By Matt Stefano When Soo Thunderbirds assistant captain Michael Chaffay skates on Blind River Community Centre ice tomorrow night in Blind River, tomorrow night’s game will also mark a milestone game for the 20-year-old Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario native. Tomorrow night in Blind River, Chaffay will suit up for his 100th career Northern Ontario Junior […]
By Matt Stefano With hockey season just over a month away, the Soo Thunderbirds have concluded their 2021 Development Camp, which was held at the John Rhodes Community Centre from Friday, August 6 – Sunday, August 8. After the first two days of having on-ice skills development and off-ice workouts, the club concluded their three-day […]
By Matt Stefano The Soo Thunderbirds have announced today that six players from last year’s roster will be returning to the club for the upcoming season. Those players are forwards Russell Oldham, Brock Santa Maria, Ty Zachary, Ethan Novello and Tyson Doucette and defenceman Kaden Dundas. FIREBIRD PROSPECT REMAINS A THUNDERBIRD Twenty-year-old forward and Sault […]
By Matt Stefano Two Jr. Greyhounds are leaving the dog house to join the bird nest! The Soo Thunderbirds have announced today that they have signed two players out of the Soo Jr. Greyhounds program, including defenceman Michael Beltrano and forward Samuel Lake. Beltrano, who is a 2004-birth-year defenceman, played two seasons with the Soo […]
By Matt Stefano Tuesday night hockey takes place tonight at the John Rhodes Community Centre in Sault Ste. Marie as the Soo Thunderbirds take on the Blind River Beavers in their fourth straight meeting, beginning at 7:00 p.m. This will also be game four of the six-game cohort series between these two clubs. BEST IN THE […]
By Matt Stefano Wait! Didn’t the season just begin? It did one month ago. But on Sunday afternoon, the Soo Thunderbirds played their final game of the year 2020 as they were in Espanola for another afternoon matchup against the Espanola Express. The Thunderbirds were also coming off a 4-3 loss to the Express back […]
By Matt Stefano The Soo Thunderbirds will play their final game of the month of January tonight when they take on the Blind River Beavers at the John Rhodes Community Centre, beginning at 7:00 p.m. The Thunderbirds enter tonight’s game with a record of 26 wins, 14 losses, 2 overtime losses and 3 shootout losses, […]
By Matt Stefano After picking up a 2-1 win in their makeup game against the Espanola Express on Tuesday night, the Soo Thunderbirds were right back in action just 24 hours later on Wednesday night as they took on the last place Elliot Lake Wildcats at the John Rhodes Community Centre. Soo Jr. Greyhounds forward […]
By Matt Stefano After defeating the Timmins Rock by a score of 2-1 back on Sunday afternoon in the Soo, the Soo Thunderbirds were back in action for their second straight home game on Wednesday night as they took on the Espanola Express at the John Rhodes Community Centre. Wednesday night’s game also marked the […]
