NORTHERN ONTARIO JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE NOJHL COMMUNICATIONSMEDIA RELEASE Release Date: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 NOJHL NOTEBOOK: Game 7 tonight between Sudbury and Elliot Lake SUDBURY — The two most exciting words in hockey … Game 7. That’s what fans of the Northern Ontario Junior League are in store for this evening as the Sudbury Nickel […]
NORTHERN ONTARIO JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE NOJHL COMMUNICATIONSMEDIA RELEASE Release Date: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 Thunderbirds’ Casola named NOJHL’s best overall team player award winner SUDBURY — The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League announced Tuesday that Darcy Casola of the Soo Thunderbirds has been named the 2012-13 recipient of NOJHL’s best overall team player award. The […]
It’s a situation many Sault Ste. Marie hockey players can relate to. After completing his final season of midget in the late-1970s, Carlo DiCandia didn’t want to hang up his skates. But he also didn’t want to leave his hometown. “There were few options available,” he remembered. “It was like that for a lot of […]
Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. (Feb. 14, 2013) — Thirty-five years later, Dave Antonello still smiles when thinking back to his time playing for the Soo Thunderbirds. The forward spent two-and-a-half seasons with the club between 1977 and 1979. During that period, he developed some longstanding friendships – still going strong today – and learned […]
Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. (Jan. 18, 2012) – The Soo Thunderbirds bolstered their roster last week with the signing of power forward Grant Syrette. The 6-foot-2, 215-pounder spent the past season-and-a-half with the Mississauga Steelheads, of the Ontario Hockey League, where he built a reputation as a hard-hitting, gritty skater. “For a big guy, […]
Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. (Dec. 20, 2012) – He backstopped the Soo Thunderbirds to the best finish in franchise history. With goalie John Kleinhans between the pipes, the club took home league, playoff and provincial championships last season, ultimately ending up in the RBC Cup. Hailing from Sterling Heights, Michigan, just outside Detroit, the […]
The North Bay Jr. Trappers moved into first place in the NOJHL thanks to a 4-1 win over the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners Friday night. Brennen Dubchak, Stephen Langford, Connor Gilmartin and Corbin Bean scored for the Trappers. The win improves the Trappers record to 17-3-2-3 good for 39 points; one ahead of […]
Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. (Dec. 3, 2012) – In their campaign to defend last season’s league, playoff and Dudley-Hewitt Cup championships, the Soo Thunderbirds recently added more depth to its roster. Last week, the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League team picked up 1992 forward Yan Kalashnikov. Hailing from Minsk, Belarus, the eastern European skater […]
COCHRANE - Jackson Winkler made 36 saves to backstop the Abitibi Eskimos to a 7-0 win over the Sudbury Nickel Barons at the Tim Horton Arena on Saturday night. The netminder was quick to share the credit for the victory with his teammates, however. “The defence backed me up the whole game, keeping the shots from the […]
Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. (Oct. 31, 2011) – The Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League Soo Thunderbirds have acquired two players from the Soo Eagles, of the North American Hockey League. Forwards Dallas McLaughlin Gavin Burbach will now be skating for the Canadian club. While with the Eagles, who were members of the NOJHL last […]
