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 […]

By Matt Stefano After closing out the year 2022 with a record of 21-9-2-1, the Soo Thunderbirds will now play their first game of the year 2023 tonight at 7:00 p.m., as they will take on the Espanola Paper Kings, who will make their first ever appearance to the John Rhodes Community Centre in Sault […]

By Matt Stefano Today, the National Hockey League has officially released its October Central Scouting Players To Watch List for the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, which will take place next June in Nashville, Tennessee, and one Soo Thunderbird graduate is on that list! Soo Thunderbirds graduate and current Soo Greyhounds defenceman Andrew Gibson has received […]

By Matt Stefano Wednesday night hockey takes place tonight at the John Rhodes Community Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, as the Soo Thunderbirds will take on the Blind River Beavers in their second meeting of the season, beginning at 7:00 p.m. The Thunderbirds are entering tonight’s game with a record of 7 wins, 6 losses […]

By Matt Stefano Savvy is getting an ‘A’ on his chest with the Hounds! The Soo Greyhounds have announced today that they have named former Soo Thunderbirds forward Tyler Savard as one of their assistant captains for the 2022-2023 season. Savard, who is currently in his second season with the Greyhounds, has so far put […]

By Matt Stefano You can now add another Soo Greyhounds prospect to the Bird nest! The Soo Thunderbirds have announced on Monday that they have signed defenceman and Soo Greyhounds 2022 3rd round pick Brodie McConnell-Barker. The signing of McConnell-Barker came shortly the signing of Hounds 2022 2nd round pick Landon Miller. “We are thrilled […]

By Matt Stefano It’s Miller time in net! The Soo Thunderbirds have announced on Monday that they have signed 2006-birth-year goaltender and Soo Greyhounds prospect Landon Miller. Miller, who is from Barrie, Ontario, spent the 2021-2022 season with the Vaughan Kings Under-16 AAA team, and was also among 40 OHL prospects to participate in Canada’s […]

By Matt Stefano After blanking the Cochrane Crunch by a score of 4-0 one week ago (September 24) in Cochrane, and concluding the month of September with 3 wins and 4 losses, the Soo Thunderbirds returned to action for their first game of October on Saturday, October 1 as they made a visit to Sudbury […]

By Matt Stefano A former T-Bird is getting into the Spirit! The Ontario Hockey League’s Saginaw Spirit have announced on Monday that they have hired former Soo Thunderbirds forward Nick Tassone as the club’s Northern Ontario Scout for the 2022-2023 season. “It feels good to join the Spirit organization in a scouting capacity,” said twenty-eight-year-old Tassone. […]

By Matt Stefano Former Soo Thunderbirds head coach Jordan Smith is becoming a Thunderbird once again. But this time, in the American Hockey League! It was announced on Monday that former Soo Thunderbirds head coach Jordan Smith has been named assistant coach of the American Hockey League’s Springfield Thunderbirds for the 2022-2023 season. Smith, who […]