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]
Minor hockey debacle in S.S. Marie
There is a toxic element that is having a chaotic and disruptive effect on minor hockey in Sault Ste. Marie. And in this case, the Soo Pee Wee Hockey League stands accused as the alleged culprit. …[read more]
Rayside calls a press conference
The new owner of the Rayside-Balfour Canadians will introduce the staff of his Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League team for the 2016-2017 season at a press conference tonight. …[read more]
New coach for Blind River Beavers
Kyle Brick will be leaving his position as an assistant coach with the Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to become head coach of the West Division rival Blind River Beavers. …[read more]
Hounds keeping Otters close
Soo Greyhounds have shown they can play with the Erie Otters for 60 minutes. And on Monday night at the Essar Centre, the Greyhounds needed a last-minute goal to defeat the visiting Otters 3-2 in Game 3 of their Ontario Hockey League playoff series. …[read more]
T-Birds to play on for a while
Regardless of whether they win the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League playoff championship, Soo Thunderbirds will still be playing once their best-of-seven series with the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners is over. …[read more]
OHL Draft Notebook
A few notes and anecdotes pertaining to the annual Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft: …[read more]
New low for Sault at OHL draft
Only two players from Sault Ste. Marie were selected at Saturday’s Ontario Hockey League draft — which is the lowest total in more than 40 years. …[read more]
Roadhouse women among the best
The Roadhouse, a women’s team from Sault Ste. Marie, made it to the finals of the CARHA World Cup of Hockey Tournament that is being held in Windsor, Ont. …[read more]
Lake State d-man turns pro
Lake Superior State Lakers senior defenseman Peter Spratte has signed a professional contract, joining the Pensacola Ice Flyers of the Southern Professional Hockey League for the remainder of the 2015-2016 season. …[read more]
Elliot Lake extends series
Elliot Lake Wildcats shrugged off an early 3-0 deficit and rallied to defeat the visiting Soo Thunderbirds 4-3 in overtime on Friday, thus extending the best-of-seven Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League playoff series. …[read more]
Rick Kowalsky, coach-of-the-year
Rick Kowalsky, who captained the Soo Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League to the 1993 Memorial Cup championship as an energetic, inspirational right winger, has been named American Hockey League coach-of-the-year for the 2015-2016 season. …[read more]
Erie almost had Owen Headrick
Top-seeded Erie Otters of the Ontario Hockey League came very close to persuading Owen Headrick to leave the Lake Superior State Lakers of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association during the 2015-2016 season but the freshman defenseman decided to remain in school, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
Soo kids up for OHL draft
The annual Ontario Hockey League draft will be held via the internet this Saturday and two Sault Ste. Marie skaters appear poised to be picked as mid-to-late-round selections. …[read more]
Trent Mallette a good overage bet
His coach calls him a character kid and consummate team guy who plays with a lot of energy. And that is just some of why Trent Mallette is a good bet to be an over-ager with the Ottawa 67’s next season. …[read more]
T-Birds up three on Wildcats
A second-successive shutout has the reigning champion Soo Thunderbirds within one win of a spot in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League title series. …[read more]
Did you see this coming?
The highly improbable has become stark reality. I mean, did you see the Soo Greyhounds stealing Game 7 against the Sarnia Sting? …[read more]
Soo Eagles spring tryout camp
Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League will be holding an open tryout camp on the May 6-8 weekend, co-coach/general manager Bruno Bragagnolo has confirmed to HockeyNewsNorth.com. …[read more]
Soo T-Birds spring tryout camp
Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League will hold their 2016 spring tryout camp from May 13-15 at John Rhodes Community Centre. …[read more]
Hounds ready to Rock tonight
Soo Greyhounds have one more shot at completing a first-round Ontario Hockey League playoff upset tonight when they face off against the Sarnia Sting in a slated 7:05 p.m. start. …[read more]
NOJHL final four playoff update
Best-of-seven playoff finals in the West and East Divisions of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League resume this week. …[read more]
Game 7 to settle Soo-Sarnia set
Sarnia Sting stared adversity — and elimination — straight in the eyes on Sunday night in Sault Ste. Marie and stood up to the challenge. …[read more]
Hounds giving Pucci a chance
Three years after he was drafted into the Ontario Hockey League, Frankie Pucci is finally getting a good opportunity to show that he belongs. …[read more]
Tech takes over the T-Birds
As part of a friendly takeover, The Tech 1921 Ltd. will assume official command of the Soo Thunderbirds effective the end of the 2015-2016 Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League season. …[read more]
It’s Crunch time again
Cochrane Crunch continues its quest of trying to make it to the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League championship series for the second time in its two-year history when it takes on the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners in the East Division finals. …[read more]