Top 10 of the CCHL
Only nine points separate the top 10 scorers — who are all forwards — in the 12-team Central Canada Hockey League. …[read more]
T-Birds fan appreciation
Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have designated November as Fan Appreciation Month, sponsored by their parent company, The Tech 1921 Ltd. …[read more]
Around the NOJHL
Here ‘n there in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League as we head into the second week of November. …[read more]
Hail to the NB atom champs
North Bay major atom AA Trappers returned from the nation’s capital with the gold-medal crown after edging the host Ottawa Silver Seven 2-1 in the title tilt of the weekend’s 12th annual Capital Fall Hockey Classic. …[read more]
WU17 Notebook
On the competition and overall skill level, the 2016 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge more than met the lofty expectations that were set for it. …[read more]
Hanging out with Bob McKenzie
He is known as the definitive authority on breaking news and analysis from every corner of the hockey world. And to me, he’s still the same modest, down-to-earth, fun-loving guy who I first met more than 35 years ago when we hung out together while working in the Sault Ste. Marie sports media. …[read more]
Goalies who need to be better
They are in their third full year in the Ontario Hockey League and as no. 1 goalies they need to be better than they have been thus far this season. …[read more]
World under-17 playoffs set
Quarter-final games are set to go today at the World under-17 Hockey Challenge that is being held in Sault Ste. Marie. …[read more]
Crunch time in Moose Factory
Moose Factory and the adjacent community of Moosonee will benefit from the presence of the Cochrane Crunch of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League for three days next week. …[read more]
Big points for Flint defender
Overage defenseman Mathieu Henderson has played a main role in the early-season showing of the Flint Firebirds. …[read more]
Kingston via Canisius College
Kingston Frontenacs of the Ontario Hockey League have obtained the rights to 1997 birth-year forward Josh Supryka from the Hamilton Bulldogs. …[read more]
Appreciation night in Alpena
Alpena Flyers of the U.S. Premier Hockey League will play host to an Emergency Personnel Appreciation Night this Saturday at Northern Lights Arena. …[read more]
My old friend Joe Drago
Besides getting to watch the best under-17 hockey players in the world at the challenge series that is going on in Sault Ste. Marie, the tournament serves as an opportunity to meet up with friends and acquaintances in the game. …[read more]
Bronson Kovacs is world class
HockeyNewsNorth.com has learned that Sault Ste. Marie native Bronson Kovacs will be part of the Hungarian national team that will face off against opponents from Italy, Denmark, Poland, Austria and Korea in a Euro Ice Hockey Challenge tournament to will be held over a five-day span beginning later this week. …[read more]
Saginaw has net worth
Saginaw Spirit may be languishing in the cellar of the Western Conference but mid Michigan’s Ontario Hockey League team has a valuable trade chip in its possession in the person of goalie Evan Cormier. …[read more]
Eagles getting it together
Soo Eagles have reeled off three wins in succession and are starting to look more like the team that was originally cast as a contender for the 2016-2017 Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League season. …[read more]
67’s seek home remedy
Having shown they can win on the road, the Ottawa 67’s will be out to utilize home-ice advantage for the first time this season with games tonight and Sunday afternoon at TD Place. …[read more]
Battalion calls on a Voodoo
Forward Andy Baker, who leads the Powassan Voodoos of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League in goals, has signed an Ontario Hockey League contract with the North Bay Battalion. …[read more]
Unbeaten Lakers home for pair
Riding the crest of four successive triumphs to begin the 2016-2017 season, the high-scoring Lake Superior State Lakers are home to the Alaska Nanooks tonight and Saturday evening at Taffy Abel Arena. …[read more]
More ticks if Flint PP clicks
As the well-coached Flint Firebirds continue to be a feel-good story in the early going of the 2016-2017 season one wonders how much better they could be if their power play starts to click. …[read more]
Bradford to Lakehead
Bradford Rattlers of the Greater Metro Jr. Hockey League have a 10-year history of championship success, not to mention player advancement to various higher levels of play. …[read more]
Hot and not in the O
Some are hot. Some are not. Here are some of both as we ramble around the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
Hounds in pursuit of Trappers
Soo Greyhounds have an impressive 9-2-0 record thus far this Great North Midget Hockey League season but they still trail the pace-setting North Bay Trappers. …[read more]
New coach hops the Express
Espanola Express of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League has added more experience to its coaching staff in the person of Dennis Martindale. …[read more]
Rayside to Peterborough
Iroquois Falls product Chad Denault, a 2000 birth-year right winger, has signed with the Peterborough Petes of the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
Here’s to the Jr. Senators
Ottawa Jr. Senators of the Central Canada Hockey League will play host to the 24th annual Eastern Canada Jr. A championships in 2018. …[read more]
French River to Halifax
Caleb Rich is moving up from the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to the Quebec Major Jr. Hockey League, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
Flint gives a hint
It was my first opportunity of the 2016-2017 season to watch the Flint Firebirds live and the upstart Ontario Hockey League team lived up to well-followed expectations. …[read more]
Wolves of resurgence
They lost 100 games over the past two Ontario Hockey League seasons, finishing 20th and 19th overall in missing the Eastern Conference playoffs by a wide margin both times. …[read more]
Irish forward in Cruz control
Tristan Cruz of the Detroit Fighting Irish of the U.S. Premier Hockey League is known around the team as a “jock of all trades.” …[read more]
Eagles look to Pullar together
Affected by a recent rash of injuries and having been hindered by sub-par goaltending for most of the season, Soo Eagles return to the friendly confines of Pullar Stadium for a pair of Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League home games this weekend. …[read more]
Hounds out to halt home hex
Unbeaten in six road tilts this season, Soo Greyhounds will try to transfer that success to home ice with three games at the Essar Centre this week. …[read more]
Hounds get picks for Mercier
Soo Greyhounds have extracted a pretty-good return for overage defenseman Medric Mercier in getting a pair of draft picks from the Oshawa Generals. …[read more]
Owen Headrick is second star
Another day, another recognition for Lake Superior State Lakers highly-skilled sophomore defenseman Owen Headrick. …[read more]
What’s wrong with the Eagles?
This is a team that has a lot of Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League watchers puzzled. With a record of 4-11-2, the Soo Eagles have the second-worst winning percentage in the 12-team NOJHL. …[read more]
The Maple Leafs fan in me
Let me begin by duly noting that I am not one who one would call a big National Hockey League fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs. …[read more]
Lakers are lighting it up
The lowest-scoring team among the 10 Western Collegiate Hockey Association members in 2015-2016, Lake Superior State Lakers are lighting the lamp in a big way to begin the 2016-2017 season. …[read more]
Nice start for Headrick, Lakers
Lake Superior State Lakers flashed a new-look offense en route to a 6-1, opening-night win over the Michigan State Spartans before a Friday crowd of close to 2,800 at Taffy Abel Arena. …[read more]
Wolves face hi-test Hamilton
Surging Sudbury Wolves will put their 4-2-1 record on the line tonight when they play host to the high-scoring Hamilton Bulldogs. …[read more]
NOJHL attendance figures
Through the first month or so of the 2016-2017 season, Soo Eagles lead the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League in attendance and the Timmins Rock is not far behind. …[read more]
Team Canada X 3 in the Soo
Rosters for the three Canadian squads — Team Canada Black, Team Canada Red and Team Canada White — that will represent the nation at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in Sault Ste. Marie have been finalized. …[read more]
Timpano has an Erie feeling
So far so good for 1997 birth-year goalie Troy Timpano, who was acquired by the Erie Otters in an off-season Ontario Hockey League trade with the Sudbury Wolves. …[read more]
Irish in mid October
Detroit Fighting Irish of the U.S. Premier Hockey League’s Elite Midwest Division will be out to try to reverse its fortunes this weekend. …[read more]
Alpena in mid October
Winners of two of their first three games to begin the 2016-2017 season in the U.S. Premier Hockey League’s USP3 Midwest Division, Alpena Flyers are home for three games this weekend. …[read more]
Michigan State v. Lake State
Lake Superior State Lakers will take to the ice of Taffy Abel Arena on Friday and Saturday nights for a pair of season-opening, non-conference matches with the visiting Michigan State Spartans. …[read more]
Moore is more in OHL
There is an unlikely leader atop the Ontario Hockey League scoring chart in the person of Flint Firebirds forward Ryan Moore. …[read more]
Hound midgets hot to trot
Having won eight of nine games to begin the 2016-2017 season, Soo Greyhounds are in a dog fight with the North Bay Trappers for first place in the Great North Midget Hockey League. …[read more]
Windsor wins with Culina
Free-agent goalie Mario Culina continues to provide net worth for the Windsor Spitfires in his second season in the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
Zack is getting on track
It wasn’t from lack of effort or desire that Zack Dorval struggled his first two seasons after the Kingston Frontenacs selected the hard-toiling center-left winger in the second round of the 2014 Ontario Hockey League draft. …[read more]