By Matt Stefano With the 2020-2021 season officially in the books, the Soo Thunderbirds have decided to announce their team award winners on Thursday night. And one player who heard his name get called twice on Thursday night, was graduating forward Parker Morgan. STAFF AWARD: DON STARES The Thunderbirds Staff Award has only been in the team’s […]
By Matt Stefano The 2020-2021 season was a season like no other. A season that was short. A season without body contact. A season with only 50 fans in the stands at the John Rhodes. A season that was put on hold a few times. And a season that saw most NOJHL teams having their […]
By Matt Stefano The Soo Thunderbirds have just completed their 22nd season in the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League and have been crowned 2021 COVID Cup champions. And yes, their 22nd season in the league was a different season due to COVID, but it was also a season that saw some good numbers. Here’s a […]
By Matt Stefano The time has come and the season is about to wrap up. Game 7 of the COVID Cup series between the Blind River Beavers and the Soo Thunderbirds takes place today at the John Rhodes Community Centre, beginning at 2:00 p.m. This will also be the final game of the 2020-2021 season, […]
By Matt Stefano Game five of the COVID Cup series between the Soo Thunderbirds and Blind River Beavers takes place tonight at the John Rhodes Community Centre, beginning at 7:00 p.m. In this series against the Beavers, the Thunderbirds have a record of 2 wins, 1 loss and 1 shootout loss. The Thunderbirds won the […]
By Matt Stefano The Soo Thunderbirds are only eight games into their 2020-2021 season, but they are now officially on Christmas holidays. The Thunderbirds have entered the Christmas break with a record of 4 wins, 3 losses and 1 shootout loss, good for 9 points. They have also given up the least goals in the […]
By Matt Stefano Wait! Didn’t the season just begin? It did one month ago. But on Sunday afternoon, the Soo Thunderbirds played their final game of the year 2020 as they were in Espanola for another afternoon matchup against the Espanola Express. The Thunderbirds were also coming off a 4-3 loss to the Express back […]
By Matt Stefano After defeating the Espnoala Express by a score of 8-1 back on Tuesday night in the Soo, the Soo Thunderbirds were right back in action on Thursday night for a rematch against the Express at the John Rhodes Community Centre in Sault Ste. Marie. Thursday night’s game was also quite the night […]
By Matt Stefano They outshot the Beavers for the second straight game, but it once again ended in a Beavers victory. After dropping a 6-3 decision one week ago in Blind River and outshooting the Beavers 41-35, the Soo Thunderbirds were back at home on Saturday night for their third straight meeting against the Blind […]
By Matt Stefano Just over a month ago, the Soo Thunderbirds signed 16 year old forward Tyson Doucette for the upcoming season. And today, it was announced that now his older brother Jacob will also be joining him in the orange and blue. The Soo Thunderbirds have announced today that they have signed 2001 birth […]
