Soo Greyhounds rivals from southwestern Ontario are on the rebound. As always, time will tell. But with six players with 2008 birth dates already signed, the Spitfires haul from the 2024 Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft just might end up…
Read MoreAround the rinks of Northern Ontario we go in a hockey season that never really ends. *** MAJORS TO MAROONS Forward Ian Lachance, who led the Timmins Majors and the Great North Under 18 Hockey League in scoring in 2023-2024, has signed with the Chatham…
Read MoreThis is really good news — as good as it gets — for minor hockey in Sault Ste. Marie. That is, Craig Hartsburg — world class as both a player and a coach — has been appointed to the position of AAA league director by the Sault Major Hockey Association….
Read MoreSault Ste. Marie product Cole Wreggitt, a 2008-birth-year defenceman who was a fourth-round pick by the Sudbury Wolves from the U18 AAA Soo Jr. Greyhounds at the 2024 Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft, has signed with the Soo Eagles of th…
Read MoreSWEATER RETIRED Soo Greyhounds’ Christopher Brown presents former Greyhound and NHL player Joe Thornton with his Hounds jersey at the Joe Thornton Retirement Ceremony prior to Saturday night’s hockey game at the GFL Memorial Gardens. Brown, who previou…
Read MoreTalk about a quick, improbable ascent to the Ontario Hockey League. That is, 2007-birth-year defenceman Rylan Fellinger has signed with the Flint Firebirds after being a distant 13th round pick at the 2023 OHL priority selections draft from the Soo Jr….
Read MoreOPENING LINES Among the newcomers who have signed up to play for the Elliot Lake Vikings of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League this season are six youngsters from the north. They are goalies Cam Boville and Sam Keene, defencemen Sam Verbonac and Ca…
Read MoreSoo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League have re-signed point producing forward Jackson Truchan ahead of the looming 2023-2024 season. “I’m really happy to be re-signing with the Thunderbirds,” said Truchan, who was the team’s rookie …
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