By Matt Stefano The Soo Thunderbirds battled back, but they still couldn’t get the victory. After trailing 3-0 after the first period and 4-2 after the second period, the Soo Thunderbirds battled back to tie the game at four with just 1:35 left to go in regulation, but ended up falling to the Hearst Lumberjacks […]
By Matt Stefano May the 5th be with you! Thursday, May 5 was a historic day for the Great North Under-18 Hockey League, as one player out of that league ended up being taken first overall in this year’s Ontario Hockey League Under-18 Priority Selection. With the first overall pick in this year’s draft, the […]
By Matt Stefano For the second straight game, the Soo Thunderbirds led 1-0 after twenty minutes of play, but in the end, it was once again the visiting team coming out with the victory. On Monday night, the Soo Thunderbirds dropped a 3-2 decision to the Hearst Lumberjacks in game 2 of the NOJHL Final […]
By Matt Stefano The winning streak may be over, but the series is just getting started. On Sunday night, the Soo Thunderbirds had their 26-game winning streak snapped as they fell by a score of 6-4 to the Hearst Lumberjacks in game 1 of the NOJHL final in front of 862 fans at the GFL Memorial […]
By Matt Stefano Three seasons ago, the Hearst Lumberjacks defeated the Soo Thunderbirds four-games-to-three in the NOJHL final to go on to win their first ever Copeland Cup McNamara Trophy. And since then, no team was able to play for the Copeland Cup McNamara Trophy due to COVID-19. But now, here in 2022, the same […]
By Matt Stefano The Great North Under-18 Hockey League has announced on Tuesday its league award winners for the 2021-2022 season, and three of this year’s winners were players from the Soo Jr. Greyhounds. The three Jr. Greyhounds who took home league hardware this year, were forward Lincoln Moore, defeceman Austin Fellinger and goaltender Charlie […]
By Matt Stefano In my previous story, Michael Chaffay said he was just going to continue to play his game on Saturday night and see what happens. And on Saturday night, he did, and the Birds got the victory! On Saturday night, Soo Thunderbirds forward Michael Chaffay recorded his second straight multi-goal game, scoring a […]
Cooper Foster’s goal just 34 ticks into the first period last night gave the Thunderbirds an early 1-0 lead against the Eagles. Foster and the Thunderbirds also went on to defeat the Eagles 4-1 last night in game 3 of the NOJHL West Division final series. The Thunderbirds now lead the NOJHL West Division final […]
By Matt Stefano Michael Chaffay had a night to remember across the river! On Friday night in game 3 of the NOJHL West Division final, Soo Thunderbirds forward Michael Chaffay recorded his first career playoff hat trick to lead his hometown Thunderbirds to a 4-1 win against the Soo Eagles at Pullar Stadium in Sault […]
Super Cooper to the rescue! Cooper Foster’s first career overtime goal last night, gave the Thunderbirds a 4-3 overtime victory over the Soo Eagles in game 2 of the NOJHL West Division final series. Foster, who scored the overtime winner last night, finished the night with two goals and one assist. (Video courtesy of HockeyTV.com)
