Frantic night in Houndtown
All it would have taken was an overtime goal from the upset-minded visitors and the season would have come to a stunning conclusion for the no. 1 ranked team in Canada. …[read more]
Capy out as Eagles coach
Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have made a change at the head coach position, Hockey News North has confirmed. …[read more]
Seven Up
There’s nothing quite like quenching a playoff thirst than with the refreshing taste of a Game 7. Mmmmm. Bring it on, baby. …[read more]
Home sweet home
Put the pressure on. Force the issue. Take advantage of home ice. Firing it up in that fashion on Friday, Soo Greyhounds pushed Kitchener Rangers to the embers of the grill with a 7-3 sizzler before close to 4,900 partisan fans. …[read more]
Hamilton hums into finals
Hamilton Bulldogs can take a break and await the winner of the Western Conference finals between the Soo Greyhounds and Kitchener Rangers. …[read more]
Series math: 2 + 2 = tie
Depending on what side of the equation you are on, there are a number of ways to study the Ontario Hockey League playoff series between Soo Greyhounds and Kitchener Rangers. …[read more]
Crunch time for Lenny
He adds a lot of colour to the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. He can be funny, frantic and furious all in one. He is a man of his word — and a man of many words. And in his fourth season with the Cochrane Crunch since bringing junior hockey to the northeastern Ontario town of about 5,000 residents, Ryan Leonard is an NOJHL champion. …[read more]
Scouts on Beaver dam
Good teams have good scouts. Blind River Beavers of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League are a good team. And they have added more good scouts. …[read more]
Crunch a punch away
Cochrane Crunch is one click away from punching its ticket into the Dudley Hewitt Cup, Central Canada championships. …[read more]
Hounds, Bulldogs in the lead
Could this be the year of the dog in the Ontario Hockey League? To be sure, Soo Greyhounds and Hamilton Bulldogs are the pick of the litter thus far in the playoffs. …[read more]
Title tilt tied 2-2
As we catch up with the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, the Cochrane Crunch has caught up with the Rayside Balfour Canadians. …[read more]
McKenzie’s his own man
He is not nearly as well known in the hockey world as his famous dad. But very few are. Besides, Kitchener Rangers general manager Mike McKenzie is making a good name for himself on his own. …[read more]
Katchouk v. Culina
Two members of the 2014-2015 Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League and Dudley Hewitt Cup champion Soo Thunderbirds will be on opposite sides of the Ontario Hockey League, Western Conference title series. …[read more]
Standing room only
I am not a press box guy. It has nothing to do with heights (well, maybe a little) or disliking someone who sits in media row. It’s just that I would rather stand among the fans to watch a Greyhound game, walk around the rink, take in the atmosphere and listen to the various comments of the passionate hockey souls of Sault Ste. Marie. …[read more]
Soo Eagles tryout camp
A hockey season ends. And then, shortly after, the preparation for another one begins. Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have slated an open tryout camp for the May 11-13 weekend. …[read more]
Seeing the big picture
There have been a lot of things that I have really enjoyed about being involved this past year with minor hockey in Sault Ste. Marie. There are a lot of really good people out there, first and foremost. There are great parents, coaches, managers and, especially, great kids! …[read more]
Hounds fend off Attack
The hot dogs emerged as top dogs over the under dogs. A little mustard, a little ketchup, a little relish and the Soo Greyhounds finally downed the Owen Sound Attack. With a gulp. …[read more]
Seventh sojourn
Tonight’s the night. Whether it’s Rod Stewart singing it or not, tonight is the night for the Soo Greyhounds and Owen Sound Attack. …[read more]
Culina cool under fire
Overage goalie Mario Culina has back-stopped the Kitchener Rangers into the Western Conference finals for the first time since 2012. A Sault Ste. Marie product, Culina has won 21 games for Kitchener since the Rangers acquired him from the Sudbury Wolves at the January 9 trade deadline. …[read more]
Good coach, Todd Gill
Different coaches have different strengths. Different coaches implement different systems and different styles of play. …[read more]
Plenty of Spirit here
That’s the Spirit! Saginaw Spirit has moved quickly to sign its two second-round picks from the recent Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft. …[read more]
Hounds halt the Attack
Good coaches and good teams make adjustments in the wake of defeat. With a tweak or two to the master plan, Soo Greyhounds have won two straight matches to take a three games to two lead on the Owen Sound Attack in the second round, best-of-seven, Ontario Hockey League playoff series. …[read more]
Game 5 factors
They have momentum. They have restored home ice advantage. They are factors that could favour Soo Greyhounds over Owen Sound Attack as the teams meet tonight in a pivotal Game 5 of their Ontario Hockey League playoff series. …[read more]
Reaching out to offer help
Well, the coach selection process is done at the AAA hockey level in Sault Ste. Marie. And with that, I am sure there is a lot of anxiety, excitement, disappointment and some nervous people. …[read more]
Wolves add to net worth
Seeming intent on creating more competition between the pipes, Sudbury Wolves now have a pack of goalies to choose from ahead of the 2018-2019 season. …[read more]
Hockey moms for Humboldt
The deadly, horrific bus crash involving the Humboldt Broncos of the Saskatchewan Jr. Hockey League has tugged at the heart strings of the nation, while somehow bringing it closer together. …[read more]
Two jobs for Kyle Brick
Blind River Beavers of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League are showing added faith in highly-successful coach Kyle Brick. …[read more]
Soo packs, RBC plays on
And so it is written. For Soo Thunderbirds, the off-season begins. For Rayside Balfour Canadians, the games will continue. …[read more]
Hat trick for Trine
Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League are moving yet another player to Trine University, a Division 3 National Collegiate Athletic Association school. …[read more]
Way to go Wildcats!
Maverick and Sons Exteriors Sault Wildcats have returned from Mississauga with an Ontario Women’s Hockey Association, pee wee BB division, provincial bronze medal. …[read more]
NOJHL appeal process
If you happen to be one of those who is expressing outrage at Robert Mazzuca for the reduction in suspension to Rayside Balfour Canadians forward James White, don’t take your hostilities out on the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League commissioner. …[read more]
Soo Eagles to Trine X 2
Another member of the Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League has committed to Trine University, a Division 3 National Collegiate Athletic Association school. …[read more]
3-2 series lead for Rayside
Rayside Balfour Canadians have moved to within one win of advancing to the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League championship series. …[read more]
North Bay shows the way
The minor midget talent pool from North Bay out-splashed Sault Ste. Marie by several lengths at the 2018 Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft. …[read more]
Mauro has an Erie feeling
Better late than never. Soo Thunderbirds minor midget forward Justin Mauro was picked by the Erie Otters in the 15th round of today’s Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft. …[read more]
Beavers to Wolves
Sudbury Wolves made a startling selection in the 10th round of today’s Ontario Hockey League draft. In a process that is designed for players born in 2002, the Wolves opted for 2000 birth year centre Owen Robinson from the Blind River Beavers of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
David Campbell drafted
Sault Ste. Marie product David Campbell has become a prospect of the North Bay Battalion. The lanky forward, who starred for the North Bay Trappers of the Great North Midget Hockey League during the 2017-2018 season, was taken by the Battalion in the fourth round of today’s Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft. …[read more]
Hounds withstand Attack
Soo Greyhounds flirted with danger on Friday night. Oh yes they did. But the best team in the Ontario Hockey League was able to escape the danger zone and avoid a second straight Attack. …[read more]
Attack on the Hounds
Soo Greyhounds don’t have much time to lick their wounds after being soundly cuffed by the Owen Sound Attack on Thursday. …[read more]
T-Birds even the score
It has been reduced to a best-of-three series. Playing at home on Thursday, Soo Thunderbirds came through with a clutch 8-2 verdict over the Rayside Balfour Canadians to even their Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League playoff series at two games each. …[read more]
Hounds await repeat Attack
Spring has sprung a repeat playoff pose from a year ago. Soo Greyhounds and Owen Sound Attack will again face off in an Ontario Hockey League, Western Conference, semi-final series. …[read more]
Rayside steals road win
Advantage to the visitors. Rayside Balfour Canadians have taken the edge in their Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League playoff series with the Soo Thunderbirds. …[read more]
Sault Major picks coaches
Sault Major Hockey Association and its coaching selection committee have confirmed the six AAA head coaches for the 2018-2019 season. …[read more]
Rayside v. Soo resumes
The series is tied at a game apiece. There is the side bar relative to a blind-side hit that has a player out for the season with a concussion and the instigator of it suspended by the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
D-day has northern sky
D-day is looming in the Ontario Hockey League. As in the annual priority selections draft that is slated for this Saturday. …[read more]
Soo Eagles to Trine U
Having graduated from the Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, defenseman Owen Kipke has made a commitment to play at Trine University effective the 2018-2019 season. …[read more]
Baber incident comment
The incident involving Camaryn Baber of the Soo Thunderbirds (who suffered a concussion after a blind-side hit from a Rayside-Balfour Canadians player in a recent Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League playoff game) has once again put a damper on our great game. …[read more]
My Dunn birthday buddy
My trusted friend Dr. Kevin Caruso is celebrating a birthday today. Not only is Kevin an April Fools Day baby but he gets birthday wishes and hugs on Easter Sunday. …[read more]
Uproar over hit on Baber
The Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League is investigating a blind side hit on Soo Thunderbirds rookie forward Camaryn Baber that took place on the opening shift of a playoff game against the Rayside-Balfour Canadians on Friday. …[read more]