The Soo Eagles came up short in its Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL) at Elliot Lake on Saturday (Sept. 9, 2017) falling to the host Wildcats 5-3. Eagles hit the scoreboard first, but trailed 2-1 after 20 minutes and 5-2 after the second, despite holding the edge in shots in both frames. Nick Techel
The Soo Eagles and Soo Thunderbirds renewed its cross-border rivalry, meeting for a pair of Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League pre-season tests over the Labor Day Weekend. The Thunderbirds used a two-goal third period rally to capture a 4-3 win in the opener at Pullar Arena in Sault Ste. Marie, ON in the opening game
Coming off a huge playoff series win against the rival Thunderbirds; the Soo Eagles are looking to build from that momentum in 2017-18. Since moving from the NAHL back to the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League in time for the 2015-16 season, the Eagles have not particularly enjoyed that cross-border rivalry with the ‘other’ Soo.
The Minnesota Iron Rangers and Thief River Falls Norskies will both be looking to make a move up in the Superior International Junior Hockey League in the 2017-18 season. The 2016-17 season was not friendly to the Minnesota Iron Rangers who managed just seven regulation wins in 56 games in the SIJHL – a Canadian
It’s difficult to predict what will happen in the North American Hockey League, so this ‘preview’ is based mainly on how things wrapped up last season. There have been no off-season changes that affect the 11 Midwest teams technically. For a minute, it appeared the Midwest Division would go through some changes as Kenai River
The Quad City Mallards of the ECHL announced a couple of signings on Tuesday (Sept. 5, 2017) on both the team and league website. The Mallards, affiliated with the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League and Las Vegas Golden Knights of the NHL signed Ryan McGrath, a 26-year-old forward from O’Fallon, MO and Matt
