By Matt Stefano With their 20th season in the NOJHL officially in the books, the Soo Thunderbirds hosted its 2018-2019 awards banquet on Sunday night at Centre Ice Bar & Grill upstairs at the Community First Soo Pee Wee Arena in Sault Ste. Marie. Prior to the awards ceremony, the team owner, management, players, coaching […]
By Matt Stefano After blanking the Hearst Lumberjacks by a score of 2-0 back on Monday night in Hearst and tying the NOJHL Final series at 3-3, the Soo Thunderbirds were back at home on Wednesday night at the John Rhodes Community Centre and were looking to be crowned NOJHL champions in front of their […]
By Matt Stefano After doubling up the Hearst Lumberjacks 4-2 last Saturday in the Soo and cutting the NOJHL Final series lead to three games to two, the Soo Thunderbirds were still looking to keep their Copeland Cup McNamara Trophy hopes alive on Monday night as they were in Hearst for game 6 of the […]
By Matt Stefano The Soo Thunderbirds are staying alive! After dropping a 5-3 decision to the Hearst Lumberjacks back on Thursday night in Hearst and falling behind three games to one in the NOJHL Final series, the Soo Thunderbirds were hoping to keep their Copeland Cup McNamara Trophy hopes alive on Saturday night as they […]
By Matt Stefano After dropping a 7-3 decision to the Hearst Lumberjacks back on Sunday afternoon in game 2 of the NOJHL Final at the John Rhodes, the Soo Thunderbirds were in Hearst on Wednesday night for game 3. Despite outshooting the Lumberjacks 33-30 overall and going 2 for 3 on the power play, the […]
By Matt Stefano After opening up the NOJHL Final with a 3-2 win over the Hearst Lumberjacks in game 1 on Saturday night, the Soo Thunderbirds were right back in action less than twenty four hours later for game 2, which began at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday afternoon at the John Rhodes Community Centre. The […]
By Matt Stefano They have not made it to the NOJHL Final since 2016, but on Saturday night in Sault Ste. Marie, they were back in it! After eliminating the Rayside Balfour Canadians 4 games to 2 back on Monday night, thanks to a 3-2 win over them at Chelmsford Arena, the Soo Thunderbirds were […]
By Matt Stefano They didn’t get their ticket punched to the NOJHL Final on Saturday night, but they are still just one win away. After heading into game 5 of the West Division Final series up 3 games to 1, the Soo Thunderbirds dropped a 5-3 decision to the Rayside Balfour Canadians on Saturday night […]
By Matt Stefano The Soo Thunderbirds are just one win away from punching their ticket to the NOJHL Final! After defeating the Rayside Balfour Canadians by a score of 6-1 on Wednesday night in game 3 of the West Division Final, the Soo Thunderbirds took a 3-1 series lead in game 4 on Thursday night, […]
By Matt Stefano It’s been three years since a forward on the Soo Thunderbirds recorded a hat trick in a playoff game. But on Wednesday night in Sudbury, Noah Boman was the next one to do so! Forward Noah Boman recorded his first NOJHL hat trick on Wednesday night to help lead the Thunderbirds to […]
