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]
Rapids sign Wolves pick
Speedy centre Ryan Smith, an 11th round pick of the Sudbury Wolves at the 2018 Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft, has signed with the French River Rapids of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Russian goalie has Spirit
Looking to solidify its net worth with the graduation of overage backstop Evan Cormier, Saginaw Spirit of the Ontario Hockey League selected Russian-born goalie Ivan Prosvetov with the 13th overall pick at today’s Canadian Hockey League import draft. …[read more]
Almaguin to Sweden
A pair of players from the Greater Metro Hockey League champion Almaguin Spartans have signed pro contracts with a Division 2 team in Sweden. …[read more]
Thunderbirds to Cougars
Mark Tassone is moving on from three successful seasons with the Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to play for the Sault College Cougars of the American Collegiate Hockey Association. …[read more]
New direction in Great North
Consummate volunteer Albert Corradini is moving up from his long-time position as general manager of the Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves to take over as commissioner of the Great North Midget Hockey League. …[read more]
New gig for Bronson Kovacs
Sault Ste. Marie’s Bronson Kovacs has signed a new professional hockey contract with DEAC, which plays out of Debrecen, Hungary. The signing will become official on Friday of this week, Hockey News North has confirmed. …[read more]
OHF honours NOJHL boss
Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League commissioner Robert Mazzuca has been recognized by the Ontario Hockey Federation for his volunteer service. …[read more]
Building blocks of Flint
After posting a winning record and making the playoffs with a veteran-laden team in 2016-2017, Flint Firebirds rebuilt the engine in 2017-2018 and missed the post season with a young group of players. …[read more]
Summer hockey talk
If you are a hot bed hockey fan or, in this case, one who writes about the sport, the time of year does not seem to matter. That is, whether it is hockey season or hockey off-season, the hockey talk does not stop. …[read more]
Wild about this kid
Saginaw Spirit forward Damien Giroux, who hails from the Sudbury area town of Hanmer, is now a National Hockey League prospect of the Minnesota Wild. …[read more]
NY Islanders show Spirit
New York Islanders snagged forward Blade Jenkins from the Saginaw Spirit of the Ontario Hockey League in the fifth round of today’s National Hockey League entry draft. …[read more]
Seven up for the OHL
Seven players from the Ontario Hockey League, including two from both the Soo Greyhounds and London Knights, were among the 31 skaters who were chosen in the first round of the 2018 National Hockey League draft. …[read more]
Reaching for the Stars
Ty Dellandrea has become the first player in the three-year Ontario Hockey League history of the Flint Firebirds to be selected in the first round of the National Hockey League draft. …[read more]
Rowe to Sault College
Sault College Cougars of the Division 3, American Collegiate Hockey Association have confirmed the commitment of local product Austin Rowe ahead of the 2018-2019 season. …[read more]
Culina to Carolina camp
Sault Ste. Marie product Mario Culina is headed to the National Hockey League rookie camp of the Carolina Hurricanes, Hockey News North has learned. …[read more]
Bob Gainey, for Petes sake
A storied Ontario Hockey League franchise has gone back to its celebrated past to bring a Hall of Fame, Stanley Cup champion home to Peterborough. …[read more]
OHL coach ascension
As the Ontario Hockey League develops players for the professional ranks, so too is it a training ground for coaches. …[read more]
Back for a second season
Skilled centre Jason Uhl has committed to the Sault College Cougars of the Division 3, American Collegiate Hockey Association for a second season. …[read more]
A walk on the Wilde side
It is a story, complete with headline, that I have been waiting to write for quite a while: Bode takes a walk on the Wilde side to Saginaw. …[read more]
Love the NOJHL rivalries
Geographically, the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League map extends over 400 miles from Sault Ste. Marie in the west end to Cochrane on the east side. In between, there are rivalries aplenty along the rugged highways of the Canadian Shield. …[read more]
Flying with the Eagles
Soo Eagles have defined the state of being active since the 2017-2018 Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League season ended for them in the seventh and deciding game of the West Division semi-finals. …[read more]
Saginaw gamble pays off
Center Cole Perfetti has opted for the Saginaw Spirit of the Ontario Hockey League over the University of Michigan Wolverines, a prestigious Division 1, National Collegiate Athletic Association school, Hockey News North has confirmed. …[read more]
KL knocks on Wood
Ryan Wood will be returning to the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League for a second season as coach and general manager, Hockey News North has confirmed. …[read more]
T-Birds to St. Catharines
High scoring forwards Nick Smith and Noah Solinger are poised to move on from the Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to the St. Catharines Falcons of the Greater Ontario Jr. Hockey League, Hockey News North has confirmed. …[read more]