Straight from the Hip
Toronto Sun sports reporter Steve Simmons has spent most of his adult life in minor hockey coaching more than 1,000 games over 27 seasons at four different levels. He’s also been involved in running tournaments, convening divisions, tying skates, filling water bottles, sitting on executive committees, keeping statistics, attending
NOVICE NOHA CHAMPS
The Novice A Grant Fuels Puckhounds won the Northern Ontario Hockey Association championship March 8, beating the Kapuskasing Little Devils 2-1. The team is, in front from the left, Benjamin Rosa-McLean and Brett Ruddy. Second row, same order, Braden Forget, Jack Pollock, Ryan Miller, Mason Brownlee, Pacey Lachapelle, Chase
Nordic News
By Lynn Gibson, TNSC public relations director[caption id="attachment_7173" align="alignleft" width="500"] Skiers taking part in the Pee Wee boys Team Sprint Relay race March 7 had a chance to warm
Cubs now in best-of-three Great North final
Steven Larocque Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Two close games. Two evenly matched teams. Two wins to go.That’s what the Great North Midget League (GNML) finals have come down to for the New Liskeard Cubs and the Sault Ste. Marie Thunderbirds.The teams both won last weekend turning
NOHA Champs
Grants Novice and Rotary Pee Wees win goldSteven Larocque Speaker Reporter TEMIISKAMING SHORES – The NOHA Tournament of Champions season got underway last weekend with two local teams putting in gold medal performances.The Temiskaming Shores Minor Hockey Association’s Grant Fuels Novice and Rotary Pee Wees both captured
Pedersens reach NOHA semis
KAPUSKASING (Special) - The Pedersen Pee Wee Puckhounds had a disappointing end to their Northern Ontario Hockey Association (NOHA) Championship aspirations dropping an overtime decision in the semifinal.PEDERSENS 9 NICKEL CITY 0Pedersens opened the tournament on fire, skating to a 9–0 victory over Nickel City in Kapuskasing
Straight from the Hip
[caption id="attachment_6033" align="alignleft" width="132"] Mike McArthur[/caption]To all the believers out there who thought the 30 NHL general managers, or even 20 of them, were going to shock all
Wilsons looking for NOHA gold in Copper Cliff
Steven Larocque Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The Wilson Chevrolet Atoms hope they’ll be entering the provincial championships through the front door in April.The team will be hosting the Ontario Hockey Federation (OHF) All-Ontario championship next month, but they’ll want to earn their berth the old fashioned way
FESTIVAL STAR
Ryan Burrows from the Cobalt-Coleman Skating Club recently placed second at the Festival of Stars in Sault Ste. Marie and will represent Skate Canada Northern Ontario at the provincial championship in Brampton March 15. (Supplied photo)
Scotia Novice collect silver in Porcupine
TIMMINS (Special) – The Temiskaming Shores Scotiabank Novice Puckhounds travelled to Timmins to participate in the Porcupine Minor Hockey Association Tournament from February 13-15.Scotiabank 7 Quills 1Scotiabank took to the ice Friday at noon and skated to a 7-1 win against Porcupine.The