Rock trainer Lacey Rigg — one of two female head trainers in the NOJHL — assists Timmins blue-liner Evan Beaudry off the ice during a game at the McIntyre Arena during the 2019-20 campaign. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has made life a little more challenging for trainers across the league this season. FILE PHOTO/THE DAILY […]

Rayside-Balfour Canadians forward Mitchell Martin takes part in a practice at Chelmsford Arena in Chelmsford, Ontario on Friday, October 16, 2020. BEN LEESON/THE SUDBURY STAR/POSTMEDIA NETWORK Commissioner Mazzuca talks return-to-play plans as NOJHL prepares to drop puck on regular season Ben Leeson – The Sudbury Star More from Ben Leeson NOJHL teams had their first taste […]

Tyler Dunbar is expected to join the University of North Dakota hockey team for the 2022-23 college hockey season By: Brad Coccimiglio Soo Today Former Soo Thunderbirds defenceman, and Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. product, Tyler Dunbar has committed to the University of North Dakota. Dunbar is slated to join the UND hockey program beginning in 2022. […]

NOJHL Alumni and Timmins native Steve Sullivan has been appointed interim general manager of the Arizona Coyotes. He moves into that position after the Coyotes parted ways with John Chayka. The club released a blunt statement on Sunday regarding Chayka’s departure. “John Chayka has quit as the general manager and president of hockey operations of […]

Other leagues follow suit to provide mental health support to Jr. A players (Nov. 19, 2019) – The positive impact of a mental health and sports program delivered by local branches of the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) in partnership with the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL) has caught the attention of other Jr. […]

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Skating in his dad’s footsteps, Ryan Smith realized a childhood dream on Friday. Ben Leeson – The Sudbury Star More from Ben Leeson Smith, whose father Ed patrolled the Sudbury Wolves blueline in the mid-1980s, followed a standout performance at training camp with a commitment to the local OHL club on Friday. “Since peewee, since […]

With less than three weeks to go before the final buzzer sounds on the NOJHL’s 2018-19 regular season, we know which five East Division teams will advance to the playoffs. Thomas Perry More from Thomas Perry What remains to be determined, however, is the order of finish for the Hearst Lumberjacks (29-15-5-1), the Cochrane Crunch […]