By Matt Stefano The Soo Thunderbirds have announced today that they have signed 2001 birth year forward Russell Oldham. Oldham, who stands 6’1 and weighs 194 pounds, spent last season in the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League with the St. Thomas Stars and the Komoka Kings. The St. Thomas, Ontario native began the 2019-2020 season […]

  The Soo Thunderbirds have announced the signing of two local prospects earlier this week. Ty Zachary and Michael Chaffay, former players of the Soo Jr. Greyhounds program of the Great North Midget Leage (GNML), are set to suit up for the orange and blue this upcoming 2020-2021 season. Ty brings a level of commitment […]

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  Original story posted on May 27, 2020 by Anishinabek News https://anishinabeknews.ca/2020/05/27/former-nhler-takes-over-coaching-reins-for-soo-thunderbirds/ By Sam Laskaris of AnishinabekNews.ca SAULT STE. MARIE – Former National Hockey League player Denny Lambert will once again be juggling responsibilities. Lambert, who works as a police officer with the Anishinabek Police Services in Garden River First Nation, has been hired as […]

By Matt Stefano After finishing the 2019-2020 regular season with a record of 30 wins, 19 losses, 3 overtime losses and 4 shootout losses, the Soo Thunderbirds announced its team award winners on Thursday. Two Thunderbirds that won more than one award, were defenceman Nolan Ford and forward Jake Kovacs SCHOLASTIC PLAYER OF THE YEAR: […]

By Matt Stefano Welcome to week No. 3 of Thunderbirds Turnback Tuesday! Last week on Tuesday, April 14th, we went all the way back to 2003-2005 when the Thunderbirds had local forward Matt Dias. But in today’s edition, we’ve decided to look back at a defenceman that joined the Thunderbirds in the 2013-2014 season, before […]