Express moves ahead with additions
Espanola Express has added a pair of forwards as the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League expansion team moves forward. …[read more]
NOJHL attendance chart
Five weeks into the 2015-2016 season and the expansion Soo Eagles lead the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League in average per-game attendance. …[read more]
Lakers are a program in progress
As they forge into formation with a 30-player roster that includes 11 freshmen, the Lake Superior State University Lakers continue a project in progress with a home-and-home set versus the Northern Michigan University Wildcats. …[read more]
Sault female hockey success story
In one of multiple good news stories early this 2015-2016 season, the Sault Female Hockey Association has confirmed a record turnout for its FUNdamental program. …[read more]
USPHL Midwest Notes
Checking in on the Detroit Fighting Irish, Alpena Flyers and Motor City Hawks heading into U.S. Premier Hockey League, Midwest Division play this weekend: …[read more]
Voodoo magic is no. 1
A franchise in only its second year of existence, the small-town Powassan Voodoos are a national sensation early this 2015-2016 season. …[read more]
No excuses, says Soo Eagles coach
They are an expansion team that has played four of its first 10 games against the powerful Soo Thunderbirds but Soo Eagles coach-general manager Bruno Bragagnolo does not want to make — or hear — any excuses. …[read more]
Bad refereeing, in my opinion
Under the close watch of commissioner Rob Mazzuca, referees who work games in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League are held to high standards and are more accountable than ever before. …[read more]
Eagles finally break through
Soo Eagles shrugged off a four-game losing streak — and a goal-scoring drought — with an 8-1 rout of the visiting Blind River Beavers in Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League action from Friday. …[read more]
Alpena wins…and needs players
Despite being short on players, the Alpena Flyers skated to a 3-0 win over the Michigan Wild in U.S. Premier Hockey League, Midwest Division play from Friday. …[read more]
Pink in the Rink at the Pullar
Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League will support breast cancer research with “Pink in the Rink” home games tonight and Saturday evening at Pullar Stadium. …[read more]
High-scoring Hepler back in EL
Elliot Lake Wildcats have welcomed the return of a high-scoring forward in time for tonight’s Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League game against the visiting Soo Thunderbirds. …[read more]
French River seeks first win
They have been close more than once but the French River Rapids are still seeking their first win as a Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League expansion team. …[read more]
RBC halts five-game slide
Veteran forward Ryan Erickson scored once and assisted on four others and MacKenzie Savard stopped 28 shots as the Rayside-Balfour Canadians ended a five-game losing skid on Wednesday. …[read more]
Laker coach high on defensive duo
A pair of homegrown defencemen from the Sault Ste. Marie area are part of the present and the future for the Lake Superior State University Lakers of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. …[read more]
Old Hound leads pack of Coyotes
Jim Aldred can’t get enough of the game that he says is in his veins.
The 52-year old Aldred, a former prime-time grinder with the Soo Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League, has turned to coaching in recent years. …[read more]
This looks good on the NOJHL
It may only be a ranking that is conducted weekly by the Canadian Jr. Hockey League as a means of promotion. …[read more]
New to the Espanola Express
Four defencemen have recently joined the Espanola Express of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
USPHL Midwest Notes
Checking in on the Alpena Flyers, Detroit Fighting Irish and Motor City Hawks of the Midwest Division of the U.S. Premier Hockey League. …[read more]
Birds show bad side in latest win
Let’s begin by stating that the Soo Thunderbirds were easily the better team in scoring a 4-0 win over the shorthanded Soo Eagles on Saturday. …[read more]
T-Birds trim Eagles once again
Soo Thunderbirds made it three straight wins over their border rivals on Friday with a 3-1 road triumph over the Soo Eagles before close to 750 fans at venerable Pullar Stadium. …[read more]
Wildcats waiting in the woods
There are four teams ahead of them in the overall standings but the Elliot Lake Wildcats are in good position heading into a pair of weekend home games. …[read more]
Here’s to the Alliston Coyotes
Not only are the Alliston Coyotes of the Greater Metro Jr. Hockey League winning games, they are doing so in resounding fashion. …[read more]
Laker coach talks up Headrick
Despite being the youngest player on the 29-man roster of the Lake Superior State University Lakers, 1997 birth-year defenceman Owen Headrick is poised for regular lineup duty with the Western Collegiate Hockey Association team for the 2015-2016 season. …[read more]
Fighting Irish fends off Hawks
A pair of Metro Detroit teams renewed their rabid rivalry from a year ago in a Wednesday stare down at the Brownstown Sports Arena. …[read more]
Mooney on the mark for Rayside
He is one of the younger players in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League and seven games into the 2015-2016 season, he leads his team and all defencemen in scoring. …[read more]
T-Birds v. Eagles for two more
Make way for two more rounds of the Soo Thunderbirds-Soo Eagles junior hockey border battle. …[read more]
More power to Powassan
Powassan Voodoos are living up to lofty expectations through six games of the 2015-2016 Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League season. …[read more]
USPHL Midwest Notes
Here ‘n there within the Midwest Division of the U.S. Premier Hockey League: …[read more]
Lakers name their leaders
Lake Superior State University Lakers head coach Damon Whitten has confirmed his on-ice leaders for the 2015-2016 Western Collegiate Hockey Association season. …[read more]
Bannister bench boss era begins
Drew Bannister may be a rookie head coach in the Ontario Hockey League but the 41-year old bench boss of the Soo Greyhounds has one thing that none of his players have — a Memorial Cup ring. …[read more]
Mav and Doc were full of Bull
I still remember when the Belleville Bulls entered the Ontario Hockey League as an expansion team in 1981 — and subsequently meeting an iconic pair who would become the colourful faces of the franchise. …[read more]
Hockey-related performance training
Jeff Coccimiglio has initiated a performance training for hockey players using a program that extracts the movement which the players use in a game. …[read more]
Beavers ride Uhl tide
Sault Ste. Marie product Jason Uhl had a three-point night on Wednesday as the Blind River Beavers — who went winless during the 2014-2015 Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League season — skated to their second victory of the 2015-2016 campaign. …[read more]
N.O. Notes: Rapids, Rock seek revenge
Revenge could well be on the collective minds of the French River Rapids and Timmins Rock when they take to home ice in Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League play tonight. …[read more]
I began covering Hounds 40 years ago
The start of another Soo Greyhounds, Ontario Hockey League season has a way of bringing me back in time. …[read more]
Co-captain of the Fighting Irish
Having opted to defer a commitment to play at Lindenwood University until the 2016-2017 season, 1996 birth-year forward Nolan Jakzrewski will serve as a co-captain for the Detroit Fighting Irish of the U.S. Premier Hockey League this 2015-2016 campaign. …[read more]
Headrick gets media poll mention
The Western Collegiate Hockey Association held its annual media teleconference today and Lake Superior State University Lakers freshman defenceman Owen Headrick — a former standout with the reigning Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League champion Soo Thunderbirds — received a mention. …[read more]
NOJHL to QMJHL
Dakotah Woods, a 1998 birth-date defenceman who played with the Elliot Lake Wildcats of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League as a 16-year old in 2014-2015, has signed with the Quebec Remparts of the Quebec Major Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Eagles make a point with the Rock
It was fitting that the game should end in a tie given the spirited effort put forth by the lineup-depleted Soo Eagles and the visiting Timmins Rock. …[read more]
Mitchell is the man…Eagles win first
A pair of late third-period goals lifted the unbeaten Soo Thunderbirds to a 4-3, come-from-behind victory over the visiting Timmins Rock in Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League play from Friday. …[read more]
Smooth Rock Falls main camp
The new Smooth Rock Falls Thunder of the Thunder Bay Jr. B Hockey League will be holding its main tryout camp on the Sept. 26-27 weekend. …[read more]
Season opener for Fighting Irish
Detroit Fighting Irish will open the 2015-2016 U.S. Premier Hockey League regular season at home tonight in a 7:35 p.m. faceoff at Brownstown Sports Center. …[read more]
60 years, for Petes sake
Peterborough Petes, a storied Ontario Hockey League franchise that exudes history, will be celebrating their 60th anniversary this 2015-2016 season. …[read more]
Beavers heading across the pond
Blind River Beavers — who already have one more win this season than all of last — will head across the International Bridge to play the Soo Eagles tonight in one of five games on the slate in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Soo Eagles name their leaders
Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have officially named their captain and three assistant captains. …[read more]
There is joy in Iroquois Falls
David beat Goliath on Wednesday in the initial showdown of a steamy northeastern Ontario rivalry. …[read more]
Two NOJHL teams are 3-0
Rayside-Balfour Canadians and the reigning Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League champion Soo Thunderbirds both have a record of 3-0 to begin the 2015-2016 season. …[read more]
Alpena Flyers name their leaders
Alpena Flyers of the U.S. Premier Hockey League have chosen their on-ice leaders for the 2015-2016 season, which begins with a road game on Friday in Kalkaska. …[read more]