By Matt Stefano He just scored his first goal of the season last night in Espanola, and now today, he just scored an OHL contract with the Troops! The Soo Thunderbirds have announced today that rookie defenceman Declan Gallivan has signed with the Ontario Hockey League’s North Bay Battalion. Gallivan, who was drafted by the […]
By Matt Stefano We’re getting towards the the end of August, and that can only mean one thing. Training camp time! On Tuesday, August 29, the Soo Thunderbirds will officially kick off their 2023 Training Camp at the Northern Community Centre in the west end of Sault Ste. Marie, to prepare for what will be […]
By Matt Stefano June 29, 2023 was a great day for two Soo Thunderbird graduates in Nashville, Tennessee! In the second and final day of the 2023 NHL Entry Draft (Which was held at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville), former Soo Thunderbirds defenceman Andrew Gibson was taken in the 2nd round (42nd overall) by the Detroit […]
By Matt Stefano Fletchy, McAuley and Roach are all becoming T-Birds! The Soo Thunderbirds have announced on Tuesday that they have signed goaltender Maverick Fletcher, forward Callum McAuley and defenceman Evan Roach for the upcoming season. All three of those guys are also 2006-birth-year players. Fletcher, who is from Sudbury, Ontario, spent last season with […]
By Matt Stefano Two OHL draft picks have officially signed with the Soo Thunderbirds! The Soo Thunderbirds have announced on Monday that they have signed North Bay Battalion draft pick Declan Gallivan and Saginaw Spirit draft pick Candon O’Neill for the upcoming season. Gallivan and O’Neill are also both 2007 birth-year blueliners and are both […]
By Matt Stefano For the first time in this playoff season, the Soo Thunderbirds did not get a win in game 5. And now because of it, they will be fighting for their season in game 6 of the NOJHL final this Sunday night at the John Rhodes. On Wednesday night, the Soo Thunderbirds gave […]
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 The 2022-2023 Ontario Hockey League regular season is now officially over, but this season was one that saw two former Soo Thunderbirds win Rookie of the Year awards with their OHL clubs. This season, former Soo Thunderbirds forward Cooper Foster was named the Rookie of the Year for the Ottawa 67’s while […]
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 […]
