• Fort Frances open SIJHL season with sweep of Norskies

    Fort Frances open SIJHL season with sweep of Norskies

    With every new hockey season comes optimism, hopes, and goals. For the Fort Frances Lakers those new aspirations changed a bit in late August when the Canadian Junior Hockey League awarded the franchise the right to host the 2020 Dudley-Hewitt Cup. What might have been seen as a ‘rebuilding season’ suddenly became one with much…

  • OCN Blizzard home opener Thursday

    OCN Blizzard home opener Thursday

    OCN Blizzard will open their Manitoba Junior Hockey League regular season on September 26 when we host the Waywayseecappo Wolverines!  Activities at Gordon Lathlin Memorial Centre will begin at 5:30 PM with a Tailgate BBQ in the GLMC parking lot. There will be a variety of kids games and player/staff appearances. The OCN Blizzard 50/50…

  • Former Bomber; GTHL alum sign with Las Vegas

    Former Bomber; GTHL alum sign with Las Vegas

    Las Vegas Thunderbirds welcome another former Long Beach Bombers player to the team this week with the signing of Filip Nordin. The team also has inked another young prospect from Ontario in Nikolas Sotiriou. Sweden-born Nordin played 58 games last season for the Bombers, his first in North America. Prior to coming across the ocean…

  • Thunderbirds announce trio of Junior hockey veteran signings

    Thunderbirds announce trio of Junior hockey veteran signings

    Three players with Junior hockey experience were announced today by the Las Vegas Thunderbirds. Head coach Dave Hyrsky named one of the trio team captain. WSHL veteran Anthony Rodriguez will don the “C” for the Thunderbirds in 2019-20. A native of Henderson, he’s also a former Nevada Storm product. Rodriguez had 18 points in 55 games last…

  • OCN Blizzard win Round 1 of the Battle of the North

    OCN Blizzard win Round 1 of the Battle of the North

    After a one-year hiatus the Flin Flon Bombers and OCN Blizzard renewed their rivalry last night at Gordon Lathlin Memorial Arena in the first of two games between the teams. They will meet again on Saturday in Flin Flon for what has been dubbed the Battle of the North. OCN jumped on the Bombers early…

  • Akwesasne Bucks, Six Nations to play for Presidents Cup gold

    Akwesasne Bucks, Six Nations to play for Presidents Cup gold

    The three-year title run by the St. Albert Miners has ended at Presidents Cup 2019. The Miners failed to finish in the top two spots of the round robin meaning there will be a new champion of Senior B for the first time since 2015. The last winner prior to the St. Albert three-peat was the…