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

The Kansas City Mavericks added a forward and a couple defenseman to its pre-season roster Wednesday (Sept. 6, 2017), bringing its roster total to 17 – nine forwards, seven defensemen and a goaltender. The Mavericks are affiliated with the Stockton Heat of the American Hockey League and the Calgary Flames of the NHL. Forward Justin

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 Rapid City Rush, ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s Minnesota Wild and American Hockey League’s Iowa Wild, added defenseman Brandon Blair to its pre-season roster on Tuesday (Sept. 5, 2017). Blair is looking to make the jump from the SPHL to the ECHL having played most of the past three seasons with the Pensacola Ice