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]
Kapuskasing via Timmins
Kobe Barrette is changing Great North Midget Hockey League teams. The 2002 birth year forward has opted to join the Kapuskasing Flyers from the Timmins Majors. …[read more]
Thrower to Sault College
Yet another high-end player with considerable experience at the junior level has signed on to play with the Sault College Cougars of the American Collegiate Hockey Association. …[read more]
NOJHL to Tillsonburg
1997 birth year forward Taylor Woolcott has signed with the Tillsonburg Hurricanes of the Greater Metro Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Memorial Cup reunion
Members of the 1993 Memorial Cup champion Soo Greyhounds are holding a 25th anniversary reunion weekend beginning on Friday of this week. …[read more]
OHL goalie market
A veteran goalie or two could be on the move ahead of, or just into, the 2018-2019 Ontario Hockey League season. …[read more]
Jordan Smith to Hounds
Sault Ste. Marie native Jordan Smith is moving on from the Sudbury Wolves after one season as associate coach for a job with the Soo Greyhounds, Hockey News North has learned. …[read more]
Give Dean a chance
John who? That is a question more than one fan and advertiser was asking after the Soo Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League hired 37-year old John Dean as their new head coach. …[read more]
Espanola raids Rayside
Espanola Express has ruffled the rivalry with the Rayside Balfour Canadians by raiding its Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League neighbours of an associate coach, assistant coach, equipment manager and trainer. …[read more]
Rayside to Cochrane
Cochrane Crunch has acquired 1999 birth year forward Baldino Aiello from the Rayside Balfour Canadians in a cash exchange, Hockey News North has confirmed. …[read more]
New settlers hit the Rapids
The off-season recruitment of youthful players to French River continues for the Rapids of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Greyhounds new coach is …
Soo Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League have settled on a new bench boss, Hockey News North has confirmed. …[read more]
Cusp of the rising Spirit
The Spirit is set to rise in the Great Lakes Bay Region, specifically the mid Michigan, Ontario Hockey League town of Saginaw. …[read more]
Nick Porco has the Spirit
He is a polite, respectful, mature young man who just turned 17 years old in March of this year. And while Sault Ste. Marie is home, he is eagerly anticipating a return to Saginaw for his second season in the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
Signed up in Timmins
Timmins Majors of the Great North Midget Hockey League have signed 12 players ahead of their August 17-19 training camp preparatory to the 2018-2019 season. …[read more]
Miller hits the jackpot
Sault Ste. Marie native Colin Miller has signed a four-year, $15.5 million contract with the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League. …[read more]
Khull boys to Sault College
Forwards Max Khull and Steven Khull are both moving on from the Blind River Beavers of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to the Sault College Cougars of the American Collegiate Hockey Association. …[read more]
Kingston coach search
Kingston Frontenacs of the Ontario Hockey League are going to a Plan B of sorts as they look for a new head coach. …[read more]
Majors have net worth
Any hockey team at any level can forge a path of success by having a dependable, winning goalie. Based on that, the Timmins Majors midgets have a head start on the 2018-2019 season. …[read more]
Cirella feels the Heat
Joe Cirella has become the third member of the Soo Greyhounds coaching staff to leave the Ontario Hockey League team since the end of the 2017-2018 season, Hockey News North has confirmed. …[read more]
Pro job for Bobby Jones
Career coach Bobby Jones has moved a step closer to a National Hockey League job. Jones, who hails from the Sault Ste. Marie area beach town of Haviland Bay, has joined the Texas Stars of the American Hockey League as an assistant coach. …[read more]
Hockey writer’s wish list
As a self-employed individual who makes a living by selling advertising and writing about hockey, it can be assumed that I am consumed by the sport. …[read more]
6 Firebirds with NHL ties
Boasting a roster of some of the best young talent in the Ontario Hockey League, Flint Firebirds seem poised to return to the Western Conference playoffs in 2018-2019 after missing out on the post season in 2017-2018. …[read more]
NOJHL to CFL
Donnie Bruni, a former Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League goalie with the Blind River Beavers, is moving up in the Canadian Football League business world. …[read more]
Majors golf tournament
Timmins Majors of the Great North Midget Hockey League will be holding their second annual golf tournament on Sunday, July 29. …[read more]
Sault College stability
As Sault College has been granted official status as members of the Michigan Collegiate Hockey Conference that plays within the American Collegiate Hockey Association, the Cougars are in the process of putting together their roster ahead of the 2018-2019 season. …[read more]