Another JDM client gets D1 commit
Justin Kapelmaster of the Wichita Falls Wildcats of the North American Hockey League has become the second goaltender client of family advisor David Maciuk to get a Division 1, National Collegiate Athletic Association commitment in the past week. …[read more]
Top-ranked T-Birds have sights set
Time will tell if newcomer Connor Ryckman can match the elevated Mario Culina between the pipes but for now the consensus is that the Soo Thunderbirds remain the team to beat in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
T-Birds move their players up
Not only do Soo Thunderbirds win championships but the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League powerhouse does a good job of developing players for a higher level. …[read more]
Fighting Irish in Cruz control
Junior hockey has a secure presence in the Downriver area of Trenton and Woodhaven, thanks in large part to Lisa Cruz and her husband Mark Cruz, who own the Detroit Fighting Irish of the U.S. Premier Hockey League. …[read more]
Wisconsin via New Jersey via Soo
Goalie Jack Berry, who played for the Soo Eagles during the 2014-2015 season when they were members of the North American Hockey League, has committed to play for the Wisconsin Badgers of the Division 1, Big 10 Conference. …[read more]
Weekend road sweep for Soo Eagles
Soo Eagles completed a weekend road sweep on Saturday with a 3-1 road decision over the Rayside-Balfour Canadians. …[read more]
Passion of a Motor City coach
He is quite the guy, this Jason McCrimmon, someone who was not one of those kids growing up that once he left you’d ever expect to come back, never mind give back. …[read more]
Trying to overcome the odds
After losing out in the first round of the minor-pro, ECHL playoffs with the Orlando Solar Bears last season, Brett Findlay wasn’t sure what the future had in store for him. …[read more]
Soo Eagles are tops of new teams
Two of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League’s first-year teams will face off tonight when the Espanola Express plays host to the Soo Eagles. …[read more]
WCHA serves up a Western sandwich
There are seven weekends to play in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association regular season and the menu is stacked with healthy choices of consumption. …[read more]
Soo Eagles via Aberdeen Wings
1996 birth-year forward Chris Murphy will suit up for the Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League after stints with two teams in the North American Hockey League. …[read more]
Beasts of the NOJHL East
Soo Thunderbirds of the West Division are currently in first place overall in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League but the second, third, fourth and fifth-ranked clubs in the 12-team loop are all from the East Division. …[read more]
Wolves out on coldest night of the year
Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League paid a visit to the town’s Samaritan Centre on Tuesday as part of the fourth annual Coldest Night of the Year winter walk event. …[read more]
Hounds well-served by youth
This is a transition season for the Soo Greyhounds from which they are expected to return to Ontario Hockey League contender status in 2016-2017. …[read more]
Lakers to honour “much-loved” men
Lake Superior State Lakers will honour the memory of two “much-loved” gentlemen during Saturday’s Western Collegiate Hockey Association home game against the Alaska Anchorage Seawolves. …[read more]
Adam McPhail to Soo T-Birds
Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have acquired 1997 birth-year forward Adam McPhail, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
Hounds make a pair of trades
Soo Greyhounds made a pair of moves at today’s Ontario Hockey League trade deadline, bringing home local product Frankie Pucci and dealing veteran Keigan Goetz. …[read more]
Big deal on OHL trade-deadline day
It’s trade-deadline day in the Ontario Hockey League and the Saginaw Spirit and Barrie Colts finalized a major exchange early this morning. …[read more]
Crunch hunch pays early dividends
Cochrane Crunch coach-general manager Ryan Leonard played a hunch that family advisor David Maciuk would come through with a high-end skater. …[read more]
Lake State freshman recognized
Freshman forward Diego Cuglietta of the seventh-place Lake Superior State Lakers, who scored the game-winner in a 1-0 overtime upset of the second-place Bowling Green Falcons on Saturday, has been named Western Collegiate Hockey Association rookie-of-the-week. …[read more]
Lakers played like men
Damon Whitten does not make it a habit to go overboard when praising his young Lake Superior State Lakers but the second-year head coach was gushing with pride following a 1-0 overtime win over the visiting Bowling Green Falcons on Saturday night. …[read more]
Hounds draft pick commits to Lakers
Owen Guy, a 1998 birth-year centre who was selected by the Soo Greyhounds in the fifth round of the 2014 Ontario Hockey League draft, has made a future commitment to play for the Lake Superior State Lakers of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. …[read more]
Soo Eagles v. U.S. Coast Guard
Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League and a team representing the United States Coast Guard will face off tonight in a charity game to raise funds for a foundation that aspires to keep teenagers from using their cell phones while driving. …[read more]
Otters return to the Soo
The team that knocked the heavily-favoured Soo Greyhounds out of the Ontario Hockey League playoffs last spring is back in town. …[read more]
Lakers head Wright into 2nd half
A busy second half to the 2015-2016 Western Collegiate Hockey Association season begins for the Lake Superior State Lakers this weekend with a pair of home games. …[read more]
Express delivers late in Espanola
One game does not a season make but one game could end up defining the season for the Espanola Express. …[read more]
Scouting 9-and-10-year old players
There just could be a future member of the Ontario Hockey League’s Oshawa Generals skating in our midst at Soo Pee Wee Arena. …[read more]
Culina staying with OHL Spitfires
Goalie Mario Culina will remain in the Ontario Hockey League with the Windsor Spitfires and will not be returning to the Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
Many NCAA options for NOJHLers
As the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League has developed its share of talent for the Ontario Hockey League and the Quebec Major Jr. Hockey League, many of its players aspire to combine the sport with an education at the National Collegiate Athletic Association level. …[read more]
Soo Pee Wee tournament champs
It produced a warm feeling inside a cold rink, watching two teams of spirited 10-year-old players facing off in a championship game. …[read more]
Fighting Irish cancer survivor
When Detroit Fighting Irish of the U.S. Premier Hockey League honours cancer survivors and victims in a game with the rival Motor City Hawks on Sunday, it will have special meaning for one young player. …[read more]
Laker is WCHA rookie-of-the-month
Lake Superior State Lakers freshman forward Gage Torrel has been named Western Collegiate Hockey Association rookie-of-the-month for December. …[read more]
Time for change in major junior hockey
It may be time to change the old guard that watches over major junior hockey in Canada and encourage the man who has held so much influence and power for so many years to begin the retirement chapter of his life. …[read more]
Tassone continues point production
Soo Thunderbirds continued their mastery of the Soo Eagles on Saturday and rookie forward Mark Tassone continued his scoring run of late. …[read more]
Jim Aldred, 2 Coyotes are all-stars
Alliston Coyotes will be sending three representatives to the 2016 Greater Metro Hockey League all-star game that will be held in Tottenham, Ont. on January 12. …[read more]
Frontenacs now a formidable force
Already the top team in the Eastern Conference — and one of the more-balanced squads in the Ontario Hockey League — the Kingston Frontenacs have become a formidable force with the recent addition of left winger Michael Dal Colle. …[read more]
Fighting Irish adds forward depth
As the team heads into the 2016 portion of the season, Detroit Fighting Irish of the U.S. Premier Hockey League’s Midwest Division has added four new players. …[read more]
Kingston pays price for Dal Colle
In a blockbuster Ontario Hockey League trade finalized earlier today, the Eastern Conference-leading Kingston Frontenacs have acquired 1996 birth-year left winger Michael Dal Colle from the Oshawa Generals. …[read more]
3 wins, 3 shutouts for Laker goalie
Another win, another shutout for freshman goalie Nick Kossoff of the Lake Superior State Lakers. …[read more]
Back on ice in the NOJHL
Christmas season is over, New Year’s Day is less than 48 hours away and the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League is back playing games this weekend. …[read more]
OHL re-opens for business
Play has resumed in the Ontario Hockey League and the trade embargo has been lifted following the Christmas holiday break. …[read more]
Life of a third-string goalie
He is in his third season with the Lake Superior State Lakers and has appeared in just one game in his Western Collegiate Hockey Association career but junior goalie Aaron Davis continues to work hard and be a supportive teammate. …[read more]
Soo midgets at mid-season
Soo Major Thunderbirds of the Great North Midget Hockey League will return to action this weekend within range of the .500 mark. …[read more]
Express aims to deliver in 2016
General manager Chad Clarke sees better days ahead for the expansion Espanola Express of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Lakers prepping for 2016 portion
The holiday break will end for the Lake Superior State Lakers early next week as they head to Vermont for a pair of non-conference games as part of the Catamount Cup tournament. …[read more]
I want to wish you a
It’s Christmas Day and I am blessed to again spend it with those who I love most in the world, my closest family members. …[read more]
Best of the Fighting Irish
One of the youngest players in the Midwest Division of the U.S. Premier Hockey League is leading the Detroit Fighting Irish in scoring preparatory to the 2016 portion of the season. …[read more]
So-so first half for Soo Eagles
They have the best record of any of the three expansion teams in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League and the coaches of the Soo Eagles are expecting more improvement when play resumes in the 2016 portion of the season. …[read more]
Perlini has plenty of Soo support
He was born in Guildford, England and was drafted into the Ontario Hockey League out of Detroit, Michigan but Brendan Perlini will always have Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. as a home base. …[read more]