Blind River Beavers mini camp
Under the watch of new head coach Kyle Brick, the Blind River Beavers of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have scheduled a one-day mini camp. …[read more]
Zack Dorval deserves a real shot
I am of the notion that even though Zack Dorval has struggled his first two seasons in the Ontario Hockey League, the rugged forward is going to develop into an impact player. …[read more]
Pressure on Spitfires to contend
Windsor Spitfires are proof positive that it is difficult to sustain status as a consistent contender in the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
Cochrane to St. Scholastica
Dustin Cordeiro is taking his scoring touch from the Cochrane Crunch of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to the St. Scholastica College Saints, a Division 3, National Collegiate Athletic Association program that is based in Duluth, Minnesota. …[read more]
Eagles boss impressed with camp
Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League held a spring camp on the weekend that attracted 36 players, including 11 veterans. …[read more]
Change of the guard awaits T-Birds
They repeated as champions of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League with relative ease. They made it to the final game and just missed out in their bid to repeat as Dudley-Hewitt Cup, Central Canada Tournament champions. …[read more]
Trenton trims T-Birds in title tilt
Trenton Golden Hawks of the Ontario Jr. Hockey League have dethroned the defending Dudley-Hewitt Cup, Central Canada Tournament champion Soo Thunderbirds. …[read more]
Moving up from the Fighting Irish
After a lengthy association with the Detroit Fighting Irish through levels and leagues, 1995 birth-year forward Christian Ramage is moving on to the college ranks, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
T-Birds v. Trenton for DHC title
Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League will seek a second successive Dudley-Hewitt Cup, Central Canada Tournament title tonight when they face off against the Trenton Golden Hawks of the Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Dudley-Hewitt Cup winding up
It’s down to two games to decide the winner of the Dudley-Hewitt Cup, Central Canada Tournament with three of four teams still in the running for the junior A hockey championship. …[read more]
45 years in OHL for Soo, Sudbury
Neighbours from the north, Soo Greyhounds and Sudbury Wolves will both celebrate their 45th anniversary as members of the Ontario Hockey League effective the 2016-2017 season. …[read more]
Those howling Wolves of ’06-07
As the Niagara IceDogs have made it to this year’s Ontario Hockey League championship series despite being the no. 4 seed in the Eastern Conference, we think back to the 2006-2007 season when the Sudbury Wolves wrote a Cinderella playoff story of their own. …[read more]
Senecal sparks Soo Thunderbirds
Rookie forward Zach Senecal dented twine three times to lead the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League champion Soo Thunderbirds to a 6-5 victory over the Fort Frances Lakers of the Superior International Jr. Hockey League in action this afternoon at the Dudley-Hewitt Cup Central Canada Tournament. …[read more]
IceDogs run no surprise to Perlini
Niagara IceDogs are on a spectacular playoff run that includes a 12-1 record and a 10-game winning streak — and one of their top scorers is taking it all in stride. …[read more]
Soo T-Birds lose DHC opener
The defending Dudley-Hewitt Cup champion Soo Thunderbirds dropped their opening game today at this year’s Central Canada Tournament. …[read more]
Building a team brick by Brick
It has been five years since the Blind River Beavers have had a winning season and the small-town Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League franchise has changed direction as it seeks a return to better days and competitive ways. …[read more]
Tassone gets OHL tryout invite
Niagara IceDogs of the Ontario Hockey League have extended a tryout invite to Mark Tassone of the Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Windsor wins 2017 Mem Cup bid
Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League will play host to the 2017 Memorial Cup tournament. …[read more]
Cochrane to Jamestown
Jeremy McNeil, who scored 18 goals in 62 games for the Cochrane Crunch of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League in 2015-2016, is headed to the University of Jamestown to play at the American Collegiate Hockey Association, Division 1 level. …[read more]
Good scouts trust their intuition
The good scouts are the ones who look beyond the obvious. The good scouts are the ones who do their homework and rely on their own intuition rather than just going with the flow. …[read more]
Motor City Hawks mini camp
Mark Gilman, general manager of the Motor City Hawks of the U.S. Premier Hockey League’s Midwest Division, has confirmed dates for his team’s pre-season mini camp. …[read more]
Elliot Lake to Elmira College
Hulking forward Spencer MacLean has committed to Elmira College, a New York-based, Division 3, National Collegiate Athletic Association program of good repute. …[read more]
On board in Blind River
Blind River Beavers of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have elected their board of directors for the 2016-2017 season. …[read more]
What’s with all the OHL sweeps?
The Ontario Hockey League playoffs have turned into a breeze. …[read more]
This is one smart hockey player
Flint Firebirds rookie goalie Kyle Keyser has won the Ontario Hockey League’s Ivan Tennant Memorial Award as the top academic high school student for the 2015-2016 season. …[read more]
King of the Beavers
Blind River Beavers of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have added a four-year veteran of the Ontario Hockey League to their coaching staff. …[read more]
KBX minor hockey alternative
EDITOR’S NOTE: HockeyNewsNorth.com has received the following information document from KBX Selects of Sault Ste. Marie. KBX Selects is owned and operated by Sault Ste. Marie native Ken Belanger, who played three seasons as a left winger in the Ontario Hockey League with the Ottawa 67’s and Guelph Storm and appeared in 260 National Hockey League games with the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Islanders, Boston Bruins and Los Angeles Kings. …[read more]
Elliot Lake to Lebanon Valley
After a splendid season of playing junior hockey in northern Ontario, Cole Hepler is returning to his home state to begin his National Collegiate Athletic Association, Division 3 career. …[read more]
Bird brain studies biology
Soo Thunderbirds defenceman Brandon Grandinetti has been named the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League’s scholastic player of the year. …[read more]
Hendo and the boys
Jamie Henderson is running a skills development program that is going on for bantam-aged hockey players and older at Community First Soo Pee Wee Arena. …[read more]
Soo Eagles to Aquinas College
Slick defenseman Levi Rowan is moving on from the Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to play at the American Collegiate Hockey Association Division 3 level, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
The IceDogs cometh
Underachievers during the regular season, the Niagara IceDogs have come together in the playoffs and are on the cusp of advancing to the Ontario Hockey League championship series. …[read more]
Soo Eagles tryouts on deck
Tryout time is getting close for the Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Thunderbird success, in the moment
Looking ahead to next season, major change awaits the Soo Thunderbirds. But for now, the Thunderbirds are simply looking good. …[read more]
Lambert to lead Tech hockey program
The Tech 1921 Ltd. is expanding its new-endeavour, Sault Ste. Marie hockey holdings to the extent that it is hiring the reputable Denny Lambert as its full-time director. …[read more]
Trying out for an NOJHL team?
The following Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League teams have advised HockeyNewsNorth.com of their upcoming spring tryout camps. …[read more]
Can’t the kids just play hockey?
As some of the dust settles from the ongoing dispute between minor hockey factions in Sault Ste. Marie, one has to wonder if the adults who played any part in the debacle will pause for a minute and think about who the game is supposed to be for at this level. …[read more]
Speers, White to Albany Devils
Albany Devils of the American Hockey League have signed forward Blake Speers and defenseman Colton White of the Ontario Hockey League Soo Greyhounds to amateur tryout agreements for the remainder of the 2015-2016 season. …[read more]
Atom minor AA tryouts
A healthy group of 2007 birth-year skaters are signed up for this weekend’s Soo Jr. Greyhounds atom minor AA hockey tryouts. …[read more]
Voodoos cast spring spell
Powassan Voodoos of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League held their spring prospects camp at nearby Memorial Gardens in North Bay over the weekend. …[read more]
Blind River Beavers have a GM
Less than a week after hiring Kyle Brick away from Soo Thunderbirds to be their new head coach effective the 2016-2017 season, Blind River Beavers have filled their vacant general manager position, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
T-Birds all over Kirkland Lake
Soo Thunderbirds have opened up a two games to none lead on the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners in the best-of-seven Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League championship series. …[read more]
NOJHL spring tryout camps
Just call it the league that never sleeps. Teams in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have already scheduled tryout camps well in advance of the 2016-2017 season. …[read more]
Fighting Irish tryout camps
Detroit Fighting Irish of the U.S. Premier Hockey League’s Midwest Division has a slate of off-season tryout camps lined up. …[read more]
Good look ahead for Greyhounds
They were the only lower-seeded team to win a first-round playoff series and while their run came to an abrupt halt in the second phase of the Ontario Hockey League post-season, the 2015-2016 campaign can be deemed a definite success for the Soo Greyhounds. …[read more]
Message from Flint Firebirds owner
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following statement was issued today by Rolf Nilsen, owner of the Flint Firebirds of the Ontario Hockey League: …[read more]
Puck drops on NOJHL title series
The two remaining teams in the quest for the 2015-2016 Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League championship are set to begin a best-of-seven series with Games 1 and 2 at the Essar Centre in Sault Ste. Marie. …[read more]
Saginaw Spirit coach search
Veteran Ontario Hockey League assistant coach David Bell is among the front-runners to become the new head coach of the Saginaw Spirit, multiple sources are telling HockeyNewsNorth.com. …[read more]
Big changes for Rayside-Balfour
New owner Adrian Gedye has brought sweeping changes to the Rayside-Balfour Canadians that includes the return of time-tested, title-winning coaches to the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]