Beavers hang on to beat Thunderbirds in battle for second place

By Matt Stefano Friday night’s game was a battle for second place in the NOJHL’s West Division as the Soo Thunderbirds took on the Blind River Beavers at the John Rhodes Community Centre in Sault Ste. Marie. The Thunderbirds and Beavers, who both entered Friday night’s game with 60 points each, also entered Friday night’s […]

T-Birds battle back, but fall to Cubs in a shootout

By Matt Stefano After trailing the Greater Sudbury Cubs 2-0 with just under two minutes to go in the third period, the Soo Thunderbirds ended up scoring back-to-back power play goals just 1:09 apart, but ended up dropping a 3-2 decision in a shootout to the Cubs at the John Rhodes Community Centre in Sault […]

Joseph extends point-scoring-streak to eight games as T-Birds slip past Wings

By Matt Stefano Since arriving in Sault Ste. Marie earlier this month, Ranon Joseph has recorded at least one point all seven of his games played this season with the Soo Thunderbirds. And on Friday night in just his eighth game played, he put up another three. On Friday night, Soo Thunderbirds defenceman Ranon Joseph […]

Dundas suits up in his 100th career game tonight

By Matt Stefano One-hundred. That’s how many games it will be for tonight for Soo Thunderbird defenceman Kaden Dundas. When the Soo Thunderbirds hit the ice tonight at 7:00 p.m. for their home game against the Elliot Lake Red Wings at the John Rhodes, tonight’s game will mark the 100th career NOJHL game for Soo […]

Fast start and strong finish leads to another victory

By Matt Stefano They started fast. They finished strong. And in the end, they came out with another big two points. On Saturday night, the Soo Thunderbirds jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the opening five minutes of the game, before having to kill off four penalties in the final thirteen minutes of the […]

Gibson and Foster make NHL Central Scouting’s Midseason Rankings list

By Matt Stefano A pair of Soo Thunderbird graduates have made the NHL Central Scouting’s Midseason Rankings list for the upcoming NHL Entry Draft in June. Those two Soo Thunderbird graduates are defenceman Andrew Gibson and forward Cooper Foster. Gibson, who is currently in his first season with the Ontario Hockey League’s Soo Greyhounds, spent […]

Novello’s hat trick helps lead Thunderbirds to a Friday the 13th win

By Matt Stefano Friday the 13th sure was a lucky day for Ethan Novello and the Soo Thunderbirds! On Friday the 13th, Ethan Novello scored three times for his first career hat trick, as the Soo Thunderbirds defeated the Soo Eagles by a score of 6-4 at the Pullar Stadium in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. […]

Manov’s late game-winning goal snaps Thunderbirds 10-game winning streak

By Matt Stefano Sometimes your first career goal can turn out to be the most important goal of the game. That’s what happened when Blind River Beavers defenceman Andrey Manov scored late in the game on Wednesday night in the Soo. On Wednesday night, Blind River Beavers defenceman Andrey Manov scored his first NOJHL goal […]

Joseph records third straight multi-point game in shutout win in Blind River

By Matt Stefano It’s been a great start to the year 2023 for Soo Thunderbirds newcomer Ranon Joseph. After recording back-to-back multi-point games in his first two games played with the Soo Thunderbirds last week, Soo Thunderbirds newly signed defenceman Ranon Joseph recorded his third straight multi-point game on Tuesday night with a goal and […]

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