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]
Petes acquire Adam McPhail
Sault Ste. Marie product Adam McPhail has been traded by the Saginaw Spirit to the Peterborough Petes in an Ontario Hockey League trade finalized earlier today, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
T-Birds deploy forward depth
They are the reigning Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League champs and while they have lost a few star players — defencemen Owen Headrick and David Radke to Division 1, National Collegiate Athletic Association schools and goalie Mario Culina to the Ontario Hockey League — Soo Thunderbirds define depth on the front lines. …[read more]
Bright NOJHL lights
Here ‘n there in the first few days of the 2015-2016 Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League regular season: …[read more]
Flying start for Motor City Hawks
Motor City Hawks used home ice to begin the 2015-2016 U.S. Premier Hockey League regular season with a sweep of the Marquette Royales. …[read more]
Fans click the NOJHL turnstiles
On the ice, the reigning champion Soo Thunderbirds, Cochrane Crunch and Rayside-Balfour Canadians are all off to quick 2-0 starts. At the gate, there have been good-sized crowds on hand as the 2015-2016, Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League season is underway. …[read more]
Border battle resumes tonight
Round one went to the reigning champs on Friday as the Soo Thunderbirds upended the visiting Soo Eagles 5-2 in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League regular-season opener for the cross-border rivals. …[read more]
Opening night in the NOJHL
It’s a night of opening acts in the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League as all 12 teams take to the ice to begin the 2015-2016 regular season. …[read more]
Three is company in Alpena
The three-man coaching staff of the Alpena Flyers of the U.S. Premier Hockey League will remain intact for the upcoming 2015-2016 season, HockeyNewsNorth.com has confirmed. …[read more]
Wolves send Silveri to Voodoos
Already a favourite to contend for the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League title this season, Powassan Voodoos have added 1997 birth-year forward Michael Silveri from the Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
Twin brothers to T-Birds
Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have signed twin brothers Darian Pilon and Drake Pilon. …[read more]
Laker notes, quotes
Lake Superior State University Lakers of the Division 1, Western Collegiate Hockey Association have finalized their coaching staff…And a freshman defenceman from Garden River First Nation has a roster spot as the youngest player on the team… …[read more]
First pucks to drop on NOJHL
The league now features an unprecedented 12 teams — and they all begin regular-season play on Friday of this week. …[read more]
Weekend on the Rhodes
Soo Thunderbirds, Elliot Lake Wildcats and Soo Eagles played off in a three-team, round-robin, Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League, Labour Day weekend exhibition series at John Rhodes Community Centre. …[read more]
Cochrane Crunch on a fishing trip
With the start of a lengthy 2015-2016 regular season less than a week away, members of the Cochrane Crunch of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League will experience outdoor life this Labour Day holiday weekend. …[read more]
Three more NOJHL signings
Soo Thunderbirds and Powassan Voodoos of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have reported three players signings as the start of the 2015-2016 regular season draws near. …[read more]
Trio of NOJHL games in Soo
Three exhibition games involving three teams from the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League are slated for this weekend at John Rhodes Community Centre in Sault Ste. Marie. …[read more]
Soo T-Birds to Windsor Spitfires
Goalie Mario Culina — a good, old Croatian boy from Sault Ste. Marie — has signed with the Ontario Hockey League Windsor Spitfires as an undrafted free agent. …[read more]
Elliot Lake shuffles the deck
Elliot Lake Wildcats of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have confirmed the status of three high-scoring forwards. …[read more]
Wolves seek path to winning ways
There is no place to go but up in the standings for the Sudbury Wolves. …[read more]
Todd Stencill gets the job done
Suffice to say that the Elliot Lake Wildcats of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League are in capable, experienced hands with Todd Stencill at the helm as general manager. …[read more]
NOJHL upends OJHL once again
Score another decision for the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League over the Ontario Jr. Hockey League. …[read more]
Another shot for Ryan Vendramin
Sault Ste. Marie native Ryan Vendramin is getting what could be a last chance to stick in the Ontario Hockey League. …[read more]
Tryout time in Smooth Rock Falls
Led by coach Richard Solomon, general manager Cory Hofferd and scout Jody (Bad News) Biedermann, the Smooth Rock Falls Thunder of the Thunder Bay Jr. B. Hockey League has set the dates for its first-ever tryout camp. …[read more]
Rayside rocks Timmins
It was only a Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League exhibition game but first impressions of the Rayside-Balfour Canadians were good impressions. …[read more]