By Matt Stefano The first game of season twenty-five is a win! On Friday night, the Soo Thunderbirds opened up their 25th season in the NOJHL with a victory, as they doubled up their cross-border rivals the Soo Eagles by a score of 4-2 at the John Rhodes Community Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. […]
By Matt Stefano Another season of Soo Thunderbirds hockey is set to begin tonight! And this season, it will also be a milestone season. Tonight the Soo Thunderbirds will officially kick off their 25th season in the NOJHL against their cross-border rivals the Soo Eagles, beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the John Rhodes. LOOKING BACK […]
By Matt Stefano The Soo Thunderbirds know what it’s like to be facing elimination in the NOJHL final. And in the end, they also know what it’s like to come back and be crowned NOJHL champions! Last season, the Soo Thunderbirds came all the way back to eliminate the Hearst Lumberjacks in seven games in […]
By Matt Stefano After defeating the Timmins Rock by a score of 4-1 on Sunday night in game 3 of the NOJHL final at the John Rhodes and taking a two-games-to-one lead in the series, the Soo Thunderbirds were hoping to put a stranglehold lead on the series on Monday night as they were back […]
By Matt Stefano The Soo Thunderbirds are now just two wins away from winning their second straight Copeland Cup McNamara Trophy! On Sunday night, the Soo Thunderbirds took a two-games-to-one lead in the NOJHL final series, as they defeated the Timmins Rock by a score of 4-1 in front of 346 fans at the John […]
By Matt Stefano Call him Austin Power! On Tuesday night, Soo Thunderbirds rookie defenceman Austin Fellinger scored the overtime goal just a couple minutes into the first overtime period, as the Soo Thunderbirds went on to defeat the Greater Sudbury Cubs by a score of 4-3 at the John Rhodes Community Centre in game 4 […]
By Matt Stefano Another game. Another 5-2 score. But this time it wasn’t 5-2 for the Soo Thunderbirds. After picking up back-to-back 5-2 victories against the Greater Sudbury Cubs in the first two games of the NOJHL West Division final series last week in Sudbury, the Soo Thunderbirds ended up losing to the Cubs by […]
By Matt Stefano The Blind River Beavers season is still alive thanks to an overtime goal by Andrey Manov. Just 1:35 into the first overtime period, Blind River Beavers defenceman Andrey Manov scored his first career overtime goal on the power play, as the Blind River Beavers defeated the Soo Thunderbirds by a score of […]
By Matt Stefano In the 2022-2023 regular season, the Blind River Beavers set a new franchise record for most wins in a regular season with 42. They also finished higher than the Soo Thunderbirds did in the NOJHL West Division standings by 11 points. But as we all know, the playoffs are a whole new […]
By Matt Stefano When Soo Thunderbirds captain Brock Santa Maria scores a goal in a playoff game, it usually turns out to be the game-winner. And on Monday night in game 3, he did it again! Brock Santa Maria’s power play goal at the 11:16 mark of the second period proved to be the game-winner, […]
