Humble Hounds tumble home
This one has to hurt. With a commanding two games to none lead, Soo Greyhounds could not fend off the charging Owen Sound Attack. …[read more]
Tryouts here, tryouts there
There are few teams that remain in a playoff picture depicting the 2016-2017 season. Others are already planning ahead to 2017-2018 in the form of spring tryouts. Some of the tryouts slated by teams in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League and the Great North Midget Hockey League are as follows. …[read more]
Eastern market supremacy
After all, through two rounds of Ontario Hockey League playoffs, it is the no. 1 and no. 2 seed teams that will face off in the Eastern Conference finals. …[read more]
Hounds seek Easter treat
And just like that, Soo Greyhounds are staring elimination from the Ontario Hockey League playoffs straight in the eyes. …[read more]
Some love for Iroquois Falls
Iroquois Falls has served the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League well for almost 20 years. Perhaps now the NOJHL can show some love to the little town that loves hockey. …[read more]
Soo Eagles open tryout
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]
Big news out of French River
French River Rapids of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have confirmed a revamping of the two-year old franchise with the appointment of Sherry Bassin as senior director of hockey operations and Ken Strong as head coach. …[read more]
Hounds knock on Wood
Soo Greyhounds ended the fifth-and-final round of tonight’s first-ever Ontario Hockey League under-18 draft by selecting a second local product. …[read more]
Storm hits Bradon Caruso
Sault Ste. Marie product Bradon Caruso has been selected by the Guelph Storm in the second round of tonight’s first-ever Ontario Hockey League under-18 draft. …[read more]
Hounds draft Noah Boman
The first-ever Ontario Hockey League under-18 draft for players born in 1999 and 2000 is underway and Soo Greyhounds have opted for a local product in the first round. …[read more]
OHL playoff picture
Did you really think the Owen Sound Attack was going to retreat from its Ontario Hockey League playoff series with Soo Greyhounds without putting up a fight? …[read more]
Sault Major names 8 coaches
Sault Major Hockey Association has confirmed eight of the coaches who will head its elite program teams for the 2017-2018 season. …[read more]
Kap Flyers spring camp
Kapuskasing Flyers of the Great North Midget Hockey League will be holding a three-session camp that begins next week and then extends into the end of the month. …[read more]
Sault Major to name coaches
Sault Major Hockey Association will soon unveil its head coach selections for the 2017-2018 season including those who will head up the major and (proposed) minor midget teams. …[read more]
Back behind the NB bench
My old buddy Guy Blanchard has committed to return to coach the North Bay Trappers of the Great North Midget Hockey League for a second season. …[read more]
Blind River v. Powassan
Just call it a small-town showdown between two Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League markets with a combined population of less than 8,000. …[read more]
A steal for Saginaw
Methinks that perhaps not even the Saginaw Spirit has an idea of how much of a steal it got when the Ontario Hockey League team pilfered fibrous forward Camaryn Baber in the third round of Saturday’s minor midget draft. …[read more]
Express return of old coach
Tommy McCarthy will be returning to the Espanola Express of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League for the 2017-2018 season. …[read more]
New/old coach in Kap
Glen Denney is returning to the Kapuskasing Flyers as head coach after a two-year hiatus from the Great North Midget Hockey League team. …[read more]
North Bay 5, Soo 1
The facts are in the books. North Bay Trappers had five players selected at Saturday’s Ontario Hockey League draft compared to just one from their Great North Midget Hockey League counterparts, the Soo Greyhounds. …[read more]
Spirit shows in Porco, Baber
Saginaw Spirit of the Ontario Hockey League showed a shine for a pair of forwards from Sault Ste. Marie today in spending high draft picks on forwards Nick Porco and Camaryn Baber. …[read more]
Beaver fever in Blind River
For the first time in a Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League history that began in 1999, the Blind River Beavers are headed to the championship series. …[read more]
Porco drafted in 1st round
Plum left winger Nick Porco has been picked by the Saginaw Spirit in the first round, fourth overall, of today’s Ontario Hockey League minor midget draft. …[read more]
Baber drafted in 3rd round
Hard-driven, hard-skating, highly-skilled forward Camaryn Baber has been selected by the Saginaw Spirit in the third round, 57th overall, of today’s Ontario Hockey League minor midget draft. …[read more]
MacKay drafted in 5th round
Right winger Cole MacKay has been picked by the hometown Soo Greyhounds in the fifth round of today’s Ontario Hockey League minor midget draft. …[read more]
North Bay d-man drafted
Slick defender Payton Vescio of the North Bay Trappers has been selected by the North Bay Battalion in the fourth round of today’s Ontario Hockey League minor midget draft. …[read more]
Iroquois Falls to Hearst
Iroquois Falls Eskis are on the move to nearby Hearst effective the 2017-2018 Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League season. …[read more]
Hounds fend off Attack
There are a few happenings that stand out from Games 1 and 2 of the Ontario Hockey League Western Conference playoff series between Soo Greyhounds and Owen Sound Attack. …[read more]
Blind River goes up 3-1
Blind River Beavers are one win away from advancing to the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League championship series for the first time in a franchise history that began in 1999. …[read more]
Flint moves up in draft
Flint Firebirds have swapped three picks with Mississauga Steelheads ahead of Saturday’s Ontario Hockey League draft. …[read more]
OHL draft underway…sort of
Barrie Colts will make centre Ryan Suzuki the first overall pick at Saturday’s Ontario Hockey League minor midget draft. …[read more]
Eagles will try to tie it up
Buoyed by a seven-point burst from Canadian Soo products Jake Palmerio and Nick Trecroce in Game 3, Soo Eagles will try to even their playoff series with Blind River Beavers tonight. …[read more]
Guelph Storm fires coach
A coaching vacancy has arisen in the Ontario Hockey League as the Guelph Storm has parted ways with bench boss Jarrod Skalde. …[read more]
Ingham or Mancina?
Mississauga Steelheads have a net decision to consider as they get set to face Oshawa Generals in the second round of the Ontario Hockey League playoffs. …[read more]
Second round OHL playoffs
Impressive they were, these Soo Greyhounds, in skating to a Game 1 victory over the visiting Owen Sound Attack as Round 2 of the Ontario Hockey League playoffs got underway on Wednesday. …[read more]
Late-round look at Cicchello
It is almost certain that not only will Camaryn Baber be picked within the top two (or three) rounds of this Saturday’s Ontario Hockey League draft but that the Soo Greyhounds forward will be the first player taken from the Great North Midget Hockey League. And while there is no such certainty regarding Tristano Cicchello, the Soo defenseman looms as an intriguing late-round possibility. …[read more]
Two Soo boys pace Eagles
Canadian Soo products Jake Palmerio and Nick Trecroce dominated the score sheet tonight as Soo Eagles blanked Blind River Beavers in Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League playoff action. …[read more]
Minor midget team for Soo?
Sault Ste. Marie could be home to two teams in the Great North Midget Hockey League effective the 2017-2018 season. …[read more]
Thrills but no upsets in OHL
Two of the eight first-round series went to a seventh-and-deciding game. But all told, all eight of the higher-seeded teams prevailed to advance to the second round of the Ontario Hockey League playoffs. …[read more]
Powassan a perfect seven up
Powassan Voodoos are within one win of sweeping their second successive Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League playoff series. …[read more]
Hounds await Attack
Soo Greyhounds have home-ice advantage but Owen Sound Attack has been a formidable force of power over a 52-game stretch. …[read more]
Injured Eagles on the mend
A troika of forwards led by high-scoring Roman Gaudet could bolster the Soo Eagles as they return home for Games 3 and 4 of their Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League playoff series with the Blind River Beavers. …[read more]
Stevenson to sign with Storm
Winger Keegan Stevenson, who skated with Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League this season, is set to sign with Guelph Storm of the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
Soo trio of top OHL prospects
Three forwards from Sault Ste. Marie are projected to be taken within the top two rounds of this Saturday’s Ontario Hockey League draft. …[read more]
Oshawa cued the comeback
No. 6 seed Sudbury Wolves were poised for the upset of no. 3 seed Oshawa Generals. But it was Oshawa that upset Sudbury’s plans to pilfer the opening round Ontario Hockey League playoff series. …[read more]
Hall of Sault College hockey
Pending official approval, Sault College Cougars will be a part of the American Collegiate Hockey Association with Division 3 status for the 2017-2018 season. …[read more]
Bronze medal for NB Trappers
In a showdown between Great North Midget Hockey League rivals, North Bay Trappers got the best of the host Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves in a bronze-medal keeper at the Ontario Hockey Federation regional tournament. …[read more]
Wolves forward suspended
Sudbury Wolves will be minus fibrous forward Michael Pezzetta for the remainder of their hard-boiled playoff series with the Oshawa Generals. …[read more]
Wolves backed into corner
Their backs are up against the wall and there is no guarantee of tomorrow if they do not come out playing their very best hockey tonight. …[read more]