Pee wee minors home to Green Bay
Soo Greyhounds pee wee minors will prepare for the forthcoming championship series in the Northern Ontario AAA Hockey League with a three-game tuneup this weekend against the visiting Green Bay Jr. Gamblers. …[read more]
Jr. Greyhound tryouts loom
This is a message for all players who aspire to play within the Soo Jr. Greyhounds rep program for the 2016-2017 season. …[read more]
Watch the Soo T-Birds for free
All minor hockey players 14 years of age and younger will be admitted free to Wednesday’s Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League game between the Soo Thunderbirds and Rayside-Balfour Canadians — on one condition. …[read more]
Eskis forward gets NCAA deal
Castleton Spartans, a Division 3, National Collegiate Athletic Association program that plays out of the New England Hockey Conference, has a commitment from a high-scoring forward with the Iroquois Falls Eskis of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
March 1 musings
The first of March takes us one day closer to spring and another day closer to playoffs.. …[read more]
Laker underclassmen lead the way
They have two games to play in the 2015-2016 regular season — both on the road this weekend — and the youthful Lake Superior State Lakers have secured a playoff spot and assured themselves of at least seventh place in the 10-team Western Collegiate Hockey Association. …[read more]
Massey still seeking junior team
As HockeyNewsNorth.com first reported in a November, 2015 article, the town of Massey is interested in bringing a junior hockey team to the area. …[read more]
Culina paying off for Spitfires
Free-agent goalie Mario Culina has been money in the bank for the Windsor Spitfires as a 1997 birth-year rookie. …[read more]
5-game ban for Cody Caron
Hard-nosed Kingston Frontenacs forward Cody Caron has been issued a five-game suspension by the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
Soo Eagles makeup game
Soo Eagles will play host to the Espanola Express on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in a re-scheduled Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League game. …[read more]
Jake Palmerio has a school offer
Lawrence University Vikings of the Division 3, Northern Collegiate Hockey Association have offered a future roster spot to Soo Eagles forward Jake Palmerio, HockeyNewsNorth.com has learned. …[read more]
Lakers clinch WCHA playoff spot
A three-point weekend has secured a playoff spot for the Lake Superior State Lakers and assured them of at least seventh place in the 10-team Western Collegiate Hockey Association. …[read more]
Pee wee major scoring champion
Soo Greyhounds finished in third place during the Northern Ontario AAA Hockey League regular season and the pee wee major team featured the top scorer in the division. …[read more]
Little Caesars winter classic
The multi-team, multi-division, Little Caesars Winter Hockey Classic was held today on outdoor rinks on the grounds of Silver Creek Golf Course, just outside Sault Ste. Marie at Garden River First Nation. …[read more]
Brad Baber’s boy a scoring leader
Camaryn Baber, a 2001 birth-year forward with the Soo Greyhounds of the Northern Ontario AAA Hockey League’s major bantam division, is showing some of his father’s ability as a player. …[read more]
Pee wee minor scoring champ
Not only did the Soo Greyhounds finish atop the regular-season standings of the Northern Ontario AAA Hockey League’s pee wee minor division with a dominant record of 19-0-1 but they featured the top scorer in the loop. …[read more]
Ex-Red Wings coach to show Spirit
Former Detroit Red Wings coach Dave Lewis is joining the Saginaw Spirit as a defensive consultant for the remainder of the 2015-2016 Ontario Hockey League season. …[read more]
Playoff-implications pair at Pullar
Soo Eagles will play host to the Blind River Beavers tonight and the Espanola Express on Saturday in a crucial two-game home-stand at Pullar Stadium. …[read more]
Hounds pee wee minors dominate
Soo Greyhounds pee wee minors have a first-round playoff bye due to a dominant regular season within the Northern Ontario AAA Hockey League. …[read more]
This is what’s next for Soo Eagles
Soo Eagles have an in-house situation that carries major ramifications for many within the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Net worth in Elliot Lake
Rookie goalie Aaron Mackay has not lost a game in regulation time for the Elliot Lake Wildcats covering 16 appearances dating back to October 23. …[read more]
Lakers await Walt & the Wildcats
Winners of five of their last six games, Northern Michigan Wildcats are headed to the Soo for a pair of matches with the Lake Superior State Lakers this weekend. …[read more]
Jr. Greyhound information session
Sault Minor Hockey, as part of Sault Major Hockey Association, will be holding what it terms a “new parent information session” on Monday, March 7. …[read more]
Golden girl
Mai-Ann Dorval of the Kapuskasing Ice Hawks proudly displays a trophy and gold medal that she won at the four-day, Soo Pee Wee Hockey Extravaganza Tournament that was held last week. …[read more]
Kap Ice Hawks strike gold in the Soo
It was worth the 775-mile round-trip to Sault Ste. Marie for the Kapuskasing Ice Hawks, who returned home with gold medals on Sunday. …[read more]
Novice major A champs
Lions Club won the novice major A gold medal today with a 4-0 triumph over Avery Construction in an all-Sault Ste. Marie final as part of the multi-division, Soo Pee Wee Hockey Extravaganza Tournament. …[read more]
Silver medal winners
Centre Ice Hawks of Sault Ste. Marie won the silver medal today as part of the multi-division, Soo Pee Wee Hockey Extravaganza Tournament. …[read more]
Sunday’s best
Points to peruse and opinions to offer on a sunny, spring-like Sunday: …[read more]
Alpena d-man off to Oakland U
Shane Dawson, a 1995 birth-year defenseman with the Alpena Flyers of the U.S. Premier Hockey League’s Midwest Division, has committed to play for the Oakland University Golden Grizzlies of the Division 1, American Collegiate Hockey Association effective the 2016-2017 season. …[read more]
And another game star
Olivia Trudeau of Grand Gardens was defensive game star in her team’s 5-1 win over Ergo Eagles in atom major action from today. …[read more]
Another game star
Colton Greene, who plays for Soo Lions Club in novice major A, was his team’s game star earlier today in a 5-4 victory over the Wawa Travellers. …[read more]
Game star
Damian Torresan of the Sault Insurance Lakers holds up his game-star award after scoring three goals in a tyke division contest earlier today. …[read more]
Soo Eagles in a 10-game swoon
They reached a high on January 23 when they beat the league-leading Soo Thunderbirds for the first time this season but since then the Soo Eagles have only 2 wins in their last 10 outings. …[read more]
Hounds of the highway
Soo Greyhounds may only be in seventh place in the 10-team Western Conference but their road record is the best among the five-member West Division of the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
What is different about this firing?
Two days ago, the Saginaw Spirit of the Ontario Hockey League fired head coach Greg Gilbert and replaced him with Moe Mantha. …[read more]
Jr. Greyhounds 2016-2017 tryouts
Attention all players who aspire to play within the Soo Jr. Greyhounds rep program next season — and attention all parents for a message from Sault Minor Hockey. …[read more]
Slumping Flint Firebirds fire coaches
Mired in yet-another slump with just two wins in their last 10 outings, Flint Firebirds of the Ontario Hockey League have relieved head coach John Gruden and assistant coach Dave Karpa of their duties effective immediately. …[read more]
Moe Mantha’s bittersweet decision
It wasn’t easy for Moe Mantha to leave the expansion French River Rapids of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League to return to the Ontario Hockey League after a 10-year absence and take over as interim coach of the Saginaw Spirit. …[read more]
O’Sullivan child-abuse story revisited
When many people think of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, they think of men returning from war. …[read more]
40 years ago in Greyhound history
They had missed the playoffs in each of their first three seasons as members of the Ontario Hockey League and fans and supporters of the Soo Greyhounds were becoming restless and impatient. …[read more]
Moe Mantha is new coach in Saginaw
Saginaw Spirit of the Ontario Hockey League has fired head coach Greg Gilbert and replaced him with veteran bench boss Moe Mantha for the balance of the 2015-2016 season, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
Border battle resumes tonight
It’s Monday night hockey this evening as the Soo Eagles play host to the Soo Thunderbirds in a 7 p.m. face off at Pullar Stadium in the Michigan Soo. …[read more]
The puck stops with Ariella
To teammates and coaches, Ariella Merlino is just another developing player on the Soo Greyhounds pee wee minor AAA rep hockey club. …[read more]
Lakers ring the victory bell
Lake Superior State Lakers halted a six-game losing skid tonight with a morale-boosting 3-0 home-ice win over the Bemidji State Beavers. …[read more]
Race for 5th place in NOJHL West
Blind River Beavers have narrowed the gap on the Espanola Express in what is shaping up as a frantic race for the fifth-and-final playoff spot in the West Division of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Hound pee wees home for three
Soo Greyhounds pee wee minor AAA rep hockey team is home for three games at three different local rinks beginning with a pair of matches on Saturday. …[read more]
Here come the NCAA recruiters
Recruiters from the Division 1 and Division 3 ranks of the National Collegiate Athletic Association are doing — and in some cases, have done — their homework on a flock of front-line players from within the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Good old Greyhound goalies
The number of goalies who have tended twine for the Soo Greyhounds since they entered the Ontario Hockey League in 1972 stands at just over 80. …[read more]
Lakers need a winning weekend
They have lost five straight games and are in desperate need of victories as the Western Collegiate Hockey Association heads into the final four weekends of regular-season play. …[read more]