When I think of Windsor
Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League and the city itself will be in the national spotlight as hosts of the 2017 Memorial Cup tournament that begins on May 19. As someone with a long association to Windsor through family and hockey, thoughts are many and memorable related to the town and the Spitfires. …[read more]
Yes to North Bay, no to Soo
There will be no minor midget team from Sault Ste. Marie added to the Great North Midget Hockey League but a second entry from North Bay has been accepted effective the 2017-2018 season. …[read more]
Hounds top dog signs on
Some call a signing a formality. But just as it is exciting when a player is drafted in to the Ontario Hockey League there is also a level of excitement when an actual agreement is signed. …[read more]
Espanola Express to Bethel
1996 birth year defenseman Riley Tilot is moving on from the Espanola Express of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to the Division 3, National Collegiate Athletic Association program at Bethel University. …[read more]
Wolves scout is Taylor made
Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League have confirmed the promotion of seasoned talent judge Mike Taylor to head scout. …[read more]
Spirit of the north fills camp
Northern Ontario will pipeline a prolific player presence when the Saginaw Spirit holds its prospect camp this weekend. …[read more]
Porco, Baber star at Gold Cup
Featuring the top 2001 birth-year players in Ontario, the 2017 edition of the eight-team OHL Gold Cup tournament wrapped up on the weekend. …[read more]
Cochrane to UMass-Boston
Forward Nate Viberg is moving on from the Cochrane Crunch of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to play at the Division 3, National Collegiate Athletic Association level. …[read more]
Cormier key to Spirit revival
As the Spirit seeks to rise in Saginaw and return to the Ontario Hockey League playoffs in 2017-2018 it could well begin with the presence of goalie Evan Cormier. …[read more]
Crunch to Colonels
All-star defenseman Joe Thielen is moving up from the Cochrane Crunch of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to the Curry College Colonels, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
10 new Flyers in Kap
Kapuskasing Flyers of the Great North Midget Hockey League have committed to 17 players — including 10 newcomers — for the 2017-2018 campaign. …[read more]
Soo Eagles tryout update
Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League will play host to an open tryout camp next weekend (May 12-14) at Big Bear Arena in the Michigan Soo. Check-in time is Friday at 4 p.m. at the Big Bear. …[read more]
Big move up for big defender
He is not likely to be a first or second round pick at next month’s National Hockey League draft. But 1999 birth-year defenseman Fedor Gordeev of the Flint Firebirds of the Ontario Hockey League has gone from earlier projections as a seventh-round pick to a possible third or fourth round selection. …[read more]
Bertuzzi hockey family, Act 3
They have family and hockey roots that are deep within the gritty northern Ontario town of Sudbury. But at the Ontario Hockey League level it is the Guelph Storm that continues to serve as home to the Bertuzzi family. …[read more]
Blind River to Sault College
Andrew Trowbridge is moving on from three full seasons with the Blind River Beavers of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to play for the Sault College Cougars effective the 2017-2018 campaign. …[read more]
Brennan Roy piles up points
From the Kapuskasing Flyers of the Great North Midget Hockey League to the erstwhile Abitibi Eskimos of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to the best defenseman in the Ontario Jr. Hockey League as a member of the Cobourg Cougars. …[read more]
Better late than never
Centre Blade Jenkins did a bit of an end around. But the end result is that the first round draft pick of the Saginaw Spirit from 2016 has signed up with the Ontario Hockey League team. …[read more]
Otters and Steelheads
Facing off for the 2016-2017 Ontario Hockey League championship are the no. 1 seed from the Western Conference and the no. 2 seed from the Eastern Conference. …[read more]
BR Beavers to Concordia
Blind River Beavers forward Zak Lambrecht is headed back to his home state of Minnesota to play for the Concordia College Cobbers effective the 2017-2018 season, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
Blade catches the Spirit
The press keeps rolling on what has been a very good news week for the Saginaw Spirit of the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
More on the Porco signing
It was a packed press conference with cameras and tape recorders rolling as the Saginaw Spirit confirmed the signing of its first round pick from the 2017 Ontario Hockey League draft. …[read more]
Top pick Porco has the Spirit
Already possessing considerable Spirit with some of the best young talent in the Ontario Hockey League, a new kid on the block has signed up in Saginaw. …[read more]
Good job, Brandon Grandinetti
A standout in the classroom and a high-end defenseman on the ice, Sault Ste. Marie’s Brandon Grandinetti is headed to new heights. …[read more]
Soo Eagles to Wisconsin
Chris Murphy, who led Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League in scoring this past season, has committed to play for the University of Wisconsin-River Falls Falcons. …[read more]
NB Trappers to Mississauga
Defenseman Jake Gravelle, who starred with the North Bay Trappers of the Great North Midget Hockey League this past season, has signed with the Mississauga Steelheads of the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
May 1 musings
A little bit of this and a little bit of that. That is how we will head into May and the continuation of a hockey season that never really ends. …[read more]
It will be Erie v. Mississauga
The finalists for the Ontario Hockey League championship series have been finalized. Erie Otters ousted the Owen Sound Attack today to cap a Western Conference series comeback. …[read more]
Soo Eagles tryout camp info
Want to play junior hockey in the original Hockeytown USA? Well, Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League will play host to an open tryout camp on May 12-14 at Big Bear Arena in the Michigan Soo. …[read more]
Iroquois Falls to Cochrane
Cochrane Crunch owner-general manager-coach Ryan Leonard has confirmed the hiring of former Iroquois Falls Eskis bench boss Jamy Bernier. …[read more]
Express commitment to NCAA
Hard-nosed, high-scoring forward Aaron Roschinsky is taking his talents from the Espanola Express of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to the Division 3, National Collegiate Athletic Association level. …[read more]
Signed up in Kap
Kapuskasing Flyers of the Great North Midget Hockey League have signed 13 players ahead of the continuation of their spring tryout camp which wraps up this weekend. …[read more]
Steelheads success story
A pre-season favourite to be a top contender within the Eastern Conference of the Ontario Hockey League, it instead looked for a while as though the Mississauga Steelheads were going to be the bust of the 2016-2017 campaign. …[read more]
Lining up to work for 67’s
Two very attractive positions in the Ontario Hockey League have opened up with the resignation of Jeff Brown as coach and general manager of the Ottawa 67’s. …[read more]
Change of the guard in Ottawa
After three seasons on the job — and three Ontario Hockey League playoff appearances — Jeff Brown has resigned as coach and general manager of the Ottawa 67’s. …[read more]
Seven straight for Steelheads
The hottest team in the Ontario Hockey League is neither of the Western Conference powerhouses, the Erie Otters or Owen Sound Attack. Rather, it is the surging Mississauga Steelheads, winners of seven straight playoff games. …[read more]
New coach for Timmins Rock
Ryan Woodward will take over from the retired Paul Gagne as head coach of the Timmins Rock of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Beavers, Brick and an old goat
They may not be the best team in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. But the Blind River Beavers went from 11th place overall in 2015-2016 to the NOJHL championship series in 2016-2017. …[read more]
Wolves sign 1st-rounder
Centre Blake Murray has officially committed to the Sudbury Wolves after being their first round pick at this month’s Ontario Hockey League minor midget draft. …[read more]
More power to Powassan
They are celebrating in Powassan, a small-market town of champions. A franchise in only its third season of existence, the Powassan Voodoos are the best of what the 12-team Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League has to offer. …[read more]
Major project in Timmins
There is nowhere to go but up for the Timmins Majors. And the Great North Midget Hockey League team is already planning ahead to the 2017-2018 campaign. …[read more]
Erie chases elusive title
For the fourth straight year, the Erie Otters are in the Western Conference finals. Will this be the year they finally win the Ontario Hockey League championship? …[read more]
Rider on the Storm
George Burnett rode back into Guelph the other day, almost 20 years after coaching the Storm to the 1997-1998 Ontario Hockey League championship. …[read more]
Want to play for Soo Eagles?
Attention junior-aged players looking to play hockey in Sault Ste. Marie. Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League will play host to an open tryout camp on May 12-14 at Big Bear Arena in the Michigan Soo. …[read more]
Back in the Beaver dam
Home ice is where the Blind River Beavers will try to get even with the Powassan Voodoos in Games 3 and 4 of their Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League championship series. …[read more]
Plans for Iroquois Falls fans
Cochrane Crunch owner-general manager-coach Ryan Leonard has a plan for the 2017-2018 Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League season that includes the neighbouring town of Iroquois Falls. …[read more]
Timmins Majors tryouts
Attention midget-aged players in the Timmins area. As they look to rebuild their program, Timmins Majors of the Great North Midget Hockey League will be holding a tryout camp this weekend. …[read more]
Major change of the guard
George Burnett. Barclay Branch. Rob Papineau. In a day of major change at the helm of Ontario Hockey League teams, this troika of decision makers defined movement. …[read more]
Great North recognition
All in all, it was a pretty-good showing by the Great North Midget Hockey League at the recent, first-ever, Ontario Hockey League under-18 draft. …[read more]
Branch is in like Flint
Barclay Branch has vacated his position as general manager of the Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League to take an expanded role with the Flint Firebirds, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]