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]
Ron Mason never forgot LSSU
From one college hockey legend to another, Bill Crawford said Ron Mason “never forgot” his coaching roots that first sprouted at Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie. …[read more]
Howe I became a Red Wings fan
I was born in 1952 and have been a National Hockey League fan for as long as I can remember, all the while living a double life. …[read more]
Cochrane deals top scorer
High-scoring forward Hunter Atchison, who amassed 56 goals, 52 assists, 108 points in 62 games, regular season and playoffs included, for the Cochrane Crunch of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League in 2015-2016, has been traded. …[read more]
Bowling Green to Sarnia Sting
Defenseman Jordan Ernst is bolting the Bowling Green Falcons of the Division 1, Western Collegiate Hockey Association for the Sarnia Sting of the Ontario Hockey League, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
More balance likely in NOJHL
As the Soo Eagles, Espanola Express and French River Rapids adjust from being expansion entries of a year ago to a more-established presence and as the Blind River Beavers and Iroquois Falls Eskis plot a return to old glory, look for the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to be more-balanced in 2016-2017. …[read more]
Meanwhile, back in Alpena
Homegrown defenseman Rhett McDonald will be returning to the Alpena Flyers of the U.S. Premier Hockey League for the 2016-2017 campaign. …[read more]
North Bay’s Amadio is Soo’s best
North Bay Battalion forward Michael Amadio put the cap on a splendid four-year Ontario Hockey League career on Tuesday when he was named Sault Ste. Marie’s sportsperson-of-the-year. …[read more]
Talking Lakers in the summer
Fans of the Lake Superior State Lakers of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association can tune in to four special radio shows over the course of the summer. …[read more]
Beavers snag two more scouts
The new-look Blind River Beavers of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have added two more scouts to their staff. …[read more]
Holmes is where the Firebirds go
Flint Firebirds of the Ontario Hockey League have followed up the recent signing of 2016 first-round draft pick Ty Dellandrea by inking second-rounder Hunter Holmes. …[read more]
OHL in summer session sizzler
No sooner had the London Knights put the lid on the 2015-2016 campaign by winning the Memorial Cup that the 2016-2017 Ontario Hockey League season officially began with the lifting of the trade embargo on June 1. …[read more]
Snow boards the Express coach
Recently-graduated Espanola Express defenceman Shane Snow will join head coach Tom McCarthy and co-coach Jason Rapcewicz on the bench as an associate coach with the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League team. …[read more]
Decline of the dual OHL role
It used to be rather common for teams in the Ontario Hockey League to employ one man in the dual role of coach-general manager. …[read more]
By George, Flint is in good hands
Following the fireworks of a first Ontario Hockey League season in Flint, the Firebirds are moving forward with a new general manager who what he lacks in luster makes up for in level-headed leadership. …[read more]
Fighting Irish tryout camps
Detroit Fighting Irish of the U.S. Premier Hockey League’s elite junior division has scheduled three major camps for this summer. …[read more]
Back in the Fighting Irish fold
Detroit Fighting Irish of the U.S. Premier Hockey League’s elite junior division will again have the services of forward Tyler Blackburn for the 2016-2017 season. …[read more]
Old Hound to scout for Beavers
David Legree, who as an overage goalie backstopped the Soo Greyhounds to their first-ever Ontario Hockey League playoff appearance in 1975-1976, is joining the Blind River Beavers of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League as a scout. …[read more]
Dual role for Jordan Smith
Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have confirmed that veteran head coach Jordan Smith has been given the added responsibilities of general manager. …[read more]
67’s, Storm open trade season
Highly-touted goalie Liam Herbst, who has endured multiple surgeries to his hips and knees since being a first-round, Ontario Hockey League draft pick in 2012, has been traded, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
Father, son and the big picture
Jeff Brown knows what it’s like to play and stay in the National Hockey League, having starred in more than 800 games at the highest level of competition. …[read more]
Old scout returns to Blind River
It didn’t take time-honoured Charly Murray long to get back into the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League scene. …[read more]
Sweeping the Bird house
Quite clear, no doubt, the new operators of the Soo Thunderbirds are re-branding their Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League franchise. …[read more]
Soo Eagles to Lawrence Vikings
Productive forward Reed Gregory, who netted 20 goals, 21 assists, 41 points in 43 games for the Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League during the 2015-2016 season, has a Division 3, National Collegiate Athletic Association commitment for the 2016-2017 campaign. …[read more]
Scouts part ways with Soo T-Birds
Veteran Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League scouts Brad Boyer and Charly Murray no longer have an association with the reigning champion Soo Thunderbirds. …[read more]