the Wilde side. Two years after choosing Bode Wilde in the second round of the 2016 Ontario Hockey League draft, the Saginaw Spirit has signed the 2000 birth-year defenseman. …[read more]
Major news from Timmins
Four more for the core. Timmins Majors of the Great North Midget Hockey League have signed three forwards and a defenseman from their weekend training camp. …[read more]
Express via Brockville
Espanola Express of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League has inked 1999 birth year forward Zack Matyasik from the Brockville Tikis of the Central Canada Tier 2 Hockey League. …[read more]
Soo team gets into Yoga
Soo Minor Midget Thunderbirds of the Great North Midget Hockey League have incorporated the physical, mental discipline of Yoga into their training regime. …[read more]
The legend of Mav
He can be called an Ontario Hockey League legend and few — if any — would dispute that notion. He can also be termed gruff but pleasant, ornery but kind, a beer-drinking guy who coached and managed against the best of them. …[read more]
Oulahen, Findlay, Rutledge
Flint Firebirds of the Ontario Hockey League have finalized their coaching staff ahead of the 2018-2019 season, general manager Barclay Branch has confirmed. …[read more]
This Bud’s for Sudbury
A vacant coaching position has drawn former Ontario Hockey League bench boss Bud Stefanski out of retirement. Stefanski, who originally hails from the northeastern Ontario mining town of Timmins, has joined the Sudbury Wolves as an assistant on the staff of head coach Cory Stillman. …[read more]
Good for David Matsos
He is known as a good guy in the inner and outer circles of the Ontario Hockey League. And the recent hiring of David Matsos as head coach is seen as a good move by the reigning OHL champion Hamilton Bulldogs. …[read more]
Villalta has the numbers
There are sidebars to the rebuild project that the Soo Greyhounds are undertaking after a bid to win the Ontario Hockey League championship came up short this past spring. …[read more]
Hamilton adds draft picks
Reigning Ontario Hockey League champion Hamilton Bulldogs have acquired three future draft picks in a trade with the Guelph Storm. …[read more]
CCHL Nepean to OHL Flint
Flint Firebirds of the Ontario Hockey League have gone to the Nepean Raiders of the Central Canada Hockey League to hire a new associate coach. …[read more]
Summer signings in Hearst
Determined to improve on his team’s first season in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, Hearst Lumberjacks coach-general manager Marc Lafleur has spent the summer signing high-end players new and old ahead of the 2018-2019 campaign. …[read more]
Great North to Espanola
The new-look Espanola Express of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League has signed two players from the Great North Midget Hockey League, Hockey News North has confirmed. …[read more]
Guelph coach is a Wiseman
Guelph Storm of the Ontario Hockey League has added to its staff with the hiring of Chad Wiseman as assistant coach. …[read more]
RBC at major junior camps
No less than 13 players from the Rayside Balfour Canadians of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League will be headed to main camps of teams in the Ontario Hockey League and Quebec Major Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Express via Quebec
Espanola Express of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League has confirmed the signing of Quebec-born, 2000 birth-year defenceman Malcom Gamelin. …[read more]
Matsos is the man
Reigning Ontario Hockey League champion Hamilton Bulldogs have promoted from within to replace graduated head coach John Gruden, Hockey News North has confirmed. …[read more]
Timmins to Timmins
Timmins Rock of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League has signed 2000 birth-year forward Cameron Chisholm. A local product, Chisholm tallied 13 goals, 16 assists, 29 points in 41 games for the Timmins Majors of the Great North Midget Hockey League in 2017-2018, regular season and playoffs included. …[read more]
Good deal for Flint
Apropos a position of consequence in hockey, it starts between the pipes. And where the stakes are high and there is parity within the two conferences, quality goalies are coveted in the 20-team Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
Team NOHA taps Brick
Thessalon native Kyle Brick has been named head coach of the Team NOHA minor midgets for the 2018-2019 hockey season. …[read more]
Net gain for the Wolves
Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League have signed world-class, Finnish-born goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen. …[read more]
Flint nets big fella Vella
Flint Firebirds of the Ontario Hockey League have bolstered their net balance with the addition of 1998 birth year goalie Emanuel Vella from the Mississauga Steelheads, Hockey News North has confirmed. …[read more]
OHL perusal, prognosis
August has just arrived. Ergo, it might be referred to, in these dog days of summer, as pre-pre season in the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
Express via Toronto
Espanola Express of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League has signed 6-foot-4, 210-pound forward Adam Morgan, Hockey News North has confirmed. …[read more]
Want to make the Eagles?
Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League will hold their main tryout camp on Friday through Sunday of this week at Big Bear Arena in the Michigan Soo. …[read more]
Saginaw holds Wilde card
Towering defenseman Bode Wilde has — through various media outlets — declared his intention to play in the Ontario Hockey League come the 2018-2019 season. But as of this date, Wilde has yet to sign with the OHL team that drafted him in 2016. …[read more]
Soo Eagles move ’em up
Defenseman Thomas Dyball will be joining former Soo Eagles teammate Jake Palmerio with the Concordia University Falcons, which is a Division 3, National Collegiate Athletic Association program. …[read more]
Crunch has 6 spots open
As the reigning champions of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, there are expectations for the Cochrane Crunch to have another banner season in 2018-2019. …[read more]
Majors on the golf course
Staff members and players with the Timmins Majors were joined by alumni and supporters of the Great North Midget Hockey League team at a golf tournament fundraiser on Sunday. …[read more]
Setting up in Saginaw
It is being seen as a matter of when, not if. And it should happen within the next season or so. That is, there is a strong hockey Spirit that is set to rise. …[read more]
Houndtown transformation
The slate in the coaches office has been wiped clean. As the Soo Greyhounds prep for the 2018-2019 season following a 2017-2018 campaign that did not result in expected victory, there are new coaches at the helm. …[read more]
Big winger to Sault College
Sault College Cougars of the American Collegiate Hockey Association have added yet another player with junior experience. …[read more]
Good kids … good cause
Members of the Soo Pee Wee Minor AA Jr. Greyhounds held a car wash and barbecue recently as a fundraiser for the family of five-year old Kayge Fowler. …[read more]
Sault College via NOJHL
Beware the Sault College Cougars. To be sure, manager of hockey operations Mark Hebert is building a prowling program at Sault College that is featuring a growing number of players with high-level junior experience. …[read more]
Back in the Irish net
Detroit Fighting Irish of the U.S. Premier Hockey League has solidified one of its goaltender spots ahead of the 2018-2019 season. …[read more]
Porco a top prospect add
Sault Ste. Marie product Nick Porco has a shot at playing for Canada’s under-18 summer hockey team. The 2001 birth-year left winger is fresh from his rookie season in the Ontario Hockey League as a first-round draft pick of the Saginaw Spirit. …[read more]
Kowalsky to New Jersey
Rick Kowalsky’s 12-year apprenticeship as a minor pro head coach has finally resulted in a promotion to the National Hockey League. …[read more]
Hamilton coach search
For the second time in three summers, Hamilton Bulldogs president and general manager Steve Staios is conducting a search for a new head coach for the Ontario Hockey League team. …[read more]
Soo minor midgets so far
Head coach Jamie Henderson has confirmed 18 of the 19 players for the 2018-2019 edition of the Soo Minor Thunderbirds of the Great North Midget Hockey League. …[read more]
Fighting Irish open skates
Detroit Fighting Irish of the U.S. Premier Hockey League has announced a series of open skates ahead of its September 6-8 tryout camp. …[read more]
Wolves promote Moxam
Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League have elevated Darryl Moxam from part time assistant coach to full time associate coach. …[read more]
RBC has a new associate
Rayside Balfour Canadians of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have named a new associate coach with ties to the Sudbury area. …[read more]
Get well, Dan Vasquez
He is well known for his relentless promotion as an activist for youth and junior hockey in the Downriver area of Detroit and within the inner city itself. …[read more]
Gruden to NY Islanders
John Gruden is moving on — and up — after his Ontario Hockey League championship season with the Hamilton Bulldogs, Hockey News North has confirmed. …[read more]
Signed up over in Flint
Another building block is in place. Flint Firebirds have a commitment from their third round pick at the 2018 Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft. …[read more]