Thunderbirds announce 2020-2021 team award winners

By Matt Stefano With the 2020-2021 season officially in the books, the Soo Thunderbirds have decided to announce their team award winners on Thursday night. And one player who heard his name get called twice on Thursday night, was graduating forward Parker Morgan. STAFF AWARD: DON STARES The Thunderbirds Staff Award has only been in the team’s […]

Soo Thunderbirds By The Numbers

By Matt Stefano The Soo Thunderbirds have just completed their 22nd season in the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League and have been crowned 2021 COVID Cup champions. And yes, their 22nd season in the league was a different season due to COVID, but it was also a season that saw some good numbers. Here’s a […]

Soo Thunderbirds Christmas break report

By Matt Stefano The Soo Thunderbirds are only eight games into their 2020-2021 season, but they are now officially on Christmas holidays. The Thunderbirds have entered the Christmas break with a record of 4 wins, 3 losses and 1 shootout loss, good for 9 points. They have also given up the least goals in the […]

Thunderbirds conclude 2020 in a good way

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 […]

Thunderbirds and Express meet again tonight at the Rhodes

By Matt Stefano They just picked up their second win of the season back on Tuesday night against Espanola, but tonight they will be back in action for a rematch against the very same Espanola Express team at 7:00 p.m. at the John Rhodes Community Centre. Tonight the Soo Thunderbirds will face the Espsnola Express […]

Thunderbirds dominate Express in the Soo

By Matt Stefano After picking up their first win of the season just over two weeks ago in Blind River, the Soo Thunderbirds returned to the John Rhodes Community Centre on Tuesday, December 15th as they took on the Espanola Express, who came in as the top team the NOJHL’s West Division. And talk about […]

Thunderbirds and Beavers meet for the third straight time

By Matt Stefano One week ago today, the Soo Thunderbirds fell to the Blind River Beavers by a score of 6-3 at the Blind River Community Centre in Blind River. But tonight they will be back on John Rhodes ice at 7:00 p.m. to take on the very same Beavers team. The Soo enters tonight’s […]

Another Doucette joins the Thunderbirds

By Matt Stefano Just over a month ago, the Soo Thunderbirds signed 16 year old forward Tyson Doucette for the upcoming season. And today, it was announced that now his older brother Jacob will also be joining him in the orange and blue. The Soo Thunderbirds have announced today that they have signed 2001 birth […]

Doucette signs with the Thunderbirds

By Matt Stefano He spent last season with the Great North Midget League’s Soo Greyhounds Midget AAA club, but now he’s moving up to Junior A to join the Bird Nest. The Soo Thunderbirds have announced today that they have signed 2004 birth year forward Tyson Doucette. Doucette, who stands 5’5 and weighs 165 pounds, […]

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