By Matt Stefano The Soo Thunderbirds are not going anywhere! Except back to Hearst for game 6 of the NOJHL final, and a chance to even up the series at three. On Sunday night, the Soo Thunderbirds defeated the Hearst Lumberjacks by a score of 3-2 in game 5 of the NOJHL final in front […]
Last night, Thunderbirds forward Dharan Cap scored his 2nd goal of the playoffs at the 16:37 mark of the third period, which at that time gave the Thunderbirds a 4-1 lead. The Thunderbirds went on to win last night’s game by a score of 4-2 against the Hearst Lumberjacks in game 4 of the NOJHL […]
By Matt Stefano The Soo Thunderbirds hopes for winning the Copeland Cup McNamara Trophy are still alive! On Friday night, the Soo Thunderbirds got goals from four different players as they doubled up the Hearst Lumberjacks by a score of 4-2 in game 4 of the NOJHL final at Claude Larose Arena in Hearst. The […]
By Matt Stefano The Soo Thunderbirds battled back, but they still couldn’t get the victory. After trailing 3-0 after the first period and 4-2 after the second period, the Soo Thunderbirds battled back to tie the game at four with just 1:35 left to go in regulation, but ended up falling to the Hearst Lumberjacks […]
By Matt Stefano May the 5th be with you! Thursday, May 5 was a historic day for the Great North Under-18 Hockey League, as one player out of that league ended up being taken first overall in this year’s Ontario Hockey League Under-18 Priority Selection. With the first overall pick in this year’s draft, the […]
By Matt Stefano For the second straight game, the Soo Thunderbirds led 1-0 after twenty minutes of play, but in the end, it was once again the visiting team coming out with the victory. On Monday night, the Soo Thunderbirds dropped a 3-2 decision to the Hearst Lumberjacks in game 2 of the NOJHL Final […]
By Matt Stefano The winning streak may be over, but the series is just getting started. On Sunday night, the Soo Thunderbirds had their 26-game winning streak snapped as they fell by a score of 6-4 to the Hearst Lumberjacks in game 1 of the NOJHL final in front of 862 fans at the GFL Memorial […]
By Matt Stefano Three seasons ago, the Hearst Lumberjacks defeated the Soo Thunderbirds four-games-to-three in the NOJHL final to go on to win their first ever Copeland Cup McNamara Trophy. And since then, no team was able to play for the Copeland Cup McNamara Trophy due to COVID-19. But now, here in 2022, the same […]
By Matt Stefano The Great North Under-18 Hockey League has announced on Tuesday its league award winners for the 2021-2022 season, and three of this year’s winners were players from the Soo Jr. Greyhounds. The three Jr. Greyhounds who took home league hardware this year, were forward Lincoln Moore, defeceman Austin Fellinger and goaltender Charlie […]
By Matt Stefano In my previous story, Michael Chaffay said he was just going to continue to play his game on Saturday night and see what happens. And on Saturday night, he did, and the Birds got the victory! On Saturday night, Soo Thunderbirds forward Michael Chaffay recorded his second straight multi-goal game, scoring a […]
