Hounds in the driver’s seat
It was playoff hockey at its most exciting, complete with the drama of more than 27 minutes of overtime. …[read more]
Soo Eagles working towards ’16-17
Their 2015-2016 season over after being swept by the Soo Thunderbirds in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League’s West Division playoffs, Soo Eagles co-coach/general manager Bruno Bragagnolo has started building towards the 2016-2017 campaign. …[read more]
Which Hounds will show up?
Soo Greyhounds may have a 2-1 series lead but it’s the visiting Sarnia Sting that has the momentum heading into Game 4 tonight at the Essar Centre. …[read more]
Crunch these playoff numbers
Cochrane Crunch scored a bunch in its playoff sweep of the Timmins Rock and now the small-market Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League team will face the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners in the East Division finals. …[read more]
Habs brass at Hounds game
A trio of Soo Greyhounds wingers rated for selection at the 2016 National Hockey League draft did not put their best feet forward in front of a gathering of scouts on Wednesday. …[read more]
Change at the top for Soo T-Birds
As was first reported by HockeyNewsNorth.com on Saturday, a change in operation awaits the Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Puck luck and hockey gods
Puck luck has reportedly been a factor through the first three games of the Ontario Hockey League playoff series between the Niagara IceDogs and Ottawa 67’s. …[read more]
What is going on here?
Can the improbable become reality? Can the underdog Soo Greyhounds add to their two games to none lead and really eliminate the high-powered Sarnia Sting in the first round of the best-of-seven Ontario Hockey League playoff series? …[read more]
Off-ice change awaits Soo T-Birds
On the ice, the reigning Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League champion Soo Thunderbirds are in pursuit of repeat glory while off the ice, they await a poised change in operation. …[read more]
Birds send Eagles packing
A huge crowd at Pullar Stadium in the Michigan Soo watched the exit of the Soo Eagles for the 2015-2016 season. …[read more]
Beavers have had NOJHL success
There are numerous blueprints for the Blind River Beavers to copy and study as the franchise strives to return to a level of competitiveness in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Spirit rises to face Erie
An all-American, Ontario Hockey League showdown begins tonight when the eighth-place Saginaw Spirit takes on the top-seeded Erie Otters in Game 1 of a best-of-seven Western Conference playoff series. …[read more]
Soo scribes side with Sarnia Sting
Three seasoned Sault Ste. Marie sportswriters — myself included — aren’t giving the underdog Soo Greyhounds much of a chance in their first-round, best-of-seven, Ontario Hockey League playoff series versus the Sarnia Sting. …[read more]
Eagles perched on the edge
Soo Eagles managed to hold the Soo Thunderbirds to a single goal on Wednesday but the end result was a third straight playoff loss for the Michiganders. …[read more]
Pucci has 1st skate with Hounds
Sault Ste. Marie native Frankie Pucci has begun practicing with the Soo Greyhounds but it remains to be seen when he will suit up for his hometown Ontario Hockey League team. …[read more]
Latest on the Jr. Greyhounds
Six coaches have been appointed by Sault Minor Hockey to assume bench boss duties with the Soo Jr. Greyhounds rep program for the 2016-2017 season. …[read more]
Coaching change in Blind River
Blind River Beavers of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League are looking for a new coach and general manager, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
T-Birds up two on Eagles
Soo Thunderbirds have taken a commanding two games to none lead on the Soo Eagles in what so far has been a one-sided Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League West Division semi-final playoff series. …[read more]
67’s seek return to playoff glory
Ottawa 67’s will be out to win an Ontario Hockey League playoff series for the first time since the first round of the 2011-2012 campaign when they take on the Niagara Ice Dogs in an Eastern Conference set that begins this week. …[read more]
OHL playoff matchups are set
Playoffs in the Ontario Hockey League get underway this week with 16 teams beginning a quest that will lead one of them to the May 19-29 Memorial Cup tournament in Red Deer, Alberta. …[read more]
Sidebars to Kingston-Oshawa series
It will be no ordinary playoff series when the Kingston Frontenacs take on the Oshawa Generals in a first-round, best-of-seven, Ontario Hockey League Eastern Conference set. …[read more]
PW minor Hounds take NOHL title
Devin Mauro lit the lamp three times as the Soo Jr. Greyhounds skated to a 7-1 decision over the Nickel City Sons on Sunday to bring home the Northern Ontario AAA Hockey League pee wee minor championship. …[read more]
Old Hound back in town
The erstwhile overage goalie who backstopped the Soo Greyhounds to their first-ever Ontario Hockey League playoff berth was back in town this weekend. …[read more]
T-Birds take it to Eagles
Soo Thunderbirds made it look quick and easy with a resounding 9-3 win over the visiting Soo Eagles in the opener of their Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League playoff set on Saturday night. …[read more]
OHL playoffs: Soo versus Sarnia
Soo Greyhounds will be the decided underdog in their first-round, best-of-seven, Ontario Hockey League playoff series versus the Sarnia Sting. …[read more]
Eagles “looking forward” to series
Soo Eagles finished 49 points behind the Soo Thunderbirds and lost 10 of 12 games to the regular-season champs but the two teams start even as their best-of-seven Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League playoff series begins tonight at 7:30 at the Essar Centre. …[read more]
Ottawa 67’s have a high-low profile
It is a time-honoured Ontario Hockey League franchise with an iconic logo that is highly visible yet the Ottawa 67’s remain somewhat concealed in the nation’s capital. …[read more]
NOJHL playoff perspectives
Eight teams — seven of which finished the regular season with winning records well above the .500 mark — are in position to win the 2015-2016 Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League playoff championship. …[read more]
Soo PW minors on verge of title
Soo Jr. Greyhounds pee wee minors are one victory away from winning the Northern Ontario AAA Hockey League championship. …[read more]
Lakers eye smooth sailing ahead
Their season ended with a first-round playoff loss to the second-seeded Minnesota State Mavericks but the future outlook contains considerable promise for the Lake Superior State Lakers of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. …[read more]
Back on the hockey beat
After spending parts of five days in Ottawa at the Tim Hortons Brier, Canadian men’s curling championships, I am back home on the hockey beat. …[read more]
Sault women are Ontario’s best
Coach Dominic Sacco and his Sault College Cougars are Ontario Colleges Committee on Campus Recreation women’s hockey champions for the 2015-2016 season. …[read more]
Want to play for the Jr. Greyhounds?
Players who aspire to play within the Soo Jr. Greyhounds rep program for the 2016-2017 season — this message is directed towards you and your parents. …[read more]
Famed trio: Lambert, Simon, Turco
Denny Lambert was never drafted into the Ontario Hockey League or the National Hockey League but he made it to both levels and played with distinction. …[read more]
Youth hockey: expensive, priceless
Times have certainly changed from the days of playing competitive hockey on outdoor rinks and in local arenas within a youth house-league system. …[read more]
Eagles should upend Express but…
Soo Eagles have a distinct advantage on the Espanola Express ahead of the best-of-three, preliminary-round, West Division playoff series between the two Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League teams. …[read more]
Can the Eskis knock off the Rock?
This one has the makings of a nasty, intense playoff series — the small-town Iroquois Falls Eskis up against their neighbours, the bigger-market Timmins Rock. …[read more]
Tough playoff road for Lake State
They have a goalie with one of the best save percentages in the 10-team Western Collegiate Hockey Association but the seventh-place Lake Superior State Lakers have drawn a very-tough opponent in the second-place Minnesota State Mavericks for the first round of the playoffs. …[read more]
NOJHL prelim round playoff dates
The Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League has confirmed the schedule for its two preliminary-round playoff series. …[read more]
Coach decides to Chill out
A.J. Degenhardt is leaving his position as coach-general manager of the Coulee Region Chill of the North American Hockey League effective the end of the 2015-2016 campaign. …[read more]
Sports Gold takes NOHA title
Sault Ste. Marie Sports Gold has won the Northern Ontario Hockey Association’s AA bantam minor title. …[read more]
NOHL pee wee major series tied
Sudbury Wolves have forced a fifth-and-deciding game in their best-of-five, Northern Ontario AAA Hockey League pee wee major division playoff series with the Soo Greyhounds. …[read more]
Voodoos boast home-grown flavour
A second-year franchise, the Powassan Voodoos fashioned an impressive 84-point regular season to finish third overall in the 12-team, Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League standings. …[read more]
Eagles have defensive Powers
He may not be the Soo Eagles best defenseman but Roger Powers is one of the most-improved players on the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League team. …[read more]
Thunderbirds score by committee
Soo Thunderbirds may be the top team in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League but they are far from an offensive powerhouse. …[read more]
Soo pee wee majors have series lead
Soo Greyhounds pee wee majors can complete a first-round playoff upset on Saturday when they play host to the Sudbury Wolves in a 1 p.m. match at John Rhodes Community Centre. …[read more]
Jr. Greyhound new parent session
Sault Minor Hockey will be holding what it terms a “new parent information session” next Monday, March 7. …[read more]
Parrott flies like an Eagle
He can skate, he can shoot, he can play a rough-and-tumble style and he is a favourite of his coach because of the way he plays the game. …[read more]
Pee wee minor d-men can score too
Not only did the first-place Soo Greyhounds feature eight of the top 10 scorers during the Northern Ontario AAA Hockey League pee wee minor division regular season but their defensemen produced top point totals as well. …[read more]