Foget on fire for 67’s
Small-sized centre Mathieu Foget is a big reason why the surging Ottawa 67’s are on the verge of securing an Ontario Hockey League playoff position. …[read more]
Lake State coaching change?
Let us begin by providing the definition of the word rumour, which is aptly defined as “often being a mixture of truth and untruth, passed around verbally.” …[read more]
Gotta hand it to the Hounds
They didn’t get much pre-season respect. They were picked by some in the media to finish as low as eighth place in the 10-team Western Conference of the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
Eagles win in Nick of time
Defenseman Nick Trecroce certainly picked a good time to score his first two goals as a member of the Soo Eagles. …[read more]
Full of Bulldogs
The latest venture of the Ontario Hockey League into Hamilton is giving the appearance of being a rather solid move. …[read more]
OHL playoff picture
Seven of the eight playoff spots are spoken for in the Western Conference of the Ontario Hockey League. But with less than two weeks remaining on the regular-season schedule, three playoff positions are still up for grabs in the Eastern Conference. …[read more]
NOJHL honours a gentleman
It is only fitting that the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League has decided to recognize long-time statistician and historian David Harrison by naming its Most Gentlemanly Player award after him. …[read more]
EL Wildcats v. Soo Eagles
Two teams with strikingly-different strengths will face off when the Soo Eagles and Elliot Lake Wildcats meet in a best-of-three, preliminary-round series. …[read more]
Flint pots playoff spot
It’s official. After missing the Ontario Hockey League playoffs in their first season in Flint, the Firebirds are going to the dance. …[read more]
Storm slowly approaching
Guelph Storm will miss the Ontario Hockey League playoffs for a second straight season. But the Storm is poised to once again become a Western Conference factor. …[read more]
Once a Knight is enough
St. Mary’s Knights of Sault Ste. Marie have won the Northern Ontario Secondary Schools Association ‘AAA’ high school hockey championship. …[read more]
Lakers to NHL via Soo Eagles
Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League have confirmed the signing of Lake Superior State Lakers freshman defenseman Kris Bindulis to a three-year contract. …[read more]
Good that Hounds can score
They will finish the 2016-2017 Ontario Hockey League regular season with 90-plus points and with a half-dozen games to play, they are in position to finish as the no. 2 seed in the Western Conference. …[read more]
NOJHL goalie gets D1 deal
Powassan Voodoos goalie Nate McDonald has parlayed a strong season in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League into a Division 1, National Collegiate Athletic Association commitment. …[read more]
Dan Vasquez retires…sort of
His name is synonymous with youth and junior level hockey in the Metro Detroit area as a coach of more than 35 years. And while Dan Vasquez has decided to retire from coaching he will remain with the Detroit Fighting Irish as general manager and director of hockey operations. …[read more]
Tentative transfer of T-Birds
The first-year operators of the Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have finalized an arrangement to forward control of the not-for-profit franchise, a source with knowledge of the situation has told HockeyNewsNorth.com. …[read more]
Same old story at Lake State
Another Western Collegiate Hockey Association season has ended in disappointment for the Lake Superior State Lakers. …[read more]
A feel-good survival story
16-year old cancer survivor Jake Murray has signed a standard player agreement with the Hamilton Bulldogs of the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
Great North set squared 1-1
The championship series in the Great North Midget Hockey League is down to a best-of-three playoff set. …[read more]
Eagles, EL in prelim round
Soo Eagles will have the advantage of the home ice of Pullar Stadium for Game 1 of their best-of-three preliminary-round playoff series with the Elliot Lake Wildcats. …[read more]
First W for northern kid
Northern Ontario product Cameron Lamour has his first win as an Ontario Hockey League goaltender — and against his hometown team no less. …[read more]
Poised for playoffs in Flint
Flint Firebirds are at the door waiting to punch their ticket into the Ontario Hockey League playoffs that begin in about three weeks. …[read more]
Great North finals begin
North Bay Trappers will begin their best-of-five Great North Midget Hockey League championship series against the Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves with a pair of home games at Memorial Gardens. …[read more]
Pay minimum wage but…
So, there are those who think players in the Ontario Hockey League should be paid minimum wage for their services. …[read more]
NOJHL on the March
A grueling 56-game regular season will soon come to an end in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League before the Ides of March usher in the playoff rounds. …[read more]
North side to Saginaw
A solid case can be made that the future of the Saginaw Spirit is somewhat attached to the hockey rinks of northern Ontario. …[read more]
Hounds win, fans whine
They are winning. They are a contender. They are an Ontario Hockey League overachiever, these Soo Greyhounds. …[read more]
Bronson Kovacs, MVP
Sault Ste. Marie native Bronson Kovacs has been named most valuable player for the first round of the playoffs in the Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation’s MOL Liga. …[read more]
NB caps series with Kap
Now that was close. It’s on to the Great North Midget Hockey League championship series for the North Bay Trappers. …[read more]
T-Birds face uncertainty
The beat goes on for the Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. Well, at least for this season anyway. …[read more]
French River gets Strong
As they begin to plan ahead to next season the French River Rapids of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have added Kenny Strong to their coaching staff. …[read more]
Colella a bargain for Flint
Among the many impact trades made by general manager George Burnett that have elevated the Flint Firebirds into a solid Ontario Hockey League team this season, the low-key acquisition of left winger Maurizio Colella has paid nice dividends. …[read more]
Soo midgets eliminated
Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves have advanced to the Great North Midget Hockey League finals by virtue of a 4-0 blanking of the Soo Greyhounds this afternoon. …[read more]
Great North semis continue
Nothing has been resolved as of yet in the two Great North Midget Hockey League semi-final series that are going on. …[read more]
Soo midgets need wins
There is no way to sugar coat this. It’s either win two games — beginning tonight — or it’s season over for the Soo Greyhounds of the Great North Midget Hockey League. …[read more]
Change in French River
First-year operator Jessy Landry is stepping down as president of the French River Rapids of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Birds win on the Rhodes
Whether it’s playing in front of 4,800 empty seats at the Essar Centre or about 100-plus followers at cozy John Rhodes Community Centre, the wins keep adding up for the Soo Thunderbirds. …[read more]
Troops, 67’s in war zone
North Bay Battalion and Ottawa 67’s are in a tie for the eighth-and-final playoff in the Eastern Conference with the Ontario Hockey League regular-season slate in the stretch run. …[read more]
Kap has North Bay at home
Kapuskasing Flyers have seized home-ice advantage in their Great North Midget Hockey League playoff with North Bay but it would be foolish to sell the Trappers short. …[read more]
Best of the Great North
The five-member all-star team from the Great North Midget Hockey League for the 2016-2017 regular season has been confirmed by commissioner Bob MacLean and relayed to HockeyNewsNorth.com. …[read more]
North American showcase
Looking to play junior A hockey in Ontario, Canada next season? Well, the newly-formed North American Junior Hockey Showcase has a series of upcoming camps planned. …[read more]
Nice chat with Wolves VP
He is the man who oversees hockey operations as vice president of the Sudbury Wolves and Rob Papineau has definitive plans in place as the franchise moves forward under first-year owner Dario Zulich. …[read more]
Soo, Flint personify parity
The second-place and seventh-seeded teams in the Western Conference help define the parity that exists within the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
Female hockey coach search
Sault Female Hockey Association is seeking coaches for the 2017-2018 season to lead their Wildcat rep teams in all divisions — novice, atom, pee wee, bantam and midget, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
Division 1 potential?
The kid can play. To be sure, there is an attractive offer on the table for Jake Palmerio to attend school in Michigan and play at the Division 3, National Collegiate Athletic Association level beginning next season. …[read more]
Hound midgets in a hole
Soo Greyhounds of the Great North Midget Hockey League are facing elimination following a pair of road losses to the Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves on the weekend. …[read more]
Kap keeps up with NB
Veteran-laden Kapuskasing Flyers were primed to give the pennant-winning North Bay Trappers all they could handle in their Great North Midget Hockey League semi-final playoff series — and through two games they have done just that. …[read more]
30 wins for Blind River!
This is a definite good news story. Blind River Beavers have established a new franchise record for most wins during the regular season. …[read more]
Late-round Storm brewing
Guelph Storm rookie defenseman Nolan Makkonen is proof that the Ontario Hockey League draft can be a difficult yet rewarding science. …[read more]