Little Caesars gives back
Mike Flammia, owner-operator of two Little Caesars franchise outlets in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., has been involved in a number of community projects in the three years that he has been in business. …[read more]
Blind River via Waterloo
Blind River Beavers of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have added seasoned depth to the forward lines with the signing of 1996 birth-year left winger Anthony Pullicino. …[read more]
New Liskeard to Powassan
Powassan Voodoos of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have inked high-scoring forward Cade Herd from the New Liskeard Cubs of the Great North Midget Hockey League. …[read more]
Soo Eagles captain off to school
Evan Ketner will pass on his final season of junior hockey to play at the Division 3, National Collegiate Athletic Association level this fall, HockeyNewsNorth.com has learned. …[read more]
Alpena Flyers tryout camp
Alpena Flyers of the U.S. Premier Hockey League’s USP3 Division will be holding a tryout camp on July 30-31 at Flint Iceland Arena. …[read more]
Knight moves
The best team in the Ontario Hockey League — you know, the one that fans from the other 19 centers love to hate — is in upper management transition. …[read more]
Fired up in Flint
Fueled by a flurry of off-season hiring, signing and trade moves, the Flint Firebirds have become better-positioned for their second session in the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
Bay kid signs with Powassan
Powassan Voodoos of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have stayed close to home with the signing of North Bay Trappers AAA midget graduate Dylan D’Agostino. …[read more]
Blind River signs local lad
Blind River Beavers have stayed in their own back yard to sign a local product to a Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League card. …[read more]
Young blood hops the Express
Espanola Express of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League has gone for size and youth in signing two plum prospects who hail from the Greater Sudbury Area. …[read more]
Wolves get first-round ink
Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League have confirmed that 2000 birth-year defenseman Owen Lalonde has inked a standard players agreement contract. …[read more]
Moving up the OHL ladder
Five up-and-coming teams that will be worth watching once the 2016-2017 Ontario Hockey League season gets underway: …[read more]
Express route to Calvin College
Graduating forward Keenan Kennedy is moving on from the Espanola Express of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Experience beyond his years
Jordan Smith doesn’t turn 31 for a few months yet but he already has three full years of experience as a head coach. …[read more]
Columbus day for Ottawa center
Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League have signed undrafted center Dante Salituro to a three-year, two-way, entry-level contract. …[read more]
Canada Day signings in Powassan
Powassan Voodoos of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have waved in Canada Day with the signing of forward Parker Bowman and defenseman Dan Boutin. …[read more]
Oshawa to Flint and a re-union
Jalen Smereck just got closer to home after being acquired by the Flint Firebirds from the Oshawa Generals in an Ontario Hockey League trade finalized today. …[read more]
Irish notes, quotes
Here is the latest on the Detroit Fighting Irish of the U.S. Premier Hockey League. …[read more]
Soo Eagles main tryout camp
Soo Eagles will pick the team that will begin the 2016-2017 Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League season from their August 5-7 main tryout camp. …[read more]
OHL trade market
There is some quality, mid-grade talent that either already is or could be made available in an Ontario Hockey League trade market where buyers and sellers are virtually always open for business. …[read more]
Knight shift to Wolves den
Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League have obtained overage defenseman Aiden Jamieson from the London Knights in exchange for multiple conditional draft picks. …[read more]
Another defender in Ottawa
Ottawa 67’s of the Ontario Hockey League have added yet-another young defenceman with the first-round selection of Russian defender Andrei Golikov at today’s Canadian Hockey League import draft. …[read more]
Czech out the Wolves big import
Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League went for youth and size in today’s Canadian Hockey League import draft with the selection of Jachym Kondelik from the Czech Republic. …[read more]
French River gets a new guy
Hulking forward Kaden Hintz has been dealt by the Cochrane Crunch to the French River Rapids in a Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League trade just completed. …[read more]
OHL nods and nots
It takes all kinds to make the world spin within the high-profile, high-end, high-stakes, 20-team Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
Elliot Lake to Wisconsin-Superior
Liam Blais, who clicked for 21 goals for the Elliot Lake Wildcats of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League in 2015-2016, is off to the collegiate ranks. …[read more]
Cochrane to Northland
Cochrane Crunch defenceman Brandon Workun is headed to Northland College to play for the Lumberjacks of the Division 3, Northern Collegiate Hockey Association. …[read more]
Good NHL draft year for OHL
No less than 48 players — representing more than 22 per cent of the 211 selected — were plucked from the Ontario Hockey League at the seven-round, 2016 National Hockey League draft which was held over the past two days. …[read more]
Firebirds are three for three
The new-direction Flint Firebirds now have their top three picks from the 2016 Ontario Hockey League draft under wraps. …[read more]
Coming together in Flint
It was a first season to forget in many ways but the signs are pointing in the right direction as the Flint Firebirds prepare for their second go-round in the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
Firebirds deal Finnish defender
Flint Firebirds of the Ontario Hockey League have confirmed a major transaction with the Mississauga Steelheads. …[read more]
Spirit shows in Damien Giroux
Saginaw Spirit of the Ontario Hockey League is in the news again, this time relative to a rookie player from northern Ontario. …[read more]
New additions to French River
Jessy Landry has been a busy fellow in his new undertaking as president and general manager of the French River Rapids of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Powassan signs GNMHL grad
Powassan Voodoos of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have signed 1998 birth-year defenceman Cameron Moore, who played last season with the New Liskeard Cubs of the Great North Midget Hockey League. …[read more]
Soo Eagles sign pair of forwards
Two forwards with a “nice scoring touch” have signed with the Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, co-coach/general manager Bruno Bragagnolo has told HockeyNewsNorth.com. …[read more]
Beavers make move with Elmira
Blind River Beavers of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have made a player exchange with the Elmira Sugar Kings of the Greater Ontario Jr. Hockey League, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
Spirit lives on for 15 years
Boasting continuity in ownership and the upper chamber dating back to 2002 when it first became members of the Ontario Hockey League, Saginaw Spirit will celebrate its 15th anniversary this 2016-2017 season. …[read more]
New coach for Saginaw Spirit
After a lengthy process, relative unknown Spencer Carbery has been hired as the new head coach of the Saginaw Spirit of the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
67’s sign five fresh faces
Ottawa 67’s of the Ontario Hockey League ushered in the summer solstice today by signing five draft picks from the 2015 and 2016 priority selections process. …[read more]
It’s how you play-by-play
Listening to Dan Dickerson so expertly and casually broadcast another Detroit Tigers baseball game on Sunday reminded me of how many well-called Ontario Hockey League matches that I have tuned in to on the radio over the years. …[read more]
Temang to Powassan
Powassan Voodoos of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have added a high-scoring defenceman from the nearby Temiscaming Titans of the Greater Metro Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Voodoos get a piece of the Rock
Powassan Voodoos added size and scoring — and got younger — in a recent Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League trade with the Timmins Rock. …[read more]
Old goalie is back in the O
Forty years after graduating from the Ontario Hockey League as a workhorse goaltender, Jim Bedard is returning as a coach. …[read more]
Beavers sign veteran newcomers
Blind River Beavers of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have signed a pair of 1996 birth-year skaters from southern Ontario. …[read more]
Voodoos vouch for OHL prospect
Powassan Voodoos did not have to venture far to confirm their first new player signing preparatory to the 2016-2017 Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League season. …[read more]
Finalizing with the Firebirds
Flint Firebirds of the Ontario Hockey League earlier this week finalized two more positions on their staff. …[read more]
Goodwin leaving OHL Frontenacs
Well-respected assistant coach John Goodwin will not be returning to the Kingston Frontenacs of the Ontario Hockey League for a third season, multiple sources have told HockeyNewsNorth.com. …[read more]
Owen Headrick makes NACS list
Garden River First Nation product Owen Headrick, fresh from an eye-opening season as a freshman defenseman with the Lake Superior State University Lakers, has been ranked as a potential late-round pick for the upcoming National Hockey League draft. …[read more]
NOJHL whiners and complainers
They ranked second and sixth respectively on the attendance chart of the 12-team Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League in 2015-2016 but the Timmins Rock and Kirkland Lake Gold Miners are whining and complaining about money issues — and making them public. …[read more]