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]
Frantic fortunes
OHL Notebook:
Some are here. Some are there. Some have been removed from the Ontario Hockey League playoff picture. …[read more]
NOJHL final four begins
Blind River Beavers and Powassan Voodoos have both used home ice to take opening games in their respective Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League division finals. …[read more]
New job for Mike McKenzie
Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League have opted to promote highly-regarded Mike McKenzie to general manager effective immediately. …[read more]
Flint Firebirds on the brink
Unable to take advantage of a pair of home games, Flint Firebirds are on the brink of elimination in their first round Ontario Hockey League playoff series with Soo Greyhounds. …[read more]
No love lost in this OHL set
Oshawa Generals rookie forward Danil Antropov may have said it best when asked for his thoughts heading into Game 5 of the first round, Ontario Hockey League Eastern Conference playoff series with Sudbury Wolves. …[read more]
Soo Eagles v. BR Beavers
Separated by two miles of International Bridge and about 90 miles of highway, a pair of upstart teams will face off for West Division bragging rights within the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Kap looking for new coach
Pat Millette has opted not to return to the Kapuskasing Flyers of the Great North Midget Hockey League as their head coach for the 2017-2018 season. …[read more]
Hockey night in Hamilton
The national television lights of Sportsnet will shine on Hamilton tonight when the Bulldogs play host to the Kingston Frontenacs in Game 4 of their Ontario Hockey League Eastern Conference playoff series. …[read more]
Kings of upcoming OHL draft
Nick Porco. Thomas Harley. Nathan Staois. Three players from the Vaughan Kings minor midgets who could well be selected in the first round of the 2017 Ontario Hockey League draft. …[read more]
Pezzetta predicts Wolves win
There is no one who believes in the Sudbury Wolves more than the guys on the team. Ask game-winning goal scorer Michael Pezzetta and he’ll tell you just that. …[read more]
Beavers to face Eagles
Blind River Beavers have won a playoff series for only the second time since joining the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League in 1999. …[read more]
Wolves must stay out of box
The devil is in the details. A simple statement, yet somehow it is so often forgotten. Sunday night in Oshawa would be the perfect example of what happens when you forget. …[read more]
Back in Wolves country
Being in Sudbury for a playoff matchup as head coach of the Oshawa Generals is a homecoming of sorts for Bobby Jones. …[read more]
The mouth runneth over
High-scoring forward Ryan Moore may have let an unfortunate slip of the tongue get in the way of a possible playoff upset for the Flint Firebirds. …[read more]
Home ice shifts to Flint
Flint Firebirds have seized home-ice advantage from Soo Greyhounds with the opportunity to take control of the first-round, Ontario Hockey League playoff series. …[read more]
One game, winner-take-all
A closely-contested Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League playoff series featuring four straight one-goal games is headed to a seventh-and-deciding match. …[read more]
Canadian Eagles fly high
At one time or another over the past few years, Nick Trecroce, Jake Palmerio and Carmen Scarfone all had aspirations of playing for their hometown, Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League team. …[read more]
Sunday success on the road
Hamilton Bulldogs and Ottawa 67’s both pulled off big Sunday afternoon road triumphs as playoffs continued in the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
Fired-up Flint fires back
Seventh-seeded Flint Firebirds served summons to second-seeded Soo Greyhounds tonight that they won’t back down in their first-round, Ontario Hockey League Western Conference playoff. …[read more]
OHL rookie goalie success
There are those who have their doubts and reservations about rookies being starters as goalies in the Ontario Hockey League. But no less than three rookies were Game 1 starters in the first round of this year’s playoffs — and all three posted victories. …[read more]
1-on-1 with Wolves AC
EDITOR’S NOTE: By virtue of a 5-2 series-opening road win, Sudbury Wolves have a 1-0 lead in their first-round Ontario Hockey League playoff with Oshawa Generals. Before Sudbury boarded the bus for Oshawa prior to Game 1, Amanda Zurkowski caught up with Wolves assistant coach Darryl Moxam. …[read more]
How sweep it is!
It lived up to its hype, the border battle did, with four close, evenly-matched contests. But the same team won all four games as Soo Eagles completed an improbable sweep of Soo Thunderbirds tonight. …[read more]
Friday night OHL lights
The clocks are ticking toward game time in five Ontario Hockey League playoff centers — Mississauga, Oshawa, Kingston, Owen Sound and London. …[read more]
NOJHL playoff update
Rayside-Balfour Canadians have tied their series with Blind River Beavers while Powassan Voodoos have advanced to the next round of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League playoffs. …[read more]