Thunderbirds defeat Eagles 3-2 in overtime

By Matt Stefano After defeating the Espanola Express by a score of 5-3 back on Wednesday night at the John Rhodes Community Centre, the Soo Thunderbirds kicked off the month of March with a visit to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan on Friday night to take on the Soo Eagles. The Thunderbirds, who entered Friday night’s […]

Thunderbirds edge Express to pick up 41st win

By Matt Stefano After picking up their 40th victory of the season on Tuesday night, thanks to a 2-1 win over the Blind River Beavers, the Soo Thunderbirds were right back in action just twenty four hours later as they took on the last place Espanola Express at the John Rhodes. Despite missing seven regulars, […]

Thunderbirds hit the 40-win plateau

By Matt Stefano Following the cancellation of Sunday night’s game due to severe weather conditions, the Soo Thunderbirds were back in action on Tuesday night as they took on the Blind River Beavers at the John Rhodes Community Centre. The Thunderbirds, who entered Tuesday night’s game with 39 wins, picked up their 40th victory of […]

Gold Miners edge Thunderbirds

By Matt Stefano After picking up their 39th victory of the season on Thursday night, thanks to a 4-2 victory over the Elliot Lake Wildcats in Elliot Lake, the Soo Thunderbirds were back on home ice on Friday night as they took on the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners, who made their first and only visit […]

McDonald records first career hat trick in win over Wildcats

By Matt Stefano After defeating the Blind River Beavers by a score of 3-2 this past Sunday afternoon in Blind River, the Soo Thunderbirds made the trip to Elliot Lake for their final road game of the month of February on Thursday night as they took on the Elliot Lake Wildcats at Centennial Arena. Thursday […]

Petingalo to get his No. 9 raised to the rafters

By Matt Stefano He played five seasons with the Thunderbirds from 2006-2011, and he will now see his number raised to the rafters at the end of this week. On Friday, February 22nd, the Soo Thunderbirds will honour their former captain Jerry Petingalo, who will officially have his No. 9 raised to the rafters at […]

Thunderbirds are regular season champions

By Matt Stefano After defeating the Soo Eagles by a score of 3-1 this past Saturday night in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, the Soo Thunderbirds were back in action on Sunday afternoon as they made the trip to Blind River to take on the Beavers. The Thunderbirds, who entered Sunday afternoon’s game on a three […]

Thunderbirds edge Eagles 3-1

By Matt Stefano After defeating the Blind River Beavers by a score of 5-2 this past Monday night in Blind River, the Soo Thunderbirds were back in action on Friday night as they made the trip to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan to take on the Soo Eagles. Friday night’s game also marked the 100th career […]

Big third period lifts Thunderbirds past Beavers

By Matt Stefano After doubling up the Soo Eagles 4-2 this past Saturday night in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, the Soo Thunderbirds were looking to extend their winning streak to two games on Monday night as they made the trip to Blind a River to take on the Beavers. The Thunderbirds also entered Monday night’s […]

Theriault records natural hat trick in win over Eagles

By Matt Stefano After dropping a 4-3 decision to the Soo Eagles on Friday night at the John Rhodes Community Centre, the Soo Thunderbirds made the trip across the International Bridge on Saturday night as they made a visit to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan to take on the Soo Eagles in the second game of […]

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