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]
Want to play in Blind River?
There is still time to register for the upcoming mini tryout camp that is being hosted by the Blind River Beavers. …[read more]
Caron keen on overage option
He is a late bloomer who was drafted into the Ontario Hockey League a year after his 1996 birth-date class — and he has aspirations of playing as an overage forward for the 2016-2017 season. …[read more]
New bench gig for Darryl Moxam
Darryl Moxam’s planned return to the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League coaching ranks came to an abrupt halt earlier today when the soon-to-be-40-year-old was hired by the Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League as an assistant. …[read more]
Firebirds 1st-rounder in like Flint
Forward Ty Dellandrea, who was a first-round pick, fifth overall at the 2016 Ontario Hockey League draft, has committed to the Flint Firebirds for the ’16-17 campaign, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
Soo T-Birds spring tryout camp
The reigning Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League champion Soo Thunderbirds will be holding a spring tryout camp across the International Bridge. …[read more]
Tech T-Birds will take right turn
The change of the guard is taking place within the ranks of the two-time Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League champion Soo Thunderbirds. …[read more]
French River Rapids tryout camp
Under the direction of coaches Moe Mantha and Dan Tremblay, French River Rapids of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League will hold a two-day tryout camp this weekend. …[read more]
Mantha returning to French River
French River Rapids of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League will again have the services of veteran coach Moe Mantha for the 2016-2017 season, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
Iroquois Falls to Elmira, N.Y.
1995 birth-year forward Tanner Bowditch, who produced 16 goals and 43 points for the Iroquois Falls Eskis of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League in 2015-2016, has a Division 3, National Collegiate Athletic Association commitment. …[read more]
A look ahead at ’16-17 Laker log
Along with the other nine teams in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, Lake Superior State Lakers know the whens and wheres for the 2016-2017, 28-game schedule against conference opponents. …[read more]
Laker Hall to welcome Hoffort
More than 25 years after backstopping the Lake Superior State Lakers to an improbable Division 1, National Collegiate Athletic Association hockey championship, goalie Bruce Hoffort is headed to the school’s Hall of Fame. …[read more]
One-day Beaver camp coming up
It’s a start of new beginnings in small-town Blind River, an upcoming, one-day mini camp. …[read more]
Hays day in May for Fighting Irish
Detroit Fighting Irish of the U.S. Premier Hockey League’s Midwest Division has signed rookie defenseman Chris Hays for the 2016-2017 campaign. …[read more]
Denny Lambert talks T-Birds, Tech
He is settling into his new job at The Tech 1921 Ltd. as the director of hockey operations for the company that has taken over the Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League and has plans to start a school-based athletic academy by the fall of 2017. …[read more]
Player advance from Powassan
Graduated Powassan Voodoos defenceman Nicky Grose is headed to the New York-based Utica College Pioneers to continue his hockey career at the Division 3, National Collegiate Athletic Association level. …[read more]
Now Cain resigns from T-Birds
Shortly after Jamie Henderson stepped down as general manager of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League champion Soo Thunderbirds earlier today, president of hockey operations Kevin Cain has also resigned. …[read more]
Soo Thunderbirds GM steps down
Jamie Henderson has officially ended a five-year association with the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League champion Soo Thunderbirds. …[read more]
Flint Firebirds hire OHL vet as GM
George Burnett has been hired as general manager of the Flint Firebirds and Joe Stefan has been given the job as assistant GM of the Ontario Hockey League team. …[read more]
Is UNH recruit headed to Hounds?
Corson Green is a big defenseman with a future Division 1, National Collegiate Athletic Association commitment — but the youngster seemingly still has some interest in playing for the Soo Greyhounds, who selected him in the fifth round of the 2015 Ontario Hockey League draft. …[read more]
Matt Murray rises to the occasion
Through four up-and-down Ontario Hockey League seasons with the Soo Greyhounds, Matt Murray provided a few scattered snapshots that he had the makings of being a professional goalie. …[read more]
Express route to school
Espanola Express forward Ian Thompson has committed to attend Davenport University in Grand Rapids, Michigan effective the 2016-2017 season. …[read more]
Blind River should pursue old scout
As the new-look Blind River Beavers seek a return to better days, there’s a veteran Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League scout who could assist in the rebuild project. …[read more]
Headrick would be an NHL steal
His name does not appear on any official rankings chart but I am of the notion that Lake Superior State University Lakers freshman Owen Headrick would be an absolute steal for any National Hockey League team willing to take a flyer on the 1997 birth-year defenseman at next month’s draft. …[read more]
Hound development camp details
Three Sault Ste. Marie products will be among the 31 prospects who will take part in a development camp that is being hosted by the Soo Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League this weekend. …[read more]
T-Birds down two assistants
As the back-to-back Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League champion Soo Thunderbirds transition to new operators during the off-season, a second assistant coach has moved on to become a head coach elsewhere. …[read more]