By Matt Stefano This past Wednesday morning, children at the Sault Area Hospital got a treat from the sixth best team in Canada. Eleven members of the NOJHL’s Soo Thunderbirds including general manager Jamie Henderson, players Aiden Salerno, Brandon Grandinetti, Jake Behse, Andrew Barbeau, Nathan Warren, Izaak Del Mastro, Joey Miller, Jaren Bellini, Matt Pinder […]
Forward – # 15 Matt Dias Soo Thunderbirds Career Statistics: 2003-2004 Regular Season/Playoffs GP 45 G 12 A 22 P 34 PIM 20/GP 12 G 2 A 7 P 9 PIM 2 2004-2005 Regular Season/Playoffs GP 44 G 35 A 28 P 63 PIM 37/GP 11 G 5 A 10 P 15 PIM 11 T-BIRD […]
By Matt Stefano Sunday afternoon marked the first of two “Pink In The Rink” games for the Soo Thunderbirds at the Essar Centre but the game on the ice showed some bad blood. In a contest that saw a total of 67 penalty minutes combined by both teams, the T-Birds edged the Kirkland Lake Gold […]
By Matt Stefano Heading into Wednesday’s contest with seven straight wins and moving up to seventh spot in the CJHL rankings, the Soo Thunderbirds took on the Blind River Beavers in their fourth meeting of the season at the Essar Centre. Following a 9-1 victory in Blind River last Wednesday, the Soo Thunderbirds scored nine […]
By Matt Stefano Heading into Wednesday night action, the Soo Thunderbirds came in as the eighth best team in the Canadian Junior Hockey League rankings and were in Blind River to take on the Beavers in game three of the Provenzano Cup series. The T-Birds won their third meeting against the Beavers by a score […]
By Matt Stefano Sunday afternoon marked a battle for first in the NOJHL as the Soo Thunderbirds took on the Cochrane Crunch at the Essar Centre. Heading into the contest, both teams had 10-1 records with the Crunch being the only team to beat the T-Birds this season. Specialty teams clicked for the T-Birds going […]
By Matt Stefano Friday night marked an NOJHL West Division Finals rematch as the Soo Thunderbirds were in Elliot Lake to take on the Wildcats. Jaren Bellini’s 5th of the season at 5:40 into the first from Matt Caruso gave the Soo a 1-0 lead. Cole Hepler would tie things up for the Wildcats with […]
By Matt Stefano The Soo Thunderbirds organization is extremely excited to announce the acquisition of Aiden Salerno and Branden Wagner from the Salmon Arm Silverbacks of the BCHL. Salerno, a 1995 birth year defenceman, who stands 6’3 and 210 lbs, had 1 assist and 8 penalty minutes through 6 games this year with the Silverbacks. […]
By Matt Stefano After edging the Soo Eagles 3-1 at the Pullar Stadium on Friday night, the Soo Thunderbirds were back on Essar Centre ice for the second game of a home and home series against the Soo Eagles. On Friday night, it was birthday boy Drake Pilon leading the way with a goal and […]
By Matt Stefano Heading into Friday night’s action with a 7-1 record, the Soo Thunderbirds were in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan for a match up against the Soo Eagles. It also marked the return of defenceman Andrew Barbeau, who was reaqcuired from the GOJHL’s Chatham Maroons on Monday. Birthday boy Drake Pilon, who turned seventeen […]
